UNH rant
I just need to come in here and start the conversation of what in the name of all that is holy is the University of New Hampshire hockey program doing?! We had such an incredible run of teams from the late 90s to the early 2010s. We fostered such a unique and rowdy atmosphere in Durham and it felt like we were always a threat to win the Hockey East. Now this program seems to constantly and consistently make the wrong decisions. We are expected to lose in almost every game we play in conference, we are not producing any even remotely good prospects anymore, our team is sloppy and easily outclassed year in and year out. We have fallen to the basement more often than not in Hockey East, which is especially frustrating because every other team in all of college hockey seems to be stepping things up and getting better and better each year. The only thing that saves us from being total failures is occasionally we back into a win against a ranked opponent. The recent 10-2 thrashing by Quinnipiac in the season opener just seems to cement that this will be another year of going nowhere fast, hoping that the boys can catch a good team sleeping to justify their existence. It’s just so frustrating having followed this team my whole life and having to watch as the university invests less and less into them, seemingly being ok with being among the bottom dwellers of college hockey. Don’t get me wrong, I know the departure of Dick Umile and the hiring of Mike Souza has a lot to do with this, but it just feels like this is a team representing a university that doesn’t care about them, and if that’s the case, why even have the program at all?