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2011 Panther/Cardinal Classic

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5 4 Fighting

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For those that are interested and not able to attend the games in Platty I contacted WIRY Radio (wiry.com) to get their broadcast schedule. As in the past WIRY only broadcasts the PSU games.

Here is the response:

Yes,
> It's kinda up in the air. We'll be doing both Cardinal games---but
> depending on how the mens team does in their tournament on Friday, will
> dictate the times. If the mens' team loses on Friday, we'll record and
> play
> back the ladies game, starting at 6:45pm EST on Saturday. If the men win,
> we'll
> have the ladies game at it's scheduled time of 4pm EST. Sunday, we'll
> broadcast
> whichever game our ladies are in, either the third place game at 2pm EST (1:45 pre-game) or the Title Game at 5pm EST (4:45 pre-game).
> Thanks and hope you enjoy our broadcasts,
>
> Bob
 
Re: 2011 Panther/Cardinal Classic

5 4 Fighting said:
...and miss a chance to go to America's Playground :rolleyes:, are you kidding me. Of course! You coming?
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Na...got some golf to play yet....supposed to be warm this weekend. Give me a shout if you need a place en route. Also, watch where you sit at Stafford...dont want to get mixed up in our "Special People Section"...!!
 
Re: 2011 Panther/Cardinal Classic

SeymoreHockey said:
Na...got some golf to play yet....supposed to be warm this weekend. Give me a shout if you need a place en route. Also, watch where you sit at Stafford...dont want to get mixed up in our "Special People Section"...!!
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Thanks Seymore but routing through Kbec this time...should be in and out of La Belle Province before they even know I'm there! :eek:
 
Re: 2011 Panther/Cardinal Classic

5 4 Fighting said:
Thanks Seymore but routing through Kbec this time...should be in and out of La Belle Province before they even know I'm there! :eek:
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I'll put up the alert flags in Dorval and Rouses Point. :D
 
Re: 2011 Panther/Cardinal Classic

(Story in today's Press Republican)

November 26, 2011

A national attraction at PSU
Cardinal/Panther women's hockey tourney attracts 4 of top 8 teams in division
JOHN CORYER
Press-Republican

PLATTSBURGH — It's not the NCAA Division III Tournament.

But, this weekend's Cardinal/Panther Classic at the Stafford Ice Arena features an early-season showdown of four women's hockey teams with high expectations in 2011-12.

Middlebury College (2-0-0) is currently ranked third, host Plattsburgh State (5-0-1) fourth, Amherst College (2-0-0) seventh and Elmira College (5-1) eighth in the latest USCHO.com Poll.

So far this season, the four teams have combined for a 14-1-1 record.

"You have four teams who are always in the NCAA Tournament picture," Plattsburgh State head coach Kevin Houle said. "It's one of the best tournaments in the country.

"Middlebury and Amherst are from the NESCAC and they just started their season last weekend. Middlebury was in the Final Four last year. And, Elmira always has a strong team."

Today's first-round action has Amherst taking on Plattsburgh State at 4 p.m., followed by Elmira against Middlebury at 7 p.m.

Sunday, the third-place game is set for 2 p.m. and the championship game at 5 p.m.

Last year, Amherst recorded a 1-0 victory over Elmira in the title contest and Plattsburgh State a 5-0 decision over Middlebury in the third-place game.

In the opening round, Amherst defeated the Cardinals in a shootout after the two teams played to a 1-all tie in the regulation game, while Elmira skated to a 2-1 victory over Middlebury.

"We've talked about it," Houle said "We want to get back to the final game of the tournament. We haven't done so the past two years."

This weekend's tournament could also have NCAA Tournament ramifications down the road.

"These games can help you and also hurt you," Houle said. "But, we haven't talked about that as a team."

Amherst vs. Plattsburgh State

The Lord Jeffs began their season last weekend with a home-and-home sweep of Hamilton College, winning 5-1 on the road and then 4-1 at home.

Josie Fisher, Geneva Lloyd and Melissa Martin have accounted for six of Amherst's nine goals with two each.

The Cardinals are coming off last Saturday's 7-0 non-conference win at Bowdoin College.

Plattsburgh State broke open a close game with six goals in the third period, with four of them being scored by Chelsea VanGlahn.

"The Bowdoin game was definitely a test for us," Houle said. "It wasn't really a 7-0 game. It was a 1-0 game for 40 minutes. But, a lot of good came out of the game.

"We know we can still play better in the first 40 minutes. We have been scoring a lot of goals in the third period of games, but I would like to see us finish earlier in the game. There's no easy road, however, and we have to battle through adversity."

Teal Gove (5-7-12), VanGlahn (8-3-11), Emma Rutherford (6-3-9), Jenny Kistner (3-6-9) and Jordan Caldwell (1-7-8) are the leading scorers for the Cardinals.

Sydney Aveson (4-0-0) and Ally Ross (1-0-1) have done the work between the pipes for Plattsburgh State.

"After winning a big game on the road last weekend, the girls get to come home and play in a great tournament like this," Houle said. "Everyone should be excited to play."

Elmira vs. Middlebury

The Soaring Eagles, who compete in the ECAC West along with the Cardinals, opened their season with a 4-2 loss to Norwich University.

Since then, however, Elmira recorded road wins over Manhattanville (7-3), two against Cortland State (8-1, 9-1) and recent home victories over Utica (2-1, 5-2).

Alex Bresler leads the Soaring Eagles in goals with six, while Tori Charron has scored five goals and Tanis Lamoureux, four.

The Panthers got their season started on the road a weekend ago with wins at Colby College (3-2 in overtime, 6-0).

Katie Sullivan accounted for three goals in the two games, while Maggie Melberg and Madeline Joyce added two apiece.

This is the second year in a row the tournament has been played at the Stafford Ice Arena because Middlebury College is hosting the men's PrimeLink Great Northern Shootout this weekend.
 
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November 27, 2011

Amherst denies Cardinals again
For 3rd straight year, Lord Jeffs beat PSU in Cardinal/Panther Classic first round
JOHN CORYER
Press-Republican Plattsburgh Press Republican Sun Nov 27, 2011, 02:23 AM EST

PLATTSBURGH — For the third year in a row, Amherst College has denied the Plattsburgh State women's hockey team a berth in the championship game of the Cardinal/Panther Classic.

A third-period rally fell a goal short Saturday as Plattsburgh State dropped a 3-2 decision at the Stafford Ice Arena.

Amherst will play Elmira College in today's 5 p.m. title game. The Soaring Eagles advanced with a shootout win over Middlebury College in the second game of the day. Plattsburgh State and Middlebury will tangle in the 2 p.m. third-place contest.

The Cardinals (5-1-1) found themselves down, 3-0, before scoring goals two minutes apart in the third period. The Lord Jeffs (3-0-0), however, were able to hold on the rest of the way.

"I thought our effort was good and we had a lot of chances," Plattsburgh State head coach Kevin Houle said. "Their goalie (Sinead Murphy) made some big saves and we also hit the crossbar.

"Amherst is an aggressive team and they play hard. If you take a second off on a shift against them, you can find the puck in your net. We paid the price today a couple of times when they scored and we have to play well for every second of every shift."

Melissa Martin gave the Lord Jeffs a 3-0 lead 4:54 into the third period with a hard slapshot from straight on between the circles past Plattsburgh State goaltender Sydney Aveson.

But, Plattsburgh State was finally able to get the puck past Murphy and make a game of it.

Ashton Hogan, with the Cardinals skating on a powerplay, sent a puck in front from the corner and it reached the far side of the net where Morgan MacInnis was there to tap it in at 10:59.

Then, shortly after at 12:55, Jenny Kistner sent the puck towards the net and Chelsea VanGlahn deflected it home to bring Plattsburgh State to within 3-2.

The Lord Jeffs, however, killed off a Plattsburgh State powerplay that started with 6:46 remaining in regulation and held on after the Cardinals pulled Aveson for an extra attacker in the late going.

Neither team scored in the first period, despite both taking 11 shots on goal.

"We had two bad shifts in the first period, but we had some great chances to score," Houle said.

"I felt we were able to put pressure on all game long. If we could have scored a goal or two early on in the game, it would have been a different game."

The second period was not a good one on the scoreboard for the Cardinals, who also took four penalties that didn't help their cause any.

The Lord Jeffs went in on a 2-and-1 early in the period and Ellen Swiontkowski tapped a rebound past Aveson at the 1:57 mark to open the scoring.

Murphy preserved the 1-0 lead when she stopped Hogan on a breakaway later in the period. Then, the Cardinals had to kill off a two-player skating disadvantage for 49 seconds to stay within one.

But, with 2:18 left in the stanza, Amherst made it 2-0 when Barrett McBridge scored from in close.

Murphy finished with 29 saves and Aveson 24 as the Cardinals held a 31-27 advantage in shots, including a 12-4 edge in the third period.

Elmira 0, Middlebury 0 (OT)

The Panthers (2-0-1) scored first in the penalty shot shootout, but the Soaring Eagles (5-1-1) tallied the next two goals to prevail.

Elmira held a 29-15 advantage in shots on goal, including a 15-3 edge in the third period.

Middlebury's Annabelle Jones played well in net, stopping all 29 shots that came her way. Lauren Sullivan was also strong in the Elmira nets with 15 saves, including eight in the first period.

The game officially goes into the books as a tie.

—

Amherst 3, Plattsburgh State 2

Score by periods:

Amherst 0 2 1 — 3

Plattsburgh State 0 0 2 — 2

First period- no scoring.

Second period- 1, Amh, Swiontkowski (Martin), 1:57. 2, Amh, McBridge (Gillard), 17:42.

Third period- 3, Amh, Martin (Swiontkowski), 4:54. 4, PSU, MacInnis ppg (Hogan), 10:59. 5, PSU, VanGlahn (Kistner), 12:55.

Shots on goal:

Amherst 11 12 4 — 27

Plattsburgh State 11 8 12 — 31

Goaltenders (shots-saves): Murphy, Amh, 31-29. Aveson, PSU, 27-24.

Powerplays (goals-opportunities): Amherst, 0-5. Plattsburgh State, 1-4.

—

Elmira 0, Middlebury 0

(Elmira wins, 2-1, in shootout)

Score by periods:

Elmira 0 0 0 0 (2) — 0

Middlebury 0 0 0 0 (1) — 0

Shots on goal:

Elmira 7 7 15 0 — 29

Middlebury 8 4 3 0 — 15

Goaltenders (shots-saves): Sullivan, Elm, 15-15. Jones, Midd, 29-29.

Powerplays (goals-opportunities): Elmira, 1-5. Middlebury, 0-4
 
Re: 2011 Panther/Cardinal Classic

Two epic battles yesterday and expecting two more today....That's all I've got. :)
 
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Looking forward to another day of superior hockey.
I was surprised at how far along the Lord Jeffs were for so early in their season. Midd (appears to need some time for the offense to gel, but always plays well in their own zone) held their own with Elmira (who were really pressing for the score as the 3rd went along against Midd) and Plattsburgh showed a lot of poise coming back from 3 goals down.
Another great Cardinal/Panther Classic!!!
 
Re: 2011 Panther/Cardinal Classic

Middlebury downs PSU women in third-place game; Elmira wins Cardinal/Panther Classic
JOHN CORYER
Press-Republican Plattsburgh Press Republican Mon Nov 28, 2011, 02:23 AM EST

PLATTSBURGH — Kevin Houle knows his Plattsburgh State women's hockey team is better than it showed Sunday.

The Cardinals dropped a 4-1 decision to Middlebury College in the third-place game of the Cardinal/Panther Classic held at the Stafford Ice Arena.

"I thought we played pretty well yesterday (in a 3-2 loss to Amherst), but today was a different story," Houle said. "I don't know what happened.

"But, hopefully, this is rock bottom for us and we will get better."

The Panthers (3-0-1) came out strong from the start, despite falling behind. The Cardinals (5-2-1) grabbed the lead at 8:13 of the first period with their first shot on goal.

Plattsburgh State dumped the puck into the Middlebury end, Ashton Hogan got to it first and sent a shot past Panthers' goalie Annabelle Jones to the far side of the net.

The Panthers tied it at 16:19 when Madeline Joyce's shot from the circle beat Plattsburgh State goaltender Kelsey Neumann to the far side of the net.

Then, with 44 seconds left in the period, Maggie Woodward scored a power-play goal on a shot was deflected into the net for a 2-1 Middlebury lead.

"Middlebury came out with a lot of jump and took it to us," Houle said. "We had a hard time getting off our heels.

"We were able to take the lead and it would have been nice to hold the lead and maybe get another one before the period ended. But, they then scored not one, but two goals and we lost all momentum."

Woodward scored her second goal of the game, off a rebound, with 3:56 gone in the second period and Sydney Aveson took over for Neumann in net.

Any chance the Cardinals had at a comeback in the third period was dashed by penalty problems.

Plattsburgh State took a five-minute major for cross-checking with 11:36 left and then a two-minute cross-checking penalty with 10:45 remaining to go down two players.

Grace Waters' power-play goal, off another deflection, gave the Panthers a 4-1 edge at the 11:56 mark.

To make matters worse, the Cardinals were then hit for a two-minute checking penalty with 5:08 remaining.

"Those were calls that had to be made," Houle said. "They were very undisciplined penalties.

"I would like to think our girls are not like that. I apologize to the Middlebury coach for those. I think it was more a matter of our girls being too aggressive."

Jones stopped 24 of 25 shots in the Middlebury nets. The Panthers held a 28-25 shot advantage, including an 11-7 edge in the first period.

"Middlebury outworked us today and we didn't deserve to win the game," Houle said.

The Cardinals will look to get back on the winning track this weekend with home ECAC West games against Buffalo State on Saturday (3 p.m.) and Sunday (2 p.m.).

Championship Elmira College 3 Amherst College 1

Tournament Most Valuable Player Lauren Sullivan stopped 26 of 27 shots in net to help lead the Soaring Eagles (6-1-1) past the Lord Jeffs (3-1-0) in the title contest.

Sullivan recorded 41 saves and allowed just one goal in two tournament games.

Ashley Ryan scored the game-winning goal with 25 seconds gone in the second period to break a 1-all deadlock.

Tanis Lamoureux then added an empty-net goal for Elmira with 29 seconds left in regulation.

Amherst took a 1-0 lead on Geneva Lloyd's power-play goal with 14:38 gone in the first period. But, Tori Charron's unassisted goal at 18:16 pulled Elmira even after one.

—

Championship

Elmira 3, Amherst 1

Score by periods:

Amherst 1 0 0 — 1

Elmira 1 1 1 — 3

First period- 1, Amh, Lloyd ppg (Salerno), 14:38. 2, Elm, Charron, 18:16.

Second period- 3, Elm, Ryan (Bresler), :25.

Third period- 4, Elm, Lamoureux eng, 19:31.

Shots on goal:

Amherst 8 10 9 — 27

Elmira 10 6 9 — 25

Goaltenders (shots-saves): Stuart, Amh, 24-22. Sullivan, Elm, 27-26.

Powerplays (goals-opportunities): Amherst, 1-3. Elmira, 0-2.

—

Third-place game

Middlebury 4, Plattsburgh State 1

Score by periods:

Middlebury 2 1 1 — 4

Plattsburgh State 1 0 0 — 1

First period- 1, PSU, Hogan, 8:13. 2, Midd, Joyce (Krakower), 16:19. 3, Midd, Woodward ppg (Ugalde, Bielawski), 19:16.

Second period- 4, Midd, Woodward (Krakower, Waters), 3:56.

Third period- 5, Midd, Waters ppg (Marrison, Bielawski), 11:56.

Shots on goal:

Middlebury 11 8 9 — 28

Plattsburgh State 7 9 9 — 25

Goaltenders (shots-saves): Jones, Midd, 25-24. Neumann (14-11), Aveson (14-13), PSU, 28-24.

Powerplays (goals-opportunities): Middlebury, 2-6. Plattsburgh State, 0-1.
 
Re: 2011 Panther/Cardinal Classic

The Champs:
1112_Cardinal_Panther_Classic_Champs.jpg
 
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