Elmira's goaltender was on her game. With 2 losses, the target is now off the Cardinals' backs, but that could be a blessing. Hard to stay #1 for so long, but my guess is no team wants to play the Cardinals. Plattsburgh's SOG was tremendous with some point-blank shots, so the effort was there. Some great puck movement on the pp as well. What concerns me most is the play of Brooke Wolejko. She is no Camille Leonard, and it shows. Anyone know her story? Why leave D-I St. Lawrence after 3 seasons?!
Freeloading marginal talent will not be missed.
Former Cortland coach Earl Utter has been hired to lead the new women's program at Wilkes. The team was supposed to launch this fall under Stephanie Newmark but was delayed due to low roster size.
Wow! A very uninspiring choice given my past interactions with him when he was at Cortland.
Lol, understatement of the year! The date on this announcement is September 26th, so over 2 months ago! Doesn't Wilkes know to send their announcements to uscho.com?! That coupled with this choice tells me they have no clue what they're doing. So what's the story of the first coach not being able to recruit enough players to field a team to play this season? This has all the markings of a really losing sitution.
I actually edited my initial response because it was a little too harsh. I met coach Utter a few times when he was at Cortland. Have to say he was the least personable coach I've dealt with ( which may explain at least in part why he couldn't recruit).
Agree with you on the whole delay issue due to lack of recruits. Even DW recruited enough girls to start the season. Many first year teams have short benches....
I actually edited my initial response because it was a little too harsh. I met coach Utter a few times when he was at Cortland. Have to say he was the least personable coach I've dealt with ( which may explain at least in part why he couldn't recruit).
Agree with you on the whole delay issue due to lack of recruits. Even DW recruited enough girls to start the season. Many first year teams have short benches....
DW had a horrendously short bench even as short benches go. They finished with 6 skaters by the end of the 15-16 season. Newmark, who was supposed to be the head coach at Wilkes before they pulled the plug this year, was a coach for DW. My theory about the Wilkes situation was that because the coaches got away with it at DW, Newmark didn't expect the Wilkes brass would pull the plug just because she couldn't land X number of players. But Wilkes, who already delayed their men's program saw what was going down with the roster and decided they could cut the rink/ice time budget altogether and used the short bench as a (probably reasonable) pretext for delaying the women along with the men.
I'm wondering 1) just how many recruits did they have at Wilkes this fall? 2) If that number was closer to the 12 players DW had to start in their last season would Wilkes have gone through with the season had they had their own rink instead of renting one?
At this level I think you need at least 14 skaters to start a program. Having said that, it should be fairly easy to find 14 skaters that want to play hockey. They may not be the best talent going but you don't expect to win much in the first few years of a program.
It's just poor recruiting which by default means a poor coaching choice.
Many first year teams have short benches....
Elmira, granted in a different era, began their program, and won back to back NCAA DIII titles in the first 2 seasons of play...
Elmira, granted in a different era, began their program, and won back to back NCAA DIII titles in the first 2 seasons of play...
Elmira, granted in a different era, began their program, and won back to back NCAA DIII titles in the first 2 seasons of play...
Endicott... currently in its 3rd year as varsity but top 10 ranked last spring
Hey just wondering after reading some of these interesting posts regarding DIII hockey, do these schools give out scholarships or financial aid ? And does a DIII commitment page/thread exist ??
Coach McPhee has done a very good job at Endicott. He's enthusiastic and dedicated to recruiting. I thought Coach Lewis did a good job over at Johnson and Wales for the 2 years she was there, putting a hard-working team on the ice. A unique team too, as I recall, w/ a number of Swedish players on it.
No scholarships, just aid. The aid must be in proportion to the aid given to the student body. For example, giving financial aid to the 20 Canadians on the hockey team, but not the 80 Canadians in the physics department is a no no.
