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ECAC '24-25: Who rebuilds? Who reloads?

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There's been useful discussion of how teams might look for '24-25! It occurred to me to start this thread early so everyone can continue that here. This weekend I made lists, from what's available on the web, of which players are arriving as first-years/freshmen in the fall.

For each school, below, you can click on its name to see recruits. Also listed in the first three columns in the chart below are how many women approximately are expected to be leaving currently, for the portal or using up eligibility (-F, -D, -G); next are the potential incoming first-years (+F, +D, +G); and finally the total players so far for '24-25 (F, D, G). On the 2023-24 thread, from Friday, you can also see points totals for these players expected to leave, along with the % of the team's points.
Recruits-F-D-G+F+D+GFDG
Brown5213211373
Clarkson6316111754
Colgate52121-1072
Cornell2-11111394
Dartmouth2212211383
Harvard11-4111584
Princeton52-4111564
Quinnipiac10123427103
RPI3113-11864
SLU42121-1082
Union21-3211695
Yale2--33218115
NZ = Neutral Zone
EP = Elite Prospects
CC = College Commitments

The portal source is GopherPuckLive's Women's List. There are at least ~72 departing players, of whom ~20 have eligibility remaining because they are either trying to transfer (e.g., Clarkson's Swiderski) or graduating (e.g., Pasiechnyk). Then there are ~62 or more newly arriving first-years in the ECAC. The sources often omit names or put incorrect years for them; I tried to check them. Who rebuilds, and who reloads, this upcoming season? And I wonder whose new recruits and returners look exciting to you.

Will Colgate repeat as champions for the regular season or the tournament? Looking even farther, prematurely, ahead, will one or more ECAC teams make it to Ridder for the Frozen Four '25 as they made it to Durham?
 
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Wow, this is Rockstar type of information. Well done. I'd love to do something like this for the WCHA but time will not allow.
 
There was an omission from the Harvard recruits list. Need to add Morgan McGathey from the East Coast Wizards and the US 18 and under team.
 
There was an omission from the Harvard recruits list. Need to add Morgan McGathey from the East Coast Wizards and the US 18 and under team.

Thanks. It looks like she graduates from high school in 2025; is that correct? I've been skipping those recruits at the moment, although they are interesting to find out about too.

Seems that East Coast Wizards are good!
 
Thanks. It looks like she graduates from high school in 2025; is that correct? I've been skipping those recruits at the moment, although they are interesting to find out about too.

Seems that East Coast Wizards are good!

I was under the assumption that she was matriculating in September but I could be wrong about that. East Coast Wizards are run by former Harvard star Scott Fusco. They are building a great rep for being a solid developmental program for women's hockey.
 
FWIW, I have 7 RPI women's recruits on the list which is posted weekly on the RPI men's recruit thread https://fanforum.uscho.com/forum/col...90#post3872890. Of these, all but one are listed as for the fall. This is probably inaccurate. There are 4 F, 1 D, and 1 G for 2024. Brunet, supposedly arriving in 2024, who I found no record of having signed a NLOI, probably isn't coming this year.
 
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Thanks for the helpful notes about both Harvard and RPI! I am sure that my previous searching has missed some recruits.

Looking at the East Coast Wizards site on their Girls Commitments list for 2024, I also found Annie Dinges (Harvard) and Monique Lyons (Brown). Ivies are somewhat different too of course in having just a verbal commitment. I'll try to research this more.

Teams in the national championship field with recruits for these ECAC colleges include BK Selects, Boston Jr Eagles, CT Polar Bears, East Coast Wizards, Mid-Fairfield CT Stars, Philadelphia Jr Flyers, and Shattuck St. Mary's.

I'll revise the lists on this thread tomorrow and/or Sunday some more.
 
You're missing a goalie for Dartmouth, too. Grace Zhan (who just beat Japan for China's first ever world championship win at the top level), and Michaela Hesova from BK Selects (competing in U19 nationals right now) are both Dartmouth commits for next year.
 
FWIW, I have 7 RPI women's recruits on the list which is posted weekly on the RPI men's recruit thread https://fanforum.uscho.com/forum/col...90#post3872890. Of these, all but one are listed as for the fall. This is probably inaccurate. There are 4 F, 1 D, and 1 G for 2024. Brunet, supposedly arriving in 2024, who I found no record of having signed a NLOI, probably isn't coming this year.

Thanks for this! : ) I've updated the RPI list and included Brunet, since her page at Kingston Ice Wolves says she is committed to RPI for 2024.

How did you find info on the two RPI recruits from Alberta? I haven't been able to see much searching for them - so didn't include them yet.

With Morgan McGathey (Harvard) being listed as Thayer Academy class of '25, I'm still not including her, but maybe she is matriculating in the fall as per Skate79.
 
Thanks for this! : ) I've updated the RPI list and included Brunet, since her page at Kingston Ice Wolves says she is committed to RPI for 2024.

How did you find info on the two RPI recruits from Alberta? I haven't been able to see much searching for them - so didn't include them yet.

With Morgan McGathey (Harvard) being listed as Thayer Academy class of '25, I'm still not including her, but maybe she is matriculating in the fall as per Skate79.

The reason I am listing her as a Harvard recruit for next year is a story that mentioned her in The Boston Globe heading to Harvard. I took that to mean in September 2024.
 
Thanks for this! : ) I've updated the RPI list and included Brunet, since her page at Kingston Ice Wolves says she is committed to RPI for 2024.

How did you find info on the two RPI recruits from Alberta? I haven't been able to see much searching for them - so didn't include them yet.

With Morgan McGathey (Harvard) being listed as Thayer Academy class of '25, I'm still not including her, but maybe she is matriculating in the fall as per Skate79.

I found it on an RPI women's hockey Instagram Story which means it isn't online anymore. See this post https://fanforum.uscho.com/forum/col...95#post3840695. Here is a post about Mackay http://twitter.com/HuxHkyCondition/s...57470967623980 . I can't find anything online currently about Hamilton.
 
ECAC conference schedule is available now.

Some of the game times are incorrect. For instance, they have the Harvard women playing at home the same night that the men are hosting Dartmouth. Assuming that the start times will be adjusted to reflect the women playing in the afternoon if there are two games scheduled.
 
The hockey season is getting a bit closer. These rosters for 2024-25 are available:
Brown - includes 7 first-years; 15 F, 7 D, and 3 G
Cornell - includes 3 first-years and 1 transfer; 14 F, 9 D, and 4 G
Princeton - includes 6 first-years; 15 F, 7 D, and 3 G
Quinnipiac - includes 10 first-years and 6 transfers; 13 F, 9 D, and 3 G

As a sophomore Delaney Fleming has joined Cornell from Ohio State. Her sister Sawyer Fleming is a Princeton 2025 recruit (originally an OSU commit).

Quinnipiac has the most incoming transfers in the ECAC (while several student-athletes transferred out), followed by Clarkson so far. Quinnipiac's transfers in are Kaley Doyle from Brown, Jenna Donohue from Dartmouth, Laurence Frenette from Clarkson, Tessa Holk from Colgate, Meg Rittenhouse from Colby, and Kathryn Stockdale from UConn. These players are a mix of grad transfers and current undergraduates.

Clarkson is "reloading" too with transfers Sydney Fess and Caroline Goffredo, both from Boston College, and Madison Chantler from Quinnipiac.
 
Nothing official but Clarkson's roster looks like it will be 8 first-years and 3 transfers; 19 F, 6 D, and 4 G. Thin on D and a lot of forwards.
 
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