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2013-2014 Union Dutchmen - Can U Three Peat? (Part II)

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sshablak said:
I haven't seen much of the other teams play, but Union is so quick, Colgate is the only team that I have seen that could pretty much skate with them. We ran out of gas after the two OT game vs Q-Pac. I think Union is a totally complete team with NO weaknesses. BC looked to me much slower for the most part and some big forwards that really aren't as quick, maybe fast if they are allowed to skate but I think the smaller quicker forwards of Union will be all over them. I can't wait to see the game, wish it was this weekend. Go U !!!!!
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Great analysis, you sound pretty positive and I take heart from it. One weakness, at least statistically that comes to my mind, is Union's abysmal faceoff percentage. It seems to me anecdotally, that it's improving somewhat, but I don't have the figures. This may be getting a little picky, but I think it's an often overlooked part of the game.
 
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Thanks to all the other fans for the support, it's nice to see !
BC will surely be a handful...

One game at a time.
Go Union !!
 
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Since my Badgers won't be in attendance (pathetic performance in Cincy), I will be throwing my support behind Union! Might even order a hoodie to bring along to Philly.

Good luck to your team!
 
Re: 2013-2014 Union Dutchmen - Can U Three Peat? (Part II)

the Union being "older" is laughable.

ghost is a 1993 jr, gayes, gaudreau, arnold all older 92 srs

they are not an old team, all bs
 
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Hokydad said:
the Union being "older" is laughable.

ghost is a 1993 jr, gayes, gaudreau, arnold all older 92 srs

they are not an old team, all bs
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Hey stupid. Union has 12 90's and 91's. BC has 1. Bc has 4 95's Union has none. They are an older team. So what.
 
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hockeyplayer1015 said:
Union's average age is 16 months older than BC. *shrugs* /facts
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BC is always very young

North Dakota has 2-89's. Union none

Union is a typical D 1 school ags wise

sullivan, Carr,91 seniors means they came in as 18 or 19, Carr was an 18 year old freshmen. stevens, ghost etc are young compared to many.

age has zero to do with anything. hayes and arnold are 4 or 5 months younger than Carr and are both srs

age talk is bs
 
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theprofromdover said:
But the Goliaths are so much younger!
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Hey BC Fan - your facts are wrong, Dope

Here is a list of the average ages of all the NCAA DI hockey teams from College Hockey News. As you can see Union is down at the bottom, on the younger side along with many ECAC teams. So what? Below that is another list showing the youngest 30 players. While BC has an admitted a young team as evidenced by 4 of these "youngest 30 players", Minnesota actualy has more, 5, and you don't hear Minnesota fans whinning about age. You might also be interested to know that Union has zero of the oldest 30 players in DI College Hockey.

I didn't think that BC fans were cry babies. Maybe just you. Is this the excuse you will use if you don't take another national tournament?

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/almanac/funfacts-ageavg.php
http://www.collegehockeynews.com/almanac/funfacts-ageavg.php

Fun Facts - Average Age
Team Avg. Age
Northern Michigan 22y 9m
Bentley 22y 9m
Bowling Green 22y 9m
Air Force 22y 8m
RIT 22y 8m
Lake Superior 22y 7m
Minnesota State 22y 7m
Alabama-Huntsville 22y 7m
Mass.-Lowell 22y 7m
Niagara 22y 6m
Massachusetts 22y 5m
Robert Morris 22y 5m
Connecticut 22y 5m
Canisius 22y 5m
Sacred Heart 22y 4m
Bemidji State 22y 2m
Alaska-Fairbanks 22y 2m
St. Lawrence 22y 2m
Nebraska-Omaha 22y 1m
Princeton 22y 1m
Michigan Tech 22y 1m
New Hampshire 22y 1m
St. Cloud State 22y 1m
Holy Cross 22y 1m
Penn State 22y 1m
Clarkson 22y 1m
Brown 22y 1m
Vermont 22y 1m
Alaska-Anchorage 22y 11m
Mercyhurst 22y 10m
American Int'l 22y 10m
Merrimack 22y 10m
Army 22y 0m
Quinnipiac 22y 0m
Wisconsin 22y 0m
Notre Dame 21y 11m
Ohio State 21y 11m
Ferris State 21y 11m
Rensselaer 21y 11m
Union 21y 11m
Colgate 21y 10m
Northeastern 21y 10m
Providence 21y 10m
Western Michigan 21y 10m
Dartmouth 21y 10m
Yale 21y 9m
Minnesota-Duluth 21y 7m
North Dakota 21y 6m
Miami 21y 5m
Colorado College 21y 5m
Maine 21y 5m
Michigan State 21y 5m
Denver 21y 4m
Boston University 21y 3m
Cornell 21y 2m
Harvard 21y 2m
Minnesota 21y 1m
Michigan 21y 0m
Boston College 20y 7m

Here is a list of the ages of the youngest players:

Player Birthday Facts
Youngest Players
Name Team Birthday Age

Thatcher Demko Boston College 12/8/95 18y 3m
Keaton Thompson North Dakota 9/14/95 18y 6m
Ian McCoshen Boston College 8/5/95 18y 7m
Evan Cowley Denver 7/31/95 18y 7m
Hudson Fasching Minnesota 7/28/95 18y 8m
Tyler Moy Harvard 7/18/95 18y 8m
Troy Crema Dartmouth 5/30/95 18y 10m
Michael Brodzinski Minnesota 5/28/95 18y 10m
Michael Downing Michigan 5/19/95 18y 10m
Taylor Cammarata Minnesota 5/13/95 18y 10m
Matt Buckles Cornell 5/5/95 18y 10m
Gabe Guertler Minnesota 5/3/95 18y 10m
Sean Malone Harvard 4/30/95 18y 11m
Connor Clifton Quinnipiac 4/28/95 18y 11m
Kevin Guiltinan Harvard 4/25/95 18y 11m
Nolan De Jong Michigan 4/24/95 18y 11m
Gage Ausmus North Dakota 4/22/95 18y 11m
Scott Savage Boston College 4/11/95 18y 11m
JT Compher Michigan 4/8/95 18y 11m
Trevor Moore Denver 3/31/95 19y -1m
Jack Hidi Canisius 3/27/95 19y 0m
Dillon Lawrence Boston University 3/22/95 19y 0m
Trevor Hamilton Miami 3/17/95 19y 0m
Willie Raskob Minnesota-Duluth 3/14/95 19y 0m
Tyler Motte Michigan 3/10/95 19y 0m
Steve Santini Boston College 3/7/95 19y 0m
Blaine Byron Maine 2/21/95 19y 1m
John Hayden Yale 2/14/95 19y 1m
Anthony Louis Miami 2/10/95 19y 1m
Vinni Lettieri Minnesota 2/6/95 19y 1m
 
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good lord dutchman, take a pill and get a grip. take it up with buccigross or whoever it was that kept mentioning the # of 23 and 24 year olds union has. personally i don't like seeing these old freshmen but that's just my opinion. if that's what certain teams (not implying your beloved union) have to do to compete, so be it. being the youngest team in the country hasn't stopped bc before. it was a simple joke comment about union being the oldest of the four teams, which for some reason you went ahead and pointed out in your senseless tirade above.
 
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end result is they are not old, end of story.

4 very good hockey teams and should be great hockey

this we do know

mn, bc, nd are loaded with nhl draft picks. mn has 14 alone on this years roster. Union has 1. mn has 14 times as many + on current roster than union has in program history. all 3 have 50 million dollar+ rinks, not so at union. all 3 have 18 dcholarships, union has none

those are advantages, not some bs "old team" fairy tale.

demko is the wild card
 
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The good teams have average younger ages because the quality recruits they tend to attract usually leave early. I am surprised that BC, UND and Minn. have any seniors at all considering the # of drafted players on those teams.
 
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looking at those numbers, no, they aren't old compared to the rest of the country. they are the oldest of the four. it was a simple joke/comment that some are making too much of. relax.

and since you brought up "bs", funny how you also mentioned no "scholarships"
 
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Union has sold out their ticket allotment for the Frozen Four in less than a day. Anyone know what section we'll be in? I assume each school got one lower bowl section and one upper bowl section.
 
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ltsatch don't overcomplicate it. the youngest teams (premiere programs) also get the best prospects who come in at an early age.
 
J.D. said:
looking at those numbers, no, they aren't old compared to the rest of the country. they are the oldest of the four. it was a simple joke/comment that some are making too much of. relax.

and since you brought up "bs", funny how you also mentioned no "scholarships"
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that my friend is not a joke. there are several full payers on that roster, 2 of whom had huge pts in regional championship game. They are very tough with aid awards,
People with zero information like to claim they givr everyone a ton of cash but the fact is they dont.

I know of a couple recent hockey east csptains who couldnt get in there and tried hard. their standards are legit. ranked higher than all 4 schols in forbes, us news and the other ranking agencies

to think they dont have a tough road with no scholarships is slightly below claiming they are an old team.
 
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