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2013-2014 Union Dutchmen - Can U Three Peat?

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Dutchman said:
2013-14 Dartmouth Men's Hockey Season Preview
http://www.dartmouthsports.com//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=209284861
and
http://www.uscho.com/2013/10/08/dartmouth-eyes-a-more-consistent-road-with-a-close-team/
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http://hockeyjournal.com/news/colleges/ecac_hockey/ECAC_2013-14_season_preview_Dartmouths_next_step
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I consider Dartmouth a mid-tier ECAC team and Harvard a low-tier ECAC team; so getting points this weekend is huge before we take on Quinnipiac, RPI, Brown, and Yale. Any updates on the injured players?
 
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UnionFan4Life said:
I consider Dartmouth a mid-tier ECAC team and Harvard a low-tier ECAC team; so getting points this weekend is huge before we take on Quinnipiac, RPI, Brown, and Yale. Any updates on the injured players?
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This is the same Dartmouth team that was ranked 8th in the Country last year before the January break and injuries and all those great freshmen are now sophomores and payed together this summer in Europe. Harvard is also loaded with talent with the return of all the players who missed last year and the best recruiting class in the ECAC and either team has what it takes to win the ECAC and the national championship and you can add to that Quinnipiac, RPI, Brown and Yale and also Cornell. St. Lawrence and Clarkson are fiercely competitive this year as well and if you don't pay attention, Colgate and Princeton will knock you off. Sorry, there are not going to be any easy points anywhere this year in the ECAC. If you want to win its going to require 60 minutes of sustained fierce intense combat, bloodletting and 110% continuous effort. I would not be surprised if the number of ties in league play goes up astronomically this year. In the end there will be very few points separating the top teams from the bottom teams. Don't see tiers this year, just one big free for all and outcomes will not be decided until the final weekend. Unfortunately this intense and balanced league play may mean that we end up with fewer teams making the NCAA playoffs as we continuously knock each other off all year.
 
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Dutchman said:
This is the same Dartmouth team that was ranked 8th in the Country last year before the January break and injuries and all those great freshmen are now sophomores and payed together this summer in Europe. Harvard is also loaded with talent with the return of all the players who missed last year and the best recruiting class in the ECAC and either team has what it takes to win the ECAC and the national championship and you can add to that Quinnipiac, RPI, Brown and Yale and also Cornell. St. Lawrence and Clarkson are fiercely competitive this year as well and if you don't pay attention, Colgate and Princeton will knock you off. Sorry, there are not going to be any easy points anywhere this year in the ECAC. If you want to win its going to require 60 minutes of sustained fierce intense combat, bloodletting and 110% continuous effort. I would not be surprised if the number of ties in league play goes up astronomically this year. In the end there will be very few points separating the top teams from the bottom teams. Don't see tiers this year, just one big free for all and outcomes will not be decided until the final weekend. Unfortunately this intense and balanced league play may mean that we end up with fewer teams making the NCAA playoffs as we continuously knock each other off all year.
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You mention several subjective statements, don’t believe everything you read. The bottom line is Dartmouth and Harvard will have to prove they belong at the top of the ECAC conference.
 
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Dutchman said:
This is the same Dartmouth team that was ranked 8th in the Country last year before the January break and injuries and all those great freshmen are now sophomores and payed together this summer in Europe. Harvard is also loaded with talent with the return of all the players who missed last year and the best recruiting class in the ECAC and either team has what it takes to win the ECAC and the national championship and you can add to that Quinnipiac, RPI, Brown and Yale and also Cornell. St. Lawrence and Clarkson are fiercely competitive this year as well and if you don't pay attention, Colgate and Princeton will knock you off. Sorry, there are not going to be any easy points anywhere this year in the ECAC. If you want to win its going to require 60 minutes of sustained fierce intense combat, bloodletting and 110% continuous effort. I would not be surprised if the number of ties in league play goes up astronomically this year. In the end there will be very few points separating the top teams from the bottom teams. Don't see tiers this year, just one big free for all and outcomes will not be decided until the final weekend. Unfortunately this intense and balanced league play may mean that we end up with fewer teams making the NCAA playoffs as we continuously knock each other off all year.
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Agree with this 100%. Not sure I've ever seen the ECAC this strong from top to bottom. The slightest flaws in a team can be exposed on any given weekend. Ask RPI what they think of Harvard after Tuesday's tie and don't overlook that Dartmouth will have plenty of motivation since Union ended their season last year. The big question with U is the injury update and who (if anyone) will be back and available this weekend. I think when (hopefully) everyone gets healthy this could be a very good team, but until then..

In recruit news, another forward for 2016 - Brett Supinski of the Millbrook School (NE Prep), had 44 points in 23 games last season.
 
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ADK11 said:
Agree with this 100%. Not sure I've ever seen the ECAC this strong from top to bottom. The slightest flaws in a team can be exposed on any given weekend. Ask RPI what they think of Harvard after Tuesday's tie and don't overlook that Dartmouth will have plenty of motivation since Union ended their season last year. The big question with U is the injury update and who (if anyone) will be back and available this weekend. I think when (hopefully) everyone gets healthy this could be a very good team, but until then..

In recruit news, another forward for 2016 - Brett Supinski of the Millbrook School (NE Prep), had 44 points in 23 games last season.
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I don't see a Qpac or any other team running away and hiding from the rest of the pack. It is going to be a dogfight, I just hope we have a healthier dog coming along. Our OOC record is a shambles at this point so I can see getting to season end and needing to win another Whitelaw to get into the tournament. So very premature at this point to even be thinking about it, but my mind wanders at times. ;). One weekend, one game at a time and this weekend is going to be a huge challenge as banged up as we are and as tough as these two teams traditionally play us. Hoping for two points.
 
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Tomorrow is Daniel Carr's birthday which means he is going off! We are making a statement tomorrow at Dartmouth. LET'S GO U!
 
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2014 recruit Tyler Hynes, a Guilderland native and former Albany Academy player, is excelling in his second season with the USHL Omaha Lancers.

http://bit.ly/Hv9v5y

Hynes weighs in on his improvement this season, and also insight from Lancers head coach Brian Kauffman.
 
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According to Schottskie, Colin Stevens will be in goal tonight v. Dartmouth. Also Michael Pontarelli will also play despite an apparent injury he suffered in practice this week (hadn't heard about that one). Apparently Gonye got nicked up a bit this week also. I wish we could be as tough on other teams as we seem to be against each other. :eek:
 
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A big surprise is that Novak is back.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Dutchmen line chart at Dartmouth - 11/1/13. <a href="http://t.co/7oJkCwPmc3">http://t.co/7oJkCwPmc3</a></p>— Union Hockey Blog (@UnionHockeyBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/UnionHockeyBlog/statuses/396349523569549314">November 1, 2013</a></blockquote>
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For the "no easy games" crowd a few posts up, did you watch the game tonight? You might be surprised at the outcome. Good effort by Union, but that was about as easy as they come. Let's not get caught up in all that useless sports hyperbole folks.
 
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UnionFan4Life said:
Tomorrow is Daniel Carr's birthday which means he is going off! We are making a statement tomorrow at Dartmouth. LET'S GO U!
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7 to 2 gentlemen, 7 to 2.

Like I said, you can't believe everything you read, especially bias-written articles: "Dartmouth went to Europe during the offseason, team to beat this year, blah blah blah." This is a special team and Union is a lot of fun to watch. Welcome back Stevens and Novak! Happy Birthday Daniel Carr!

AnthonySaxe said:
For the "no easy games" crowd a few posts up, did you watch the game tonight? You might be surprised at the outcome. Good effort by Union, but that was about as easy as they come. Let's not get caught up in all that useless sports hyperbole folks.
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I agree 100%.
 
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AnthonySaxe said:
For the "no easy games" crowd a few posts up, did you watch the game tonight? You might be surprised at the outcome. Good effort by Union, but that was about as easy as they come. Let's not get caught up in all that useless sports hyperbole folks.
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I agree 100%.
 
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I watched on line tonight and of course liked what I saw...a lot. The return of Colin Stevens had to provide a huge lift and Max Novak had a monster game in his first of the season. What can you say about Sam Coatta? Bennett and Ikkala looked very engaged as well. I love Ikkala, a real no nonsense guy. He was jawing pretty well with McNally after his nasty hit early on. I think Ghost was +4. We move to the winner's bracket tomorrow night after Harvard stifled #10 (not for long) RPI. Is Harvard for real? We should have a better idea by this time tomorrow. No let up tomorrow night and we're on our way. Let's stay healthy and hungry.
 
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Big win..
They are a good team and will get better....

Nice to see RPI lose to the Crimson.
 
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UnionFan4Life said:
I consider Dartmouth a mid-tier ECAC team and Harvard a low-tier ECAC team; so getting points this weekend is huge before we take on Quinnipiac, RPI, Brown, and Yale. Any updates on the injured players?
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So Harvard is a low-tier ECAC team ???? Someone should have told that to RPI, a team that already had wins over UNH and BU and is picked to win the ECAC. See you tomorrow in Cambridge ..... Go Dutchmen !!!
 
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