Big win tonight after blowing a 2-0 lead. Lucas St. Louis saves the day for the Crimson and we get a much-needed three points. The disturbing trend of coughing up leads continued tonight when it looked like the game was in hand. I thought Gilroy was brought in to work with the D. Something's missing here. We're not well-coached and keep making bad plays that wind up behind our goalies. Not sure Harvard should be favored next weekend in either game.
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Harvard Crimson 2024-2025 - Will our Youth be Served?
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With all the other retirements in the league is next year Teddy's last? He certainly has earned the right to stay as long as he wants to. He has 20 years of being quite a good recruiter and an average talent developer. Whether it is him or the current assistants, I agree with the comments that talent development has lagged with the current upper classmen.
Things will only get harder going forward in relying on recruiting as a the main driver of success with smaller rosters and all of the other changes like the portal and the potential to bring in folks from the Major Juniors. To succeed (at D1 as opposed to D2 or D3), Harvard will need the next coach to excel at both recruiting and development.
If Teddy stays, perhaps he should change up the staff a little so he can have better luck developing talent like some of the other ECAC schools. Alternatively, maybe he can have some influence to convince the ECAC and the Ivy League to get with the program enough to stay viable at D1. They don't have to go as far in hockey as in basketball to remain competitive but simply pretending it is 1989 in 2025 won't cut it.
Things will only get harder going forward in relying on recruiting as a the main driver of success with smaller rosters and all of the other changes like the portal and the potential to bring in folks from the Major Juniors. To succeed (at D1 as opposed to D2 or D3), Harvard will need the next coach to excel at both recruiting and development.
If Teddy stays, perhaps he should change up the staff a little so he can have better luck developing talent like some of the other ECAC schools. Alternatively, maybe he can have some influence to convince the ECAC and the Ivy League to get with the program enough to stay viable at D1. They don't have to go as far in hockey as in basketball to remain competitive but simply pretending it is 1989 in 2025 won't cut it.
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All good points. Teddy has tied Bill Cleary, his former coach, as the longest-tenured coach in Harvard history. So it's reasonable to ask if perhaps he might want to move on. His kids are out of school so as long as his wife doesn't mind moving, they might consider their next chapter. Hard to say.With all the other retirements in the league is next year Teddy's last? He certainly has earned the right to stay as long as wants to. He has 20 years of being quite a good recruiter and an average talent developer. Whether it is he or the current assistants, I agree with the comments that talent development has lagged with the current upperclassmen.
Things will only get harder going forward in relying on recruiting as a the main driver of success with smaller rosters and all of the other changes like the portal and the potential to bring in folks from the Major Juniors. To succeed (at D1 as opposed to D2 or D3), Harvard will need the next coach to excel at both recruiting and development.
If Teddy stays, perhaps he should change up the staff a little so he can have better luck developing talent like some of the other ECAC schools. Alternatively, maybe he can have some influence to convince the ECAC and the Ivy League to get with the program enough to stay viable at D1. They don't have to go as far in hockey as in basketball to remain competitive but simply pretending it is 1989 in 2025 won't cut it.
No question that the ECAC is moving into uncharted waters with the transfer portal, NIL, and the Major Juniors coming on as avenues to build programs. Harvard seems stuck in the past where hockey is concerned and that might prompt Teddy to look elsewhere. Recruiting is harder than ever and the lure of an Ivy education doesn't mean as much anymore.
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But if Harvard doesn't opt in, they could exceed 26, correct?
If 22-year-olds are allowed to play four full years, Harvard should opt out of the ECAC. The administration will not support this type of setup. I can't see Union, RPI, or SLU going along with it either. Cornell, that's another story.Does anyone know anything about eligibility with kids coming from the CHL/OHL/WHL? Meaning, if a kid is 22yrs old and a MJ player, if he goes to Quinny, does he still have 4 years of college eligibility? Will we have 26-27 year olds playing college hockey?
Another slog against the Eli last night. Fortunately, we came out on top thanks to Yale taking that stupid boarding penalty giving us a 5 minute PP that carried over. Credit to Casey Severo for battling in front of Stark to get position and knock home the winner. Mick Thompson just keeps getting better and better. The kid is a winner and I see good things in his future.
I'm not sure about this but if Cornell were to lose in regulation to RPI tonight and the Crimson beat Brown in regulation, would Harvard finish sixth? Cornell has beaten us twice this year but we would have more overall conference wins even though both teams would finish at .500.
I'm not sure about this but if Cornell were to lose in regulation to RPI tonight and the Crimson beat Brown in regulation, would Harvard finish sixth? Cornell has beaten us twice this year but we would have more overall conference wins even though both teams would finish at .500.
YesBut if Harvard doesn't opt in, they could exceed 26, correct?
It's not the way I wanted to see the regular season end. Blowing a 3-0 lead and losing in a shootout is a bad way to enter the playoffs. Harvard acted like they had no interest in this game given the fact they were locked into the #7 seed. I just don't understand how you can be that complacent especially when Brown had nothing to play for as well. Not a good look for the team.
If I were to give out end-of-regular-season grades, they would go something like this:
Forwards: D
Defense: D-
Goaltending: B+ (mostly because of Charrette)
Coaching: C
MVP: Tie between Casey Severo and Ben Charrette
Rookie of the Year: Mick Thompson
Biggest Disappointment: Tie between Zachary Karpa and Ian Moore
We get RPI next Friday. Although we should win, given this team's erratic play I'm less than optimistic.
If I were to give out end-of-regular-season grades, they would go something like this:
Forwards: D
Defense: D-
Goaltending: B+ (mostly because of Charrette)
Coaching: C
MVP: Tie between Casey Severo and Ben Charrette
Rookie of the Year: Mick Thompson
Biggest Disappointment: Tie between Zachary Karpa and Ian Moore
We get RPI next Friday. Although we should win, given this team's erratic play I'm less than optimistic.
After a sluggish first period for both teams, Harvard got their act together in the second and started moving their feet. The result was an avalanche of odd-man rushes and four goals, two of which were beautiful setup plays. RPI kept sagging on D and the Crimson took advantage winning board battles and keeping the pressure on for most of the second. Mick Thompson was a buzzsaw all night creating havoc in the O zone and sniping two nice goals, one on the power play.
Ignore the shots on goal totals. They are extremely deceiving as Harvard had better chances and more of them than RPI. Way more. This was not a close game after 5 minutes of the second period as RPI doesn't have the skill or structure to compete with anyone.
Unless something goes radically wrong tomorrow, it looks like we are headed to Potsdam.
Ignore the shots on goal totals. They are extremely deceiving as Harvard had better chances and more of them than RPI. Way more. This was not a close game after 5 minutes of the second period as RPI doesn't have the skill or structure to compete with anyone.
Unless something goes radically wrong tomorrow, it looks like we are headed to Potsdam.
As has been the case all season, Harvard's third-period woes reappeared last night. The Crimson can't seem to close the door on a win and have a bad habit of losing games late. It was a soul crusher to give up the winning goal with 25 seconds left, but we've read this script before. Strangely, we were very successful in winning faceoffs. That should have led to more chances for offensive zone time but it didn't materialize. It will be almost impossible to beat Clarkson two straight. I think the series ends this afternoon. Hopefully, the Crimson can put up a good fight and not let the ending of last night's game affect their play.