Re: Union College: 2018-2019
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Monday, July 1, 2019
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https://dailygazette.com/article/2019/06/28/many-questions-for-union-men-s-hockey-but-not-in-goal
Many questions for Union men's hockey, but not in goal
Hanson will carry a heavy load for a team that lost nine seniors; Union opens Oct. 5 at home against BU
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In general, that class won't just be big in numbers, but also in physical stature -- none of the incoming recruits are under 6-feet -- with some speed added to the lineup, too. Bennett said the key question will be how quickly whatever skill they bring to the table will show itself.
It will also be interesting to see how team chemistry develops, he said, after a season in which the coaching staff perhaps relied too heavily on the senior class.
The Dutchmen had an up-and-down 20-13-6 season in which they swept Colgate in the first round of the ECAC Hockey playoffs before losing a best-of-3 in three games at Cornell in the quarterfinals.
"That [chemistry] is a big component to be a successful team, and I think it took us too long to find that," Bennett said. "I hate to say it, but we didn't get there until about February. I wish we had another 10 games. We had spurts of it, like in Belfast, but we never generated a ton of momentum, and that comes from the staff, and me.
"We'll try some different things next year, and they did a great job in the spring with that. Maybe we relied on that class too much. But we learned a ton this year, maybe moreso than any other year that I've been here, as far as team chemistry. We had a real big class, and they're seniors, and maybe we [coaches] deferred too much to it."
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October
5 -- BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 4; 6 -- at Army, 4; 11 -- NORTHEASTERN, 7; 12 -- NORTHEASTERN, 7; 18 -- at Massachusetts, 7; 19 -- at Massachusetts, 7; 25 -- RPI, 7; 26 -- at RPI, 7.
November
1 -- at Canisius, TBA; 2 -- at Canisius, TBA; 8 -- CLARKSON, 7; 9 -- CLARKSON, 7; 15 -- at Quinnipiac, 7; 16 -- at Princeton, 7.
December
6 -- BROWN, 7; 7 -- YALE, 7; 13 -- MERRIMACK, 7; 28 -- TD Bank Catamount Cup at Vermont, TBA; 29 -- TD Bank Catamount Cup at Vermont, TBA.
January
3 -- at St. Lawrence, 7; 4 -- at Clarkson, 7; 10 -- COLGATE, 7; 11 -- CORNELL, 7; 17 --- at Yale, 7; 18 -- at Brown, 7; 25 -- vs. RPI at Mayor's Cup, 6; 31 -- HARVARD, 7.
February
1 -- DARTMOUTH, 7; 14 -- at Cornell, 7; 15 -- at Colgate, 7; 21 -- PRINCETON, 7; 22 -- QUINNIPIAC, 7; 28 -- at Dartmouth, 7; 29 -- at Harvard, 7.
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