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Well if they actually did keep the puck instead of turning it over as often as they did, perhaps we would also have been better off. We will see if blind, behind the back drop passes directly to the opposing team will work better elsewhere. Agree 100% though that trying to turn smaller, high skill guys into forecheckers is a recipe for failure.

I won’t hate on Penn State for wanting to expand D1 college hockey. I’ll reserve frustration for the Big Ten for having the policy in place to automatically force them to band together exclusively.

Maybe they didn't envision the dumpster fire that's currently ongoing. Boisvert also apparently made a statement to teammates/friends prior to Berry's release, that if Berry was let go, he was going to transfer out. If he had a strong relationship with Brad and felt he got screwed over (right or wrong), it's hard to blame him. I just figured with likely only one more year of college hockey expected, he'd ride it out here, but if the speculation about wanting to be closer to family so they can see some games is true, well, I get that too. I don't so much understand any participation in a frat donnybrook.

Unless Hobie enters the portal today. Sure hope that doesn't happen.

We might need two goalies from the portal

Perhaps you will end up being originally wrong on Emery, per your recent comment about him staying, which is a good thing...I think. But that's why when I also posted about several possible/likely people leaving back in Feb (was looking for those posts yesterday!), I didn't name any names. Unfortunately it also sounds like we might still be losing at least one more, one who will frustrate me because he wasn't given a fair chance to prove his worth and that the team was invested in him. Fingers crossed that doesn't happen however.

He's not on the roster but with the way things are going right now, we could use such a savior

Have heard speculation that a local business owner is committed to donating 7 figures per year over next several years and if the majority of that is earmarked for hockey, it seems we’d be in pretty decent shape.

It’s true. Macdonald also involved but he wasn’t going to be around next year anyway. Swanson may have been more of a bystander. Source? People there and friends of people there.

Well, that partially fits what I’ve heard. For those who didn’t think he would be interested and apply, it does sound like he did apply and made it passed the first round of screening to get an interview, along with a few others who have UND ties and have been mentioned at times in this thread. Yes, Jax is also in the mix but unlike what someone else said, Karl didn’t seem to get an interview and I have no idea if he even applied. fully acknowledge all of this as rumor and I what I’ve heard is secondhand and not direct from the supposed inside source. isn’t this so much fun! Also was told that it’s likely that that announcement comes tomorrow. We will see!

Maybe Mannino applied, CC found out, got pissed for him being a team traitor, and axed him. Or maybe they just had a worse season than expected, went into a tailspin after a hot start and never recovered, and needed a scapegoat and change of direction.

I don’t know if Guy Gadowsky is a real good coach or a good guy but one thing I’ve respected about Penn St since they went D1,he has them bringing their lunch boxes and putting in the effort. They haven’t always had the skill but they’ve never lacked work ethic.

even before I came back here to catch up on posts I was thinking, ‘geez Maine is playing more like UND, with the blind pass D zone turnover that led to a goal and some undisciplined penalties’, so I really chuckled when I read these comments which look like they belong in a UND game thread.

Is Bucci a BC alum or what? The infatuation is so cringy, and Bentley is from a suburb of Boston so in this case it seems not Boston love but just for BC itself. He really was laying into the Bentley goalie about the net issues and got argumentative when Raycroft was defending the goalie a bit and blaming the crap ice. The Bentley goalie may have been pushing the limits a bit, sure, but for crying out loud, BC is a super power compared to them, give him a little slack, and as a broadcaster, be a little bit more impartial.

After the back to back BC PP, it'd be awesome to see Bentley get a crack at a PP. That being said, BC could maybe just as easily strike for a SHG on that PP :|