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The Daily Gazette Company presents the parting Shots podcast. Now here's your host, Daily Gazette sports editor Ken Shot. Thank you, Scott Kesey, and welcome to the Parting Shots podcast, available wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe today. Thanks for joining me from the parting Shots podcast studio in Schenectady, New York, we have a loaded show for you, a lot of it talking college hockey. The Union men's and women's team had their media day Monday, the final one ever at mess the rink, barring for unforeseen circumstances, of course. Of course. The teams will be playing in the new Mohawk Harbor arena, under construction right now near the Rivers casino. Things seem to be progressing well there. I drive by there just about every day on my way to work and look around and see progress being made at that rank.
Good times ahead for the union programs. On the men's side, we talked with men's head coach Josh Halge, a couple of cousins back reunited together on the union team, senior Josh Nixon and freshman Lucas Buzzio, a couple of Wisconsin friends back together again in junior defenseman John Prokop and junior Ford Parker Lindauer. We also talked to Nate Hanley. On the women's side, head coach Tony Macy, goalie Sophie Matsukis and defenseman Baron Friday. So we talk with you hear from them as well.
More and more. Kyle Chockey talk on Wednesday was the EC hockey video conference call with the coaches and we had a chance all talk to all the coaches and a couple of coaches I want to feature on this edition of the podcast Quinnipiac's Rampekno because he has a new assistant coach, a very familiar one face to Union Kale Chockey fans. Rick Bennett's back in Kalachaki. He's joining the Bobcat staff as an assistant coach. And Randall, talk about that. And then we'll hear from cornell head coach Mike Schaefer, who's getting ready for his final season as head coach of the Big Red. I'll talk about his decision to go out after this season. He said he was ready for it and he seems to content with that. So we'll talk to him about that. And then my Gazette colleague Adam Schindler will talk college football, Union football losing to Springfield last Friday. You already returned to action after having a bye week last Saturday, so we'll discuss those two teams as well and might just throw in a little eagles talk of our NFL team. We're still trying to figure out what the heck happened there on Saturday Sunday and they managed to win that game. I don't know how, but very interesting time. So well, coming up, let's dive into the Union College media day and we'll have a lot of sound from that. You're listening to parting shots podcast April fans, it's time again to match what's with other pro football fans and win a prize by playing the Daily Gazette's u pick em football contest. To play, go to Daily Gazette pro football and make your picks before the first game kicks off each week. If you have the most weekly points, you win a $100 Hannaford gift card. Play the Daily Gazette's u pickup football contest today.
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[00:03:41] Speaker B: Hi, this is Union college hockey along Matt Cook.
[00:03:44] Speaker A: You're listening to the parting shots podcast with Daily Gazette sports editor Ken Shaw. I'll go back to the podcast and let's get underway with our Union College hockey media day outlook. And as we mentioned at the top of the broadcast, we had a lot of sound from that and the men getting ready for their season, though they won't open until next weekend, they'll host Providence in an exhibition game on next Saturday and that marks the return of former union head coach Nate Lehman to mess first time he's been there since he left for Providence after the 20 1011 season. Also, we should mention Joel Beale will also be back. He's an assistant coach as well at Providence, so he'll be back as well. Of course, he was an assistant at union after his playing days with the dead Dutchman.
So let's begin with union head coach Josh Halgey and he'll talk about his team as they get set for the season here with Josh. How about.
[00:05:29] Speaker B: I think you all just like realizing that it is going to be the final season here is tough for everyone. But it's exciting to know that give me a lot of people back. A lot of people have talked about their favorite times here and we get an opportunity to build on that tradition.
[00:05:43] Speaker C: How much carryover?
[00:05:55] Speaker B: Well, I think that, you know, you have much more of a plan. You know how things operate. I think there's just a lot more, there's just a lot higher level of comfort for myself being in the role. So you know, your first year, you're just kind of just trying to survive your second year, you're like, okay, I think I got this a little bit more now. I'm like, but let's go. It's time to win. It's time to take a step in the program and let's have some fun doing it.
Well, I think, like, you know, we don't. I guess wins and losses are important, and obviously you look for that, but, like, I think for us, it's just playing with consistency and playing at a high level all the time. A game where, you know, you're just not showing up or taking the night off or have to be out of routine, it's gotta be expected to win. Showing up with that mindset, I mean, we talk about it like, you want to be classic, you want to kind of win. It's double tournament, obviously.
Well, it's kind of funny. They both came on their collectors at the same time, so it really committed.
[00:07:17] Speaker C: Like, even a short time to each other.
[00:07:19] Speaker B: I think Lucas actually helped us get shot.
I mean, for the most part, you know, it's just like you're just two teammates, but I mean, every once in a while they'll be a joke throwing their way or just, you know, looking out for each other a little bit.
[00:07:49] Speaker C: More, get on the ice together.
[00:07:51] Speaker B: So I wouldn't be surprised if at some point they don't play together. But overall, just two really good key joints for them to have.
[00:07:57] Speaker A: As of right now, they're nothing.
[00:07:59] Speaker B: We really haven't done a ton of stuff as far as, you know, with lines. We've been shuffling everybody around. You know, we're really kind of getting into that in the middle of this week.
[00:08:08] Speaker A: How important is it for Josh to help Lucas, obviously, Josh being a senior, Lucas a freshman, and how important is maybe to help him with the transition from junior hockey to college hockey?
[00:08:17] Speaker B: Well, it's a big adjustment for everyone and I think, you know, I expect Josh to do that with everybody and really kind of show him the way. And he's a guy that can, you know, create with his feet and his speed. Where Lucas is a little bit different of a player, so I think they both can help each other. Lucas is a little bit more of a puck protector and can be really strong defensively off of face offs. So I think they complement each other well, but they're really different players. Having won an opening round game last year, getting it a little bit farther, just how much does it benefit to have that experience and also how much more motivation does to provide some of the guys to get a taste of that and want to get back there. I think everybody was really disappointed with how last season ended. I think we were excited to advance in the playoffs, but once you get that taste, you want more. And I think we've had all off season to think about the series at Dartmouth and what we would like to do different. So Lake Placid is a destination for us and we're expecting to be there.
[00:09:09] Speaker A: Coach, a lot of is this camp a little. Your key guys are back. Hanley Pro Cup Nixon last year you were besieged with Conor questions and Kyle.
[00:09:17] Speaker B: Kind of answered that question.
[00:09:18] Speaker A: Is this camp a little different than last year?
[00:09:20] Speaker B: Yeah, I think so. You have a lot of guys where, you know, you know, they can have success at the college level. This is the first year we've had that, you know, for us, I think that we definitely feel like we, we have a higher expectation than finishing in 6th that, you know, like we did last year. So we want to take that step as a program, but, you know, it's a new season, everybody gets a fresh start and I think the league will be improved.
[00:09:41] Speaker A: Of course, you a couple other guys who know each other pretty well are John Prokof and Parker. Both Wisconsin guys seem to know each other. What's that been like? And how has John help you get Parker to come here from Maine?
[00:09:52] Speaker B: Yeah, John was, you know, a big, a big selling point for us and talking to parker about his experience here and, you know, you know, just kind of what our locker room is like and what we are like as coaches. So, you know, big credit to John getting them here and they two great friends.
[00:10:07] Speaker A: What have they been like to good.
[00:10:09] Speaker B: I mean, they, you know, John is just so easy going and great with everybody and Parker's been like, Parker's really intelligent, you know, adds a high level of hockey iq for us and has been able to jump in right away. You don't, you don't view him as a first year player just because he obviously has the college experience, but he just, he just jumps right in and is a natural fit for us.
[00:10:29] Speaker A: Happen to see Calomel with the walking boot on his foot. What's the situation there?
[00:10:35] Speaker B: Yeah, just blocked a shot in practice.
I didn't know he had the boot on, so that's even news to me. But I think hopefully he'll be ready to go here this week and play, but just blocked a shot and that's something we do in practice. So might see a few more guys throughout the season in those.
[00:10:53] Speaker A: Next up are a couple of cousins reuniting on the Garner Chargers team that's senior Ford, Josh Nixon and freshman for Lucas Buzziel.
Funny story how they came together at union. It was actually Buzziel who committed first, and Josh Nixon, who was in the transfer portal after playing his freshman year at Lake Superior, ended up joining his cousin. Of course, now Nixon will complete be starting his third season with the Garner Chargers. So here are Josh Nixon and Lucas Buzziel.
Well, Josh and Lucas Cousins together here. Play together. Have you played together before? Before this? Yeah, we played a couple years when we were real young. I mean, like, little pickup hockey, some timbits hockey, what they call it back home, but, yeah, a couple years, and then we got older, kind of faded away, and then again, the opportunity to play here at union is gonna be a special.
[00:11:48] Speaker B: How.
[00:11:48] Speaker A: Josh, how excited are you? What do you remember about playing with him before?
[00:11:51] Speaker B: Like you said, it was like, when we were really young, but, like, during the summers, like, we lived, like, two minutes away from each other. So sometimes we skate together in the summers, like, during junior hockey. But obviously, like you said, it's a very special opportunity that we get to finally get to play together.
[00:12:07] Speaker A: Josh was saying. Josh, how's your saying that you guys. He was recruiting you guys at the same time. Actually, you were committed first before Josh did. So, I mean, how much of influence did you have on getting him here? Well, I mean, yeah, we visited this.
[00:12:20] Speaker B: School together, and then that weekend I.
[00:12:22] Speaker A: Got home, was talking over my family, and I was like, yeah, I can.
[00:12:25] Speaker B: See myself being here for four years.
[00:12:26] Speaker A: So committed. And then kind of pushed him along. He was thinking about it. I'm like, you know, if I'm. If I'm going there, it'd be nice to have you there.
[00:12:32] Speaker B: And, you know, it turns out we're gonna get a year together, so, obviously.
[00:12:35] Speaker A: I did my work and pushed him to come to the right spot. Josh.
[00:12:38] Speaker B: Yeah. So, obviously, I was in the transfer portal, and I found that he actually had the opportunity to come visit here, too. So we're like, let's do it together, 100%. I was always in the back for mine, so, like, maybe, like. Like, this could actually happen. We could actually play together. That'd be really special. So, yeah, he committed here, I think, like, a week or two before me, and then, yeah, he gave me a little influence, little nudge in the back. So, yeah, I'm glad I picked here, though, for sure. Have you guys been on the same line in practice? And that is.
[00:13:05] Speaker A: What's that been, like, on the same line? Yeah, I mean, it gets mixed around in practice sometimes. I mean, we just kind of do split the forwards in half, but, I mean, if you get a chance, we'll try to do a rep together or two. I mean, we always got the chemistry.
[00:13:16] Speaker B: So it's nice to play together. I think in college hockey, the lines always mix up, and I feel like no matter what, throughout this year, me and Luke will definitely play together, even if it's just one game or it could be all 36 of them or whatever, 32 of them. But, yeah, we're not sure right now exactly what the lines are.
[00:13:32] Speaker A: But how would you describe Luke's game?
[00:13:35] Speaker B: I think Luke's as a power forward. He's a big guy. He's a good neck front guy, good passer. We're gonna need to score a couple goals this year, that's for sure. But, no, he's definitely a great starter, definitely a person we need this year.
[00:13:47] Speaker A: Josh. I would describe how he described Josh's game. I mean, speed, speed kills. I mean, that's the number one thing you see when you watch him play. I mean, finish your score. I mean, he's willing to be a power play guy. I mean, good on the power play, good special teams guy. I mean, he was big for them.
[00:14:03] Speaker B: Last couple years, being here, probably big guy for him this year, so we'll.
[00:14:06] Speaker A: Rely on them a lot, and, you know, with speed like that, we'll expect a good amount of goals from this year. So how much does it help you.
[00:14:12] Speaker B: To have, you know, somebody that you can lean on that's been here and vice versa? How have you kind of tried to be, you know, you know, kind of a mentor in that way?
[00:14:21] Speaker C: We'll start with you.
[00:14:22] Speaker A: Well, yeah, I mean, it's huge. I mean, I visited here a couple.
[00:14:24] Speaker B: Times last year, and when I came.
[00:14:26] Speaker A: Here, he showed me around campus a lot. So, I mean, coming into this year, I kind of knew where most stuff was, which was a huge benefit. He was showing me everything, even the coaching staff. I mean, a couple of times I visited him, and the coaching staff, they showed me around, and I'm kind of more familiar with the place, but definitely huge having someone like him here, close to me, cousin.
[00:14:42] Speaker B: It's nice to have that, you know.
[00:14:44] Speaker A: He just ever need anything, shoot him a text.
[00:14:45] Speaker B: He knows he's been here a couple.
[00:14:46] Speaker A: Years, so it's definitely nice having him here.
[00:14:49] Speaker B: Yeah. I don't want to be, like, on this guy all the time, but I feel like, let him do his own thing. If he ever needs to be, he knows where to contact you. He sees me every day at the so I kind of wanted to do his own thing, figure out school, because, you know, I'm not gonna be here every. Every year, so I think he's doing a great job right now. I know school's a little bit. Yeah, for a couple years.
[00:15:09] Speaker A: Yeah. I gotta get back into it, so. Yeah, for sure. So that room makes that.
[00:15:13] Speaker B: No, we're not.
[00:15:15] Speaker A: Is that a good thing?
[00:15:16] Speaker B: We were trying to.
[00:15:17] Speaker A: At the beginning.
[00:15:18] Speaker B: Yeah, we were trying to push for.
[00:15:19] Speaker A: It, but, I mean, it's not.
[00:15:19] Speaker C: We still see each other every day.
[00:15:20] Speaker A: So, I mean, is there one story you can tell about each other that you want to share or.
I mean, we've traveled a lot together.
[00:15:30] Speaker B: So, I mean, we're very familiar with each other. A lot of stories.
[00:15:32] Speaker A: I mean, one to pinpoint.
[00:15:34] Speaker B: I don't know.
[00:15:34] Speaker C: There's a lot of them, a lot.
[00:15:36] Speaker A: Of funny ones, a lot of good ones. I mean, we just. We're real close. Like you said, we live two minutes away, so our families hang out a lot. We hang out a lot in the summer. Golf and tennis, any type of thing.
[00:15:44] Speaker B: Skiing together.
[00:15:45] Speaker A: So we're together pretty much all the.
[00:15:47] Speaker B: Time in the summer.
[00:15:48] Speaker A: And then now we're here for.
[00:15:50] Speaker B: We were playing hockey.
[00:15:51] Speaker A: We're gonna get even tighter, probably. So how did your families react to the news that you guys are gonna be together here?
I mean, they were. They were definitely thrilled. I remember we. We told them. I mean, they were like, yeah, it's sick. That's gonna happen. And now we're here. We had a media day photos the other week through a couple photos sent into the group chat. They're all loving it. They're like, they can't wait to come down and watch. So, I mean, that's. That's the cool thing. I mean, it's like, you talk about it then until it actually happens.
[00:16:16] Speaker B: It's real cool to have that.
[00:16:18] Speaker A: Josh.
[00:16:19] Speaker B: Yeah. Like you said over the last couple years, like, we were committed here. I was here for a while. There was always, like, little murmurs, like, oh, like, how are we going to travel together when we come watch it? Like, we're going to come all the time. And now that it's actually here, like, we're a couple weeks away from our first game, it's. It's going to be unreal, and I can't wait to start playing with this guy.
[00:16:38] Speaker A: Up next is one of the unions top four is junior Nate Hanley. Nate has been a really. His first year, has been outstanding offensively. He's also sort of a quiet guy. Guy really doesn't say too much, but he was very talkative at meaty day on Wednesday, which I. Or Monday, I should say. So it's kind of nice to see him open up a little bit. So here's what Nate Hanley had to say.
Nate was obviously over a week away from the start of the season, but how are things looking for this team, and how excited are you guys? Get going.
[00:17:14] Speaker B: Things are looking really good.
[00:17:15] Speaker A: We've had a lot of hard practices where a lot of the new guys have shown what they have, and I'm just excited to get the season started so the boys can get going. What is the excitement level like for the season? You guys got to the quarterfinals last year. The EC hockey tournament got swept by Dartmouth. What is the goal for this season?
[00:17:32] Speaker B: The goal for us right now is.
[00:17:34] Speaker A: A top four seed. Get a buy, and then make Lake placid. I mean, we have a lot of.
[00:17:38] Speaker B: Great returning players, so we're excited, see.
[00:17:39] Speaker A: What we can all do together last year here at mess of rank. Any just extra value in that? Trying to make more memories to people?
[00:17:47] Speaker B: Yeah, there's 100% extra value.
[00:17:49] Speaker A: I mean, the ranks been here for.
[00:17:50] Speaker B: Such a long time.
[00:17:51] Speaker A: It's one of the best ranks in college hockey. So we're excited to give it one.
[00:17:54] Speaker B: Last go and hopefully do the best we can. How much, you know, motivation.
[00:17:59] Speaker C: Obviously, you got some experience under your belts.
[00:18:00] Speaker B: Winning a playoff game last year, but then getting swept. How much motivation did that provide over the offseason season to want to, you know, better your positioning this time?
[00:18:08] Speaker A: Yeah, it's definitely a lot of motivation. We would rather get the whole ice advantage in that second round. And, I mean, I think we've shown.
[00:18:14] Speaker B: With the whole conference that what we're capable of, so I'm excited to see what we could do.
[00:18:18] Speaker A: What did you learn from that loss last year, Dartmouth?
[00:18:21] Speaker B: Just that you gotta show effort 24/7.
[00:18:23] Speaker A: There'S no breaks in the game. If you give a little break, they can take advantage and hop on it.
[00:18:28] Speaker B: How much have you kind of noticed.
[00:18:30] Speaker C: More familiarity with Josh now, that's year three for him. Just. Does it seem a little bit easier when you get to the offseason, not.
[00:18:36] Speaker B: Having to adjust and just knowing what to expect every day?
[00:18:39] Speaker A: I mean, yeah, we've been with Josh for three years now, at least my class, and we know him pretty well. He knows us pretty well. So the communication's at a high level now, and we'll wrap up the men's portion of this podcast with junior defenseman John Prokop and junior Ford Parker Lindauer. Both friends from their days in Wisconsin played together in team Wisconsin.
John Prokof is going on the great things. Lindau is a transfer from Maine, and as you mentioned, John was named preseason EC hockey on Wednesday.
And also on Wednesday, union was picked to finish 8th. We'll probably talk a little more about that next week with head coach Josh Halgey. But so the two friends from Wisconsin reunited. Let's hear from John Prokop and Parker Lindauer.
Wisconsin boys together again. What's it like start with John picking.
[00:19:35] Speaker B: Up right where we left off? I always enjoyed playing with Parker, so it's nice to be on a college team together. Parker, yeah, I mean, familiar face right here. We grew up kind of playing together in high school and we played a little bit juniors together. So it's good to have someone kind of show me around when I got here right away.
[00:19:52] Speaker A: How much was of influence was John to get you here? I know you played in Maine last year. You played a game here last year against union. I think he, in your bio on the website that you got a sense of what it was like to be at union and that game you play. So what was, how much of an influence was John to get you here?
[00:20:09] Speaker B: Yeah, he actually played quite a bit of role. Obviously, when you enter the transfer portal, it's kind of a fair game for any team. And when union called, I obviously reached out to John first and kind of was asking him the ropes of how he liked to hear school wise, hockey wise. So he was kind of the reason why I chose here.
[00:20:27] Speaker A: John, can you talk about those conversations that led to this?
[00:20:30] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, he just asked me how it was like life off the ice and life on the ice. And, you know, I told him what I thought and I loved it here and I thought he would have fit in perfectly.
[00:20:39] Speaker A: So how would you describe your game, Parker?
[00:20:43] Speaker B: I think I'm more of a defensive forward, honestly hoping to produce more this year here at union, but I think I'm really reliable and consistent. So that's what you can see on me.
[00:20:53] Speaker A: How would you describe John's game?
[00:20:56] Speaker B: I don't know. John's kind of a special one.
[00:20:59] Speaker A: No, he's laughing.
[00:21:01] Speaker B: Obviously, he's one of our better defensemen here, so we're relying on him a lot this season and he's a great, great offensive defenseman, but at the same time, he's got a really good stick and he's reliable in the D zone, too.
[00:21:12] Speaker A: John, how would you describe Parker's game?
[00:21:14] Speaker B: I mean, he's lights out when it comes to, you know, tracking back him, being there for the fenceman, and he puts himself in great spots. So he's always getting rewarded in that term or that sense. John, for you, you know, getting you getting a win last year in the playoffs and losing the Dartmouth, just how much motivation is that provided to kind of get a taste of the playoffs now? Want to get back there? Yeah, no, it was nice to get the win at home, you know, looking back on it. But, you know, we expected so much more going to that Dartmouth series. And, you know, we kind of of let down those expectations, so it kind of stuck with us all summer. I know we talked about that as a team already, and, you know, we're looking forward to this year, especially the games coming up to start it. Parker, for you, like, how do you.
[00:21:55] Speaker C: Like talking to the guys about how that ended?
[00:21:57] Speaker B: Just how do you kind of hope.
[00:21:59] Speaker C: To help bring something to get this team over the top?
[00:22:02] Speaker B: Yeah, obviously when I got here, I kind of knew about them already just because we played against them last year and they had a good year, but ended kind of in that weird way in playoffs. So I'm hoping with like, our age and our, like, leadership on the team that we can kind of go farther than that. Lots of juniors, lots of seniors. So I'm excited.
[00:22:19] Speaker A: When you guys played together back in Wisconsin, how did you know, how did you hit it off right away?
[00:22:27] Speaker B: I don't know. It started young, I guess. We were all like, we're all from different areas. That's kind of how team Wisconsin Washington and, you know, no one really knew anyone. You just kind of knew about them. And, you know, we were forced to come together and then everybody liked everybody. So, I mean, we all still talk to everybody on that team.
So that's kind of how it just happened.
[00:22:49] Speaker A: Parker.
[00:22:49] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, it kind of starts off the ice with us, honestly, just like John lives probably 3 hours away from me in Wisconsin, but we're all on the same team. So when we get together on weekends, it's more of off the ice, like hanging out in the hotels and getting to know each other. And that obviously leads into your game. And we had one of like the best youth teams growing up with team Wisconsin in the national tournament. So kind of direct correlation there.
[00:23:14] Speaker A: Now let's talk about the Union college women's hockey team. The Garner Chargers get their season underway Friday. They'll play at Robert Morris. They'll be actually there out there Saturday as well. Friday's game starts at 07:00 and Saturday's contest begins at three. It's in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. That's a suburbanite of Pittsburgh.
So they're getting ready for conference union with new head coach and Tony Macy.
So we had a chance to talk with him on Monday to talk about what his expectation of the season, and we got to talk to a couple players. I'll introduce them a little bit, but let's hear from new Union women's head coach Tony Macy.
Well, Tony, a few days away from the start of the season, your first as a head coach here, what's the excitement level like? Well, everybody's excited. You know, we've had a good start, I think come in a lot of energy. Practices have been really good, so just really looking forward to play somebody other than ourselves. How important has it been to the players to get used to your system of style of play?
It's been a little bit of a change. I think that it's just getting back to the basics and then building from there, and they've really grasped that and really been eager to, you know, learn and continue to build every day of practice. What are some of your points of emphasis like kind of early in this.
[00:24:41] Speaker B: Process to try to get this group together and like you said, learning under your system, what are those?
[00:24:46] Speaker A: Kind of. Yeah, so just as a group, you.
[00:24:48] Speaker B: Know, it's, you know, building up some.
[00:24:50] Speaker A: Core values, doing those types of things. And then on the ice is also.
[00:24:54] Speaker B: You know, we're going to be a.
[00:24:55] Speaker A: Very defensive minded team. We're going to be tough to play against. So it's making sure we're cutting down time and space, having good sticks, those types of little nuances and details that you have to stick to in order to make sure, you know, you're not giving up a lot of chances. You know, we got to make sure that we're a team that limits chances. And, you know, we've been practicing that.
[00:25:15] Speaker C: How has this also been an opportunity.
[00:25:17] Speaker B: For you maybe to get to know some of your players? Because obviously, you know, you know them from recruiting and, but now, since we.
[00:25:23] Speaker C: Talked to you the first time, you've.
[00:25:24] Speaker B: Had a little more time to have some hot ice time. Yeah, it's been great.
[00:25:27] Speaker A: You know, it's good to see, you know, the individual personalities, different learning styles, how they like to, you know, work on the ice as well. I think having it be all brand new is kind of going through the honeymoon phase right now, so that's, that's pretty good as well.
[00:25:43] Speaker B: But, you know, they're just, just, they're.
[00:25:45] Speaker A: Really eager right now and really all pushing in the same direction. You come from a program that's won national championships at Clarkson. This team has never had a winning season in its division one history. What do you have to do to turn it around to get this program on the winning track? Well, I think it's just, you know, buying into the details. You know, we talk about it every day, all the little individual details that, you know, get us to an opportunity to win a every game. If we can do that, then we'll put ourselves in a good frame. You know, I think right now it's, again, sticking to the defensive side of things and then letting things build from there. How important is it for this team that not when they get down, when they start trailing the game and don't score the first goal, I'm gonna poison to not get down on themselves and the fight back.
[00:26:32] Speaker B: Yeah, we doing a lot of work.
[00:26:33] Speaker A: With Doc Wally, our sports performance guy here, so he's been dealing with that, as well. You know, it's. It is important.
[00:26:40] Speaker B: I think part of it is just.
[00:26:41] Speaker A: That underdog mentality of, hey, you're gonna have to fight back. And that's the way hockey goes, no matter if you're number one in the country, which we saw this weekend playing against Duluth, and, you know, they happen to get knocked off twice. Right now, anybody, I think, in the country can beat anybody.
Well, I think just a good defensive system, good structure there. You know, I do think we're gonna play with some energy. We're gonna definitely cut down a lot of time and space and try and create more chances for ourselves than ones we give up. Have you named the captains?
We have. We're working on the article coming, Ken.
We had a little Instagram issue, so there was some password stuff where we just couldn't get into it. So trying to work through that and get that out as soon as we can. But, yes, we have captains right now, and we'll announce those hopefully AsaP. How about the coaches? Assistant coaches? Yeah, so we have a couple people in place that are still going through the whole hr rigor maru that everybody's got to do. So myself and Sean, you know, we've been kind of running everything in the meantime.
Up next is senior goaltender Sophie Matsukis. One of the first questions I asked was, did the resignation of Josh Skiba, the former head coach, catch them off guard? That came in late June, something I think the team was not expecting. So here's what Sophie Matsuka has had to say about that and her expectations on the season.
Sophie? It was an interesting offseason for the women's team. Unexpectedly, Josh Skiva steps down to take an assistant hockey coaching position in the PWHL. You get a new coach in Tony Macy, who comes to Clarkson. What is it? Did that, first of all, did Josh news catch you guys off guard?
[00:28:35] Speaker B: Yeah, I think it definitely did. It was pretty late in the summer, too, so we were kind of a little worried about it. But I think everything turned out well and we are very happy right now.
[00:28:43] Speaker A: What about Tony? How has he been? What did you know about him before he was hired?
[00:28:48] Speaker B: I didn't know too much about him. I knew he was at Clarkson, but it's been awesome. It's been amazing. I think everyone's really happy with where we're at, and I think that, yeah, we're all excited.
[00:28:56] Speaker A: What, is the mood changed in this locker room, or do you see something different with the Tony in charge?
[00:29:01] Speaker B: Yeah, it's definitely been a very positive environment. I think everyone's very, has been very welcoming and have enjoyed it a lot so far.
[00:29:07] Speaker A: So I think that that's a good step.
[00:29:09] Speaker B: How has this time kind of been as you guys get used to, you know, his systems, his way of doing things, just what is that kind of, you know, feeling out, period been like?
[00:29:17] Speaker A: I think it's definitely tough because it's.
[00:29:18] Speaker B: A new period for everyone and not just incoming players, but I think everyone's handling it very well and they're understanding that everyone has to learn and.
[00:29:27] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:29:27] Speaker B: Does it feel like a kind of a chance of kind of, you know, clean slate, new era to kind of, you know, maybe improve what the record has been? Yeah, definitely. I think that the fact that we have a full new coaching staff gives that clean slate, and I think that it's definitely scary at first because you don't know anyone. You don't know anything. But I think that, yeah, everyone's getting used to it and everyone is happy.
[00:29:47] Speaker A: About it with the new coaching staff, I mean, everybody's got to be on edge as who's going to be getting started. I mean, obviously, you've been starting goalie here. I mean, does that put pressure on you to make sure you're doing your job in practice as you get ready for the season?
[00:30:00] Speaker B: Yeah, I think it definitely pushes everyone to be their best and nothing, no one's comfortable anymore, which is a good thing. You want to be your best and just challenge everyone else. So I think that it's been definitely a little bit of a challenge, but it's been a good challenge to just push extra hard to prove yourself.
[00:30:15] Speaker A: Tony comes from a program in Clarkson that's been consistent over the years, won a couple of national championships when he was there.
He brings that winning attitude. This program is yet to have a winning season. So how important to have a coach and Tony who brings that winning attitude? Can you, can you sense the difference in that? You guys feel now that, hey, we have a shot, we can, we can get a winning season here?
[00:30:40] Speaker B: Yeah, I think definitely that he's come from somewhere that has been winning. He knows what it's like and he knows what to bring to our team and he has been bringing that the, like, high energy, high pace practices and, yeah, it's nice to see just having a different perspective that we didn't have.
[00:30:57] Speaker A: How much you looking forward to this weekend at Robert Morris?
[00:31:00] Speaker B: Yes, very looking forward to it. Excited to get going and see where our team's at.
[00:31:06] Speaker A: And now let's hear from a senior defenseman, Byron Friday on her thoughts about the coaching change and what she expects in this upcoming season. Her final one at Union Marin. It was interesting all season for the team. Josh Skeev, the leads to go to the PWHL late in the summer. You get a new coach and Tony Macy, what was the reaction like when Josh left to catch you guys off guard?
[00:31:32] Speaker B: I mean, I think it's always sad to lose a coach that you've been with, especially me going into my senior year. But I think we're all incredibly proud of him and wish him the best. And then coach Macy's come in and he's made the transition super smooth and we've all just been working really well with and so I think we're excited to go into the season with coach Macy and his new coaching staff as well.
[00:31:53] Speaker A: What has it been like in the locker room getting ready, what that practice has been like? Have you noticed a difference in how he does things versus what Josh did?
[00:32:02] Speaker B: I do think every coach has their own unique style. And so I think we all are just learning a new system and learning how to play together with a new coach. And so I think that does have its own transition. But I think everyone's just, there's an excitement in the locker room and kind of this excitement to work with a new coach. And so I think that's been a driving factor for us.
[00:32:24] Speaker C: Now, has it made for kind of.
[00:32:25] Speaker B: A healthy, competitive environment now that, you know, everybody wants to make an impression, you know, it's not like you're people. The old coach remembers you from year to year. You're all trying to make an impression out there. Does that kind of make for a healthy environment? Yeah. No, definitely. I think everyone kind of has a clean slate with coach Macy, and so I think it definitely fosters a healthy, competitive environment to kind of show who you are as a player and kind of develop a new relationship with the coach. So definitely.
[00:32:55] Speaker A: Obviously, Tony comes from a collective program that's won a couple of national championships, have winning seasons every year. This union program has yet to have a winning season at the division one level. Do you think he's going to be able to turn around and make you guys winners?
[00:33:09] Speaker B: Definitely. I think his experience with Clarkson is what some of us are so excited about. I think playing against Clarkson, we know how talented of a team they are and how well coached they are, and so I think getting a little bit of them into us is great for our team, and I think we're just excited to work with someone who has had that experience and will be able to shape us in hopefully the same way.
[00:33:30] Speaker A: How important is it for the senior class to project that message that Tony's giving you guys to the underclassmen?
[00:33:37] Speaker B: I think just going into our senior year, I think it's hard going in without completely new coaching stuff, but I think it also gives us an opportunity to help foster the younger players and kind of build a completely new culture on the team and kind of maybe shape things that weren't the best in the past to create a new program going forward. So I think that's a great opportunity for us.
[00:34:01] Speaker A: You guys opened the weekend at Robert Morrison's weekend. How much are you looking forward to that?
[00:34:05] Speaker B: We're so excited. It's a long trip early. Wake up on Thursday to get going. But I think we're all excited to start the season, and I think it will be a great opportunity for us to play with Coach Macy for the first time.
[00:34:17] Speaker A: We're going to stick to the ECAC hockey theme. We'll go back to the men. As I mentioned earlier, the men had their media conference call Wednesday with the reporters, and we're going to talk with Ram Pecknow, Quinnipiac, the head coach there, and Cornell head coach Mike Schaefer. So stay tuned. You're listening to the parting shots podcast.
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Welcome back to the podcast. Let's continue our college hockey talk with the ECC men's conference call that took place Wednesday morning. All twelve coaches were on the call and the coach's poll was released and Cornell, the defending ECC champion, tournament champion, was picked to finish first. They earned ten first place votes and earned 120 points. Quinnipiac, the defending regular season champion, got the other two first place votes and earned 111 points. As a reminder, coaches cannot vote for their own team. So Cornell nearly unanimous with their first place showing.
Dartmouth have picked 3rd, 93 points, followed by Clarkson with 82, Colgate 75, Harvard 73, St. Lawrence 66, Union 8th. Surprisingly, considering they were a 6th place team last year in the conference. Union got 60 points, followed by Princeton with 32, Yale 30, RPI six and Brown 24.
So we said we had a chance to talk to the coaches and Ryan Preclin was first up. And the big news coming out of Quinnipiac this offseason was the hiring of former Union men's head hockey coach Rick Bennett. Of course, Bennett guided the then Dutchman to the NCAA title in 2014. Of course, they made a frozen four appearance in 2012 under Rick, his first year in charge of the program after Nate Lehman left to go to Providence. Rick had great success for a long time, and sort of, fortunately, things started to fall apart toward the end. And then the unfortunate resignation that took place in late January 2022, after some complaint about his coaching style and through an investigation, proved some things that were not right with the situation. So Rick resigned. He had spent a year and a half as the head coach of the Savannah Ghost Pirates in the ECHL. He was fired midway through the second season, so he's back in Kalichaki. I tried to. I did reach out to Rick earlier this week to.
To see what happen if he had any comment. He did not. So well. So, yeah, this was a good chance to talk to Rand Packnell about why he hired Rick bettere it. So here's what Rand Packnell had to say.
[00:38:07] Speaker B: Great. We'll start with Ken Shaw.
[00:38:09] Speaker A: Hey, ran, how's it going? Good, good. It's the big off season news for you guys was hiring Rick Bennett as an assistant coach. How did that come about? And what is he. What does Rick bring? Obviously, the pedigree of the national championship with him and two frozen, four appearances.
What? Yeah, just describe him and how that came about.
[00:38:28] Speaker B: I mean, I've been friends with Rick.
[00:38:30] Speaker A: For 30 plus years. I think he's an excellent coach, excellent person, and the job opened up and he applied, simple as this.
[00:38:39] Speaker B: He was the best candidate, he's an.
[00:38:41] Speaker A: Outstanding coach, and obviously, as you just.
[00:38:45] Speaker B: Mentioned, the national championship.
[00:38:46] Speaker A: That's not easy to do.
[00:38:47] Speaker B: So we're excited to have him on board.
[00:38:50] Speaker A: We found out over the summer that Mike Schaefer is going to retire at the end of this season. Been that Cornell for a long time, over almost 30 years as the head coach there, of course, he's a alum of Cornell. They won the big. As I mentioned earlier, they won the EC hockey tournament championship in March. And if you watch the celebration, we saw a different side of Mike Schaefer we really haven't seen before. The emotions coming out of the crying, and it was a site that I think it's really surprised and I. A lot of fans, I think, yeah, Mike, whatever you think of him, I think he's really. He grew as a coach over the years, and he's really done a fantastic job with the Big Red. I think he had some teams there were just dominating, slow you down, all that stuff, but I think he's also adjusted, and he's got some speedy players there, and that's probably one of the reasons why they are picked to win a win the EC hockey regular season title. In fact, Cornell had three players on the all conference team. Goalie Ian Shane, a unanimous selection, defender, defenseman Ben Robertson and Ford, Dalton Bancroft and the other members of the all conferencing, I should mention Quinnipiac's Mason, Marcellus, Quinnipiac Ford and Dartmouth Ford. Luke Haims. So, had a chance to ask Mike Schaefer about. Is he happy that this is going to be his final season? Was it the right decision?
Well, first, very, very comfortable with it. You know, I think that there are a lot of things that pointed. I wanted to kind of even retire last year, but there are a lot of factors. You know, health. My family been doing this thing for 39 years.
You know, just. Just the college landscapes changing. I love to.
That's the one thing I'm gonna miss a tremendous amount. The day to day of sitting down with the players and really enjoying that.
Like I just had my last recruit trip ever. And I'm excited about that.
You know, over the weekend. I'm not being at the US each.
[00:41:01] Speaker B: Other in the future, so.
[00:41:03] Speaker A: But to sit down day to day and just recruit, I'm sorry, just. Just coach.
I wish I would have somehow tried to do that 20 years ago, but I don't think he can function as a college coach in today's game by being that and that part of it also, I knew it was time to, you know, I didn't have the energy, didn't have the, you know, the drive to go on the road and be a big part of our recruiting aspect. I was very blessed with Ben Sayer and Sean Flanagan and Ben Russell last year, years before, to carry that load for our program. Did a tremendous job. Yeah, we saw a different side of you when you won, when Cornell won the EC hockey tournament title. You were very emotional. I don't think we ever had seen that for me. Where did that come from?
Well, I just think that expectations over the years, I mean, you know, early.
[00:41:54] Speaker B: On in my career, we were able.
[00:41:55] Speaker A: To win the EC a lot. And then, you know, after 2010, it was quite the drought, but it wasn't because we weren't there.
You know, we were there. And it's funny, I've been able to talk to a lot of the alumni that were part of those teams between 2011 and 2023. And so they were really excited too, because they knew they had the opportunities and that was probably more the motion.
It's kind of grateful that we were able to get back there and get the job done. And after so many years of being close again, that's what you coach for your players, to have that experience and as a program to win. And that's where it came from. And it's your lot of hockey talk, but we're going to move over to the football field. Adam Schindler, my gazette colleague, will discuss a union's loss to Springfield and preview their game coming up Saturday against Montclair State on the road. And also talk Ualbany as they return to action Saturday. After a week off, they'll take on Rhode island in Colonial Athletic association play. You're listening to the parting shots podcast.
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[00:44:19] Speaker B: Commissioner and union hockey alum Doug Christiansen.
[00:44:22] Speaker C: You're listening to the parting shots podcast with Daily Gazette sports editor Ken Shaw.
[00:44:27] Speaker A: Welcome back to the podcast in our weekly segment of college football with Adam Schindler, my gazette colleague. And Adam, we talked about Springfield being a tough matchup for union. And last Friday that proved to be the difference. A 37 20 victory for Springfield reunion. Yeah.
[00:44:42] Speaker C: And it was, if it was going to go wrong, it was kind of exactly how you figured it was, which was triple option was just too much for union to deal with. Springfield ran the ball all over the field on Friday night out in Springfield, Massachusetts. And it happens when you face that Springfield team. I mean, they rack up, you go out and look at it, 300, 300 plus rushing yards, 354 yards on 52 attempts.
You control the clock. They had some big plays. They had runs of 63, 47 yards. And if you give up big plays to a team that also can control the clock, you're going to be in trouble. And that's exactly what it was for union.
[00:45:25] Speaker A: Yeah. Basically just Springfield wore them down.
[00:45:28] Speaker C: Yeah. I mean, and really they hit it big in the second and third quarters. Again, it was a close game early on, and Springfield really in those middles, middle two quarters, scored 24 straight points and union really had nowhere else to go. And Springfield's a team. If you get ahead of them, you can change the game really well. If you get behind them, coming back becomes very, very difficult.
[00:45:51] Speaker A: Union actually led this game eight six after the first quarter. So they had to give him some hope. Yeah.
[00:45:56] Speaker C: And this has been the issue in both Union losses the season, which is they've had pretty good first quarters and then the middle two quarters have really hurt them as it looks like teams are adjusting to them and maybe they're not making some necessary adjustments. They've had good fourth quarters, even against Springfield. They scored a couple late touchdowns, made it a three possession game on a couple of occasions late. So it wasn't exactly, didn't get them back into the game, per se, but they were able to do some things. There were positive signs.
Statistically, this was not a game where it looked like Union was horribly dominated.
Union put up nearly 400 yards of total offense in this game, which is not bad at all.
[00:46:42] Speaker A: Yeah. Patch Flanagan 21 39 for 262 yards and a couple of touchdowns, so I guess that has to be a little bit of a good sign.
[00:46:49] Speaker C: Yeah, he was, you know, this was his most efficient game as a starting quarterback. He found Robbie Tolbert for a couple touchdowns in the fourth quarter. They were able to get the running game going a little bit. Michael Fury picked up 73 yards on 15 carries, which is he's had back to back all right games. But, you know, neither he nor Jonathan Anderson has had the kind of game that you would have expected out of a pair of returning thousand yard rushers. But this has been a difficult opening schedule. Utica and Springfield are two pretty good non conference teams. It's as tough a non conference schedule as unions face in the last couple of years. There were no insane cupcakes on this year's schedule. If there is a get right game, it probably comes this Saturday.
[00:47:32] Speaker A: Yeah, they play. They go to Montclair State's second game of the three game road trip. What do you expect out of this game?
[00:47:39] Speaker C: This is a game. This is a game heading into Liberty League play. That union absolutely has to play better. I can't say they have to win because at this .2 non conference losses have pretty much knocked you out of any consideration of an at large division three national playoff berth. So it all comes down to the Liberty League. But they need to play better. They need to get some momentum going into the St. Lawrence game next week. Week.
[00:48:06] Speaker A: Wait, what, what is, I mean, what does the John druck have to do to get this team going here? I mean, as far as improving, I mean, obviously, you know, we take it back. Springfield is a running team. They run you to death, but they're not going to see that a lot down the stretch here.
[00:48:21] Speaker C: No, but they are going to see some teams that have a very similar physicality. You know, Hobart is a team that's always in the mix of the Liberty League, and while they're not a, an option team, they are a smash mouth. Run the ball at you team. Ithaca is always tough and physical.
RPI is always tough and physical. So union has been hit in the mouth a couple of times this season by both Springfield and Utica.
You would think it's going to tough them, toughen them up, but they need to, they need to show it on the field and, and going out and smacking an opponent in the mouth in Montclair State would be a big positive.
[00:48:55] Speaker A: Sign that's they had to do that. Team more to get ready for living. They don't want to go one and three heading into conference players.
[00:49:00] Speaker C: Yeah, that's not a great sign you want to be. If you're 500, you're feeling a lot better going up to St. Lawrence next week.
[00:49:07] Speaker A: Let's move over to Ualbany. They had last Saturday off. They're back in action. They open colonial Athletic association play on Saturday at 330, hosting Maine. So did great danes coming off that 40 113 loss at Idaho on September 14. Had a chance to maybe just get some rest this past week and get ready for Maine. So what's the scouting report here?
[00:49:29] Speaker C: Well, I mean, the big thing, one big thing for you, Albany, they're getting Ozzy Hutchinson, their left tackle back after he missed a couple of weeks. They did lose Scott Houseman, their offensive guard, another veteran player who some issues have actually, he's now giving it up. He's now calling it a career for his time playing football, which is tough. He's been a part of this program a long time. He was the guy who was the veteran on the offensive line last year but had to miss their playoff run due, due to, due to a different injury.
This is a game where, I think this is the first game where you really see what Ualbany is out of the gate against Liu, bad weather game at night was maybe not the best start to a season. They do get the win and then two straight games, really, against opponents that were clearly physically bad matchups for them. West Virginia as an FBS team was not a good matchup for them. And this Idaho team very much had a physical advantage that was a little bit, was not as prominent last December. But when you see just how much turnover this UAlbany team has had on the defensive end was not going to be an easy matchup. And against Maine, they absolutely have to start growing up.
[00:50:46] Speaker A: Yeah. Uality won last year's matchup at Maine, 37 21. Is this, is this. I wouldn't say a guaranteed win, but is this a game that they should win?
[00:50:55] Speaker C: This is a game that they should win. But CAA games, CAA games are always weird. Maine is a team that's had their number at points over the, over the Greg Gattuso era.
This is a team that's played exceptionally well at home the last couple of years. And really what you want, you want to see two things. You want to see the offense convert scoring opportunities and be a little bit more efficient in the passing game. They've been a bit Boomer bust, and you'd really like to see them get the running game and Griffin Waddell go. And then defensively they just have to show that they can get consistent stops because they've allowed, you know, 40 plus points a game over the last two weeks.
[00:51:29] Speaker A: Is that something you think Greg Gattuso with the defense is? Like I said, West Virginia is a different animal with that. But, you know, the number of points they've given up, 90 points means that something. You got to tighten up that defense.
[00:51:40] Speaker C: You do have to tighten up the defense. Now, they did give up both. The total against Iowa does include both a special teams touchdown and a defensive touchdown, but really they've got to stop the run. It was what really hurt this team when their offense was very good two years ago was they struggled stopping the run and giving up big plays in the run game. And if they can get that tighter in CAA play, there's a chance for this team to really grow as the season moves on.
[00:52:06] Speaker A: Well, you should mention former union head coach John Poppy, now down at Columbia, won his first game last Saturday. They beat Lafayette.
[00:52:13] Speaker C: Yeah, not just that, a big win over a ranked team for Columbia football with its proud history of former union head coaches. Because obviously Al Bagnoli was previously there and John Poppy was an assistant under Bagnoli, not a program with a lot of history in the Ivy League. So it's good to see, and he was a coach that you could see. He had an upward trajectory in him. Did we all think that he was going to necessarily leave union after one year? Not necessarily, but he had one very, very good year and went to a job. That was not surprising considering he had, you know, a decade as an Ivy League assistant.
[00:52:50] Speaker A: Well, we can talk a little Eagles here how the hell they win that game on Sunday against the Saints.
[00:52:54] Speaker C: They were the better team.
[00:52:55] Speaker A: They were the better.
[00:52:57] Speaker C: They were the better team and they stopped inventing ways to try and lose.
[00:53:03] Speaker A: I mean, Jalen Hurts, turned the ball over twice. Interception of fumble. Nick Serrano just still boggles my mind. He doesn't want to take points twice. He had chances to take points in the field, goals, doesn't do it. Then he has Nick, Jake Elliot try to kick a 60 yard field goal with her up seven six and he misses and then Saints go down, score the go ahead touchdown. Of course, Eagles came back and got, got the winning touchdown, but it's making my head spin.
[00:53:30] Speaker C: It's the weird reality of the, of the CEO coach in, in the modern NFL. He doesn't call play on a regular basis. He also doesn't have roster control so it's one of those coaches where you're in a situation that's like, what are you doing? And sometimes, you know, no one is, no one is too smart. NFL coaches, by and large, and are just smart enough sometimes to be really, really dumb. And I've advocated for a long time, put a five year old child on the sideline next to you, and if you make a decision and the five year old says that, stupid, don't do it.
[00:54:09] Speaker A: Well, I fully expected them to be one and three heading into the bye week next week. But I mean, Tampa surprisingly lost the Eagles opponent on Sunday. Down in Tampa, Florida, they lost to Denver, shockingly, at home.
[00:54:23] Speaker C: Never, never forget the truest thing about the NFL. The NFL is very dumb and you never know what's gonna happen.
[00:54:31] Speaker A: Well, at least our Phillies are in a postseason.
[00:54:33] Speaker C: I'll take that.
[00:54:34] Speaker A: Yeah. So, Adam, appreciate, we'll do this again next week. Absolutely. That's Adam Schindler. We're back to wrap up the podcast and have the latest winner, excuse me. And have latest winners in the deli Gazettes auto racing. And you pick a football contest in just a moment.
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that wraps up another edition of the parting Shots podcast. I want to thank two members of the union, men's and women's hockey team, Quinnipiac men's hockey coach Brad Peckno, Cornell men's hockey coach Mike Schaefer and Adam Schinder for being a part of the show. If you have questions or comments about the podcast, email them to
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The views expressed in the parting shots podcast are not necessarily those of the Daily Gazette Company. The Parting Shots podcast is a production of the Daily Gazette Company. I'm dealt ex sports editor Ken Schott. Thanks for listening and I'll catch you next time from the parting Shots podcast studio in Schenectady, New York. Good day. Good sports.
