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2020-21 Penn State Nittany Lions

ZedLeppelin said:
I just took a look at collegecommitments.com, and see that they made the changes to Penn State's commitment listings and now have them current. I didn't get a reply or anything from them, but it's good to know they respond to input. There are some ooooooold listings for other schools, like for players who began their D-1 time in 2015.
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Penn State catches a break with Nystrom transferring to Mercyhurst rather than transferring to RIT. Mercyhurst lost Blair so I would call that a wash for Mercyhurst on the goalie situation. RIT loses their stellar goalie to graduation.
 
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Reddington said:
Penn State catches a break with Nystrom transferring to Mercyhurst rather than transferring to RIT. Mercyhurst lost Blair so I would call that a wash for Mercyhurst on the goalie situation. RIT loses their stellar goalie to graduation.
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If I'm Penn State and my goal is to win the title, I'd rather have a strong goalie at one of the weaker teams in the league instead of the defending champ. RIT proved a few years back that a halfway-decent team with a good goaltender is a threat to win the CHA tourney, and Penn State figures to have a good goaltender.
 
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Reddington said:
Penn State catches a break with Nystrom transferring to Mercyhurst rather than transferring to RIT. Mercyhurst lost Blair so I would call that a wash for Mercyhurst on the goalie situation. RIT loses their stellar goalie to graduation.
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But Mercyhurst is stronger than any goalie situation they might find themselves in. They have enough of everything else to counter any shortcomings between the pipes, unfortunately for everyone else in the CHA. It was surprising to see Kennedy Blair bolt, though...that's got to be a tough pill to swallow. Terra Lanteigne is a big loss for RIT. She had kind of a weird senior season, but overall she was a great goalie. I have no read at all on RIT in 2020-21...they went downhill in a hurry, and then started back up, and now their coaching staff got canned. I guess we'll see what they come up with.

ARM said:
If I'm Penn State and my goal is to win the title, I'd rather have a strong goalie at one of the weaker teams in the league instead of the defending champ. RIT proved a few years back that a halfway-decent team with a good goaltender is a threat to win the CHA tourney, and Penn State figures to have a good goaltender.
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Agreed, because even a good goalie can only keep a mediocre team in a game for so long. If the rest of the team is doing nothing, and hanging their goalie out to dry for 60 minutes, it's probably only going to take one (sometimes two) goals to win. Even if Ena Nystrom didn't exactly have stellar numbers at RPI, Mercyhurst has enough muscle on the rest of the team to cover for anything their goalies can't cover of Kennedy Blair's absence. I think Nystrom's numbers will look a lot better now that she has a much better team in front of her.
 
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Sad to see Blair go as she helped Hurst to two tournament championships and a reg season championship in 3 years here. Had a chance to chat with her at a post game skate once and she was very gracious with my little one. I wish her the best. Not too surprised to see her go just as that’s something we’re seeing more and more of and if you’ve completed one degree, academically it’s a clean break. She is from North Dakota and chose to play college hockey near home, until that opportunity was taken away. Not surprised she’s heading west now. Hopefully her parents can watch a few more games of hers this way.

Hurst should be strong in net with Nystrom and Silvonen - two National Team players for their respective countries. Silvonen was named to the Women’s Worlds team that never got to play.

Specific to Penn State they need a goal scorer or a system that promotes scoring. Defensively I dread Hurst playing them, but offensively they just don’t threaten much. I suspect some of it is due to Kampersal and his coaching style. Sisti coaches similarly imo but the program has played a little looser in the past few years. Would be interesting to have a parallel world and see what Fillier and Connors would be like under Kampersal. I’m sure he and his staff are recruiting better players than the old staff was able to get so we’ll se what the new season brings. It is not lost on me Penn State defeated Hurst in the last game of the reg season so the field is wide open as is often the case.
 
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Lindsay said:
Sad to see Blair go as she helped Hurst to two tournament championships and a reg season championship in 3 years here. Had a chance to chat with her at a post game skate once and she was very gracious with my little one. I wish her the best. Not too surprised to see her go just as that’s something we’re seeing more and more of and if you’ve completed one degree, academically it’s a clean break. She is from North Dakota and chose to play college hockey near home, until that opportunity was taken away. Not surprised she’s heading west now. Hopefully her parents can watch a few more games of hers this way.

Hurst should be strong in net with Nystrom and Silvonen - two National Team players for their respective countries. Silvonen was named to the Women’s Worlds team that never got to play.

Specific to Penn State they need a goal scorer or a system that promotes scoring. Defensively I dread Hurst playing them, but offensively they just don’t threaten much. I suspect some of it is due to Kampersal and his coaching style. Sisti coaches similarly imo but the program has played a little looser in the past few years. Would be interesting to have a parallel world and see what Fillier and Connors would be like under Kampersal. I’m sure he and his staff are recruiting better players than the old staff was able to get so we’ll se what the new season brings. It is not lost on me Penn State defeated Hurst in the last game of the reg season so the field is wide open as is often the case.
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I liked the comment "A system that promotes scoring."
 
ZedLeppelin said:
This might be a step toward a more productive scoring system this season - incoming freshman Jess Ciarrocchi (what she says about her game makes her sound like a new Brooke Madsen):

https://twitter.com/PennStateWHKY/status/1260220387528527877[/QUOT

Since Penn State is evidently no longer targeting Minnesota players, another Prep school player, this time from the Hill School. I am not really familiar with the Hill School so perhaps someone else may know.
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Lindsay said:
Specific to Penn State they need a goal scorer or a system that promotes scoring. Defensively I dread Hurst playing them, but offensively they just don’t threaten much. I suspect some of it is due to Kampersal and his coaching style. Sisti coaches similarly imo but the program has played a little looser in the past few years.
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I wonder if it's been Kampersal wanting to be sure to have a strong defensive team until he starts getting the players on the roster that he has in mind for turning up the offense more to his liking (how's that for eternally optimistic? :D). I wish Natalie Heising had been a couple years later in coming to Penn State.
 
ZedLeppelin said:
I wonder if it's been Kampersal wanting to be sure to have a strong defensive team until he starts getting the players on the roster that he has in mind for turning up the offense more to his liking (how's that for eternally optimistic? :D). I wish Natalie Heising had been a couple years later in coming to Penn State.
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Lindsay asked the million dollar question - would Fillier and Connors have their gaudy numbers in Kampresal's Penn State System?
 
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Reddington said:
Lindsay asked the million dollar question - would Fillier and Connors have their gaudy numbers in Kampresal's Penn State System?
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The answer is yes...because they are Fillier and Connors. This has very little to do with systems and more to do with player creativity, talent, and skill levels of teammates.
 
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How long were Fillier and Connors committed to Princeton? I'm wondering if they were recruited by Kampersal when he was there, young as they would've been.
 
ZedLeppelin said:
Next up in the Penn State "Meet The Freshmen" video series is Olivia Wallin from Oakville, Ontario:

https://twitter.com/PennStateWHKY/status/1262800854182223873

In her final PWHL season with Etobicoke, she scored 24 goals and 14 assists in 38 games, so she looks like the kind of scoring forward that Penn State needs.
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It hurts Mercyhurst for sure, as Wallin used to play for Stoney Creek and Mercyhurst's roster has had many Stoney Creek players over the years. It was almost automatic to go play for Mercyhurst. Vasko played at Stoney Creek. But, there is a Wallin on Princeton and if it is her sister, then Kampresal was familiar with the family.
 
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Reddington said:
It hurts Mercyhurst for sure, as Wallin used to play for Stoney Creek and Mercyhurst's roster has had many Stoney Creek players over the years. It was almost automatic to go play for Mercyhurst. Vasko played at Stoney Creek. But, there is a Wallin on Princeton and if it is her sister, then Kampresal was familiar with the family.
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Any chance to steal away some offense from Mercyhurst is a win :D

The Wallin playing for Princeton is from Edina, MN, so these two aren't sisters.
 
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Reddington said:
This was an interesting watch for sure. Confidence in spades.

The Ice Garden had a CHA All Star team and Penn State had three on it and Heising was not one of them.
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I would've loved to see them take a pass on Chantal Burke in net and try to justify it. They got it right picking Rene Gangarosa on defense - I'm really anxious to see what she does as a junior and senior.

Here's a link to the list, if anyone wants to see their picks for a CHA All-Star team: https://www.theicegarden.com/2020/4...ar-tournament-womens-college-hockey-cha-newha
 
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