D3 18-19 season

[gojackets]

Re: D3 18-19 season

This team looks even scarier for next season.

I know Plattsburgh is never bad...even though you think they could give us a year off once in a while , but do they really? Looking at their roster Songin, Moriarty, Millen are all seniors (thoes were the 3 names I heard most often this weekend) along with Katonka and of course Abbot is a senior as well. Biggest question is probably their freshmen goalie who only played in 4 games, never a full game, and faced 27 shots this season.

I would put money on Hamline being back in the Final Four next year, would put money on Adrian too if they weren't going to be unfairly forced to play an angry Elmira team in the quarters again.

 

[gojackets]

Re: D3 18-19 season

Never said that...the PWR did not work this time..and may never in D3

The PWR got the at large bids correct and seed the tournament. Remember Plattsburgh was 3rd at the end of the season. I watched them play, on computer, several times over the past few weeks...and this weekend they had an extra oomph in their step, and looked better, to me, at least then they had the other times I watched them play. Imagine if Endicott had held on for 8 more minutes!

I don't truly believe that St Thomas was the best overall team in the west. Heck, your a 5 minute discussion to decide that the net was half an inch off its moorings to negate an Eau Claire goal from St Thomas being out and Plattsburgh hosting. After watching the first Hamline/St Thomas game, even though the Tommies score 3 in the 3rd to come back and win, I didn't think they'd win the MIAC...but Torpy shut out the Pipers in the championship game. St Thomas was who they were and had the record they had due to Torpy...and to say her being out of the game had no effect is silly.

If Plattsburgh wants the PWR to work more in their favor, they need their conference members to get better. When they're beating the 2nd best team in their conference 11-1...its not going to help them.

 

[shelfit]

If Plattsburgh wants the PWR to work more in their favor, they need their conference members to get better. When they're beating the 2nd best team in their conference 11-1...its not going to help them.

It's not so much that they have a 2nd best team in that conference as much as they have a 4th from worst team.

 

[Birdwatcher]

The PWR got the at large bids correct and seed the tournament. Remember Plattsburgh was 3rd at the end of the season. I watched them play, on computer, several times over the past few weeks...and this weekend they had an extra oomph in their step, and looked better, to me, at least then they had the other times I watched them play. Imagine if Endicott had held on for 8 more minutes!

I don't truly believe that St Thomas was the best overall team in the west. Heck, your a 5 minute discussion to decide that the net was half an inch off its moorings to negate an Eau Claire goal from St Thomas being out and Plattsburgh hosting. After watching the first Hamline/St Thomas game, even though the Tommies score 3 in the 3rd to come back and win, I didn't think they'd win the MIAC...but Torpy shut out the Pipers in the championship game. St Thomas was who they were and had the record they had due to Torpy...and to say her being out of the game had no effect is silly.

If Plattsburgh wants the PWR to work more in their favor, they need their conference members to get better. When they're beating the 2nd best team in their conference 11-1...its not going to help them.

In the Tourney the two hardest games for Plattsburgh were against eastern opponents. That is where I will leave it.

 

[gojackets]

In the Tourney the two hardest games for Plattsburgh were against eastern opponents. That is where I will leave it.

One of those teams beat Plattsburgh earlier in The year. But I digress. No one will ever be as good as Plattsburgh. The west should just fold all their teams and give up. It’s a good thing those Plattsburgh players were there to hook, slash, and check Simon on all of her breakaways....but again...no one is as good as plattsburgh so they should have just let her go.

Anyways. See ya folks next year.

 

[shelfit]

One of those teams beat Plattsburgh earlier in The year. But I digress. No one will ever be as good as Plattsburgh. The west should just fold all their teams and give up. It’s a good thing those Plattsburgh players were there to hook, slash, and check Simon on all of her breakaways....but again...no one is as good as plattsburgh so they should have just let her go.

Anyways. See ya folks next year.

Ok kids, the season's officially over, now stop fighting or I'll send you to your rooms without your electronics!!

 

[Scott_TG]

The Adrian and Hamline games were just as tough as the Williams game. The Hamline game was tight and the Pipers were threatening until Krauseneck broke through with the 3rd goal. The Adrian Bulldogs very much the same. The games were all very even with the exception of Hamline and UST.

I'm very glad the team doesn't take the west as lightly as some of their fans

 

[gojackets]

Ok kids, the season's officially over, now stop fighting or I'll send you to your rooms without your electronics!!

Sorry. Spring break is great and all...but I’m super bored and ready for work again!

 

[BrianC]

Re: D3 18-19 season

Natalie Darwitz used part of her opening comments at the Hamline postgame presser to call for the NCAA to institute a day off between the semis and final like they do in D1. She said the team didn't have energy after playing an "emotional" late game and drug tests that caused them to not get back to the team hotel after midnight.

Hopefully she went on record with the NCAA last year after they beat Wisconsin Eau Claire by one goal 21 hours after Eau Claire played a triple OT game. Regardless, the NCAA made the change, and it was the right move.

 

[BrianC]

Re: D3 18-19 season

Did she make this case during her press conference last year? Only seems like a point of emphasis now that her team lost, attacking the tournament setup instead of admitting your team lost fair and square.

I don't recall her making any public comments. Can't remember if it was during the post-game presser or a radio/blog interview she gave, but she never made mention of the circumstances with Wisconsin Eau Claire coming off the longest game in D3 Tournament history and having to drop the puck less than a day later.

 

[PSUChamps2001]

Re: D3 18-19 season

No bad for a scrub goalie who wouldn't see the ice on other DIII teams and a team in general that plays against the lowest level DIII teams all season....

I've heard rumblings that the Western coaches are banding together and will be separating from the NCAA tournament to have their own Western NCAA Tournament to guarantee them a National Title. Each player will also undergo several hours of massaging and be tucked in each night to make sure they get the proper sleep so they are fresh and ready to go with a week in between the Semi Final and Finals. They will also travel first class if they have to travel more than 5 miles. (**** Hamline only had to travel 3, sorry).

Sorry, I lost just about all respect for this coach after the whining. It really diminishes an overall great game/season by Hamline with those comments.

 

[Scott_TG]

Re: D3 18-19 season

I don't recall her making any public comments. Can't remember if it was during the post-game presser or a radio/blog interview she gave, but she never made mention of the circumstances with Wisconsin Eau Claire coming off the longest game in D3 Tournament history and having to drop the puck less than a day later.

Such a great point. Just went back and watched the postgame presser from the Eau Claire - Hamline game. They don't even acknowledge their opponent, much less make a point about them not having a day off. Compare that to the Eau Claire presser where Coach Strand opens by congratulating Hamline and Darwitz and his only reference to having to play the night after going to triple OT is framed in saying is how proud he is of his squad in how they battled against Hamline.

 

[Bar Down]

Re: D3 18-19 season

Lack of energy? That must have been comforting to hear for her 20 players after they skated their butts off for a national championship.

However, the reality is Hamline had 2 or 3 clear breakaways (one being Simon at a minimum) and all couldn't bury the puck. Abbott stood strong. Furthermore, Hamline outshot Plattsburgh 28-27 (had 15 SOGs in the 3rd alone...more than double of Plattsburgh) and had 6 power plays through out the game. They had plenty of chances. Simply put, Plattsburgh made the plays both defensively and offensively to win the game. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[joecct]

No bad for a scrub goalie who wouldn't see the ice on other DIII teams and a team in general that plays against the lowest level DIII teams all season....

I've heard rumblings that the Western coaches are banding together and will be separating from the NCAA tournament to have their own Western NCAA Tournament to guarantee them a National Title. Each player will also undergo several hours of massaging and be tucked in each night to make sure they get the proper sleep so they are fresh and ready to go with a week in between the Semi Final and Finals. They will also travel first class if they have to travel more than 5 miles. (**** Hamline only had to travel 3, sorry).

Sorry, I lost just about all respect for this coach after the whining. It really diminishes an overall great game/season by Hamline with those comments.

If it wasn't for that small play up school about 90 minutes West of Plattsburgh, all the women's NC championships would be the property of the WCHA.

 

[bobbunnell]

Re: D3 18-19 season

How many teams had to take drug tests?

 

[Reggie44]

How many teams had to take drug tests?

Just the known party schools... The 2 teams from the west did for sure.

 

[Scott_TG]

Re: D3 18-19 season

Just the known party schools... The 2 teams from the west did for sure.

If being known as a party school is a criterion, Plattsburgh was almost certainly tested too...

And there were three teams from the West. Did you mean the two teams from the MIAC?

 

[Reggie44]

If being known as a party school is a criterion, Plattsburgh was almost certainly tested too...

And there were three teams from the West. Did you mean the two teams from the MIAC?

yes

 

[ARM]

Re: D3 18-19 season

Some people handle the aftermath of defeat better than others, and I don't remember that ever being a strength of Darwitz. In general, I'd recommend giving everyone some slack on their comments immediately after losing in the NCAA Tournament. You've worked for months to achieve something, and the dream has ended just minutes before. The last thing anybody wants to do is talk to the media at that moment. It's always impressive when someone is able to recognize the winning team, and keep all of the comments positive. It isn't easy to do while still trying to accept what just happened.

Congratulation to Plattsburgh. Five out of six is an incredible run.

 

[Scott_TG]

Re: D3 18-19 season

Sarah Hughson, Elmira '18, is the Whale's winner of the 2019 NWHL Foundation Award. The honor is awarded to the player most actively applying the core values of hockey to her community as well as growing and improving hockey culture. In addition to playing for the Whale this season, Hughson is the assistant coach for the girl's varsity hockey team at Choate Rosemary Hall, a prep school in Wallingford, CT.