I have a bad memory but I believe Jackson did mention
by Pat85 (2022-11-22 12:55:46)

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the age of Mankato and some other teams we have faced in the tournament being a challenge (he spoke at our Club dinner before the U of MN games). No clue whether that has influenced that aspect of our roster makeup/usage, or if recruiting has been challenged by late defections or other issues as well (he also mentioned some unnamed players he was unable to recruit due to academics). Obviously U of MN is young and talented and our age did not help in that series. Overall I still have faith in Jackson. I don't see a Motzko upgrade that is low hanging fruit, and as great as our facilities are, the support level (fan base, athletic department) is nothing close to the other current elite programs. I feel your frustration, but this is not the first season where we have struggled under Jackson, and he has brought us out the other side many times (unlike any of his predecessors).

Remember the 2010-11 class that had 11 freshmen on the
by zahm82  (2022-11-22 22:34:38)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Roster (Anders Lee, Bryan Rust, TJ Tynan, Stephen Johns, and others) and made it to the Frozen Four. Doubt we will ever see something like that again. It's amazing when you look at some of the incoming Rosters on College Hockey News that several schools have incoming Rosters of 15 freshmen, although I suspect most won't play.
With two of them - Tynan and Lee - leading the team in
by NH74Domer  (2022-11-22 22:47:38)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

scoring. I think we’ve only had two other seasons since then where we’ve had two 20 goal scorers on the team at the same time.