Kreitzburg is the best d3 venue in New England (sorry middlebury fans) and playing in front of their top 5 crowd is far better than beating up st michaels at home with 200 fans
ok better call Levy and get the Oz PB updated....Hope alls well Prez....Middlebury is an awesome rink. I've seen it jam packed too, which it hasn't been in over a decade. It was pretty freaking cool to see that place packed to the gills and a huge student section. It's just a little bit "stale" with the banner setup in comparison to how Norwich does it at Kreitzberg. The press box at Middlebury is unmatched though.
Who do you expect to be ranked. Norwich Babson PSU are coming off poor seasons by their own standards. The rest of the conference is weak.New England College beats Curry….. only a scrimmage, but still an eye opener. Little East shown zero respect in the pre season polls. Get ready!!
Lots of hockey left...but concur. Nothing happened on the opening weekend to inspire any confidence that the LEC will be a better conference this year than SUNYAC, UCHC and CNE.Very mixed bag of a weekend for teams to kick off the LEC's inaugural season.
In the 'top 3' - Babson comes away with a weekend sweep of Fitchburg, with the teams playing in honor of Jake Thibeault. Plymouth and Norwich dropped opening weekend matches, with Plymouth getting battered by UNE and Plattsburgh, and Norwich by Curry.
New Hampshire neighbors Keene and NEC come away with wins, with Keene going 2-0 against D2 programs, and NEC beating Rivier.
West Conn forces an OT in their first ever game, but loses to Albertus to start off their first ever season (before getting crushed by Post the next day).
Still the start of the season, but unless anything drastic changes I'd say this weekend confirms no at-large berth for the LEC.
Didn't manage to catch the game, but looks like we're in for another long season. From the recap, seems like special teams completely fell apart against Plattsburgh and goaltending across both games just isn't there. Lot of seniors have graduated the last few years and the turnover in leadership isn't helping. Hoping this weekend was a reality check but they need to seriously take a step back and reassess. Only positive takeaway is that some of these freshmen are having some impact on the ice already, so hopefully that translates into something.I did catch the Plymouth-Plattsburgh game on TV. What a terrible strategy and coaching by Plymouth. Giving up two shorties. Players look like they run that team, and are selfish. Plattsburgh, not overtly talent rich, played well as a unit, could surprise this year. Babson still can’t figure out if they are the team to beat or not. It’s early, but going to be a fun ride.
Babson's looking like the team to beat in the first half, just we'll have to see once they play some NESCAC opponents around Thanksgiving.Weekend thoughts: Babson beats Norwich. Good game, thought Norwich ran out of gas and got a little sloppy. Plymouth takes care of Umass Dartmouth and Umass Boston. Dartmouth got behind and called it a day. Umass Boston got hosed by the home cooking refs. They are a well coached team and should have won. Plymouth is loaded with talent and selfish undisciplined players, not a good combo. If they continue to play pond hockey, going to be a disappointed fan base at Hanaway. Does anyone believe in USM as a contender? They beat the bad teams but can't see them beating Babson, Plymouth or Norwich. See them finishing fifth place at the end. Norwich good weekend, even though they got beat by Babson. They won the trap game vs USM. Team has a lot of heart and hustle. You have to earn the win vs the Cadets. NEC is the disappointment, a little less beer and a little more practice and pride. Haven't had a chance to see West Conn, Keene or Castleton.
