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Henpecked wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 9:18 pm They’ll need to replace Mike Adler in goal but everyone else is back.

maddog29 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:51 pm The Orange had NINE players in the Under Armor game. Provided the get a solid goalie and a FOGO - watch out. this team could be really good.

blue angels wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 9:44 am

maddog29 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:51 pm The Orange had NINE players in the Under Armor game. Provided the get a solid goalie and a FOGO - watch out. this team could be really good.

Agree that they should be better but the question is how much better will they be this year? It is hard to count on a bunch of Freshman to take a team to the top of their own league or make a deep tourney run the 1st year. They also lost some great players like Dordevic who might have been someone to help bring the youngsters along. There is no doubt that they recruited real well and have a base for the future.

wgdsr wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:09 am and their top d recruit might be donezo for the spring w/ injury.

youthathletics wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:11 am

wgdsr wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:09 am and their top d recruit might be donezo for the spring w/ injury.

Are you referring to a freshman here?

wgdsr wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:29 am

youthathletics wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:11 am

wgdsr wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:09 am and their top d recruit might be donezo for the spring w/ injury.

Are you referring to a freshman here?

last i heard figueras was out.

maddog29 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:51 pm The Orange had NINE players in the Under Armor game. Provided the get a solid goalie and a FOGO - watch out. this team could be really good.

bearlaxfan wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 7:28 am No prediction, but very interested to see Benson at PC.
How much of his offensive philosophy will translate to a roster not as talented as Maryland's? How much will he (have to?) adjust?

Friar sched still not posted, but I know the early season icebowl game vs BU is gone. That would have been interesting.

Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 9:12 pm

bearlaxfan wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 7:28 am No prediction, but very interested to see Benson at PC.
How much of his offensive philosophy will translate to a roster not as talented as Maryland's? How much will he (have to?) adjust?

Friar sched still not posted, but I know the early season icebowl game vs BU is gone. That would have been interesting.

Can add for Prov fans that they play Hobart in Maryland 3/18

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gymman1031 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 12:50 pm Lafayette finished 4-11 last year. I say that that they finish the regular season(before the Patriot League Tournament) 7-8 or better and maybe get a berth in the conference tournament. Coach Pat Myers' team showed promise last year, and he continues to recruit quite well.

Powellfan22 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 3:30 pm

maddog29 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:51 pm The Orange had NINE players in the Under Armor game. Provided the get a solid goalie and a FOGO - watch out. this team could be really good.

They should be better in goal this season. Will Mark from LIU is the presumed starter and they have a five star freshman in Jimmy McCool as well. I do have big concerns regarding the faceoff unit. They brought in a transfer from Cansius who won over 50% last year but he didn’t fare well against upper echelon teams. I worry they will be trading one problem area from last year for another this year (goalie to fogo) and it will be a wash.

Even with Curry and Dordevic gone I think the offense will be better. Not their fault as they had little to no help last year. The top nine from last year to this will most likely be completely different.

Hopefully this year they show some steady improvement (especially on defense) and get to a .500 record. I think the following year they could be really special.

I like Penn State as a turnaround team. They had some significant injuries last year including TJ Malone and get some of those players back this year. Plus they had a very young offense last year and you’d have to expect those players to improve (Will Peden comes to mind as the teams leading scorer). They were really bad at faceoffs and should be better this year with transfers. Big Ten seems wide open after Maryland.

If you are going to include Duke I guess Notre Dame needs to be included. They really turned things around after their freshman fogo figured things out. If they continue the momentum from the end of last year they should be a final four team.