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D3 Scores and Highlights - Let the season begin!

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Plattsburgh and Norwich tied at 2 heading to overtime.

Plattsburgh goals are by Rutherford and Klassen.

Norwich goals by Gove and and DeBus.

Five minutes to decide it.

Shots are 32-11 Norwich. Eerily similiar to last year's Norwich/Platty game at Kreitzberg.
 
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Norwich wins it 3-2 overtime.

Kaycie Anderson nets the game winner off an assist from Melissa Rundlett. Sarianne Lynn gets an assist as well.
 
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Great trip to Northfield for the Plattsburgh-Norwich game , notwithstanding the couple of white out miles coming back down I-89. The big crowd at Kreitzberg certainly got their money's worth! Norwich was dominant for much of the game, but was unable to solve Cardinal net-minder Aveson (who had a good game and did a nice job controlling the puck; none of the juicy rebounds for Cadet forwards to feast on). Norwich's relentless forecheck produced the first goal when Anderson intercepted a pass on the right boards, got the puck into the corner to Gove; she spotted and fed DeBus on the doorstep and DeBus shovelled the puck under Aveson. Plattsburgh came back to tie things at 1 in the 2nd on only their 6th shot of the night. Klassen grabbed the puck behind the Norwich net and got it to an unchecked MacInnis who walked out from low stickside of Norwich goalie Fisk and beat her with a low wrist shot to the far side. The 3rd saw the Cardinals take the lead on a similar play from behind the net; Kistner fed Rutherford whose backhand from in close got under Fisk. I am sure at this point that many in the crowd had a sense of deja vu, particularly when Aveson stoned Anderson from the top of the crease around 9 minutes of the 3rd, but there was to be no upset this time. Norwich finally cashed in a powerplay with Sharman getting the puck down right wing to Lynn who made a play into Gove in the slot; she wristed it under Aveson to tie at 2. OT saw Fisk make a nice stop about 2 minutes in; play continued with Anderson broking out through center ice, down left wing, and with Norwich making a change, Anderson shot wide, got a pass back from Rundlett and beat Aveson for the gamewinner. Norwich outplayed Plattsburgh and deserved the win, but the Cardinals were coming on and were having sucess grinding down low as the game wore on. Play was much more even in the 3rd and I am sure the Cadets were more than pleased to be the ones lighting the lamp in OT.
 
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Having watched the GAC/RF and Platty/Norwich games online this week, and recognizing that game flow looks alot different via video, it strikes me that ranking the two Western powers no higher than 6 and 7 is justified. IMHO those teams just do not have the depth of talent that I saw last night.
 
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spike said:
Having watched the GAC/RF and Platty/Norwich games online this week, and recognizing that game flow looks alot different via video, it strikes me that ranking the two Western powers no higher than 6 and 7 is justified. IMHO those teams just do not have the depth of talent that I saw last night.
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Spike I watched both games as well and tend to agree. I tuned into the GAC/RF game just in time to hear the announcer absolutley butcher "Saskatoon, Saskatchewan" when trying to advise his audience of the hometown of RF goaler Ashley Kuechle. :)
I did however think the officiating in the GAC/RF game was significantly better than last nights match.
 
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5 4 Fighting said:
Spike I watched both games as well and tend to agree. I tuned into the GAC/RF game just in time to hear the announcer absolutley butcher "Saskatoon, Saskatchewan" when trying to advise his audience of the hometown of RF goaler Ashley Kuechle. :)
I did however think the officiating in the GAC/RF game was significantly better than last nights match.
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I've never been a fan of D-III women's hockey officiating. With that said, all other things being equal, its easier for the refs to screw up a game envolving two big talented fast teams. I think if the same crew from last night was doing a game between Weslyan and St. Mikes, they would probably do a much better job.

by the way, don't let Phil know we agree on something.
 
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spike said:
I've never been a fan of D-III women's hockey officiating. With that said, all other things being equal, its easier for the refs to screw up a game envolving two big talented fast teams. I think if the same crew from last night was doing a game between Weslyan and St. Mikes, they would probably do a much better job.

by the way, don't let Phil know we agree on something.
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I actually tend to go the other way on the officiating...When you have the weaker teams where there is a huge range in skill level, I think it can be harder to discern what is actually a penalty and what is someone that is just weak on her skates going down way too easily. When everyone is bigger, stronger, and faster, some tickytack things may be let go, but the things that look like penalties generally are, because kids aren't falling down everytime the wind blows. If they're not being called it's because the ref missed it, not because there was any cognitive dissonance over whether it was actually a penalty or just some kid keeling over.
 
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WIrinkrat said:
I actually tend to go the other way on the officiating...When you have the weaker teams where there is a huge range in skill level, I think it can be harder to discern what is actually a penalty and what is someone that is just weak on her skates going down way too easily. When everyone is bigger, stronger, and faster, some tickytack things may be let go, but the things that look like penalties generally are, because kids aren't falling down everytime the wind blows. If they're not being called it's because the ref missed it, not because there was any cognitive dissonance over whether it was actually a penalty or just some kid keeling over.
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All true. By the same token, with two fast teams a weaker ref has trouble getting close enough to the action to make the right call. Also, calling obvious penalties is something that my grandma could do. Knowing when to not call something when two quality players are competing 50/50 is where the skill comes in.
 
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spike said:
All true. By the same token, with two fast teams a weaker ref has trouble getting close enough to the action to make the right call. Also, calling obvious penalties is something that my grandma could do. Knowing when to not call something when two quality players are competing 50/50 is where the skill comes in.
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Your last sentence I agree 100%....I also hate it when a stronger player gets penalized for being stronger. Silly. :confused: :)
 
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spike said:
by the way, don't let Phil know we agree on something.
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....grrrrr...cognitive dissonance....cue the cutty...

BTW, ice hockey refs are hall-of-famers compared to field hockey umpires -- no contest

as much of a sandstorm as they can put up in a night, they aren't awarding penalty shots and all but putting the puck in the net for minor transgressions.

I do note some regional differences in the reffing, and I am curious if they are harder on the coaches this year since I've seen 2 bench pens for unsportsmanlike -- but maybe that is normal
 
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Phil D. Stands said:
....grrrrr...cognitive dissonance....cue the cutty...

BTW, ice hockey refs are hall-of-famers compared to field hockey umpires -- no contest

as much of a sandstorm as they can put up in a night, they aren't awarding penalty shots and all but putting the puck in the net for minor transgressions.

I do note some regional differences in the reffing, and I am curious if they are harder on the coaches this year since I've seen 2 bench pens for unsportsmanlike -- but maybe that is normal
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Phil, it took me the better half of 30 minutes to google, translate and interpret cognitive dissonance. Still wasn't sure I had it nailed down so I thought screw it ....and went right for the cutty...;)
 
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Hey Derek,

Great column today about RIT. It never ceases to amaze me how many little things affect a coach trying to put his schedule's together. I do have one small criticism however. You mention how the RIT players went to Ontario instead of going home for Thanksgiving. Isn't like 75% of their roster from Ontario?
 
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spike said:
Hey Derek,

Great column today about RIT. It never ceases to amaze me how many little things affect a coach trying to put his schedule's together. I do have one small criticism however. You mention how the RIT players went to Ontario instead of going home for Thanksgiving. Isn't like 75% of their roster from Ontario?
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That's a great point and you are correct. I should have actually tied that into the story that they technically were "going home" for a lot of them and I'm sure their parents enjoyed being able to see some games right in their backyards rather than having to travel to Rochester.

I overlooked that when writing the story. Thanks for the response and thanks for reading! Good to know some people are atleast reading the columns!

I encourage anybody else to please post or forward me feedback. I can take a criticism if you think I'm doing a poor job or if you would like to see something else covered that I might have missed. I'm always looking for interesting angles to the column every week rather than just talking to the same coaches over and over again about who they are playing the upcoming week.

I like writing stories like the Waidaicher sisters at St. Scholastica and the Stevenson piece I did last week. I wish I had an angle like that almost every week.
 
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Hey Derek, wondering how Kayla Parsons is doing after that crash into the boards with VanGlahn the 3rd?
 
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Derek Dunning said:
That's a great point and you are correct. I should have actually tied that into the story that they technically were "going home" for a lot of them and I'm sure their parents enjoyed being able to see some games right in their backyards rather than having to travel to Rochester.

I overlooked that when writing the story. Thanks for the response and thanks for reading! Good to know some people are atleast reading the columns!

I encourage anybody else to please post or forward me feedback. I can take a criticism if you think I'm doing a poor job or if you would like to see something else covered that I might have missed. I'm always looking for interesting angles to the column every week rather than just talking to the same coaches over and over again about who they are playing the upcoming week.

I like writing stories like the Waidaicher sisters at St. Scholastica and the Stevenson piece I did last week. I wish I had an angle like that almost every week.
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I enjoyed it as well. I am sure you will have lots of good stories to write about in the next little while.

Cali
 
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