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Union College: 2017-2018

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For 179 minutes of NCAA hockey, the three ECAC teams scored a total of 1 goal. ONE ****ING GOAL !!!! 0-3 was the worse record of any conference. Many teams are coming back largely intact and should be strengthen by incoming classes. Hopefully we willl be hungrier next year.
 
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Any word on early departures? Probably would have heard by now. What does next years class look like?
 
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In the meantime, Spencer Foo is having fun in the NHL: 2 goals in 4 games.

Gostisbehere has 13 goals this season (52 assists)
Carr has 6 (10 assists)
Jooris has 3 (3 assists)

Other number to note:
Kinkaid save percentage is at 0.913
 
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Dutchman said:
Any word on early departures? Probably would have heard by now. What does next years class look like?
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Unless something comes out of the woodwork at summer camps (unlikely)
OR the coach gets an offer he can't refuse
- there won't be any early departures..

Since they can field a full playing roster without any freshman - baring injury - things look pretty good, but
there is some talent coming in that will fill in nicely ...

If they all work this summer - it should be a very good year...
 
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Dutchman said:
Next year the ECAC will be much stronger. I would expect a much better showing in non-conference play. Is there a weak ECAC team that will be rebuilding next year? Brown? Are we losing any goaltenders? A coaching shakeup is too difficult to contemplate. BU is the only one of the 7 eastern teams (HE, ECAC, AHA) still standing. If BU loses there will be no "Eastern Teams" in the F4. This was easily predicted at the early in the season. How does our incoming class look for next year?
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Not sure the ECAC will be much stronger next year - quite a few early departures across just about every team
including some of those big body goalies. How they do non conference depends on who they decide to schedule..
If they are going to attempt a full on run I suspect they will front load the schedule yet again with Serious competition...
 
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Pokey said:
Not sure the ECAC will be much stronger next year - quite a few early departures across just about every team
including some of those big body goalies. How they do non conference depends on who they decide to schedule..
If they are going to attempt a full on run I suspect they will front load the schedule yet again with Serious competition...
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Harvard just lost a significant piece, an incoming prospect projected to go in the NHL draft top 10. He decommitted and chose BC. Yay because f-ck Harvard but boo because the ECAC loses a powerful talent.

Harvard still seems to have the best incoming class, however. I don't see any reason to think the battle for byes will not come down to Cornell, Harvard, Union, and a team to be named later.
 
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ecachawkeyfan said:
Bennett is reportedly deep in the mix at BU:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/...ick-bennett/vcYPJQmfKs9NVLdqTpX2GO/story.html
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With Stephen Ainlay stepping down as Union College President, a huge supporter of the hockey team, the program took a terrible body blow. A piece of the extremely supportive hockey ecosystem was gone. I cannot image David R. Harris filling that void. As bad as that was, losing Bennett would be another body blow and I don't thing the program will any longer be top tier. I would not blame Bennett for leaving. Ainlay always had his back. The program has no sustainable competitive advantage.
 
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Dutchman said:
With Stephen Ainlay stepping down as Union College President, a huge supporter of the hockey team, the program took a terrible body blow. A piece of the extremely supportive hockey ecosystem was gone. I cannot image David R. Harris filling that void. As bad as that was, losing Bennett would be another body blow and I don't thing the program will any longer be top tier. I would not blame Bennett for leaving. Ainlay always had his back. The program has no sustainable competitive advantage.
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Presumptuous, specious, and ridiculous...Administrative transitions and coaching transitions are part of the landscape. We know little of Harris' sports orientation, but you can bet that he was made well aware Union's identity in the hockey world. The college's profile has been enhanced markedly with its success in recent years. It is doubtful that he would want to devalue that.
On Rick Bennett you can rest assured that Jim McLaughlin had teed up some impressive candidates to replace him. Fortunately that is moot now that we know BU's choice. Rick Bennett is an impressive guy. Union is fortunate to have him. The college should accelerate the Achilles renovation and do everything in its power to provide incentives for him.
The Union hockey that has ascended to its present height will not dissolve any time soon, nor was it about to.
 
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Just saw our tentative schedule. Are we playing Northeastern? That would be great for us Boston fans. BU will be in Ireland.
 
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