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We swept the other 6 teams en route to a 13-0 start by wearendhockey

in the conference our first season, and swept our way to conference playoff titles in our first two seasons, going 6-0 in the process. Since making that splash we're nothing more than a .500 team that has done barely more than squat in the postseason in 5 seasons, including some completely unacceptable performances on home ice in 2021 and last season.

Our recruiting hasn't panned out in years, and player development is far short of where it needs to be. The same problems with special teams and goal scoring have plagued this team for a long time. In fact if not for very good seasons out of the last couple of number one goalies, this team would have been pretty bad for most of the last 5 years.

Frankly I don't care much how this season turns out, a change in direction is absolutely needed.