Non-UND College Hockey 2025-26

[thUNDer]

4 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Wonder who is up in St. Cloud. 

Potulny?

[stoneySIOUX]

4 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Wonder who is up in St. Cloud. 

Whomever it is, I bet they replace Larson after he's fired in a few seasons 😉

[Level B Fishbowl]

49 minutes ago, cberkas said:

What is kind of interesting Yale got worse after they won their National Title in 2013 (only 2015 and 2016 they were above .500). So she wasn’t the problem at all 🤣

Another thing is all the Ivys struggled after 2020-2021 except Cornell. Brown has always sucked, Princeton 1 winning season. Dartmouth 2 winning seasons, and Harvard 2 winning seasons

 

 

I think this oversimplifies it. In 2015 and 2016, Yale was a NCAA tournament team after reloading talent and the goaltender for those teams, Alex Lyon, is actually in the NHL. Yale was also very good in the few years leading up to the 2013 championship run, when they probably had the weakest roster compared to the ones in the 2009, 2010, and 2011 NCAA appearances.

Allain certainly deserves some blame for the teams's recent struggles, and he clearly takes some resposbility, but, Yale, like the other Ivys, has to deal with a tough recruiting barriers and other restrictions and an unsupportive or incompetent athletic director only makes the job harder, if not impossible. The pandemic absolutely hurt all Ivy sports, but some teams have recovered better than others or seem to be on the right track. Let's take the teams you mentioned.

 

Cornell-Longstanding hockey tradition, high profile sport, heavy AD support with quality coaching and recruits

Harvard-Longstanding hockey tradition, high profile sport, heavy AD support, average or mediocre coaching, quality recruits

Dartmouth-Longtime record of mediocrity with a seemingly more receptive AD and a great coaching hire after the pandemic, good players with potentially more coming

Princeton-Slightly better history than Dartmouth with a good recent coaching hire; to be determined if positive trend will be sustained

Brown-Bottom of the barrel for years; terrible coaching situation that only recently changed due to unanticipated events; remains to be seen what happens but little indication of a supportive AD

[Brett0909]

So…after a lengthy period of deep reflection in his retirement, Allain now comes to realize Yale’s AD is the worst leader he’s ever seen, and she ran the program into the ground (through no real fault of his own).

With no examples or specifics of any kind to be found, he’s trying to absolutely destroy her reputation in public court - while him and his peers have all been too scared of her for years to surface any of this before now, including during the previous extension? 

I’m not saying she isn’t a bad AD, but I definitely know everything I need to know about Allain after this…

[thUNDer]

Vicky would be a great fit at UM. They have awesome block parties 
 

[Wilbur]

5 hours ago, I Ranger said:

Nick Oliver? My best guess at the moment. Can't imagine many coaches updating their resumes for this one! 

I agree fully with this.  Time as a head coach in the USHL and time to learn and grow under Mike Hastings.

The next question becomes....leave Madison for Stearns County.  

[Sweethockey]

3 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

I agree fully with this.  Time as a head coach in the USHL and time to learn and grow under Mike Hastings.

The next question becomes....leave Madison for Stearns County.  

Hastings is 60, he may want to retire in 5 years. Oliver could become the heir apparent. Makes sense to stay in Madison.