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2018-19 Penn State Nittany Lions

mar7967 said:
RIT also lists themselves as the #5 seed. BUT, the CHA weekly recap lists RIT as 4 and PSU as 5th... "Penn State got three points from Lindenwood and is the fifth-seed, losing the tie-breaker of more conference wins to fourth-seeded RIT (but really, all it means is Penn State will wear the road blue sweaters instead of the home white’s)."

http://chawomenshockey.com/news/2019/3/3/womens-ice-hockey-weekend-recap-3-1-2.aspx

So I'm confused...
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Grant and TitleIX hockey researched this last year and head to head results between the tied teams was said to be the first tie breaker. If they are correct, they are in agreement with RIT, and the CHA pub is wrong. FWIW the tie breakers according to the tweet from last year are:

1- Head to head results between tied teams
2- Conference wins
3- comparison of results against top two teams
4- comparison of results against top four teams
 
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Two days ago, the CHA put out on Twitter that Penn State is seeded #4 (okay, they called them the men's team), and in today's CHA website article they say Penn State is #5. I was under the impression that the first tie breaker is head-to-head results, as last year's research shows. Naturally, you won't find this information on the CHA website.
 
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ZedLeppelin said:
Two days ago, the CHA put out on Twitter that Penn State is seeded #4 (okay, they called them the men's team), and in today's CHA website article they say Penn State is #5. I was under the impression that the first tie breaker is head-to-head results, as last year's research shows. Naturally, you won't find this information on the CHA website.
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Penn State is a tough team to play against. Very well coached and defensively sound. Score 2 or more goals and your chances of winning are very high. Good luck.
 
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Puckdrop14 said:
Penn is a tough team to play against. Very well coached and defensively sound. Score 2 or more goals and your chances of winning are very high. Good luck.
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Yes very tough....tough to play a team that doesn't exist. I'm sure the other Ivies would welcome Penn though if they were to start a hockey program. ;)
 
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shelfit said:
Yes very tough....tough to play a team that doesn't exist. I'm sure the other Ivies would welcome Penn though if they were to start a hockey program. ;)
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Penn does have a club team. I can't speak to its coaching or defense, however. :)
 
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Penn State hasn't had any trouble putting shots on net against RIT, and hopefully there's more of that on Wednesday. In their four games against RIT this season, Penn State put up 38, 40, 50, and 51 shots on net. The bigger problem has been getting more of those shots past very talented goalie Terra Lanteigne, even though Penn State went 3-1 against RIT. Two of those three wins were by a score of 2-1.

Three days ago, Mercyhurst put 41 shots on net against RIT and got Lanteigne pulled at 8:45 of the third period, after scoring three goals against her and eventually winning 4-0. Mercyhurst also dominated RIT in the faceoff circle, but that's one place where Penn State has done well. Sophomore Katie Rankin has been especially good for Penn State with faceoffs. I expect Penn State will be throwing pucks at Lanteigne all night again on Wednesday, and again without a huge push back from RIT, but they need to find their scoring touch on those shots.

Maybe Emma Nuutinen can come out to play in a Penn State jersey since she has Wednesday off. :D
 
ZedLeppelin said:
Penn State hasn't had any trouble putting shots on net against RIT, and hopefully there's more of that on Wednesday. In their four games against RIT this season, Penn State put up 38, 40, 50, and 51 shots on net. The bigger problem has been getting more of those shots past very talented goalie Terra Lanteigne, even though Penn State went 3-1 against RIT. Two of those three wins were by a score of 2-1.

Three days ago, Mercyhurst put 41 shots on net against RIT and got Lanteigne pulled at 8:45 of the third period, after scoring three goals against her and eventually winning 4-0. Mercyhurst also dominated RIT in the faceoff circle, but that's one place where Penn State has done well. Sophomore Katie Rankin has been especially good for Penn State with faceoffs. I expect Penn State will be throwing pucks at Lanteigne all night again on Wednesday, and again without a huge push back from RIT, but they need to find their scoring touch on those shots.

Maybe Emma Nuutinen can come out to play in a Penn State jersey since she has Wednesday off. :D
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Now, I will be the first to say I have not watched every game, but I can remember four goals that could be considered low percentage shots that scored and all counted. The first goal on Selander, a shot against Syracuse from paralell to the goal line, a shot against one team that went of a defender on the side of the net and in and the coach said you don't see that every day and a Hail Mary bloop shot. When a team has trouble scoring you need to get shots on net, it's not rocket science.

I'll second suiting up Nuitenen.
 
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ZedLeppelin said:
Two days ago, the CHA put out on Twitter that Penn State is seeded #4 (okay, they called them the men's team), and in today's CHA website article they say Penn State is #5. I was under the impression that the first tie breaker is head-to-head results, as last year's research shows. Naturally, you won't find this information on the CHA website.
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On Twitter I asked them to confirm the seeding, they replied "The recap misinterpreted the tiebreaking protocol" and confirmed PSU as 4th seed, RIT as 5th (like everyone thought).

https://twitter.com/CHAWomensHockey/status/1102700141440581632
 
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Quick question for Lindsay, because I think you said before that you've watched CHA games on StretchInternet. Do they have announcers? I'm almost tempted to buy a pass for the CHA tournament, but not if it's just a video feed with no play-by-play.
 
ZedLeppelin said:
Quick question for Lindsay, because I think you said before that you've watched CHA games on StretchInternet. Do they have announcers? I'm almost tempted to buy a pass for the CHA tournament, but not if it's just a video feed with no play-by-play.
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Hi Zed. Last year They had a pxp guy for the final, named Ryan Burgess. I’m almost 100% sure it was him. @burgmania on Twitter. I just tweeted at him to ask if he’s calling anything this year. They probably had pxp people the whole tourney, but that’s the game I specifically watched because Hursts semi was in OT by the time I got home from work last year.

Harbor Center is interesting for broadcasting games. It’s a smidge dark and the camera captures a lot of the crowd in addition to the game. In some ways it’s fun bc you feel a bit like you are there. But its not the best you’ve ever experienced either. It’s not a CHA thing because NW games broadcast there have similar issues.

Ryan the pxp guy was excellent last year. Very passionate, does other games in the area. A little RMU bias at the beginning, maybe bc they had a bit of a non CHA hype train last year from people who didn’t follow the league, but mostly I felt Ryan did an awesome job calling the game, and didn’t act like Mercyhurst was trying to defeat Goliath.

I will pay for Hursts semi, and if I can get out of work and they are in it, the final. I watch a lot of games during the year.... don’t want to miss the best part haha.
 
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Lindsay said:
Hi Zed. Last year They had a pxp guy for the final, named Ryan Burgess. I’m almost 100% sure it was him. @burgmania on Twitter. I just tweeted at him to ask if he’s calling anything this year. They probably had pxp people the whole tourney, but that’s the game I specifically watched because Hursts semi was in OT by the time I got home from work last year.

Harbor Center is interesting for broadcasting games. It’s a smidge dark and the camera captures a lot of the crowd in addition to the game. In some ways it’s fun bc you feel a bit like you are there. But its not the best you’ve ever experienced either. It’s not a CHA thing because NW games broadcast there have similar issues.

Ryan the pxp guy was excellent last year. Very passionate, does other games in the area. A little RMU bias at the beginning, maybe bc they had a bit of a non CHA hype train last year from people who didn’t follow the league, but mostly I felt Ryan did an awesome job calling the game, and didn’t act like Mercyhurst was trying to defeat Goliath.

I will pay for Hursts semi, and if I can get out of work and they are in it, the final. I watch a lot of games during the year.... don’t want to miss the best part haha.
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Thanks - as soon as I read this, the CHA answered my question, too, and said all the games will have play-by-play announcers.

I also asked them about reseeding after the quarterfinals, and they said teams will keep their original seeding throughout the tournament.
 
ZedLeppelin said:
Thanks - as soon as I read this, the CHA answered my question, too, and said all the games will have play-by-play announcers.

I also asked them about reseeding after the quarterfinals, and they said teams will keep their original seeding throughout the tournament.
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Huh. I swear I read somewhere that they reseed if need be, but I know you are just repeating what you were told. I try not to be critical, because I know people do their best with the resources they have, and each of the conferences has their own issues....but this is ridiculous. Figure out the facts and publish them next year CHA.
 
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Lindsay said:
I try not to be critical, because I know people do their best with the resources they have, and each of the conferences has their own issues....but this is ridiculous. Figure out the facts and publish them next year CHA.
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There's no excuse for a website at conference level to be like the CHA website. Websites are easy once you initially get it set up the way you want it. It looks even worse when your social media person is saying something different from your website person. At conference level? Come on, CHA. You have a whole year to set up a tournament page, and all that's left is to fill in the blanks on a bracket at tournament time. Individual schools do better with websites than the CHA does, and they get as little info from the conference as fans do.

I went to the video schedule and tried to buy tonight's Penn State game on StretchInternet, and it never loads the page where you select a video package. It continually buffers like it's loading something, but it never gets past that. Since it's connected to the CHA, I wasn't surprised it doesn't work. In fact, the whole time I've been writing this (and I take forever to write/edit/rewrite a post), it's been buffering and still hasn't loaded video package options to choose from.

If nothing else, the live stats should work tonight, and RIT has a link to listen to the game live on internet radio, so that's something: https://witr.rit.edu/hockey (click the "listen now" button, and it will download a little player on your computer...just open that and it starts playing).
 
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Zed - quick note, the easiest way I find to watch the games is to go to the schools webpage, then click on their schedule, then go to the specific game. They will have a link to watch that puts you in the portal to buy. I believe you need to set up a username /pw. Go through the steps and once you see the big yellow triangle with a circle around it on your screen it means it’s going to start in one second. I find it’s finicky, but after using all year its reliable for me too. Good luck, devoted fan like you should get to watch!

It’s the best time of the hockey season, here’s to a great tournament.
 
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Lindsay said:
Zed - quick note, the easiest way I find to watch the games is to go to the schools webpage, then click on their schedule, then go to the specific game. They will have a link to watch that puts you in the portal to buy. I believe you need to set up a username /pw. Go through the steps and once you see the big yellow triangle with a circle around it on your screen it means it’s going to start in one second. I find it’s finicky, but after using all year its reliable for me too. Good luck, devoted fan like you should get to watch!

It’s the best time of the hockey season, here’s to a great tournament.
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Thanks, Lindsay - even the schools' "watch" links didn't work, but it just now got fixed (a period into the Syracuse game), so I'll be watching Penn State tonight. I saw the CHA on Twitter mention "technical difficulties" they were having with the video streaming...ugh...what a surprise.
 
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Reddington said:
Predicted Davis as Coach of the year, now Penn State needs to beat RIT.
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Penn State has beaten RIT's goalie Terra Lanteigne (2019 CHA Player of the Year) 3-0 this year, and lost to her 3-0, too, so I hope tonight Penn State brings whatever got them the 3-0 win.
 
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