I don't think so, more so this exposes the weakness of the CHMA, when its best team by far goes to ACHA Nationals for the 2nd year in a row and gets beat handily. IUP has a lot of work to do with scheduling recruiting and player development.
Pitt prepared for Nationals by leaving the CHMA, upgrading their schedule with National powers Ohio, Liberty, Niagara, Adrian, Rhode Island etc and did it with a mix of Tier 1 and Tier 2 players who played High School and Amateur Hockey mostly from Western Pa . Kudos to Stu, Jerry and the Pitt Program and good luck moving forward