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Date Posted: 12:09:39 07/01/04 Thu
Author: FootballAlum
Subject: ECAC and Scholarships
In reply to: matunuck 's message, "just posted on USCHO.com -- I'd say HC is a lock" on 12:42:51 06/30/04 Wed

The women's program is a joke...and besides how long would the college be able to justify full scholarships for four programs and not the rest of the athletic department?
I think HC is better off staying with the status quo and recruiting as many players as they can for hockey with financial aid.

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[> [> Re: ECAC and Scholarships -- Zipp, 12:24:21 07/01/04 Thu

Funny, I heard some hockey players say the same thing about the football team, but don't worry they were only basing that on the the records of the two teams.

Not sure how you can make any assesment of a program that's only been varsity for a couple of years? Actually sounds to me like you didn't even realize HC had a varsity women's hockey team. Well that's ok because not a lot of people realize we have a varsity football program either.

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[> [> [> Re: ECAC and Scholarships -- FootballAlum, 12:30:54 07/01/04 Thu

And you probably spent your four years on the hill in Dinand...
Yes I know we have a women's program and my assesment of it is that they a lot of former figure skaters with pent up frustrations and they are trying to play ice hockey. A women's team at HC is never going to take off with the other real quality programs within New England.
Watch your comments about football!

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[> [> [> [> Re: ECAC and Scholarships -- zipp, 12:43:03 07/01/04 Thu

Funny comment about the figure skaters,...In fact I overheard some Ivy league football players saying the same....oh, well you get the idea....

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[> [> [> [> You'd be suprised about women's ice hockey -- colgate13, 13:28:47 07/01/04 Thu

Women's Ice Hockey in general is an up and coming sport for female athletes. You'd be suprised how good HC could get at it with the necessary support (of course support is the operative word.)

An example:

Colgate took it's club team to varsity D-III in 99-00 and went 21-4. It's first game of the year was a loss to D-I power St. Lawrence 8-0. In 02-03 we went D-I and went 12-21-1. Growing pains to be expected of course. Last year we went 16-17-3. Not too bad for a 5 year old program and only a 2nd year in D-I. The real highlight is in the ECAC playoffs, Colgate defeated nationally ranked St. Lawrence 1-0 in the second game at SLU.

The point is that the women's sport is still very much growing and the "established" powers are by no means untouchable. In fact, now is the time to make the move into the sport as it begins to take off.

Looking at the great schools that offer ice hockey, if I had a little girl at home, I'd be putting some skates on her and teaching her how to shoot!

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: You'd be suprised about women's ice hockey -- sader1970, 13:57:28 07/01/04 Thu

colgate 13's got it right. Of all schools, Brown University has one of the best ladies hockey teams in the country and they aren't good at anything other sport.

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