College Hockey NCAA Hockey II - Shawn McEachern to take over as Suffolk men’s hockey coach

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Massachusetts Hockey Announces Schedule For 2022-23 - University of Massachusetts Athletics

The Minutemen will open the season at AIC on October 8, will host 2022 National Champion Denver for the opening weekend of their home slate on October 14-15....

umassathletics.com

 

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Q&A With ... Boston College Head Coach Greg Brown

Checking in with the new Eagles leader, including a trip down memory lane.

www.collegehockeynews.com

 

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This is what I think of when I see a Pandolfo interview.

 

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A random musing from a lurker after the Montgomery hire...
[warning: prime offseason content forthcoming]

An interesting coaching tree (kinda/sorta, maybe only to me?) developing with roots across RPI, U Maine, and the Dubuque Fighting Saints

Montgomery:

Played: U Maine ('89-'93) and was Captain​

Assistant Coach: RPI ('06-'10)​

- Was brought-in by Seth Appert, in his first head coaching role, having left an asst. coaching gig @ Denver under Gwozdecky​

Head Coach: Dubuque Fighting Saints ('10-'13)​

Head Coach: U Denver ('13-'18)​

- Succeeded Gwozdecky​

Ben Barr:

Played: RPI ('00-'04) and was Captain​

Assistant Coach: RPI '04-'05 and '07-'08 seasons​

- Coached alongside Jim Montgomery in '07-'08 under Seth Appert​

Assistant Coach: Union College ('08-'12), Providence College ('12-'14), W. Mich U ('14-'16), and UMass ('16-'21)​

- Was hired by Nate Leaman at Union and followed Leaman to Providence​

Head Coach: U Maine ('21-)​

Kirk MacDonald:

Played: RPI ('02-'07) and was Captain​

- Was a medical redshirt for '05-'06 (Schott: RPI's MacDonald ices cancer)​

- Played under Jim Montgomery (asst. coach) during '06-'07 season​

- Played alongside Benn Barr for '02-'03 and '03-'04 seasons​

Played: Reading Royals (ECHL) / Providence Bruins (AHL) '08-'13​

- Was a mainstay in the Providence lineup between '09-'12, earning an "A" in '11-'12​

Assistant Coach: RPI ('13-'14)​

- Under Seth Appert​

Assistant Coach: Reading Royals ('14-'17)​

Head Coach: Reading Royals ('17-'22)​

Head Coach: Dubuque Fighting Saints ('22-)​

Here is a cool article describing the intersection of Barr's coaching journey with that of Montgomery during the (unexpectedly tragic) search for the U Maine job:

Barr Turned Crossroads, Into Head Coaching Path​

Ken Ralph was the RPI Athletic Director from '02 through '07, Colorado College '07-'18, and now U Maine since '18​

Here is an article describing MacDonald's coaching being influenced by Montgomery as well as by Bruce Cassidy:

USHL: Elite coaches shaped MacDonald's developmental philosophy​

Again, just kind of a neat intersection of lives and jobs - especially from my perspective as an RPI Alum and Bruins fan. I know at least @ODAAT will appreciate this post

If anyone happens to have additional color commentary or behind the scenes anecdotes, I'd be interested. I'm sure Kirk L or Divver are well entrenched in the player --> coach development circles with New England ties. This forum is about the closest I'll get to hearing those types of conversations.

 

[ODAAT]

A random musing from a lurker after the Montgomery hire...
[warning: prime offseason content forthcoming]

An interesting coaching tree (kinda/sorta, maybe only to me?) developing with roots across RPI, U Maine, and the Dubuque Fighting Saints

Montgomery:

Played: U Maine ('89-'93) and was Captain​

Assistant Coach: RPI ('06-'10)​

- Was brought-in by Seth Appert, in his first head coaching role, having left an asst. coaching gig @ Denver under Gwozdecky​

Head Coach: Dubuque Fighting Saints ('10-'13)​

Head Coach: U Denver ('13-'18)​

- Succeeded Gwozdecky​

Ben Barr:

Played: RPI ('00-'04) and was Captain​

Assistant Coach: RPI '04-'05 and '07-'08 seasons​

- Coached alongside Jim Montgomery in '07-'08 under Seth Appert​

Assistant Coach: Union College ('08-'12), Providence College ('12-'14), W. Mich U ('14-'16), and UMass ('16-'21)​

- Was hired by Nate Leaman at Union and followed Leaman to Providence​

Head Coach: U Maine ('21-)​

Kirk MacDonald:

Played: RPI ('02-'07) and was Captain​

- Was a medical redshirt for '05-'06 (Schott: RPI's MacDonald ices cancer)​

- Played under Jim Montgomery (asst. coach) during '06-'07 season​

- Played alongside Benn Barr for '02-'03 and '03-'04 seasons​

Played: Reading Royals (ECHL) / Providence Bruins (AHL) '08-'13​

- Was a mainstay in the Providence lineup between '09-'12, earning an "A" in '11-'12​

Assistant Coach: RPI ('13-'14)​

- Under Seth Appert​

Assistant Coach: Reading Royals ('14-'17)​

Head Coach: Reading Royals ('17-'22)​

Head Coach: Dubuque Fighting Saints ('22-)​

Here is a cool article describing the intersection of Barr's coaching journey with that of Montgomery during the (unexpectedly tragic) search for the U Maine job:

Barr Turned Crossroads, Into Head Coaching Path​

Ken Ralph was the RPI Athletic Director from '02 through '07, Colorado College '07-'18, and now U Maine since '18​

Here is an article describing MacDonald's coaching being influenced by Montgomery as well as by Bruce Cassidy:

USHL: Elite coaches shaped MacDonald's developmental philosophy​

Again, just kind of a neat intersection of lives and jobs - especially from my perspective as an RPI Alum and Bruins fan. I know at least @ODAAT will appreciate this post

If anyone happens to have additional color commentary or behind the scenes anecdotes, I'd be interested. I'm sure Kirk L or Divver are well entrenched in the player --> coach development circles with New England ties. This forum is about the closest I'll get to hearing those types of conversations.

great stuff, thanks

 

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Maine Athletics releases 2022/23 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule:

University of Maine Athletics - Official Athletics Website

The official athletics website for the University of Maine Black Bears

www.goblackbears.com

 

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Admittedly, I'm a UMass honk, but I love Coach Carvel. He's obviously a great coach, but his understanding of the bigger picture and honesty about the reality for these hopeful kids demonstrates a level of straightforwardness and integrity you'll certainly never find in a D-1 football or basketball coach.

 

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I'd love for more schools to have NCAA teams, but I can't see it happening unless someone with deep pockets gives them a massive donation to start a team (which may have to be two teams if they aren't Title IX compliant).

Illinois was very, very close for quite a while and squashed it in the last year.

 

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I'd love for more schools to have NCAA teams, but I can't see it happening unless someone with deep pockets gives them a massive donation to start a team (which may have to be two teams if they aren't Title IX compliant).

Illinois was very, very close for quite a while and squashed it in the last year.

Go back a page to post 786
That's the current landscape of College Hockey

 

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Unlimited transfers - what a clusterf*** that's going to be. This is going to be COVID/5th year policy of the last two years on steroids.

 

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Go back a page to post 786
That's the current landscape of College Hockey

Current landscape as in schools are starting teams up? I'm referring to Binghampton specifically. I see it being an uphill battle unless someone writes a check (especially since they're a state school and there will be heavy debates regarding funding). I think they are looking into it because the city's AHL team left town.

As for post 786: Lindenwood is really the only one who went from "feasibility study" to D1. Even they had an extremely popular club team, an available arena, and a D1 womens team. Binghamton doesn't have any of that.

UAA and RMU - Had teams very recently, needed fundraising drives to address the schools' reasons for dropping the teams.

Augustana - Group of fundraisers (one especially big one) bankrolled an arena for the school.

Stonehill - Has to move hockey to D1 because they joined the NEC in other sports. I really hope any Stonehill alums in here don't have their hopes up in these first few years. It's not going to be pretty.

I do hope Binghampton can pull it off though. They should call that guy who funded their insane baseball stadium.

 

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[Terrier]

Sharks coach Quinn, GM Grier bring Boston University bond to new jobs | NHL.com

'See the game in a very similar way' since meeting in 1990s

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