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Colgate 2023-24

Checking in for the 2023-24 season. I hope everyone had a good summer. It was very rainy in the Boston area, and it has rained here the past 4 Saturdays in a row, ughhh!

But fortunately, hockey season is back tomorrow! As usual (and is the case for other ECAC teams besides us), we have a lot of question marks going into this season. Not only did we lose players to graduation, but we also have a new head coach. Fortunately our new coach is a former Colgate player and former assistant. How will we fare this season? Honestly, we won't know until we play the games.

Last season was one to remember - I didn't see it coming and honestly, nobody did. But I hope this is a springboard for sustained success. Will we be a force to be reckoned with this season? Probably not - there will certainly be some transition as the result of a new coach. But I'm hoping that in a few seasons, we'll be a competitive team that's consistently fighting for a championship.

Let's Go!!!
 
Carter Gylander in net tonight for Colgate.
Arsenii Sergeev in goal for UConn.
Pep band is in the house tonight.
UConn penalty three minutes in. Killed.
UConn first on the board at 7:14 of first. Wood.
And seconds later, UConn scored again. Salminen.
And seconds later, Colgate responds. McGuire from Tamburro at 8:02.
UConn penalty. Killed.
Colgate penalty with 2:07 left in first period. Killed.

Colgate 8, UConn 7, SOG after one.
UConn 2, Colgate 1, score after one.

Colgate penalty one minute into second. Killed.
UConn penalty five minutes into period. Killed.
 
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Midway through game, a delay. Linesman went to dressing room with injury. Play resumed with one linesman.
Colgate penalty eleven minutes into second. Killed.

Colgate 23, UConn 21, SOG after two.
UConn 2, Colgate 1, score after two.

Colgate penalty midway through third. Killed.
12:16. Wood holding stick penalty on UConn.
Short-handed goal by UConn’s Salminen.
Colgate penalty with six seconds left on UConn penalty.
Short-handed goal by Colgate’s Ben Raymond.

Colgate pulled Gylander with two minutes to go.
And UConn scored with 1:33 left. ENG.

Colgate 34, UConn 31, SOG final.
UConn 4, Colgate 2, score final.
 
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An exciting time. I like the team a lot. Some of the new guys can play and we can definitely beat UConn. At times we brought great pressure and our aggressive penalty kill was fun to watch, but early season mistakes and Gylander being just good not great didn't help. Hopefully we can get a split.
 
I agree, Oldtimer! I really liked our energy and drive to the puck. The banner will be raised before the Harvard game in November. Go 'gate!!!!!
 
A very entertaining game tonight, I thought (not unlike this afternoon’s women’s win/sweep over Penn State). It started with Mike Harder’s once-a-week pre-game ChalkTalk; he is definitely going to be good for the program by trying new-n-different things. I thought Ryan McGuire played a good game; afterwards I spotted Pierre amongst several parents, including Mrs. Anderson (who is a hoot). I agree that Carter Gylander was good, not great; he can play better. I appreciate seeing friends Zachary, The Professor, Barb, Jackie from Ticketing, Kate from Resource Development, and R. Braden Houston. Again, we didn’t do ourselves nor ECAC Hockey any favors by losing to a non-conference opponent; congrats to Clarkson and Saint Lawrence for their wins tonight. While I think we still have a winning record over UConn, overall (6-5-1), we need to turn our recent streak with them (three losses and a tie) around tomorrow at 3 p.m. ‘Night from foggy Owego and Go ‘Gate.
 
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Played decent enough for the first game but after a banner year (pretty sure we won the ECAC tournament and I got trapped in the snow on the way back from placid) why the hell we didn’t raise a banner tonight. did not feel like an opening night…I have heard excuses like students not around but they are just that excuses
 
Very excited and optimistic for the Harder era; it’s been a long time coming. Sour way to get his campaign started, but not surprised. Don’t mind the delay in raising the banner; kind of nice to rub it in Harvard’s face. Hope we can find some offense this season.
 
Great to see the season underway. Congrats to the team on playing an uptempo game, even tho losing. Was really a 3-2 contest. Would like to see something done about the nontraditional "C" and the crimson on jerseys. Nikki did us no favors.

Let's get the "W" this afternoon.
 
Carter Gylander is in net for Colgate.
Ex-Clarkson goalie Ethan Haider is in goal for UConn.
Carter Gylander screened in first minute (:44) and UConn’s Spetz scored.
UConn penalty.
PPG goal by Colgate’s Nic Belpedio (from Tamburro).
Colgate penalty. Killed.
UConn penalty forty seconds into Colgate penalty. Killed.
UConn pinged one off the pipe.
UConn penalty. Killed.

Colgate 10, UConn 8, SOG after one.
Colgate 1, UConn 1, score after one.

UConn came out of the first period intermission ready to play. But Ross Mitton just put on a one-man show to blitz their defense and beat Ethan Heider!! Unassisted.
Colgate’s 6’7” Brett Chorske, from Colorado College, is a heads-up player.
Colgate penalty.
1:45 into it, UConn penalty.
Colgate penalty killed. UConn penalty killed.
Beautiful Colgate goal by Nic Belpedio from hard-working Ross Mitton. Both are having a heck of a game.
15 seconds to go in period, UConn penalty.

Colgate 20, UConn 17, SOG after two.
Colgate 3, UConn 1, score after two.

Last couple of minutes of the second period, Colgate started going into defensive shell, then things got chippy. Carter Gylander made some great saves, but he shouldn’t have faced them in the first place (in my opinion).

UConn’s lethal weapon, Matthew Wood from B.C., just scored to make it a 3-2 game. Have I ever said how much I hate defensive shells?

1:55 to go in the game and UConn ties it up! Richard from Wood.

Colgate 27, UConn 25, SOG after regulation.
Colgate 3, UConn 3, score after regulation.

5-minute 3-on-3 OverTime coming up.

Colgate 31, UConn 30, final SOG.
Colgate 3, UConn 3, final score.

Not into shootouts.
 
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The wins will come, but these last-minute meltdowns are too familiar. Was hoping for a better inaugural weekend for Harder, who is no stranger to the game. Excited to see his future recruiting style and give him props for his classy home visits during his transition as Coach. Congrats to the Huskies on a really good series for their team.
 
Back home after a post-game Walter Trout concert in Homer, N.Y. I thought we played pretty good hockey for the first 38 minutes, then the wheels came off the wagon again. I would say ‘live and learn’ but we never seem to learn. It was poetic justice for Carter Gylander and Ethan Heider to get the NCAA tie, as both stood on their head at times (with SOG just about even). Thanks Shabby for saying ‘hi’ and visiting afterwards. TeacherBill, I expect Colgate will see more Midwestern USHL recruits in the future. For those that care, the Sullivan Suite appears to have upped its culinary game (and wall decorations) this year, too. Well, on to Fairfield, Conn., for two more this coming weekend (after tomorrow’s Guelph at RIT exhibition for me)…
 
Enjoyed the game yesterday, except the last eight minutes. Some of the frosh played very well I thought, and have good size. Wood, the #15 draft pick is a beast, his goal was a laser, I thought Gate did a good job limiting his opportunities. I think Haider (Clarkson transfer) saved UConn's butt several times, still don't know how he made the save with about two seconds left in regulation.
We should be very competitive this season, overall I have a good feeling especially if we can get better offensively.
Good seeing you Iowa.
 
Anybody from this thread headed to Fairfield tomorrow and/or Saturday? If so, remember tomorrow is the Colgate Day pre-game reception. I hope to make the afternoon women’s game (LIU at Sacred Heart) tomorrow, followed by both ‘Gate men’s contests. Go ‘Gate.
 
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Anybody from this thread headed to Fairfield tomorrow and/or Saturday? If so, remember tomorrow is the Colgate Day pre-game reception. I hope to make the afternoon women’s game (LIU at Sacred Heart) tomorrow, followed by both ‘Gate men’s contests. Go ‘Gate.
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Wish I could see the matchup! Iowa, I'll be interested in hearing your thoughts on SHU's new ice palace !!
 
Wicked, Holy Cow… what an arena!! It is gorgeous. I believe it seats 3,600. I am at the Long Island University (LIU) at Sacred Heart University (SHU) women’s game this afternoon. Arena #134 for me, lifetime, at which I have seen a hockey game. When this weekend’s men’s series was announced, I wasn’t that excited about it (not crazy about this populated part of Connecticut with all its traffic). Now I am really glad that I made the effort to drive down.
 
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