You're not wrong. I jist feel like it mirrors the Badgers in 17-18, Granato's 2nd year. Had all the momentum after coming up just short of the NCAAs and winning 20 to blowing the team off to coach the olympics. Now, Im not saying its not a great honor. But the timing was awful, it derailed the team, and signaled (IMHO) he looked at the UW prgm as a way to build NHL players, not win Championships.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the Spengler Cup at the end of December? It looks like the PSU players played against Minnesota (besides Fink).
Even with Fink at the beginning of the year, PSU lost to Clarkson, needed OT to beat Long Island, and needed a goal with 22 seconds left to avoid going to OT against Stonehill.