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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The IAC is one of the best conferences in the country. All 6 of these schools have some extremely talented players. My predictions are below.

Landon has to be the pre-season favorite. They graduated very few senior starters from last year and their current 2017 and 2018 classes are deep. Always well coached .

Bullis and Prep will most likely battle for the #2 slot. Prep needs to have some stability in the coaching ranks. The Hoyas have some younger talent but as we all know being the 8th grade or 9th grade sensation doesn't always equate to success in high school competition. I personally think a few of their players have been hyped up by that lunatic crabs coach. Bullis has arguably the best player in the area on their roster.

St. Albans will be the dark horse. They didn't graduate much but did lose a great head coach. Again, another question mark is how good of a coach is Hyland. Time will tell.

Episcopal could crack the top four but I did hear a few kids were thrown out of school for earlier in the year.  St Stephens also lost a ton due to graduation But more importantly loss one of the best coaches in the area in Andy Tabil. I suspect the Saints, EHS and STA will all battle it out for the last 3 spots. I think Saint Stephens could very well finish in last place in the IAC this spring which tells you just how deep this league is. 
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I think this is good analysis.  Agree that St. Albans is a dark horse.  St. Albans gained a FOGO -- last year they had a middy taking face-offs, not really a true FOGO, and then that player got hurt, so there's nowhere to go but up in terms of STA's ability to get possession on face-offs more this year.  I assume the incoming FOGO is quite good -- he has committed to an Ivy -- but I haven't seen him play and as he was playing in the MAC last year he'll find the other IAC teams are stronger competition on the face-offs. The returning STA starting goalie is REALLY good -- he generally platooned last year bc the former coach was loyal to the graduated senior tender -- so having him play the full games will help.  I know less about the STA attack other than that some young players got very good experience last year in part due to upperclassmen with injuries.  Agree with the poster who says that depth is an issue -- injuries really took a toll last year so STA needs to stay healthy because they have a narrower margin.

I think Bullis will come in at #2, on the strength of an experienced, excellent coaching staff with some high-talent players to work with -- this presumes they can "coach up" some younger players to step in for departed stars.  Bullis has at least one highly touted transfer sophomore class player coming in from St. Joseph's in MD to bolster the already-known players.

I think Prep will rebound and on the strength of a lot of depth, take the #3 spot.

I think SSSAS probably comes in at #4, STA #5, Episcopal #6, but wouldn't bet the house on that particular order of things.[/quote]

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