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UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2019 and Beyond

C-H-C said:
Senior UNH forward Cam Gendron has entered the transfer portal. That, in addition to the roster opening created by Harrison Blaisdell completing his 5th NCAA season, makes 2 forward openings for Connor & Ryan MacPherson on the 2024-25 UNH roster.

Addendum: Senior UNH forward Nick Cafarelli entered transfer portal on March 27. Over the last three offseasons, every graduating UNH senior who entered the transfer portal ended up playing for another school (Maass/Minnesota State, Pierson/Notre Dame, Sato/Bentley, Esposito/Mercyhurst, Stevenson/Merrimack, & Fessenden/Canisius). It's highly likely Gendron and Cafarelli will as well.

With Blaisdell, Gendron & Cafarelli leaving UNH, 3 openings for forwards become available on the 2024-25 roster. I project the MacPherson twins will fill 2 of these openings and the 3rd forward opening will either go to another commit who has signed an NLI or a forward from the transfer portal.
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Bringing back from burial at bottom of page 5.

Some updates to C-H-C’s excellent summary from April 2024.

Seniors continue to find new homes for their fifth Covid years, with Cafarelli to RIT and Gendron to PC. Also non-senior Sardayan to Mich Tech.

incoming for 2024/25 season, according to CHN’s roster: On D, Reid Conn, Josh Player, and Ryan Philbrick. At forward, Connor DeTurris, Ryan Connor, Luca Primerano, and MacPherson twins, Ryan and Connor. So, UNH continues to corner (heh, heh) the market on players named Connor, Conor, Conn, and Ryan.
 
Snively65 said:
Bringing back from burial at bottom of page 5.

Some updates to C-H-C’s excellent summary from April 2024.

Seniors continue to find new homes for their fifth Covid years, with Cafarelli to RIT and Gendron to PC. Also non-senior Sardayan to Mich Tech.

incoming for 2024/25 season, according to CHN’s roster: On D, Reid Conn, Josh Player, and Ryan Philbrick. At forward, Connor DeTurris, Ryan Connor, Luca Primerano, and MacPherson twins, Ryan and Connor. So, UNH continues to corner (heh, heh) the market on players named Connor, Conor, Conn, and Ryan.
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Hey Snively, Souza has only 3 players coming in this year. Player and the Macpherson twins. Interesting that next year they'll have four 21 year old freshmen. I guess this is the recruiting strategy at this point. To me it says UNH is having a hard time attracting younger more skilled players. It also says players in the pipeline are struggling and most have been defurred.
 
Robert Balin said:
Hey Snively, Souza has only 3 players coming in this year. Player and the Macpherson twins. Interesting that next year they'll have four 21 year old freshmen. I guess this is the recruiting strategy at this point. To me it says UNH is having a hard time attracting younger more skilled players. It also says players in the pipeline are struggling and most have been defurred.
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Just a couple of quick thoughts. I don’t think for a minute that Souza could have imagined that he would have the 3 seniors and 2 holdovers. He/we could pay the price next year with only 1 returning defenseman with a lot of game experience. But this year could be special.
i personally think that CHN is probably the third best source for recruits. CHC is always the best source bar none.
 
Robert Balin said:
Hey Snively, Souza has only 3 players coming in this year. Player and the Macpherson twins. Interesting that next year they'll have four 21 year old freshmen. I guess this is the recruiting strategy at this point. To me it says UNH is having a hard time attracting younger more skilled players. It also says players in the pipeline are struggling and most have been defurred.
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Who are the four 21-year-olds coming in next year? Jack Sadowski turns 19 in July 2025. For this season’s first year’s, the MacPherson twins turn 20 in March 2025 and Player turns 20 in May 2025.

Also agree with ATW that the CHN rosters for the coming season are obviously inaccurate at this point, as Hellsten still listed on the team
 
Snively65 said:
Who are the four 21-year-olds coming in next year? Jack Sadowski turns 19 in July 2025. For this season’s first year’s, the MacPherson twins turn 20 in March 2025 and Player turns 20 in May 2025.

Also agree with ATW that the CHN rosters for the coming season are obviously inaccurate at this point, as Hellsten still listed on the team
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Connor Deturris,Ryan Philbrick,Lars Petter Eckhlm and Reid Conn. Bye the way Souzas recruiting has been horrendous the last 6 years. Find a assistant coach that can gauge kids better and that has some connections.
 
Robert Balin said:
Connor Deturris,Ryan Philbrick,Lars Petter Eckhlm and Reid Conn. Bye the way Souzas recruiting has been horrendous the last 6 years. Find an assistant coach that can gauge kids better and that has some connections.
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So maybe all the players on the winningest team in a decade this past season were Souza’s recruits when he was Associate Coach and now that Souza is Head Coach his assistants have dropped the ball, er puck?
 
Snively65 said:
So maybe all the players on the winningest team in a decade this past season were Souza’s recruits when he was Associate Coach and now that Souza is Head Coach his assistants have dropped the ball, er puck?
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The assistants are recruiters also. McCloskey is an example of a asst coach who could recruit better talent and had a nice pipeline in the BCHL. If a 15-10 record is the best you've had in ten years then you might wanna try a different approach.
 
Robert Balin said:
The assistants are recruiters also. McCloskey is an example of a asst coach who could recruit better talent and had a nice pipeline in the BCHL. If a 15-10 record is the best you've had in ten years then you might wanna try a different approach.
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That was my point about the assistants not doing their recruiting job the past six years since MS7 became head coach. My sense is that head coaches do not recruit, other than maybe meeting the potential recruits on campus.
 
Robert Balin said:
The assistants are recruiters also. McCloskey is an example of a asst coach who could recruit better talent and had a nice pipeline in the BCHL. If a 15-10 record is the best you've had in ten years then you might wanna try a different approach.
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From your lips to God's ear, my friend. Unfortunately, AD Rich f/k/a SB couldn't withstand the MS7 "charm offensive" of the last 12 plus months, so "same old, same old" seems to be the prevailing wisdom in Durham for at least another couple of seasons. Credit where credit is due, MS7 did pull out his best season when all the chips were on the table, but when "best" doesn't include Boston OR an NCAA bid, it's not good enough.

Posting his best record last season should at least have given him an improved platform for recruiting - traditional and/or portal - but so far I'm not seeing that. Since his extension, the best you can say is MS7 & crew have been treading water, reacting to the unexpected departure of the entire goalie team, which reeks of PPP in and of itself. As they say, failing to prepare is preparing to fail. All at a time when MS7 should be able to sell a story of "most improved team in the best conference in D-1 hockey". And even if this next season exceeds the last one ... what's it all going to add up to, what's it gonna mean, if two years from now, he hasn't capitalized on a two year jump, and the program ends up back in the lowest HEA quadrant yet again?!?

Maybe I'm being harsh here, but if this next recruiting season doesn't see some major victories, I'm not sure anything of note will have happened to justify staying put in the mediocre middle, which is what it's starting to look like ...
 
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Robert Balin said:
The assistants are recruiters also. McCloskey is an example of a asst coach who could recruit better talent and had a nice pipeline in the BCHL. If a 15-10 record is the best you've had in ten years then you might wanna try a different approach.
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But I thought that we were 20-15-1 last season? Maybe the different approach pertains to recruiting our goalies from the portal?
 
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Snively65 said:
But I thought that we were 20-15-1 last season? Maybe the different approach pertains to recruiting our goalies from the portal?
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My bad last year was 20-15-1 still not flattering for a ten year period. The Grout kid coming in is a highly regarded goalie in his age group so kudos for that pick. Jayden Connors is also a nice prospect at defense. Overall though UNH is not a destination for most young skilled talented players.
 
Snively65 said:
But I thought that we were 20-15-1 last season? Maybe the different approach pertains to recruiting our goalies from the portal?
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I think you could be on to something. However in taking a closer look, our good friend Mr. Hellsten, did not fare very well against our top four HE teams. I believe he was 2 and 9. Surprising given how most of us viewed him. Still a great pick up who contributed to the first good year in a while.
 
What is the status of the proposed renovations to the Whittemore? Sousa said the commitment to the renovations has already been helpful to recruiting. I don't think any dirt has been moved yet. Is it fully funded? Can somebody provide info?
 
After the Whistle said:
I think you could be on to something. However in taking a closer look, our good friend Mr. Hellsten, did not fare very well against our top four HE teams. I believe he was 2 and 9. Surprising given how most of us viewed him. Still a great pick up who contributed to the first good year in a while.
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I think that we were 4-8 against the top four HEA teams, with Muz beating BU and Hellsten beating UMass and Maine twice, with Hellsten taking the eight losses (so, 3-8-0). Does anyone think that Muz might have converted any of those eight losses to wins? I don’t.

I still think that the coming season will go as Jared da Whale goes.
 
Snively65 said:
I still think that the coming season will go as Jared da Whale goes.
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If you've lived in New England all of your life, and you're of a certain age, you'll understand the following reference:

fudgie-the-whale.png
 
Chuck Murray said:
If you've lived in New England all of your life, and you're of a certain age, you'll understand the following reference:

fudgie-the-whale.png
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The smile reminds me somewhat of the Yoken’s neon blue whale sign in front of their restaurants on Rte 1 in Portsmouth and Danvers.

But more research suggests that this brown whale with white trim is known as “Fudgie the Whale,” an ice cream cake made by Carvel, an ice cream company founded in Hartsdale, New York, by Tom Carvel in 1929. Maybe this ice cream cake should be sold at the Whitt this season?
 
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Snively65 said:
The smile reminds me somewhat of the Yoken’s neon blue whale sign in front of their restaurants on Rte 1 in Portsmouth and Danvers.

But more research suggests that this brown whale with white trim is known as “Fudgie the Whale,” an ice cream cake made by Carvel, an ice cream company founded in Hartsdale, New York, by Tom Carvel in 1929. Maybe this ice cream cake should be sold at the Whitt this season?
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Glad you did the extra research, Snives. And to answer your question, I would voice a resounding YES!! :)
 
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