Providence Friars - 2019-2020 Rebuilding The Friars for Another NCAA

[The Freds]

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How's all the fellow Friar fans in this thread doing? Hope everybody is well of late. I've got some time off work so I've been practicing my slap shot. I feel like a kid again with the net set up in the driveway.

Filled up the glass and ready to watch a certain game from April 2015. Why not?

 

[NEW Friar]

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Hanging in there in good health so far. Hope good luck likewise for fellow Friar fans. Missed the PK report about the Hockey East tourney but just saw the recap of the great PC comeback against Minnesota State last year in the regionals. Can only assume that we are on to the NCAA’s for lucky seven.

 

[PaulKorea]

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Hanging in there in good health so far. Hope good luck likewise for fellow Friar fans. Missed the PK report about the Hockey East tourney but just saw the recap of the great PC comeback against Minnesota State last year in the regionals. Can only assume that we are on to the NCAA’s for lucky seven.

I thought for sure I posted that one, but it turned out that PC was set to play Maine in the semifinals at TD Garden. I'll have to rewrite it later on but Red forgot that Swayman had signed an NHL contract and they would have to forfeit their victory over PC for playing an ineligible player. PC skates on to the finals (to be updated later since I kinda have all day anyway).

 

[cavbim]

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Divver tweeted former Friar Bailey Conger is transferring again. It took 2 decommittments to get him to PC. 56 more schools to go through.

 

[PaulKorea]

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Divver tweeted former Friar Bailey Conger is transferring again. It took 2 decommittments to get him to PC. 56 more schools to go through.

If he's into tattoos and got one for every commitment and transfer he probably has a lot of them crossed out too. I thought it was pretty cool we got someone from Idaho but to be out there that close to home and still want to transfer? It's definitely not the coaches or the program that's the problem.

 

[Jon]

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Filled up the glass and ready to watch a certain game from April 2015. Why not?

The game against UNO or the one against BU? Oh wait. That one.

 

[Jon]

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Since we're not doing anything else right now, what teams would you absolutely love to see play a home on home with PC in the near future?
For me it's the entirety of the Big Ten (and thank you, Ohio State for actually bothering to pay PC in the past). And UND.

 

[PaulKorea]

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Yeah a Big 10 school not named Ohio State would be a good one. Already seen them, and I'm not really including Notre Dame but may as well. Would like to see an Arizona State, Denver again, RPI even (when's the last time we played them?). Also for a change with the ECAC rotation of Clarkson/Cornell/St.Lawrence/Colgate.

 

[Jon]

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Yeah a Big 10 school not named Ohio State would be a good one. Already seen them, and I'm not really including Notre Dame but may as well. Would like to see an Arizona State, Denver again, RPI even (when's the last time we played them?). Also for a change with the ECAC rotation of Clarkson/Cornell/St.Lawrence/Colgate.

I'm okay with playing those ECAC schools frequently - plus Bruno -, even if I do enjoy it when PC plays RPI, Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton and QU.
The weirdest omission is Harvard. PC has played them once since 1984.

It's a bit weird that PC has gone a long time between playing half the current WCHA; both Alaska schools - I think we've only played one of them - , NMU, MTU, Bemidji, and Ferris State.
Also odd: when is the last time PC played Air Force, Mercyhurst, Canisius, Bentley, or Niagara?

 

[PaulKorea]

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I'm okay with playing those ECAC schools frequently - plus Bruno -, even if I do enjoy it when PC plays RPI, Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton and QU.
The weirdest omission is Harvard. PC has played them once since 1984.

It's a bit weird that PC has gone a long time between playing half the current WCHA; both Alaska schools - I think we've only played one of them - , NMU, MTU, Bemidji, and Ferris State.
Also odd: when is the last time PC played Air Force, Mercyhurst, Canisius, Bentley, or Niagara?

A couple notes found on Divver's Twitter:

PC with 10 non-conference games this year: At Colgate, Ice Breaker [vs. Minnesota State, and winner of Duluth/Minnesota] St Lawrence, Denver, Clarkson, at Princeton (2), at Brown, Army [destination unknown]

Also: Caleb Rule and Jerry Harding go into the transfer portal. Probably for the best for them, with the next 2-3 classes incoming and them not contributing much that frees up some room.

 

[MikeLogan]

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Regarding the schedule: Nate and I discussed this last year on one of the coaches shows. There are a number of challenges in putting the non-conference schedule together.

First of all regarding the Big Ten-many of those schools will only travel and play certain teams in hockey east-example Wisconsin coming to Merrimack (winnable series in their eyes).

The new WCHA spends a majority of their travel budgets on league games, so it is tougher to get them to come east.

PC was slated to play RPI a few years ago but they got a new head coach and cancelled the series. Nate is willing to play anyone but he wants to make sure they will come to PC as well and not every western team is willing to do that. They just added Princeton for the next two years-they haven't played them since 2000.

PC is also slated to play in the new Milwaukee tourney in 2021-22 with Wisconsin and Air Force.

 

[The Zlax45]

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Regarding the schedule: Nate and I discussed this last year on one of the coaches shows. There are a number of challenges in putting the non-conference schedule together.

First of all regarding the Big Ten-many of those schools will only travel and play certain teams in hockey east-example Wisconsin coming to Merrimack (winnable series in their eyes).

The new WCHA spends a majority of their travel budgets on league games, so it is tougher to get them to come east.

PC was slated to play RPI a few years ago but they got a new head coach and cancelled the series. Nate is willing to play anyone but he wants to make sure they will come to PC as well and not every western team is willing to do that. They just added Princeton for the next two years-they haven't played them since 2000.

PC is also slated to play in the new Milwaukee tourney in 2021-22 with Wisconsin and Air Force.

That Wisconsin thing is a little different though IIRC. Merrimack combined with BC in that in a four year deal. Wisconsin came east to play at Merrimack and BC back to back nights in two different years while Merrimack and BC each made one trip to Madison.

 

[PaulKorea]

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Insightful stuff, Mike, always appreciated getting your input on anything PC hockey related. I think I read last season about how Nate was trying to get other teams to do the home-and-home but had a hard time getting certain schools to do so. From history it seems like Denver has been one of those schools that doesn't mind coming here. While I kinda frowned upon some of the lower-tier schools OOC on this past season's schedule (I guess I can refer to it in past tense now?), it was useful for them to participate in the 2 other tournaments as well, and good to see them be the black sheep in the Minnesota tournament as the lone out of state team.

 

[The Zlax45]

Insightful stuff, Mike, always appreciated getting your input on anything PC hockey related. I think I read last season about how Nate was trying to get other teams to do the home-and-home but had a hard time getting certain schools to do so. From history it seems like Denver has been one of those schools that doesn't mind coming here. While I kinda frowned upon some of the lower-tier schools OOC on this past season's schedule (I guess I can refer to it in past tense now?), it was useful for them to participate in the 2 other tournaments as well, and good to see them be the black sheep in the Minnesota tournament as the lone out of state team.

The lower tier team that beat PC and finished in the bottom half of Atlantic Hockey? The only other ooc home games were Colgate and Brown. The AIC road game was a good move as they were a veteran team coming off a final eight finish.

 

[Jon]

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PC is also slated to play in the new Milwaukee tourney in 2021-22 with Wisconsin and Air Force.

First of all, keep up the good work. I miss hearing your voice.
I completely blanked on that tourney with all the chaos going around right now. Very excited that PC is going to be playing 20 minutes from my house.

 

[Liveatjrl]

Providence Friars - 2019-2020 Rebuilding The Friars for Another NCAA

It's a bit weird that PC has gone a long time between playing half the current WCHA; both Alaska schools - I think we've only played one of them - , NMU, MTU, Bemidji, and Ferris State.
Also odd: when is the last time PC played Air Force, Mercyhurst, Canisius, Bentley, or Niagara?

I worked on a master table that shows when each team played each other last so for PC if you're curious:
Alaska - Dec 29 1993
Anchorage - Jan 5 1992
NMU - Dec 28 1993
Michigan Tech - Jan 28 1989
Bemidji - never played
Ferris state - Jan 29 2000
Air Force - Dec 30 2013
Mercyhurst - never played
Canisius - never played
Bentley - never played
Niagara - never played

 

[The Zlax45]

I worked on a master table that shows when each team played each other last so for PC if you're curious:
Alaska - Dec 29 1993
Anchorage - Jan 5 1992
NMU - Dec 28 1993
Michigan Tech - Jan 28 1989
Bemidji - never played
Ferris state - Jan 29 2000
Air Force - Dec 30 2013
Mercyhurst - never played
Canisius - never played
Bentley - never played
Niagara - never played

Should go up to Bentley...great rink!

 

[73PCFriar]

Re: Providence Friars - 2019-2020 Rebuilding The Friars for Another NCAA

Is it time to close this thread and start a 20-21 Rebuilding to the NCAAs...streak is still in tact

 

[The Zlax45]

Is it time to close this thread and start a 20-21 Rebuilding to the NCAAs...streak is still in tact

Do it up so I can talk about how there are a million goalies in the program for next season!

 

[palmettofriar]

Do it up so I can talk about how there are a million goalies in the program for next season!

Do it’,