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Colgate 2022-23

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And our loss to them was in OT, we came that close to sweeping them. Hockey can be so unpredictable.

Congrats to Q-Pac NATIONAL CHAMPIONS !!!
 
iowabasedtraveler said:
From the 'More Questions than it Answers' Department...

Josh Hewitt on the Big Ten Hockey Facebook page posted a graphic of expenditures of NCAA D-1 MIH programs.

Here are a couple...

1., North Dakota, $5,453,864,
2., Minnesota, $5,269,203,
3., Notre Dame, $5,198,263
4., Michigan, $4,464,256,
5., Boston College, $4,360,627,

21., Quinnipiac, $3,029,101,
23., Clarkson, $2,630,662,
25., RPI, $2,563,477,
27., Saint Lawrence, $2,547,264,
31., Colgate, $2,423,063,
38., Yale, $2,073,478,
41., Cornell, $1,990,819,
51., Harvard, $1,374,610,
52., Brown, $1,363,881,
53., Dartmouth, $1,353,890,
56., Princeton, $1,133,425,
57., Union, $1,049,322.

From me, "I see 57 programs listed. What was the last year that NCAA had 57 men's D-1 ice hockey programs? If it is more current than that, what programs are not included (and why)? More specifically, what year does it supposedly represent? And what exactly goes into those numbers? Thanks."

From Josh, "It’s all the schools that have the records for expenses for the Men’s hockey program available and includes all expenditures for the program. Salaries, rink maintenance, travel, etc….
GopherPuckLive periodically puts together an article to compare where Minnesota is compared to the rest of college hockey. Here is an article from 2018 as an example with additional info."

"https://gopherpucklive.com/minnesota-ranks-second-for.../

"The data I posted above is for this season. I don’t know if he is going to put together an article with further breakdown or not, but you should probably be able to find the data for your program in public records."

While I still question a lot about the specifics of this ranking, it probably does fairly accurately show the basic differences between the expenditures of the Big Ten (and other) conference programs and those of the ECAC Hockey conference.
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Many top schools have tens of thousands of students. Interesting that No. 23, 25, 27 are D-III. Would think Union would be the same…Achilles is outdated. Qpac…their results every year speak for themselves.
 
I know it doesn't belong here but just in case you haven't read the Colgate Women's thread, check it out. Serdachney says she's coming back for a fifth year ! Great news indeed !!
 
Tomorrow marks the one-week anniversary of the national championship game.
We all know that October 1 and the start of the 2023-24 season is a long way off.
So, let's try to keep this Colgate thread alive (until Shabby starts the new one), at least on a weekly basis, during the off-season.

So, my first question is, to the thread's faithful, what is your favorite memory (or your least favorite) of the past season?

I will start...

Quinnipiac University won the NCAA Division-1 Men's Ice Hockey National Championship game in Tampa, Fla.
During the 2022-23 season, only one team (amongst all 62 NCAA D-1 MIH programs) won its season series against Quinnipiac. Only one.

Who was that team?

Well, it was Colgate University of Hamilton, N.Y.

And I was at two of those three games. Both wins by Colgate... in Hamilton and in Lake Placid.

Of course, I also saw Quinnipiac defeat both Michigan and Minnesota in Tampa.

Your turn... fave memory (or least fave memory) of the past season?
 
My least favorites were the two losses to Niagara, had us going in the wrong direction after a decent start. Favorites had to be the wins in Lake Placid !
 
Without question my best memory was beating Harvard in Lake Placid. There were a lot of Colgate people there and they were vocal. 33 years between ECAC championships and I was lucky enough to see them both in person.

Honorable mention might be the home Cornell game. At 3-0 in the 1st period it looked like Cornell was going to run us out of our own building. But we came back and took the lead before getting the shootout win.
 
Magoo… who were the vocal Colgate fans at Saint Lawrence and Lake Placid? Whomever they were, they need to move closer to Hamilton, N.Y. And that includes Nick Anderson’s mom. She doesn’t do opera claps when we score. he he he
 
iowabasedtraveler said:
So, my first question is, to the thread's faithful, what is your favorite memory (or your least favorite) of the past season?

I will start...

Quinnipiac University won the NCAA Division-1 Men's Ice Hockey National Championship game in Tampa, Fla.
During the 2022-23 season, only one team (amongst all 62 NCAA D-1 MIH programs) won its season series against Quinnipiac. Only one.

Who was that team?

Well, it was Colgate University of Hamilton, N.Y.

And I was at two of those three games. Both wins by Colgate... in Hamilton and in Lake Placid.

Of course, I also saw Quinnipiac defeat both Michigan and Minnesota in Tampa.

Your turn... fave memory (or least fave memory) of the past season?
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I was at all 3 games that Quinnipiac and Colgate played. Tip of the cap to the Raiders for being the only team to have our number this year.

I'm a Bobcats fan, but I was rooting for Colgate to beat Harvard in Lake Placid. One of my favorite memories of the 22-23 season was sitting behind the Raiders bench in the ECAC Championship Game and seeing Don Vaughan's reaction after beating Harvard to win the Whitelaw Cup. If QU couldn't win it, I'm glad it was Coach Vaughan and Colgate.
 
Breaking news...The IIHF Womens World Championships April 4-14 2024 will be played in Utica NY next spring. Unreal, the best women players in the world. You'll be coming to Utica, Tom !
 
Shabby, the Frozen Four will be in Saint Paul, Minn., April 11-13, so I need to be there watching the Colgate men… but the previous weekend could be fun in Utica, where I worked for GE, 1980-85.
 
My favorite memory is watching us defeat Harvard and win the Whitelaw Cup for the first time in 33 years! (I was in Boston for the 1st and regret not being in LP for the second!) Another favorite is being part of the crowd welcoming the victors home from LP and Don giving me a huge hug and thanking me for sticking by the program through thick and thin. Go 'gate!!
 
Barb, people sometimes forget that it’s the simple gestures that mean the most. The huge hug that you received from Don Vaughan returning from Lake Placid, the Colgate jersey that I received from Max Elberty five years ago, etc. Those are the memories that we cherish personally.
 
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iowabasedtraveler said:
Tomorrow marks the one-week anniversary of the national championship game.
We all know that October 1 and the start of the 2023-24 season is a long way off.
So, let's try to keep this Colgate thread alive (until Shabby starts the new one), at least on a weekly basis, during the off-season.

So, my first question is, to the thread's faithful, what is your favorite memory (or your least favorite) of the past season?
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No contest here, my favorite memory of the 2022-23 season is winning the Whitelaw Cup. I regret not making the trip to Lake Placid because I was contemplating attending 90s Con in Hartford because my childhood crush, Amanda Bynes, was scheduled to make an appearance. (And she didn't.)
 
From Colgate just now…
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[TD="align: left"]Dear Colgate Men’s Hockey Alumni, Families, and Friends,

Shortly, it will be announced that Don Vaughan, Colgate’s head men’s hockey coach, will retire from coaching after 30 years at the helm of our men’s hockey program. Please join me in congratulating Don on a wonderful career and wishing him well in retirement.

Don has been a true steward of Colgate over his career, with his staff, bringing exceptional student-athletes to Colgate and guiding them to excel both on the ice and in the classroom, while becoming fixtures within the community.

Don was named head coach in 1992 and he leaves with 470 victories as the winningest coach in program history. His feats include six 20-win seasons, four NCAA tournament berths, two ECAC Coach of the Year awards, and the 2023 ECAC Championship. Individually, Don has developed and mentored more than 200 Academic All-ECAC members, 56 All-ECAC Hockey honors, seven All-Americans, five Hobey Baker Award finalists, three Colgate 1819 award winners, two ECAC Hockey Players of the Year, one NHL Stanley Cup winner, an ECAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and one Hockey Humanitarian Award winner.

Plans to recognize Don’s career at Colgate are underway and there will be a celebration of his career planned in conjunction with a men’s hockey home weekend during the 2023-24 season.

A national search for the next Donald F. Vaughan Head Men’s Ice Hockey Coach will begin immediately.[/TD]
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I think when he won the championship he knew he was done. Plus a lot of his family was there. Now thoughts on who is next, obviously Winchester has to be thought of if staying “in the family”
 
This will keep the off season buzzing...lots of thoughts here, but, despite my impatience over the last 8 or 9 years, am quite glad he was able to go out with an ECAC title...he keep this year's group focused when it really mattered and throughout his career produced quality young men...
 
WHOA.

Didn’t see this coming. Glad DV is going out a champion and choosing to step down on his terms. Now I’m REALLY kicking myself for not going to Lake Placid this year, and even worse, for only making it to ONE game this season (that 5-4 OT loss at Harvard).

A new chapter of Colgate Men’s Ice Hockey begins NOW! We have a golden opportunity to bring in top recruits to a beautiful campus with a beautiful rink. Can we pull a Yale and find our Keith Allain? Can we pull a Denver/Boston Bruins and find our Jim Montgomery?
 
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