The Creation of MavSauce
The blog was begun while asking a simple question to some fellow hockey enthusiasts: Why isn't there a Rivals-like website for college hockey? I saw this exact question posted out on Reddit's college hockey forum and saw a total of comments back in two weeks. In asking a couple of coworkers the same question and all I got were some hearty laughs back...
Ok, so feedback received.
But Omaha geographically is in a unique spot with the sport of hockey. The University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks are led by a two-time National Championship coach that seems to put an onus on bringing in drafted high-schoolers into build the program. Similarly, the Omaha Lancers always seem to have a group of talented individuals that eventually dot NHL rosters. There also seems to be a vibrant and enthusiastic group of parents and children walking around at Moylan Iceplex on a nightly basis.
Especially in this city the interest and growth within the sport is there. I am positive it is the same way in Minnesota, North Dakota, Michigan, and Massachusetts. But why isn't there one spot that makes visibility into college hockey easily accessible? Why isn't there a site that provides ratings, opinions, and lists that give fans details on who is coming to their school? Why aren't there kids sitting with three hats in front of them on Signing Day broadcast on ESPN5? Maybe that last one was taking it a bit too far but you get it.
Ok, so feedback received.
But Omaha geographically is in a unique spot with the sport of hockey. The University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks are led by a two-time National Championship coach that seems to put an onus on bringing in drafted high-schoolers into build the program. Similarly, the Omaha Lancers always seem to have a group of talented individuals that eventually dot NHL rosters. There also seems to be a vibrant and enthusiastic group of parents and children walking around at Moylan Iceplex on a nightly basis.
Especially in this city the interest and growth within the sport is there. I am positive it is the same way in Minnesota, North Dakota, Michigan, and Massachusetts. But why isn't there one spot that makes visibility into college hockey easily accessible? Why isn't there a site that provides ratings, opinions, and lists that give fans details on who is coming to their school? Why aren't there kids sitting with three hats in front of them on Signing Day broadcast on ESPN5? Maybe that last one was taking it a bit too far but you get it.
Ideally you can take this website a handful of ways:
1.) I want to provide insight into Omaha Maverick recruiting and highlight those individuals who are (or even might be) putting on the jersey in the coming years
2.) I want to take advantage of the proximity to a premier USHL program and profile those players looking to eventually make names for themselves in the NCAA and beyond
3.) Finally I provide some color to national college hockey where applicable. (Please note: this part is overly ambitious especially for one man and a Blogger site with no HTML/CSS background)
Anytime we are talking recruiting and associated insight, it is entirely subjective. When you're talking college hockey that has no go-to infrastructure for recruiting that makes this endeavor all the more difficult. With that said, I want to make this the site for hockey recruiting conversation taking place within this city.
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