No you're not misremembering. The dinner was stopped for the pandemic and, as Bernie noted during the UVM game, Hockey East had elected not to hold one this year. No indication about the future.
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BU: '22-'23 Season: Sail The Boats
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Taking players from the portal can be seen as taking them from current program. Maybe poach isn’t the perfect word. It’s within the rules and a shortcut. Do you comprehend that grabbing a bunch of proven players at this level isn’t as impressive as building from within? Obviously the hockey East coaches thought the same.
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All of them? Meaning - assistants as well or just the head coaches?
The only thing I can think of with regards to Pandolfo getting it over Borek is that Pandolfo did it in his first season.
Within means from WITHIN....as in existing players and recruits not free agent portal pickups. Not hard to comprehend. Not sure what you are arguing as I thought Borek was going to win but I see how coaches could disagree with the way he built that team.
brassbonanza
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No, taking players from the portal means the player wilfully left that school and opened themselves to other schools. That's not taking a player "from" another program, it's taking them from a portal the player chose to enter.
Also, you know how we got Matt Brown, right?
Yes. Matt Brown came from UML via the portal which I still think is free agent hockey. Kids used to have to sit out a year now its musical chairs. Kids are going to transfer I get it - but grabbing what 7 or 8 grad students is kind of on a different level.
Lane Hutson is a Hobey finalist:
https://goterriers.com/news/2023/3/...omBGabn3VZJoezgBXk1TdJlmWw6DegAOsuXF59IG-tDuE
https://goterriers.com/news/2023/3/...omBGabn3VZJoezgBXk1TdJlmWw6DegAOsuXF59IG-tDuE
Maybe Borek gets really drunk at these things and embarrasses himself...
brassbonanza
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You also fail to recognize the abnormal amount of grad transfers right now because of the Covid year, and that all Ivy schools do not allow grads to play sports, thus an outsized number transfer to use their remaining eligibility.
Does any team in the country have more graduate transfers than Merrimack with 7?
lifeoncommave
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"I'm calling the Secretary of State of Hockey East. There was no way Borek lost without massive voter fraud. I saw Ted Donato hanging around the polling station. Jack Parker was allowed to vote as a Coach Emeritus."
I don’t think the choice is that controversial. I know it’s a regular season award but like to have waited to see how the HE Tournament plays out. MC isn’t lights out just improved. At least BU went from hot crap to reg season title and #5 pairwise. Yes there were veterans already here and some strong recruits but until Jay took the reigns they weren’t performing
Fair or not I think a lot of us look to what was expected in the preseason. And despite what you're saying about Pandolfo taking over a bad team they were still expected to be very good this year. Plus, he was on the staff last year. He didn't come in totally blind.
yes agreed
Not weighing in on who was most deserving of COY. But calling last year's Terriers "hot crap" or saying Pandolfo inherited a "terrible team" is ignoring the facts. The team Pandolfo inherited was much more the group that went 15-4-1 over the last four months than the one that was 4-9-2 in October and November. A major factor in that turnaround was Albie giving Jay "a ton of responsibility" including "a lot of stuff a head coach would do." Specifically, Pandolfo said (in an interview prior to the beginning of this season):
BU's preseason ranking in Hockey East and nationally reflected that strong finish, the large senior class, the talented freshmen and Pandolfo taking the reins.
BU's preseason ranking in Hockey East and nationally reflected that strong finish, the large senior class, the talented freshmen and Pandolfo taking the reins.
Harry Cleverly
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It is not usual, especially when a league's coaches are voting, is to have the coach of the league regular season champion as their Coach of the Year. Happens all the time.
Pandolfo did an excellent job returning the faith in BU hockey after Albie's four seasons of underachevement.
That said, Borek would have been a better choice given how much better Merrimack fared than expected. Even if half the team was ready to collect Social Security. They performed way above all expectations, and that is what should count the most.
Pandolfo was a good choice, Borek would have been a better one for the CotY award.
I think Levi is the best goalie in the country. I also think he was better last year than this one. Hutson becoming the first defenseman, let alone a freshman D, to lead the league is scoring, and lead the country in scoring by a defenseman, while also playing solid D, would have given him the nod over Levi, IMO.
Just like the coaching award, Levi was a good choice, but I think Hutson would have been a better one for PotY.
There was only one choice for RotY.
Pandolfo did an excellent job returning the faith in BU hockey after Albie's four seasons of underachevement.
That said, Borek would have been a better choice given how much better Merrimack fared than expected. Even if half the team was ready to collect Social Security. They performed way above all expectations, and that is what should count the most.
Pandolfo was a good choice, Borek would have been a better one for the CotY award.
I think Levi is the best goalie in the country. I also think he was better last year than this one. Hutson becoming the first defenseman, let alone a freshman D, to lead the league is scoring, and lead the country in scoring by a defenseman, while also playing solid D, would have given him the nod over Levi, IMO.
Just like the coaching award, Levi was a good choice, but I think Hutson would have been a better one for PotY.
There was only one choice for RotY.
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It does happen but I would think typically when there's no clear choice that jumps off the page at you. I mean how many times did Jerry York NOT win COTY? A lot. I think Borek jumps out as an obvious choice especially when I add in the tragic passing of Josh Ciocco right before the season started.
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