Quinnipiac wins it

[AreBee1969]

Wow. What a game, what an ending! Congrats to the Bobcats. Thoroughly enjoyed all three Frozen Four games. Some really amazing hockey.

 

[Dove]

I love Calhoun and what he has accomplished at UConn and as far as men's BBall I will always say what he did was the greatest rebuilding job ever in men's bball. However, I think what Pecknold has done at Quinnipiac and the hockey program may just be the greatest building job in ALL of college sports. Anyone that knows what QU was in the 80s and early 90's and what the hockey program is now knows that what has been done is literally unheard of anywhere in the country.

I had Pecknold as my HS Social Studies teacher at North Haven in the late 90's (96-98) and when he told us he was leaving to coach QU Hockey (which at that time was essentially like a club hockey team) and give up a teachers salary, pension and career to do that, I literally laughed to myself thinking it was kind of nuts. Guess he had the vision of what QU could be ALL along and so happy for his success. This guy is truly an elite level coach (not to mention amazing, funny guy) and possibly the best ever at what he has done. I'll take that bet against anyone, anywhere.

Per Some Guy on Twitter

 

[ctchamps]

Program went Division 1 in 1999. The start of it all!

 

[MilliniumPrince]

I thought they were cooked...damn, was I wrong lol Go Bobcats!

 

[housekeys]

The Quinnipiac Women's Basketball team made some noise in the NCAA's a few years back as I recall.

 

[HuskyNan]

The Quinnipiac Women's Basketball team made some noise in the NCAA's a few years back as I recall.

Yep. Geno was rooting for them

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

There have been some memorable barn burners.

7-6 OT game with multiple future NHL HOFers 20 years ago.

Aren't you a BU guy? How could you think of that game before Miami

 

[upstater]

Aren't you a BU guy? How could you think of that game before Miami

The Miami comeback was unbelievable and improbable. More stunning than the Patriots 28-3.

But... the 8-7 Northern Michigan game was insane. Just the way the two teams were flying around.

The worst thing I ever saw in the CG though was the BU goalie put the puck between his legs when he went to tuck it. PC's championship is the biggest fraud in championship history in any sport.

 

[jayp123669]

Per Some Guy on Twitter

Wow, that's even more of a wild ride than I thought. I guess when I had him at NH he was already the coach at QU if that story checks out. That tells you how small QU or QC (what they were called at that time) was at that time that them moving to D1 was what many of us thought was Pecknold actually getting hired but he was actually hired 4 years before and was leaving full time teaching to move them to D1. Either way, a truly meteoric rise from what they were to what they are now.