BC had Minnesota on their schedule this year. At this point the big ten teams are the gold standard. I will look it up later but I’m curious how often BC is playing them. Can they say they are playing them every single year without fail in regular season? Particularly Minn, Ohio state and Wisconsin? I think that matters.
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Boston College Women's Hockey '25-'26: It's The Hope That Kills You
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Windchill22
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BC played Wisconsin in each of the previous two years, and over those four games they were outscored 31–6. They also had a rough outing against Minnesota this year. Playing those teams and posting consistently negative results is probably worse for recruiting than beneficial. Getting them on the schedule only goes so far—you also have to show you can be competitive, or recruits will notice the disparity.
Recruits will notice the disparity yes, but there’s not room for every kid to play on those 3 teams so maybe step one is being on the same ice as them annually and having a chance to knock them off? Not sure. I am just a nerd who likes talking about this stuff, no easy answers.
I appreciate the data Reggie is sharing. I keep waiting for the next big thing to happen to change women’s college hockey just for narrative purposes. Nothing really seems imminent.
reggiedunlap9
Active member
@Lindsay I don’t care if BC gets a new coach or not but it feels like you oversimplify things.
Sorry Lindsay but I have no idea what you are talking about
No one will ever convince me that BC doesn't have the resources to compete on the big stage with Wisco and Minnesota. Sorry I just don't believe it
I’m not trying to convince you of that. But I’m saying it will take more than a coaching change.
2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championships rosters and college commitments
The 2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship is January 10-18 in Sydney and Membertou, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. This post will be updated with jersey numbers and additional commitments as they become available. Canada # F/D/G Player College Commitment 1 G Maija St-Pierre St...
victorypress.org
According to this 65% of the committed players of the most recent USA u18 team chose B1G or other WCHA. 1 kid (4.3%) chose Hockey East. No one chose NEWHA or non Penn State AHA. 7 chose ECAC (mostly ivies).
reggiedunlap9
Active member
I understand that is the current situation but that will change. Trust me. With the right person BC can be competitive again in just a few years.I’m not trying to convince you of that. But I’m saying it will take more than a coaching change.
2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championships rosters and college commitments
The 2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship is January 10-18 in Sydney and Membertou, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. This post will be updated with jersey numbers and additional commitments as they become available. Canada # F/D/G Player College Commitment 1 G Maija St-Pierre St...
According to this 65% of the committed players of the most recent USA u18 team chose B1G or other WCHA. 1 kid (4.3%) chose Hockey East. No one chose NEWHA or non Penn State AHA. 7 chose ECAC (mostly ivies).
There is plenty of room for some very strong programs to emerge again in the east. Lots of very good players here. BC needs to be one of them
reggiedunlap9
Active member
Good Morning.
As I continue to do some more research on the total collapse of the BC Women's ice hockey program, I found another interesting data point to share this am that I thought was most relevant.
Last night the Northeastern Women's ice hockey team qualified for their 10th STRAIGHT Hockey East Championship game.
BC, on the other hand, has not played in a Hockey East Championship game since 2019.
This is not a typo.
@TonyTheTiger20 just wondering. Is that good ? Or are we still rebuilding ?
As I continue to do some more research on the total collapse of the BC Women's ice hockey program, I found another interesting data point to share this am that I thought was most relevant.
Last night the Northeastern Women's ice hockey team qualified for their 10th STRAIGHT Hockey East Championship game.
BC, on the other hand, has not played in a Hockey East Championship game since 2019.
This is not a typo.
@TonyTheTiger20 just wondering. Is that good ? Or are we still rebuilding ?
TonyTheTiger20
#SOAR
It's times like this that I remind myself that I am absolutely blessed to no longer be tasked with moderating the BCI comments. Having one Reggie is bad enough. Football and basketball have dozens of Reggies and it's really something to have to deal with it lol
TonyTheTiger20
#SOAR
.......damn lol
Reddington
Well-known member
BC just canned the Women's basketball coach.
That's going to fire some people up on here. Those points are all valid by Lindsay, but the elephant in the room is Northeastern.
That's going to fire some people up on here. Those points are all valid by Lindsay, but the elephant in the room is Northeastern.
Looked at that victory press article again. Another way to slice it: 19 out of 23 of the most recent US 18 chose B1G or Ivy. Both Penn State and OSU are relative new comers to being top choice, and the Ivies are maybe making a comeback. Everyone else needs to show some agility in their recruiting practices if they want to compete.
reggiedunlap9
Active member
Having one Reggie is bad enough.
Not very nice @TonyTheTiger20.
Are you going to delete all of my posts again ? Are you still going to call me "another disgruntled ex BC parent" because I'm so angry about this ? I'm just trying to focus on the facts. Please tell me what don't agree with.
Are you still happy with the direction of BCWIH ? Do you still think Crowley needs more time to get us back on track ? Are we still in a rebuild ?
Are you so close to Crowley personally that no matter what happens you will never want to see her replaced ?
I'm starting to realize that Crowley could go 0-36 next year and you would still be supporting her.
ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
Finally! Now you can just proceed with your effort to accomplish a regime change at BC with the knowledge that TTT doesn't plan to assist you. Both of you are within your rights, even if neither one is a parent of a player, current or former, or a close personal friend of the coach.
Chris Vogel
New member
They didn't offer her a new contract, they did not fire her.
The bottom has also fallen off that program (1 conference win, multiple 50 point blowouts). The women's hockey program is still in a significantly better place than the hoops program, her being gone doesn't have any impact on Crowley.
onetimeposter26
New member
I've been reading these message boards for double digit years. I'm a former employee of multiple universities and conferences, including at one point Boston College. I have made this account to post once to address this topic and then I'm going to go back to just laughing at the comments on both the men's and women's forums. You do not have to believe me and I won't try to make you believe me but I just want to stat this fact: BC does not support its women's hockey program. The administration does not care and does not support it (the administration also doesn't care that much about its men's program either but there are wealthy program alums to help offset). Has BC women's hockey fallen from where it once was? Yes. Should they be doing better? Absolutely yes. But they do not have the resources and support that reggiedunlap9 thinks or claims they have.
Unless you can tell me that BC has zero dollars to get their a** out on the road to recruit, then the whole 'no resources' is simply an excuse. Recruiting is what makes your program great. And then coaching. If you bring the right players in, you still have to coach them. So #1- They're not bringing in the best kids anymore BECAUSE #2- The ones that were here didn't learn a thing and actually got worse and also BECAUSE #3- Crowley doesn't venture further than 4-5 hours from her doorstep to actually recruit. It's a chicken and egg situation. Maybe they don't have the most up-to-date rink (hello, Ohio State) and maybe they don't have an unlimited recruiting budget (hello, Ivies), but she absolutely does not make the best of what she has and she doesn't work hard to make it better. And unless you're telling me that "lack of support" means they aren't getting kids through at Admissions (which I doubt), none of your argument holds water. She's not recruiting hard enough, she's not a good coach, therefore, the program has tanked. Anything else is an excuse and shifting blame.
TonyTheTiger20
#SOAR
This is exactly the thing I have been saying. The university has money: they do not use it to support women's hockey. Our recruiting budget is absolute ass.
Courtney Kennedy left explicitly because of a lack of support for the program from BC athletics.
Unless you expect her to do it out of her own pocket, the above is the reason for this.
Surely you don't believe they aren't recruiting further afield just because they don't feel like it or something?
In b 4 Reggie crashes out because "we have a $4 billion endowment and therefore women's hockey has ALL OF THE MONEY FOR EVERYTHING"