{"id":28537,"date":"2006-10-07T13:56:23","date_gmt":"2006-10-07T18:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2006\/10\/07\/200607-ecachl-season-preview\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:56:39","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:56:39","slug":"200607-ecachl-season-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2006\/10\/07\/200607-ecachl-season-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"2006-07 ECACHL Season Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"
So much has changed since I last was in this spot.<\/p>\n
It used to be the ECAC; now it’s the ECACHL.<\/p>\n
There are seven new head coaches in the ECACHL since then.<\/p>\n
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Mark Dekanich is the reigning ECACHL Goaltender of the Year (photo: Melissa Wade).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
There is a new team in the ECACHL.<\/p>\n
There is a new league office.<\/p>\n
There is a Swan, a Pearl, an Arrow, a Staff and now a Hydra.<\/p>\n
So here I am again, along with change.<\/p>\n
Plenty more has changed from last season to the new one. Most notably, there are two new additions to the league at the head coaching position, in Seth Appert at Rensselaer and Keith Allain at Yale.<\/p>\n
But what hasn’t changed is that for another year, no one knows what to expect from the ECACHL. The league remains as competitive as ever, and expectations can turn on a dime. Teams can, and will, jump and down in the standings. That will probably never change.<\/p>\n
So what does this season look like? There are so many questions to be answered, and an equal number to be asked. <\/p>\n
If you ask most anyone around the league, they will tend to say the same things. It’s called coach-speak.<\/p>\n
“It’s a great league, anyone can win on any given night, that’s what makes the league so great, we’re so competitive, everyone here has a chance to win this thing.” And so on.<\/p>\n
So what I’m here to do is break it down for you. So here goes, each team with my quick take and where I think each will finish, ranked from 12 through number one.<\/p>\n
Click on any team name below for its individual season preview.<\/p>\n