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2021-22 Penn State Nittany Lions

After two at Cornell, it's Penn State up 4-0 on a goal from Alyssa Machado. Penn State leads the shots on goal 16-10, and there were no penalties that period. The announcers made a point of saying "Penn State is like a wet blanket" all over Cornell when Cornell enters the Penn State zone, smothering anything they try to do. This looks like the Penn State of recent games, on the gas, working the corners in the offensive zone, and just not letting up.
 
And Penn State takes the 5-0 win at Cornell on a third period goal from Rachel Weiss. Penn State led the shots on goal by 29-16. Cornell took two penalties for the game, and Penn State took one, so it was good to see Penn State stay out of the box. I only watched the second and third periods, but those were all Penn State. How this Cornell team beat Penn State at home 6-1 is beyond me.

Next up is a road series at LIU this weekend.
 
PSU continues to be a box of chocolates, ",you never know what you are going to get.". Or PSU took out their frustrations from Saturday out on Cornell after putting up close to 100 shot attempts on Syracuse and still losing in ot. Either way it is something to build off of for the team. It was like deja vu, but in reverse as Cornell pulled goalies between periods and it was Cornell who looked like they were in quicksand. Can anyone say rubber match?

PSU''S 20 win season hopes remain alive.

I had to go look at last year's stats for Byrnes and Carriochi and they were decent contributors last year. Call me crazy, but Byrnes looked good on the first line. I have no idea why they aren't playing, but they both fly up and down the ice. The contrarian will say everyone looked good tonight, however, the eyes do not deceive and they do play with speed. Carriochi and Connolly are a relentless forechecking combo.
 
Things to build on:. Get the band to the second game of the RIT series. It sends a message that girls' sports will not be a second class designation. Once a year is nice, twice a year is better. That picture on twitter of the after game skate was impressive. Why not add another skate and why not 100 baskets of fingers for the students and go for the attendance record. PSU must be flush with Wrestling packing the house these days and can afford to prop up Women's hockey.


Great bounce back game for PSU last night and Bothun continues her streak of 1 or no goals in regulation for the last five games.
 
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Things to build on: Get the band to the second game of the RIT series. It sends a message that girls' sports will not be a second class designation. Once a year is nice, twice a year is better. That picture on twitter of the after game skate was impressive. Why not add another skate and why not 100 baskets of fingers for the students and go for the attendance record. PSU must be flush with Wrestling packing the house these days and can afford to prop up Women's hockey.
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I'd love to see the band show up to women's hockey games. They're at every men's hockey game, so what's the excuse? It would be nice to see more students packing the Roar Zone, too. If it takes chicken baskets to lure them in, add it to the budget and pack the student section with students and a band.

Great bounce back game for PSU last night and Bothun continues her streak of 1 or no goals in regulation for the last five games.
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Josie Bothun has already tied the Penn State goalie shutout record, so all that's left in her time here is to see how big she goes with a new shutout record by the time she's done at Penn State.

Looking ahead to the rest of the regular season, I wasn't crazy about a Tuesday one-and-done on the road, but seeing how well Penn State handled that made me rethink things. They do better without a bye week, and this weekend's series at Long Island keeps them busy, with their final regular season series with RIT the following weekend. No bye week heading into the CHA tournament a week later, and that's a good thing for this team. They look like they're prime for the tournament and in a good place, playing solid and fast and being a little more consistent.

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Here's a Daily Collegian article about Natalie Heising and her impact at Penn State as her career winds down. You can expect more of these articles as she ends her time here soon:

https://www.collegian.psu.edu/sports...e19ae9ae3.html
 
I'd like PSU to focus on the team having some different looks on the front end to make the team less predictable. For example: Heising with Connolly and Carriochi (Carriochi and Connolly could be the forecheckers from hell and Heising could read and react which I think is her strong suit.), Zanon(put the playmaker with two sharpshooters) Gough and Wallin, putting Gough and Dobson in front of the net on the pp (if Desmet and or Nystrom are seeing everything (Block their view), Byrnes with Zanon and Heising. Rolling four lines to get everyone engaged and to keep everyone fresh.


One thing is for sure, there were not enough goals scored against Mercyhurst and Syracuse. Now is the time to experiment on the front end, he already has the lines he has been using in his back pocket. Adopt the we are going to put you in the blender theme and see if some stretch magic can happen.
 
Penn State and LIU face off tomorrow and Saturday at Long Island in the last non-conference matchup of the season for Penn State. How to scout LIU? I have no idea, because I'm completely unfamiliar with the NEWHA teams. LIU is on top in NEWHA, but does that mean they're good, or good "for being a NEWHA team"? Again, I have no idea, and I'm not trying to dismiss them or disrespect them. Anyway, my quick look at their schedule and results showed the only big surprise being a win at Mercyhurst in January...how did that happen? And LIU did win the NEWHA championship in their first season a couple years ago, so there's talent there. I really hope Penn State stays on the gas for this series.

From what I've seen online, it looks like the video streams for NEWHA games are free, so that's cool.

Tomorrow's game is at 3:00 (Eastern), with video streaming here: http://necfrontrow.com/game/9146
 
After one at LIU, Penn State is up 3-0 on goals from Karley Garcia, Lyndie Lobdell, and Olivia Wallin. Penn State leads the shots on goal by 12-4, and there were no penalties in the period. There's not much to say so far - LIU has done nothing, and Penn State has just run this game from the start. Their first goal was on their first shot on goal, and it was downhill from there. As the announcers have pointed out many times now, whenever LIU does get into the Penn State zone they're ambushed and outnumbered on the puck, so they can't get anything going. If there's even a hint of a downside, Penn State almost looks like they're not sure what to do when they dictate play so easily. Now watch LIU come back and score 15 goals.
 
Mercyhurst is up 6-0 on Syracuse halfway through the second... Didn't see that one coming...
 
After two at LIU, it's Penn State up 7-0 on goals from Julie Gough, Mya Vaslet, Anna Promersberger, and Olivia Wallin with her second of the game. Shots on goal are 38-6 for Penn State, and LIU took the only penalty. (Edit: Penn State pulled Josie Bothun and put Cam Leonard in net, since Bothun wasn't getting any work anyway).
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Mercyhurst destroying Syracuse 6-0 so far is music to a Penn State fan's ears!
 
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And this one ends with Penn State winning 10-0 on third period goals from Rachel Weiss, Izzy Heminger, and Olivia Wallin to finish with a hat trick. Shots on goal were 55-6 for Penn State, and LIU took two penalties to one for Penn State. Nothing to say about this game...it was literally all Penn State from start to finish. They're back at it tomorrow at 2:00 (Eastern).
 
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One interesting note: in a game where goals were coming fast and furious, neither Natalie Heising nor Kiara Zanon scored a goal. In a 10-0 game, you would expect both of them to score, and at least one of them to score more than once.
 
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Mercyhurst beat Syracuse 9-0 today, but lost to LIU a month ago...I'm ready to hear how that happens.
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I guess that's what we'd call variance. I imagine that the Orange will win tomorrow, as that's usually how things go in the CHA.
 
After yesterday's game with Mercyhurst crushing Syracuse, Mercyhurst pulled to within .008 of Syracuse in the CHA standings, and if they win again today they will take over first place and Syracuse will drop to third behind Penn State. Since Penn State can't move with this weekend at LIU being a non-conference series, they'll have to wait to see where they finish after next weekend's final regular season series vs RIT. Today, before any hockey is played, the standings look like this:

Syracuse - .700
Mercyhurst - .692
Penn State - .667

If Mercyhurst wins at Syracuse again, and I'm doing the math right, the standings will change to this:

Mercyhurst - .714
Penn State - .667
Syracuse - .656

Today's game with Penn State at LIU is at 2:00 (Eastern), with free video streaming here: http://necfrontrow.com/game/9316
 
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