fanofhockey1
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I'm getting excited for this upcoming year and woke up this morning with not much to do. I started thinking about the ages of DIII players and wanted to somehow figure out the average age of each team. This really didn't take as long as I thought it would with the help of a website (www.eliteprospects.com). I realize that some teams don't have all the birth dates for every player so this isn't 100% accurate, but I feel like it is pretty darn close. Most teams have junior players filling out their rosters and all of their birth dates are on there. When a birthdate wasn't listed, it was most likely a younger player who came right out of High School or Prep School. I've listed the teams from the 2012-2013 season below from youngest in the country to oldest in the country. The ages are present day...so how old each player would be right now. If someone is 21 and 1 month and another player is 21 and 11 months, they are both counted as 21. Again, I realize this isn't 100% accurate but I think it's as close as we can get! It includes the DII schools as well. Would love to get some thoughts about it all...if it's what you expected, if you're surprised to see a team younger/older than you thought they were, etc.
My observations....3 out of the 4 teams that made it to Lake Placid last year are the oldest in the country (Utica, Oswego, Eau Claire). The 2 that made it to the finals were the 2 oldest. The 4th team, Norwich, was the 23rd youngest.
I expected Plattsburgh to be a lot older, but they came in as the 30th youngest. Not only do they seem like the team to beat this year, but they also seem loaded for a couple year run.
I'm a NESCAC follower and I expected most of the NESCACs to all be in the youngest 20 or so. I was surprised to see Williams (#31) and Amherst (#29) as old as they were compared to the other NESCACs...not compared to all the other teams of course. I was extremely surprised to see Middlebury as the 2nd youngest team in the entire country. Following them last year and reading some NESCAC blogs, Middlebury could be gearing up for another run in a year or two. I also expected Bowdoin (#16) to be a little older based on the size and speed of some of their players.
The average age of all DII/DIII teams is 21.54.
The difference in age between the youngest two schools (Stonehill 20.0 and Middlebury 20.23) and the oldest two schools (Eau Claire 22.75 and Oswego 22.95) is almost 3 years. Crazy when you think about it like that. If Oswego played Stonehill it would be like everyone on Oswego was 23 and everyone on Stonehill was 20. With a game roster of 21 players, that an extra 63 years of experience! 52.5 years of experience for the Middlebury vs. Eau Claire game.
The list is below...sorry about making such a long post...I wasn't sure how else to get it in here. Would love to get a good discussion going about it all!
Avg. Age Team
1 20 Stonehill
2 20.23 Middlebury
3 20.41 Nazareth
4 20.63 Southern New Hampshire
5 20.63 Suffold
6 20.63 Tufts
7 20.64 St. Johns
8 20.67 Trinity
9 20.7 Conn. College
10 20.77 Colby
11 20.8 Assumption
12 20.8 Babson
13 20.92 Concordia Univ.
14 20.95 Hamilton
15 20.95 Skidmore
16 21.05 Bowdoin
17 21.1 Wesleyan
18 21.11 Lawrence
19 21.14 Fitchberg
20 21.15 Hamline
21 21.15 Southern Maine
22 21.16 Salve Regina
23 21.2 Norwich
24 21.24 New England
25 21.26 Lake Forest
26 21.28 Nichols
27 21.3 St. Olaf
28 21.35 Umass Dartmouth
29 21.36 Amherst
30 21.38 SUNY Plattsburgh
31 21.38 Williams
32 21.4 Curry
33 21.4 SUNY Canton
34 21.42 SUNY Brockport
35 21.43 Morrisville State
36 21.43 Univ. of New England
37 21.45 Finalndia
38 21.5 Saint Anselm
39 21.53 Franklin Pierce
40 21.58 St. Michaels
41 21.59 Western New England
42 21.64 Bethel
43 21.65 Becker
44 21.65 Elmira
45 21.65 Umass Boston
46 21.69 St. Thomas
47 21.71 Johnson & Wales
48 21.71 Salem State
49 21.73 Concordia College
50 21.79 Worcester
51 21.83 Northland
52 21.86 Framingham
53 21.88 SUNY Geneseo
54 21.88 Wentworth
55 21.91 Gustavus Adolphus
56 21.91 SUNY Cortland
57 21.95 Augusburg
58 21.96 Castleton
59 22 SUNY Potsdam
60 22.04 Adrian
61 22.05 Hobart
62 22.07 Saint Mary's
63 22.12 Wis. Superior
64 22.17 Wis. Stevens Point
65 22.17 Westfield
66 22.19 Manhattanville
67 22.19 Marian
68 22.2 Wis. River Falls
69 22.21 SUNY Fredonia
70 22.24 Buffalo State
71 22.25 MSOE
72 22.26 St. Norbert
73 22.28 Neumann
74 22.36 St. Scholastica
75 22.36 Plymouth State
76 22.36 Wis. Stout
77 22.5 Utica
78 22.75 Wis. Eau Claire
79 22.95 SUNY Oswego
My observations....3 out of the 4 teams that made it to Lake Placid last year are the oldest in the country (Utica, Oswego, Eau Claire). The 2 that made it to the finals were the 2 oldest. The 4th team, Norwich, was the 23rd youngest.
I expected Plattsburgh to be a lot older, but they came in as the 30th youngest. Not only do they seem like the team to beat this year, but they also seem loaded for a couple year run.
I'm a NESCAC follower and I expected most of the NESCACs to all be in the youngest 20 or so. I was surprised to see Williams (#31) and Amherst (#29) as old as they were compared to the other NESCACs...not compared to all the other teams of course. I was extremely surprised to see Middlebury as the 2nd youngest team in the entire country. Following them last year and reading some NESCAC blogs, Middlebury could be gearing up for another run in a year or two. I also expected Bowdoin (#16) to be a little older based on the size and speed of some of their players.
The average age of all DII/DIII teams is 21.54.
The difference in age between the youngest two schools (Stonehill 20.0 and Middlebury 20.23) and the oldest two schools (Eau Claire 22.75 and Oswego 22.95) is almost 3 years. Crazy when you think about it like that. If Oswego played Stonehill it would be like everyone on Oswego was 23 and everyone on Stonehill was 20. With a game roster of 21 players, that an extra 63 years of experience! 52.5 years of experience for the Middlebury vs. Eau Claire game.
The list is below...sorry about making such a long post...I wasn't sure how else to get it in here. Would love to get a good discussion going about it all!
Avg. Age Team
1 20 Stonehill
2 20.23 Middlebury
3 20.41 Nazareth
4 20.63 Southern New Hampshire
5 20.63 Suffold
6 20.63 Tufts
7 20.64 St. Johns
8 20.67 Trinity
9 20.7 Conn. College
10 20.77 Colby
11 20.8 Assumption
12 20.8 Babson
13 20.92 Concordia Univ.
14 20.95 Hamilton
15 20.95 Skidmore
16 21.05 Bowdoin
17 21.1 Wesleyan
18 21.11 Lawrence
19 21.14 Fitchberg
20 21.15 Hamline
21 21.15 Southern Maine
22 21.16 Salve Regina
23 21.2 Norwich
24 21.24 New England
25 21.26 Lake Forest
26 21.28 Nichols
27 21.3 St. Olaf
28 21.35 Umass Dartmouth
29 21.36 Amherst
30 21.38 SUNY Plattsburgh
31 21.38 Williams
32 21.4 Curry
33 21.4 SUNY Canton
34 21.42 SUNY Brockport
35 21.43 Morrisville State
36 21.43 Univ. of New England
37 21.45 Finalndia
38 21.5 Saint Anselm
39 21.53 Franklin Pierce
40 21.58 St. Michaels
41 21.59 Western New England
42 21.64 Bethel
43 21.65 Becker
44 21.65 Elmira
45 21.65 Umass Boston
46 21.69 St. Thomas
47 21.71 Johnson & Wales
48 21.71 Salem State
49 21.73 Concordia College
50 21.79 Worcester
51 21.83 Northland
52 21.86 Framingham
53 21.88 SUNY Geneseo
54 21.88 Wentworth
55 21.91 Gustavus Adolphus
56 21.91 SUNY Cortland
57 21.95 Augusburg
58 21.96 Castleton
59 22 SUNY Potsdam
60 22.04 Adrian
61 22.05 Hobart
62 22.07 Saint Mary's
63 22.12 Wis. Superior
64 22.17 Wis. Stevens Point
65 22.17 Westfield
66 22.19 Manhattanville
67 22.19 Marian
68 22.2 Wis. River Falls
69 22.21 SUNY Fredonia
70 22.24 Buffalo State
71 22.25 MSOE
72 22.26 St. Norbert
73 22.28 Neumann
74 22.36 St. Scholastica
75 22.36 Plymouth State
76 22.36 Wis. Stout
77 22.5 Utica
78 22.75 Wis. Eau Claire
79 22.95 SUNY Oswego
