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D3 scores 2014-2015

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Tjames said:
I really did just want to respond to the dissing of the NESCAC's. I'm still not a big fan on how teams were seeded. But I have to admit it's based mostly on personal opinion and maybe even a liittle east coast bias. I don't know nearly enough about the west coast teams as I probably should in forming my opinion.
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You also apparently don't know that Wisconsin and Minnesota aren't on the West Coast...is that a NESCAC geography education you're sportin? :rolleyes::cool::D :D
 
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gojackets said:
You also apparently don't know that Wisconsin and Minnesota aren't on the West Coast...is that a NESCAC geography education you're sportin? :rolleyes::cool::D :D
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Your really swinging at air at this point aren't you. It's got to be tough constantly coming on here having to defend your coast "oops sorry ment to say region". Anyway , Looking forward to the weekend. WRF and Elmira looks like it could go into multiple OT's. 4 out of the last 5 Platty/Norwich games have been blowouts in favor of Platty. Goaltending in that building has not been good for Norwich. Hope to see Robert turn that around on Friday, keep it close and give the Cadets a chance. Gonna be a great weekend, might even try to get some ice fishing in Saturday morning on Champlain.
 
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Tjames said:
WRF and Elmira looks like it could go into multiple OT's. 4 out of the last 5 Platty/Norwich games have been blowouts in favor of Platty. Goaltending in that building has not been good for Norwich.
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The sad thing is that if River Falls/Elmira went 7 over times and Elmira won it at 19:59 of the 7th overtime, all we would hear is "how the west can't cut it." I'm gonna go out on a limb--not really if you know me--and say that River Falls wins this one 4-1. If Plattsburgh was surprised by St. Thomas last week, Elmira better be opening their eyes up a little bit this week. St Thomas got handled by River Falls twice.
 
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gojackets said:
The sad thing is that if River Falls/Elmira went 7 over times and Elmira won it at 19:59 of the 7th overtime, all we would hear is "how the west can't cut it." I'm gonna go out on a limb--not really if you know me--and say that River Falls wins this one 4-1. If Plattsburgh was surprised by St. Thomas last week, Elmira better be opening their eyes up a little bit this week. St Thomas got handled by River Falls twice.
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Looking at the River Falls-Elmira match up, do you think the River Falls D and goal tending can contain the Soaring Eagle offense? Both teams can score, but I do not think any women's DIII champion has ever had a saves % under something like .917.
 
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obserbear said:
Looking at the River Falls-Elmira match up, do you think the River Falls D and goal tending can contain the Soaring Eagle offense? Both teams can score, but I do not think any women's DIII champion has ever had a saves % under something like .917.
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The River Falls team as a whole does a very good job of keeping shots from ever reaching their goalie. According to their stats, they only allow their opponents 16.2 shots per game and out-score/out-shoot their opponents 127/1082 to 48/469.
 
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I think Plattsburgh will prevail in their semi-final by doubling up on Norwich in shots and on the scoreboard 4-2, and I think Elmira is going to suffer what some might call an upset at the hands of River Falls in the other semi-final. Goals have not come easy to the Soaring Eagles in their last two playoff games (I can't really include the Utica "playoff" game because after Platty and Elmira that whole conference is really weak). They've only averaged 1.5 goals per game against Trinity and Platty so if I'm UW-RF I'm thinking Elmira is primed for a loss. I'll guess 3-2 for the Falcons. It should be very interesting to see what happens!
 
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shelfit said:
I think Plattsburgh will prevail in their semi-final by doubling up on Norwich in shots and on the scoreboard 4-2, and I think Elmira is going to suffer what some might call an upset at the hands of River Falls in the other semi-final. Goals have not come easy to the Soaring Eagles in their last two playoff games (I can't really include the Utica "playoff" game because after Platty and Elmira that whole conference is really weak). They've only averaged 1.5 goals per game against Trinity and Platty so if I'm UW-RF I'm thinking Elmira is primed for a loss. I'll guess 3-2 for the Falcons. It should be very interesting to see what happens!
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UW-RF headed into the NCAA's by destroying the competition 33 to 3 over six games. Does it mean that they were just completely dominant and finished strong or could they wind up being a victim of there schedule. Not really sure how much control teams have over there schedule. But I like to think Elmira and Platty look at there finale at the end of the regular season as a good thing heading into the playoffs. Are the Utica/Oswego victories for Elmira more meaningful than UW-RF's wins over Eau-Claireu and Stevens Point? I like Elmira in this game because they went to OT with Trinity and found a way to win. I like them because they finished there season with #1 on the line even though they lost. This team is battle tested and the coaching staff has been here before along with the players. All that being said if UW-RF wins it will not be an upset. If Norwich beats Plattsburg, that wiil be a huge upset.
 
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Tjames said:
UW-RF headed into the NCAA's by destroying the competition 33 to 3 over six games. Does it mean that they were just completely dominant and finished strong or could they wind up being a victim of there schedule. Not really sure how much control teams have over there schedule. But I like to think Elmira and Platty look at there finale at the end of the regular season as a good thing heading into the playoffs. Are the Utica/Oswego victories for Elmira more meaningful than UW-RF's wins over Eau-Claireu and Stevens Point? I like Elmira in this game because they went to OT with Trinity and found a way to win. I like them because they finished there season with #1 on the line even though they lost. This team is battle tested and the coaching staff has been here before along with the players. All that being said if UW-RF wins it will not be an upset. If Norwich beats Plattsburg, that wiil be a huge upset.
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I count 33-4 :) Those were 4 games against Eau Claire and 1 against St. Cate. Those aren't stellar defenses. While I'm glad you are actually making a case for River Falls...I don't think that victory margin is too exciting for the teams they played. It would be comparable to Plattsburgh playing Neumann 4 times, Buffalo State, and Middlebury and outscoring them 33-4. No one is surprised by that :)

Were they dominant in those games though...yes. In nearly every game they had more than 3x the shots on goal of the other team.

One thing I wonder about is the speed of the game difference. I remember flipping between watching the Plattsburgh/Middlebury game and the Gustavus/Bethel game a few weeks ago...and it feeling like the Gustavus/Bethel players were moving at a much greater pace than Platt/Midd. I know River Falls is a very fast team, will that play in their favor out east?
 
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gojackets said:
I count 33-4 :) Those were 4 games against Eau Claire and 1 against St. Cate. Those aren't stellar defenses. While I'm glad you are actually making a case for River Falls...I don't think that victory margin is too exciting for the teams they played. It would be comparable to Plattsburgh playing Neumann 4 times, Buffalo State, and Middlebury and outscoring them 33-4. No one is surprised by that :)

Were they dominant in those games though...yes. In nearly every game they had more than 3x the shots on goal of the other team.

One thing I wonder about is the speed of the game difference. I remember flipping between watching the Plattsburgh/Middlebury game and the Gustavus/Bethel game a few weeks ago...and it feeling like the Gustavus/Bethel players were moving at a much greater pace than Platt/Midd. I know River Falls is a very fast team, will that play in their favor out east?
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Like I said, I don't know how much control teams have over there schedules. If I'm RF I would much rather have had at least one game within my last three against either a Gustavus, a Bethel or a St. Thomas. Finshing up with St Catherine and two against Eau-Claire knowing very well you might have to face them two more times in a conference championship does not help them. Platty for instance plays a non-league vs Middy, Oswego is no slouch, then they play Elmira to finish it up. All four teams left have to play there share of cupcakes throughout the season. Unfortunately for RF it's been well over a month since they've had to truly compete.

I should add that Norwich is in somewhat of the same boat. Mostly due to there inability to score there games look a little closer than they are. The difference for Norwich is they were down against Holy Cross and came back and Castleton just always battles them. Wasn't happy about playing Middlebury in the quarters, especially at there place. But I like that battle they had to endure going into this weekend.
 
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"Platty for instance plays a non-league vs Middy, Oswego is no slouch, then they play Elmira to finish it up."

I'd say Oswego is actually quite a big slouch! Here are the results of the three Plattsburgh games vs Oswego this year:

W 4-0 (Shots were 48-20 for Platty)
W 5-1 (Shots were 52-13 for Platty)
W 4-2 (Shots were 52-20 for Platty in the ECAC West semis)

Oswego's best goalie played the first and third games and came in half way through the second game. That's really not much of a challenge for the Cardinals especially in the semi final game.

That conference is really weak below the top two teams just like the ECAC East. I agree with others that have said the NESCAC is the strongest and most balanced conference from top to bottom.
 
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