FiveHoleFrenzy
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It's because of teams in flyover country clogging up the top of the polls (that's were they're #8).
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Colgate 21-22
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It's because of teams in flyover country clogging up the top of the polls (that's were they're #8).
Oopsie......tx Babs !WTH does that mean ? Jibberish ?
FiveHoleFrenzy
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The western teams, other than Northeastern, are taking up the top spots in the national polls causing Colgate to be ranked further down the poll (#8).
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sshblak, you're simply not used to the women's
hockey boards which are dominated by MN and WISCO rooters touting their great teams and flaunting their "flyover state" status as a battle flag when it comes to east coast teams. It's often hard to get a word in edgewise through the din, but the polls reflect they are generally the better teams season to season. That said, one on one, one time as we saw in against WISCO in 2018-19 and Nashville in Nov, it can be different. This year the frozen 4 is at Penn State's new arena with 11 teams instead of 8 involved. Hopefully we will be there...
hockey boards which are dominated by MN and WISCO rooters touting their great teams and flaunting their "flyover state" status as a battle flag when it comes to east coast teams. It's often hard to get a word in edgewise through the din, but the polls reflect they are generally the better teams season to season. That said, one on one, one time as we saw in against WISCO in 2018-19 and Nashville in Nov, it can be different. This year the frozen 4 is at Penn State's new arena with 11 teams instead of 8 involved. Hopefully we will be there...
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FiveHoleFrenzy
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Certainly can be used as a bit which I do, but "flyover country" for some left and right coasters is a thing.
It was pretty cool this year for Minnesota to get 3 games against Colgate. Good luck to them in the ECAC playoffs.
sshsblak, posted for a number of years on the men's board until I got sick of the coach and we got so bad I couldn't watch any more. This year's team is definitely fun to watch so hopefully Don resigns, we do a legitimate national search and I can come back. Love this woman's team and Fargo though. I'm a full convert and pray for a sustainable pro league somewhere so we can continue to root for our ladies.
Do you live near Hamilton ?
FiveHoleFrenzy
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I appreciate that...
How are you feeling about your upcoming matchup with Quinnipiac?
Tough team and essentially a home game for QPac but I like our chances with Nemo back from the Olympics and with our goaltender situation resolved. if we stay out of the box and don't over pinch to allow uncontested breakaways, we'll be fine. I also think Princeton can give Yale a battle. Harvard was overrated...
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ECAC Championships are at the highest remaining seed: Yale is the host for the 2 game semifinal as well as the final.
TchrBill
Go'Gate...
That was a memorable series against our travel partner and foe. Always have the utmost respect for the Big Red, men and women. First game could have gone either way with a lucky bounce of the puck. Outshoot them 2:1 and barely get by. Guess the odds were somewhat in our favor, but nothing is a given.
Second game was gut wrenching, but cutting the deficit in half and making it 2-1 gave me some hope. Murphy is solid but not intimidating in size.
Concerns continue to be penalties and a lack of finish. They happen so frequently that they must be addressed. Seven penalties a game will be a recipe for failure against the WCHA. On the pp, we need to glue someone to that back door post. It works 99.9% of the time.
Colgate has been outscored by Yale and Qpac, 15-3. Game 1 vs. Yale, we outshot them 32-25, gave up a pp AND sh goal while going 0-6 on the pp. Even won f/o, 33-28. Game 2, gave up ANOTHER shorty and 0/3 on pp. Against Q, outshot them 38-13 and lose 4-0 in game one, and 34-25 in game 2 while winning f/o, 36-20. With Noemi back and Murphy in net, there is reason for optimism. Qpac is very balanced and Yale is stingy on defense. The fact that SLU put up 8 goals vs. Yale (think one was an ENG) is a relief.
Score the first goal, bottle up the neutral zone, block shots, and play smart, disciplined, aggressive hockey. What’s with the new, drop back passes from the red line to the blue line? Seems like the latest craze that is unproductive and useless. See it with both M/W.
Rest up, Colgate. As the higher seed, we'll be the home team? Every little bit helps. No. 5 in the PWR, so crucial.
Second game was gut wrenching, but cutting the deficit in half and making it 2-1 gave me some hope. Murphy is solid but not intimidating in size.
Concerns continue to be penalties and a lack of finish. They happen so frequently that they must be addressed. Seven penalties a game will be a recipe for failure against the WCHA. On the pp, we need to glue someone to that back door post. It works 99.9% of the time.
Colgate has been outscored by Yale and Qpac, 15-3. Game 1 vs. Yale, we outshot them 32-25, gave up a pp AND sh goal while going 0-6 on the pp. Even won f/o, 33-28. Game 2, gave up ANOTHER shorty and 0/3 on pp. Against Q, outshot them 38-13 and lose 4-0 in game one, and 34-25 in game 2 while winning f/o, 36-20. With Noemi back and Murphy in net, there is reason for optimism. Qpac is very balanced and Yale is stingy on defense. The fact that SLU put up 8 goals vs. Yale (think one was an ENG) is a relief.
Score the first goal, bottle up the neutral zone, block shots, and play smart, disciplined, aggressive hockey. What’s with the new, drop back passes from the red line to the blue line? Seems like the latest craze that is unproductive and useless. See it with both M/W.
Rest up, Colgate. As the higher seed, we'll be the home team? Every little bit helps. No. 5 in the PWR, so crucial.
Hey we moved up to #5 this week and are 20 points above the other ECAC teams in the top 10 including Y and Q. Somebodies must have liked our last two weekends and shut down penalty kill. We are playing great, gritty, blue collar hockey right now when it counts. Hopefully we'll see more of it on Fri and Sat. One significant thing I noticed since the St Lawr win is other than Kalty, Katie C and Murphy, only jrs and srs are on the ice and it shows. They've earned the coaches' trust and are playing lights out. Not only the stars but everyone...Rosie, Nemo, the twins, Darcie both D pairings...solid hockey! Go Gate continue to make us proud...