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Colgate 2023-24

Despite the disappointment of this weekend, I had a fun (tho sometimes frustrating) time watching the men this season. I'll miss the departing players.
 
emotion? probably sad more than anything else...especially for the seniors who contributed a lot to our return to hockey respectability...a good season - certainly exciting - but at times frustrating...this is one of those times...looks like a decent incoming class next year...will say we seemed to give up a lot of crazy goals this year, perhaps reversing some of last year's good fortune...onward and upward...good luck to our girls and, staying positive, men's lacrosse is 6-3 and pasted Bucknell yesterday, 17-4...awaiting our seed in hoops...
 
Thank God there’s the women. Coaching change did wonders for them. Let’s see how this pans out for us in the long term…disappointing yet similar end to a season like most others.
 
I’m not going to lie or sugarcoat here. This hurts. This REALLY hurts!

And we were the only team with a bye to NOT make it to Lake Placid this season. Salt on the wound right there.

After last season’s surprise run to an ECAC Championship and a first round bye for the first time since 2015, I was really looking forward to seeing what this team would do in the playoffs and see if they could repeat as ECAC champs.

St. Lawrence had only won *one* road game all season. We had won *eight* in a row at home, all in regulation! And we got swept. No, we did not play poorly. No, we did not collapse. We just ran into some back luck, that’s my opinion.

And while we will always remember Carter Gylander’s heroics last season, winning tournament MVP, this season he never looked anything close to it. I wonder if he was playing with an injury? We started Andrew Takacs in our penultimate regular season game and I was impressed at how he played - he looked better than Gylander in recent games. I do hope he gets more starts next season.

It really sucks for the seniors to go out like this. But I believe in Mike Harder, and I’ve noticed our style of play has changed a bit compared to the Vaughan years, especially in 3rd periods. Previously we would go into defensive shells in the 3rd, now we’re keeping our foot on the accelerator and playing a full 60 minutes. We have *twelve* incoming players next season - it appears we are no longer restricting ourselves to a “roster limit”, which should help give us depth in case injuries occur (and they always do).

I look forward to what this program will do in the coming years. For now we have men’s basketball and the women’s ice hockey teams playing in their NCAA tournaments to distract us - here’s hoping they make some noise at the national level! Go ‘Gate!
 
Tough end to the first year of the Harder era. We ran into a hot goaltender. That said, I like to remind myself how long it took for the culture to set in for women's hockey, volleyball and men's basketball. I don't think this was really due to a lack of a sense of urgency because we were really aggressive just not successful. I like the freedom our players have now. It will come as they understand the responsibilities of that freedom and that they can never assume anyone other than themselves is going to make the play...
 
Thank God there’s the women. Coaching change did wonders for them. Let’s see how this pans out for us in the long term…disappointing yet similar end to a season like most others.
 
Kudos to the seniors for a winning season, despite the losses to SLU. Good luck to them in the future, whether they continue on the ice or with other pursuits. I believe this season - taken in it's totality - has shown that the Harder era will be successful and proove exciting every game (win or lose). I have faith that even greater success lies ahead. It takes time to get to the top of the mountain.
 
With .500 hockey as the consensus goal this season, this is where we stand tonight (after the loss to Saint Lawrence on Saturday)...

16-16-4 overall, regular season and tournament (FINAL).

13-9-2 in ECAC Hockey, regular season and tournament (FINAL).

3-7-2 out-of-conference, regular season and tournament (FINAL).

9-8-2 at home, regular season and tournament (FINAL).

7-8-2 on the road, regular season and tournament (FINAL).

2-3-1 against 2023 NCAA Tournament teams, regular season and tournament (FINAL).
 
Certainly a disappointing ending to the upbeat season. Thanks to the Seniors - Ross, Levi, Pierson, Nick and Carter and 5th year Ethan for the many hours of fantastic hockey wearing Colgate sweaters! Wherever you go, Go ‘gate!!!!!
 
I’m sure all Colgate fans wish Gylander the best. He did a great job and we wouldn’t have won the ECAC championship last year without him.
 
Kudos to the Larries on downing QU and making the ECAC final. Once again it's the teams from NY that stand apart ;-/ The SLU program is looking up; something to remember next season :-(
 
It is exciting to see both Saint Lawrence and Dartmouth lift their programs. We are all better off with a strong ECAC, top to bottom. As in fundraising, ‘a rising tide lifts all ships.’ Lake Placid was fun, as usual, and Clarkson Doug and I enjoyed visiting with both Pierre and Ryan McGuire.
 
Iowa, don’t know if you gathered this from talking to Pierre but if Colgate had gone to LP could he have been part of a broadcast of a game his son was playing? Just curious.
 
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