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LSSU Lakers 2015 off-season thread

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rustedblades said:
Again, there is a whole lot more to look at then these very general numbers but the USHL is where the best young, potential NCAA talent is.
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sure, but that's not news to NCAA recruiters.
don't get me wrong...every team needs to go there and it's only good that LSSU is starting to go after USHL guys again.
the catch is that last year USHL teams averaged around 21 college commitments. tough competition, even for the 3rd and 4th liners. like Bill said, pulling in depth USHL guys doesn't always mean winning.
Globke came out of Carleton Place, right? that's a team that turns out talent every year (10 DI commitments from the 2014-15 team), and the BC's and UND's of the world don't even bother to look there. gotta have USHL talent, but sometimes the differential comes from places where not everybody is looking.
 
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blackswampboy said:
sure, but that's not news to NCAA recruiters.
don't get me wrong...every team needs to go there and it's only good that LSSU is starting to go after USHL guys again.
the catch is that last year USHL teams averaged around 21 college commitments. tough competition, even for the 3rd and 4th liners. like Bill said, pulling in depth USHL guys doesn't always mean winning.
Globke came out of Carleton Place, right? that's a team that turns out talent every year (10 DI commitments from the 2014-15 team), and the BC's and UND's of the world don't even bother to look there. gotta have USHL talent, but sometimes the differential comes from places where not everybody is looking.
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The big name schools will look wherever they feel they can find the talent, including the CCHL and OJHL. UND currently has Caggiula from the OJHL on their roster, and they have a kid in their recruiting pipeline from the CCHL. True, the OJHL and CCHL may not be prime recruiting ground for them, but they will look there.
 
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Bill said:
The big name schools will look wherever they feel they can find the talent, including the CCHL and OJHL. UND currently has Caggiula from the OJHL on their roster, and they have a kid in their recruiting pipeline from the CCHL. True, the OJHL and CCHL may not be prime recruiting ground for them, but they will look there.
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point taken.
although according to the CCHL's NCAA D1 alumni list, last season broke down like this:

Colgate (8)
Niagara (8)
Mercyhurst (6)
RMU (6)
Clarkson (6)
BGSU (5)
Union (4)
Army (4)

LSSU, Canisius, Northeastern, and Maine had three CCHL alumns each.
Ferris, UAH, RIT, Princeton, Lowell, and Western Mich. had two each.
MTU, RPI, UConn, AIC, SLU, Q'Pac, Cornell, Sacred Heart, and Penn St. had one each.

A few big schools, but not many. Mostly the CCHL is a NY state stomping ground.
Haven't looked at the OJHL.
 
sm2pk said:
I am sure Whittens first season with 28 losses is a hard pill to swallow. if anything should push him hard to get the Lakers back to the top, 28 losses should be a great motivator.
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Every time I have talked to Damon or the other coaches they give me the impression that they are very motivated and working hard to right the ship. One other thing that they are doing is changing the atmosphere from the players being laid back to now knowing to work hard before someone takes their spot.

When we had quite a few players from the Toronto area the team benefitted from the offseason connections to some pro's and workout guru's. The Monardo's, McParland's, Cassiani's among others helped the team get better.
 
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Jim Roque would be a good fit at Tech now that they lost a coach. Would be like home coming with Shawhan and Roque back together.
 
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LakerBaker said:
Jim Roque should be at the top of Tech's short list of coaches.
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I don't think it will happen because I've heard Roque dislikes Shawhan. I think I heard somewhere Roque refused to shake hands with Shawhan after a game when Joe was an assistant at NMU.

Speaking of Shawhan, hopefully he gets the head coaching job at Tech assuming Mel goes to Michigan after Red retires whenever that is.
 
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LSSULaker889294 said:
I don't think it will happen because I've heard Roque dislikes Shawhan. I think I heard somewhere Roque refused to shake hands with Shawhan after a game when Joe was an assistant at NMU.

Speaking of Shawhan, hopefully he gets the head coaching job at Tech assuming Mel goes to Michigan after Red retires whenever that is.
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Mel did extend his contract with Tech through 2021. I find it less likely that he will end up back at Michigan with the extension.
 
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PerkyforPrez said:
I don't think he will go back to AA either. He has done a great job at Tech and has a good thing going.
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True, but it is Michigan though and they have tons of money. They could open the vault up to get Mel. Actually perhaps we don't want Shawhan to coach anywhere else. If things don't work out with Damon in the next 3-4 years, we could try to get Joe to come back and be the head coach here.
 
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