Summer 2021 NCAA Division I Hockey Thread

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Please post all Wish-It-Was-College Hockey Season-Again news & comments here.

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From: College Hockey News

April 14, 2021
Guite Trying to Establish Stability, Direction For Maine After Difficult Week

by Adam Wodon/Managing Editor

Ben Guite, Maine's assistant coach the last eight years and a player on the 1999 national championship team, was named the program's interim head coach today. He's stepping in for Red Gendron, who he's coached under since 2013, and who passed away suddenly last Friday at age 63.

Maine says it will be conducting a national search starting soon to find a permanent head coach, and that Guite is considered a strong candidate. The school must post the job, as a public institution, so it may be a formality. But there are also no shortage of quality candidates out there for Maine to turn to if it wants.

In addition to the numerous candidates out there without Maine connections, there are also other alums with strong credentials, too, who could be candidates if they are interested. ...

Read more at: Guite Trying to Establish Stability, Direction For Maine After Difficult Week

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Please post all Wish-It-Was-College Hockey Season-Again news & comments here.

there's really no need to have an off season "Summer" THREAD....

you just combine the two into one thread.....and if it exceeds the post limits then a 2nd thread is warranted, JM.....

 

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We'll see.

 

[MDtoGF]

Read about Frank Serratore's thoughts on AHA expansion, his team's season, and much more.

Frank Serratore on Air Force Hockey, Atlantic Hockey Expansion, and more

 

[Island Husky]

From: College Hockey News

Just learned of Red Gendron the other day, I'm floored, Best of luck Ben Guite.

 

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Just learned of Red Gendron the other day, I'm floored, Best of luck Ben Guite.

Courtesy of Mr. HUTCH.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Just learned of Red Gendron the other day, I'm floored, Best of luck Ben Guite.

that broke over two weeks ago..... on the day before UMASS/St. Cloud State, the links are in the primary hockey thread, IH.....

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Maine update:

apparently there's a Manchester, NH Native that has threatened the university over Social Media; it has delayed the game in Orono that the Baseball team was scheduled to host today.

Portland, Maine News and Weather - WMTW Channel 8

 

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Glad to see you have finally embraced this "Summer 2021 NCAA Division I Hockey Thread," HUTCH.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Glad to see you have finally embraced this "Summer 2021 NCAA Division I Hockey Thread," HUTCH.

the update, JM...

Maine Baseball forced to cancel DH due to social media threat previously posted

 

[jasonr90]

UMaine says there is no risk to campus after threatening social media post

 

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Just learned of Red Gendron the other day, I'm floored, Best of luck Ben Guite.

Very sad, may he Rest In Peace.

That being said, interested to see where they go with the search. Not like there’s a ton of money (comparatively) but still a pretty good job and there’s hope with facility improvements coming.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Very sad, may he Rest In Peace.

That being said, interested to see where they go with the search. Not like there’s a ton of money (comparatively) but still a pretty good job and there’s hope with facility improvements coming.

yup, that's basically where it stands....

but as suspected once you look deeper, Guite is already there and in place to continue or have been the next successor had they elected not to renew Red's contract or simply chose to let it expire and the end of June.

 

[MDtoGF]

Hear from Eric Lang on the transfer rule, not for or against it, just honest. Read and as always feedback is appreciated. AIC Hockey Head Coach Eric Lang on the one-time transfer rule: “Adapt or get run over”

 

[Corso]

Hear from Eric Lang on the transfer rule, not for or against it, just honest. Read and as always feedback is appreciated. AIC Hockey Head Coach Eric Lang on the one-time transfer rule: “Adapt or get run over”

Good article but how do you establish a causal link? We all know the role "family advisors" play in the recruiting world....they are the link to coaching staffs as they recruit the best 15-17 year old players. Contact is often made between the advisor and the coaching staff about the intentions of a "represented" player well before the players second semester of his sophomore year of high school and what does or can the NCAA really do about it? The same dynamics will apply to the transfer portal. An "advisor' will let anyone who wants to "listen" that a said player has entered the portal and is looking at certain programs. There will be little the NCAA can or will want to do about such situations. The new transfer portal is a step in the right direction for the "student" athletes rights as a player but let's be honest, it will create an even bigger divide between the haves and have nots. The lower end programs may very well turn into feeder teams for the power conferences.

 

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Good article but how do you establish a causal link? We all know the role "family advisors" play in the recruiting world....they are the link to coaching staffs as they recruit the best 15-17 year old players. Contact is often made between the advisor and the coaching staff about the intentions of a "represented" player well before the players second semester of his sophomore year of high school and what does or can the NCAA really do about it? The same dynamics will apply to the transfer portal. An "advisor' will let anyone who wants to "listen" that a said player has entered the portal and is looking at certain programs. There will be little the NCAA can or will want to do about such situations. The new transfer portal is a step in the right direction for the "student" athletes rights as a player but let's be honest, it will create an even bigger divide between the haves and have nots. The lower end programs may very well turn into feeder teams for the power conferences.

I think from talking with Lang many times, its more of a worry than anything causal. We have heard from other reporters and such that the schools are the issue, but that's not always the case.. fresh start with a chance, or funding being cut from the player are the two reasons he supports it.

 

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From: The Michigan Tech Huskies

Shawhan agrees to extension as head coach of hockey Huskies
Posted: Apr 20, 2021

HOUGHTON, Mich. – Michigan Tech Head Hockey Coach Joe Shawhan has agreed to a three-year contract extension Athletic Director Suzanne Sanregret announced on Tuesday (Apr. 20). Shawhan was named the 22nd head coach of the Huskies on May 30, 2017 and has won 74 games. ...

Shawhan was an assistant coach at Tech for three seasons (2014-17) before being hired as the head coach. In his first season, he tied a program record for a first-year Michigan Tech head hockey coach with 22 wins. The Huskies won the Jeff Sauer Trophy as WCHA Playoff Champions and made their 13th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. ...

In his three years as an assistant coach, the Huskies went to a pair of NCAA Tournaments, won the Broadmoor Trophy as WCHA Playoff Champions, won the MacNaughton Cup as regular-season WCHA Champions, and were ranked No. 1 in the nation.

Tech will enter the 2021-22 season returning four All-WCHA honorees in Trenton Bliss, Arvid Caderoth, Brian Halonen, and Colin Swoyer, 93 percent of its scoring from the 2020-21 season, and a Mike Richter Award finalist in Blake Pietila. ...

Read more at: Shawhan agrees to extension as head coach of hockey Huskies

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Maine search continues:

but here's who's likely not succeeding the late Dennis 'Red' Gendron:

Jim Montgomery, Paul Kariya, Greg Moore, Bob Corkum, and Eric Weinrich is a retread from the Devils days in Portland;

$233,825 annual salary;

official decision by 5/8/21;

Sports - Bangor Daily News

 

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The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board has extended the contracts of women's hockey coach Mark Johnson & men's hockey coach Tony Granato for 5 years each.

 

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According to this FloHockey.tv article, Lake Superior State is losing five of their top 6 scorers from this past season's CCHA championship squad: Ashton Calder (North Dakota); Pete Veillette (portal); Hampus Eriksson (portal); Will Riedell (Ohio State); and Lukas Kaelble (Clarkson).

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

btw, Maine AD Ken Ralph also revealed that Maine will face Penn State and Nebraska-Omaha as part of the non conference schedule in 2021/2022

 

[JMCx4]

Golden Gophers pick up the former Colorado College Tigers captain for 2021-22 ...

 

[MDtoGF]

Read more from Niagara HC Jason Lammers on what it means for his program to be uncommon, and why he wants to play UND to open the 2021-2022 campaign, and more. Niagara University Men’s Hockey Head Coach Jason Lammers on his team’s Uncommon season, future, and more

 

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From: FloHockey.tv

Coast To Coast: AHA, WCHA Alum Featured In Pro Playoff Pushes

As professional teams gear up for the postseason, we check in on Atlantic Hockey and WCHA alumni impacting the leagues.

May 4, 2021 by Jacob Messing

... Despite being cut down to nearly half of its typical size, the 2020-21 ECHL season has been filled with prominent production from young players still developing outside of their Atlantic Hockey and WCHA careers. The number of alumni still on the ice shows the AHA and WCHA have developed more than just depth in a 14-team league.

On the backend, rookies Mike Lee [Indy] and Philip Beaulieu [Allen] have had encouraging seasons. Lee was the breakout star for Sacred Heart’s historic 2019-20 season robbed by the pandemic. Lee is ninth in per-game defensive scoring — minimum 10 games played — this season as a rookie for the third-place Indy Fuel, still much in reach of the top spot in the East. ...

Read more at: Coast To Coast: AHA, WCHA Alum Featured In Pro Playoff Pushes - FloHockey