UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

[HockeyRef]

Congrats to Denver on another Championship - taking the BIG10 down a notch after their string of success in the 2025-2026 school year.

Denver seems to be morphing into the Alabama of the 2010s in college hockey. Carle is perhaps another Nick Saban. Given his age, perhaps he will eventually get a shot at coaching in the NHL?

3 Nattys in 5 years, along with a 12-3 record in tournament play and a .694 overall win percentage will certainly get you noticed at the highest level.

To put into perspective, him and Souza both started in 2018, and Souza just surpassed 100 wins this year, while Carle surpassed 200…

Hopefully Souza was watching the game tonight and took good notes.

Now onto portal week!

Gee dont tell MM that coaching matters..very sore spot for him!!

 

[HockeyRef]

I don’t think MS7 has really shown much apt with the portal. Outside of goalies (Hellsten and KC), who has he gotten that has made a significant difference? I can be convinced of Lindner from AIC - he was steady for sure. But what about the rest?

Looking at the last few years:
Cronin barely played this past year

Whale was pretty meh his first year, and barely played this year

Ryan Black from DIII was also not that impactful.

Blaisdell had one decent year, but was also not that great…

I’m probably missing a few more. Those are the ones that immediately come to mind.

We’ve talked at length about MS7s inability to develop talent from recruits. And I think (for the most part) it extends to the portal as well.

Hopefully he does better this year, especially if we are losing a predicted 7-8 guys…

I think we got more out of Ryan Black than expected but sorry I don't have his stats in front of me...

 

[Snively65]

I think we got more out of Ryan Black than expected but sorry I don't have his stats in front of me...

Agreed, after three years at Babson, Ryan Black played his 2022/23 senior season at UNH when he was sixth highest scorer (5+8=13) on a team that scored only 74 goals, an all-time low until this season, I think. Chase Stevenson also had a surprisingly good season in 2022/23.

 

[RENCEB]

https://x.com/TheMackReports/status/2042667950235132182?s=20

Merrimack's home opener is against UNH on Oct 8, where they will raise their championship banner

Early indications are that the core group of players are returning (including Justin Gill for his sophomore/final year of eligibility ). Will be very interesting to see where the coaches put them in the preseason poll next year.

 

[Snively65]

Early indications are that the core group of players are returning (including Justin Gill for his sophmore/final year of eligibility ). Will be very interesting to see where the coaches put them in the preseason poll next year.

Merrimack #1, UNH tied for #10

 

[norbert]

Portal day is hours away. Let’s too who was right…

 

[Chuck Murray]

While we wait for the portal to open, and debate rages on about whose golf club is best ... here's a link for a show last Thursday night in Vegas at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay. Guessing the 2nd game of the semis probably kept our college hockey diehards away, but the greatest drummer of the last half century Carl Palmer and his ELP Legacy mates will be back this September in NH as their world tour continues!!

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