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2021-22 Penn State Nittany Lions

This is the part that's throwing me:

zambonidriver said:
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General Parking locations: Jordan East, Stadium West, Porter North
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Nothing saying the Pegula lot will be open for hockey games - just Jordan East, Stadium West, and Porter North. The only one I know is Stadium West (the Beaver Stadium parking lot across the street from Pegula).

And then there's this:

Prepaid ParkMobile Parking Rate: $5.50 per vehicle

  • Season parking packages available for most sports
Day-of-Event Parking Rate: $10 per vehicle
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They advertise a cheaper parking rate if you prepay through ParkMobile, but there isn't a single women's hockey game on the ParkMobile schedule to pay for. That makes it look like it will be the $10 parking fee for each women's hockey game at Pegula, wherever we'll be allowed to park.

A $10 hockey weekend we've had since the start of Penn State D-1 hockey is now a $30 weekend - that's $450 for the home games and parking this season if you buy your tickets at the arena. If you're a season ticket holder, you'll be dropping $20 a weekend for parking - that's $300 for parking at the home games this season.

This will be the first season where I won't be renewing my season tickets. I can buy the video streaming subscription for a lot less, not have to walk from wherever I park, get the best view of the game, and get replays and commentary. We'll see what they come up with when the national tournament rolls around in March.
 
That's what I say on pro football, but the stadiums are so much bigger and I like or have become used to the ten camera angles where watching a game on tv is better than in person. I'm not sure you have the same dynamics in women's hockey, but it will be a big loss without you videotaping at the games. I have enjoyed watching your stuff over the years.
 
Reddington said:
That's what I say on pro football, but the stadiums are so much bigger and I like or have become used to the ten camera angles where watching a game on tv is better than in person. I'm not sure you have the same dynamics in women's hockey, but it will be a big loss without you videotaping at the games. I have enjoyed watching your stuff over the years.
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Thanks, Reddington! I loved shooting videos, even if Penn State staff didn't like it. 2019-20 was by far the most fun I've had following this program, getting to mix with the players and just chit-chatting with them at post-game skates. The days of shooting videos are definitely gone - they made that very clear (hahaha). Now it's back to just numbers on the ice, playing hockey, but that's okay, too...I can't wait for this season to start!
 
ZedLeppelin said:
This is the part that's throwing me:

They advertise a cheaper parking rate if you prepay through ParkMobile, but there isn't a single women's hockey game on the ParkMobile schedule to pay for. That makes it look like it will be the $10 parking fee for each women's hockey game at Pegula, wherever we'll be allowed to park.
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This feels like an oversight. I wonder if there’s someone related to the program or school that reads here that could address it. Similar to how there is a Wisconsin poster on the board who lurked when they used to be a volunteer advocate for the team.

At any rate, they are lucky to have you as a fan Zed . Hope you make it to SOME home games, even if not all.
 
Lindsay said:
This feels like an oversight. I wonder if there’s someone related to the program or school that reads here that could address it. Similar to how there is a Wisconsin poster on the board who lurked when they used to be a volunteer advocate for the team.

At any rate, they are lucky to have you as a fan Zed . Hope you make it to SOME home games, even if not all.
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Thanks, Lindsay - I may get to Pegula this season for a game or two, but the only non-conference home game that looks intriguing to me is the one against Cornell. I'd rather watch a good hard CHA battle, and I'd love to see Penn State beat the snot out of Syracuse after last season's CHA tournament, so maybe I'll do that.

I'm really hoping all the good stuff from last season wasn't just a one-off for Penn State, and that they come back this season with an attitude. Nobody takes a team seriously for putting together one great season...consistency has to happen now. Okay, I know last season wasn't a fluke, and that this group is very talented, but they still need to stay on the fire. They bring back everyone from last season except Jenna Brenneman (who didn't play anyway) and Jessica Adolfsson, who will be missed on defense. Other than those two, it's the same team with four new freshmen and a fifth-year transfer from Clarkson (defender Avery Mitchell)..so no excuses.
 
Zed, You might want to watch the BC series. As an Insider the loss to Syracuse definitely left a bad taste in their mouth and they have them circled on the schedule. FYI for what it was worth. Move in for sophs through seniors was Aug 21. The first organized activity was the 25th on the 19th the entire team less the freshmen who had to cleared medically were on the ice and every day after until formal activities started so I don't think you have to worry about excuses.
 
One thing I have learned in my short time with the program is the communication is fantastic on the men's side but the women are an after thought
 
ZedLeppelin said:
BTN+ doesn't have any Penn State women's hockey home games on their schedule yet, so I guess we'll have to wait till closer to game day. I thought they would have a season-long streaming package available by now.
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CHA hasn’t released anything yet either. I’m choosing to pretend they are just wrapping up negotiations with ESPN+. :-)

CHA/Atlantic hired a new media / pr person this summer so hopefully info is forthcoming soon. Granted that’s a bit separate from the Penn State issue you guys are discussing.
 
Lindsay said:
CHA hasn’t released anything yet either. I’m choosing to pretend they are just wrapping up negotiations with ESPN+. :-)
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ESPN+ is going to do an exclusive package only for Mercyhurst games...haven't you heard? :)~

zambonidriver said:
One thing I have learned in my short time with the program is the communication is fantastic on the men's side but the women are an after thought
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Penn State women's hockey staff have never been good with communication. I don't know what's so hard about it - make someone with women's hockey an official point of contact for fans so we can get direct answers, specifically about the women's hockey program, game days, streaming, tickets, parking, whatever. Not the standard university-wide canned answers...specific answers to specific questions about women's hockey. I love Penn State, but I do envy small schools who probably have no problem interacting with fans.
 
zambonidriver said:
https://www.collegian.psu.edu/sport...ay-strong-in-2021-22/article_76ba3c5c-15b5-11
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Your link isn't working - if that was the article on defenders, here's the link:

https://www.collegian.psu.edu/sport...-11ec-9cbc-5b8f54d29699.html?block_id=1035497

I don't know how the author of the article started with "Penn State has all of its key defenders returning...". Someone should remind her who Jessica Adolfsson is, and let her know that Adolfsson is playing hockey back in Sweden now. Thankfully, she is the only defender not returning, so Penn State should be solid that way. What's the scoop on Clarkson graduate transfer Avery Clark? What does she bring to the defense?
 
​We're one week out from the start of the Penn State 2021-22 season, with a home weekend series against St. Lawrence​ - I can't wait!

This has been a really weird offseason. Normally, there would be plenty to talk about, with the program usually losing a small group of seniors to graduation: how will the team adjust to the graduate losses/who will fill in the gaps left by the graduates/who needs to step into what roles this season/etc. We haven't gotten to talk about any of that with this Penn State team, because the only active player not returning is defender Jessica Adolfsson. Her spot has been filled by Clarkson graduate transfer Avery Mitchell. That's it - everyone else is back from last season.

To make it worse, in a good way, last year's team was on fire until the CHA tournament. That was the only shortfall - not finishing the amazing season with a conference championship. Other than that, this team was incredible, and they're all back this season, with four freshmen added to the mix, too. What's to talk about? I can't even remember any glitches from last season because this team won so often.

They start the season ranked #10 nationally and ranked #1 in the CHA, in preseason polls. That's really not surprising, since this is the same team as last season with some additions. Like pretty much the entire offseason, "I got nothing"...so I guess we'll see how hungry this team is, with St. Lawrence first on the menu next weekend - should be a blast!

Head coach Jeff Kampersal will be live tonight on the Penn State Coaches Show at 6:05 (Eastern): https://gopsusports.com/watch/?Live=1153&type=Live
 
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Not hockey related, but Penn State related - tonight is Penn State football's annual "whiteout" game at 7:30, and apparently small town State College was already packed and crazy last night. If they draw the usual crowd for a whiteout, that's 110,000 people in Beaver Stadium, making it the fourth most-populous place in the state, behind only Philly, Pittsburgh, and just behind Allentown. It's always a surreal thing bringing that many people into a town of 42,000. ESPN is set up on the lawn of Old Main for all the pregame hype stuff, too, doing the ESPN College Gameday show.

I'm about 15 minutes away...I think I'll stay where I'm at.:D:)
 
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