Offseason 2023

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

Looks like I misread the new chairback ticket pricing. It's $30 more than reserved for the entire season which I'm guessing covers the cost of the seat. So for 17 games that comes to less than $2/game to have back support. I hope this works out and they expand to other sections next season.

[pdt1081]

Looks like I misread the new chairback ticket pricing. It's $30 more than reserved for the entire season which I'm guessing covers the cost of the seat. So for 17 games that comes to less than $2/game to have back support. I hope this works out and they expand to other sections next season.

I like the idea of the mesh being an option. I am one that does not want to see permanent chair backs installed. I'm not above average size by no means, but I have yet to be in an arena with them and not feel cramped. Our seats are in Section B, but we sit low in Section A so my dad doesn't have a lot of steps to climb. With the benches, we (and others) are able to move around him easier. He can turn to the side to make room for people to get past a lot easier than with permanent chairbacks.

[bgbill]

Re: chairbacks, the most reasonable design imo are the benchbacks at Lawson Arena (Western Michigan). You get the better of both worlds.

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

We bring portable chairbacks to our seats in section G so expanding the program to other sections simply means we don't have to drag stuff in and out of the arena. I also like the temporary aspect. Given how the arena was constructed, the pitch on permanent seats would make a flight to California in economy feel like first class.

[BG84]

Looks like I misread the new chairback ticket pricing. It's $30 more than reserved for the entire season which I'm guessing covers the cost of the seat. So for 17 games that comes to less than $2/game to have back support. I hope this works out and they expand to other sections next season.

I don't know that you misread it. When I first looked at the map with prices, all bench reserved sections had the same price. Now Section C has a different price.

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

Looks like we got a new chief ref. Anybody know anything about him?

https://www.uscho.com/2023/05/25/big-te ... ficiating/

[pdt1081]

Looks like we got a new chief ref. Anybody know anything about him?

https://www.uscho.com/2023/05/25/big-te ... ficiating/

Glad to see Langseth gone. He was horrible on the ice, not sure why anyone thought he'd be good being in charge.

[pdt1081]

Interesting that the NCHC has to look for a new director of officiating, announced the same day.....

https://www.uscho.com/2023/05/25/nchc-a ... son-given/

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

ASUs schedule just dropped. They have 24 home games plus the Desert Classic at Mullett plus an exhibition against UA at Mullett. They play the entire month of November without a road trip. Wow.

https://thesundevils.com/sports/mens-ic ... le/2023-24

[mbenecke]

ASUs schedule just dropped. They have 24 home games plus the Desert Classic at Mullett plus an exhibition against UA at Mullett. They play the entire month of November without a road trip. Wow.

https://thesundevils.com/sports/mens-ic ... le/2023-24

Everyone wants to go to the desert in the winter.

[unfalconbelievable]

And that's how you make the NCAA tournament as an independent...

ASUs schedule just dropped. They have 24 home games plus the Desert Classic at Mullett plus an exhibition against UA at Mullett. They play the entire month of November without a road trip. Wow.

https://thesundevils.com/sports/mens-ic ... le/2023-24

Everyone wants to go to the desert in the winter.

[mbenecke]

We’ve added a December exhibition against Windsor to the schedule. I don’t think we’ve played them since the brawl in 2016?

[mbenecke]

We’ve added a December exhibition against Windsor to the schedule. I don’t think we’ve played them since the brawl in 2016?

Did a little digging, we actually beat them 7-3 in an exhibition in 2018.

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

McMahon is reporting that Bentley will be hiring Andy Jones (UMass-Lowell assoc head coach) as their new head coach. Looks like Curtis will be back behind the bench this upcoming season.

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

Because this offseason is dull and boring (at this point last year we had 23 pages in the offseason thread) I did some portal research. DISCLAIMER: the analysis is fairly cheesy and it won't take much to poke holes in the thing but it can at least spark some discussion. Here goes:

294 players entered the portal
12 ended up either back in juniors, transferring to Canadian schools, or turning pro
107 exercised their extra year of Covid eligibility and normally would NOT be available (so roughly 1/3 of the population won't be available next year)
101 entered the portal and are still sitting out there looking for a dance partner (so roughly 1/3) and 35 of these are 5th year Covid eligibility players

Now for the fun part. We all hear talk about big programs poaching from smaller programs. The table below shows how players have moved between leagues:

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Players		To								
From	AH	B1G	CCHA	ECAC	HE	Ind	NCHC	Portal	Total
AH	6	1	5	1	6	2	2	18	41
B1G	3	2	3	6	3	1	5	9	32
CCHA	4	6	2		1	1	2	9	25
ECAC	6	3	5	2	11	2		22	51
HE	12	9	6	7	5	4	6	19	68
Ind	2		3	2			5	17	29
NCHC	3	5	8	3	1	1	6	7	34
D3						1			1
Total	36	26	32	21	27	12	26	101	281

4 players went from the CCHA to AH, 6 to the B1G, 2 went to the Nachos, and 2 moved within the league (Zach Rose). Interestingly, 12 players went from HE to AH while 11 went from ECAC to HE. Another observation, there are not tons of kids moving from eastern leagues to western leagues and vice versa - for the most part they're staying within the same region.

The next table includes ONLY PLAYERS WITH AT LEAST 15 POINTS. I'm trying to capture where the "better" players are transferring.

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Players >= 15pt	To								
From	AH	B1G	CCHA	ECAC	HE	Ind	NCHC	Portal	Total
AH	1		3	1	5		1	1	12
B1G				1		1	2		4
CCHA		4			1			1	6
ECAC	1	1		1	6			2	11
HE		3	1	2	1	1	2	1	11
Ind			1	1			2		4
NCHC		1	1	1			1	1	5
Total	2	9	6	7	13	2	8	6	53

AH had 12 players with 15 points or more transfer out, primarily to HE and CCHA while only 2 transferred in. CCHA saw 6 out, 6 in. Nachos saw 6 out, 5 in. B1G 9/4. Is there a conclusion that can be drawn? I'd say that for the most part players are shuffling between leagues but that there isn't a mass movement from lower leagues to higher leagues with respect to total points. The exception is that stud players from AH are indeed looking for greener pastures.

Here's the twist. If you look at TOTAL POINTS moving between the leagues (instead of just bodies) the table looks a lot different:

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Total Points	To								
From	AH	B1G	CCHA	ECAC	HE	Ind	NCHC	Portal	Total
AH	34		67	16	118	12	36	102	385
B1G	5	12	12	56	15	15	66	5	186
CCHA	24	123	13		23	7	0	23	213
ECAC	28	36	26	17	135	6		126	374
HE	24	100	31	94	31	27	77	42	426
Ind	9		28	16			73	40	166
NCHC	11	40	50	32			46	23	202
Total	135	311	227	231	322	67	298	361	1952

AH saw 385 points depart the league while only 135 entered (net -250 points) and the majority went to HE and Nachos. CCHA was flat at 227 in/213 out, but 123 of those points went to the B1G...WOW! Speaking of the top leagues, B1G, Nachos, and HE were all net positive in a big way.

Conclusion: based on my cheesy analysis, while it looks like player movement is relatively flat across the leagues, the skill level of those players skews to Nachos, B1G, and HE.

I have tons of data and can cut it up all sort of ways if anyone desires.