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Brown Hockey 2013-2014 - Climbing to the Top of the ECAC Ladder

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BrunoFan00 said:
Congrats to Dennis Robertson on being named the league's co-Best Defensive Defenseman.

I must tell you, I read this column and agreed with maybe a third of his all-league selections.
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I agree with you. I would like to see some explanations and it is inexplicable to leave Robertson off his selections.
 
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Mike Hutter said:
I agree with you. I would like to see some explanations and it is inexplicable to leave Robertson off his selections.
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Why are we discussing Ken Schott's supposed "All-Star Selections"? It's the opinion of one guy from the Albany, NY area with no bearing on the league selections.
 
Brown09 said:
Why are we discussing Ken Schott's supposed "All-Star Selections"? It's the opinion of one guy from the Albany, NY area with no bearing on the league selections.
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...who also happens to be the biggest homer in sports journalism. Ken Schotts is a bigger Union fan than the guys on the Union team!
 
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Union's third ECAC championship in a row is an amazing feat. It hadn't been done since the 1970s (BU in 1975, 1976 and 1977).

Consider:

1. Union's facilities would be deemed substandard even if Union were still playing in Division III. (Have you seen Bowdoin's Sid Watson Arena? Middlebury's Kenyon Arena? The rinks at Norwich, Oswego, and even Trinity?)

2. As an academic institution Union doesn't have the cachet of other hockey-playing eastern small colleges, such as Amherst, Williams, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Wesleyan.

3. Schenectady is, to put it nicely, far from an interesting location.

4. Support among students doesn't appear to be strong. Despite the small size of the rink, there are empty seats and a large segment, if not most of the fans appear to be from the community.

And yet, Union has been able to build an elite, highly respected Division I program. The Dutchmen play a complete game that's very interesting to watch. I wish them the best in the NC$$ tournament. I'd love to see them in the Frozen Four again.
 
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Anyone know who our non-conference opponents will be next year? I'm curious to see if we'll be able to get the same caliber that we did this year (PC, UNH, CC, DU, BC).
 
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kdiff77 said:
Anyone know who our non-conference opponents will be next year? I'm curious to see if we'll be able to get the same caliber that we did this year (PC, UNH, CC, DU, BC).
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The full schedule is not complete, but as of now it includes five non-conference games:

1. Denver and Boston College at the Dartmouth Holiday Tournament (The tournament has been designed so that both Brown and Dartmouth will play BC and DU on consecutive nights, but won't play each other.)

2. Home and home games against Providence College (Friday and Saturday)

3. U of Connecticut
 
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Euler18 said:
The full schedule is not complete, but as of now it includes five non-conference games:

1. Denver and Boston College at the Dartmouth Holiday Tournament (The tournament has been designed so that both Brown and Dartmouth will play BC and DU on consecutive nights, but won't play each other.)

2. Home and home games against Providence College (Friday and Saturday)

3. U of Connecticut
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Very nice! I hope we get a couple big-name opponents to fill the other two games. We seem to have a good relationship with UNH and BU, as we've played them several times in recent years. Maybe something could be arranged, since HE has a lot more non-conference games now that they only play 22 conference games. Which game against PC counts as the Mayor's Cup? Our home game, since they hosted last year?

On a separate note: I think it's time to start a new thread. Let's wash the disappointing memories of this past season away. :)

Any suggestions for names, folks?
 
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Euler18 said:
Union's third ECAC championship in a row is an amazing feat. ....
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Now that we know who won the whole enchilada, I'd like to praise Euler's smart observations about Union hockey -- the little college that could.

Granted, their admission standards aren't anywhere near the Ivies', so they have that recruiting edge. But it was still a miraculous climb to the top this season.
 
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DarthBruno said:
Now that we know who won the whole enchilada, I'd like to praise Euler's smart observations about Union hockey -- the little college that could.

Granted, their admission standards aren't anywhere near the Ivies', so they have that recruiting edge. But it was still a miraculous climb to the top this season.
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Academically there are not many schools that can compare to the Ivy League and the Ivy league Athletic Index is stricly enforced. That being said 640/670/640 positions Union as a very selective school that takes academics very seriously. Many of the hockey players are engineers, premed, bioengineering, etc and I think the team was 3.6/4.0. One thing of note - the Athletic Director and the athletic department reports ot the Vice President of Academic Affairs, a Ph.D Economics Professor, and there is no quarter given when academic achievement is subpar.
 
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