Next year the Frozen 4 is at VCA. It would be a sweet year to get there.
I'm not a hockey expert by any means, I know we lose Steckel and Betz and a couple other guys. I'm not sure how much that is supposed to hurt us. Caruso is a very capable goalie, but there's no backup on the roster. I don't know anything about the recruting class that's coming in either. But as far as I can tell, we should still have a good team next year. We've never been to 3 straight NCAAs before.
The CCHA title made this a succesful season IMO even with the first round loss--next year we should go for the regular season CCHA title we also haven't won since 1972.
The Dispatch today said that in the history of the NCAA Tournament, there have only been 4 1-0 games, and
OSU has lost 2 of them the last 2 years. I find that hard to believe, but if it's true, that seems like really bad luck.