D3 Women?

[neumyer]

Steve Vecchione was the PbP and Tara Connolly (RPI assistant, former Colby women's hockey player) was color.

Derek, right you are, except, Tara played goalie for that other Maine team, the Bowdoin Polar Bears. By the way, I think both of them did a nice job.

 

[neumyer]

Speaking of nice jobs, I think Coach Mandigo did an incredible job after that equalizer was scored with .1 left. GA had all the momentum going their way and what did Midd do but come out and put 7 SOG in OT to the Gusties 0. Yes GA did out shoot the Panthers overall 31-28, but when your team gets 5 power plays to Midd's 1, wouldn't you expect to be outshot?

 

[SHockey98]

Completely understandable on the officials’ part due to there being no available angle. But yes, clearly offsides. Sucks that’s what decides a flipping championship. In the year two thousand twenty two. I guess that’s D3 for ya.

 

[shelfit]

Completely understandable on the officials’ part due to there being no available angle. But yes, clearly offsides. Sucks that’s what decides a flipping championship. In the year two thousand twenty two. I guess that’s D3 for ya.

No, not clearly offside (no truly respectable hockey person says "offsides"). Looked in the replay like her back skate was touching the blueline when she gained possession/control of the puck, so "we have a good goal."

 

[neumyer]

No, not clearly offside (no truly respectable hockey person says "offsides"). Looked in the replay like her back skate was touching the blueline when she gained possession/control of the puck, so "we have a good goal."

If they can review the .1 goal for 5 minutes, then why wouldn't they have reviewed the winning goal? The feed that went home to internet viewers must have been available to them. Wouldn't the GA coach have questioned the goal? It must have been reviewable.

 

[tjoneslo]

They did review the goal and the (potential) offside call. They spent about 1 minute reviewing it. They called it not offside and a good goal.

 

[neumyer]

Oh, the celebration seemed to start immediately so I thought they may not have and the complaint by SHockey98 might be valid.

 

[puxrex]

Simply a stunning season by the Panthers. Watching them earlier in the season they looked solid but ended up in several 1 goal and OT games, which for me raised question marks as to their prospects. Not much changed throughout the season. Lots of close games right to the end. Don’t think we’ll see another unbeaten hockey team at any level for a long time, if ever. Props to all involved at Middlebury for making this an amazing season. And props to all the programs for weathering a couple of very tough years on and off the ice.

 

[SHockey98]

A poster on "The Gopher Puck Live" site has posted the names of the women who have entered the transfer portal since October. I have no idea how this source gets these, but I give this person a lot of credit for doing a lot of hard work. This was posted over on the "Transfer Season" thread at USCHO. This was originally posted on USCHO by FiveHoleFrenzy. However, I thought I'd repost here, as I filtered out the DI girls and only the DIII ones remain on this post. Keep an eye over on that thread, as I'm sure many DI girls will transfer to DIII, but I thought I'd show who is considering transferring from this level.

AVERY SAWCHUK Augsburg University
KENSIE MALONE Augsburg University
NINA PRUENSTER Colby College
LEXI CAFIERO Colby College
ANNA MCCLUSKEY Hamline University
SOPHIE RAUSCH Hamline University
HAYLEE OWEN Johnson & Wales University (Providence)
KAYLIN GARNER Johnson & Wales University (Providence)
HAILEY WILTSHIRE Johnson & Wales University (Providence)
FAITHE HARRIS Manhattanville College
ALEXA BERG Norwich University
ELLIE SCHAU Norwich University
SARA MARTINO Trine University
BROOKE WALTERS University of Wisconsin-River Falls

Some highlights:
-Hamline's Rausch is the reigning MIAC player of the year and the 4th leading scorer in the conference and was named all-American. While a bit shocking, I understand not everyone has gelled with the new coach. If she does leave, expect the Pipers to try to be aggressive in replacing her, as they are the MIAC school notorious for bringing in multiple DI transfers almost every offseason.

-Colby's Pruenster was their backbone all season long, being named first-team All-American. She was the main reason they almost upset Middlebury twice, and really wanted that third shot against them. She may be the best goalie in the country. Originally from Austria, it will be interesting to see where she takes her talents.

-Colby's Cafiero served as the Mules' leading scorer this past season, notching 12 goals and 16 assists for an NCAA finalist.

-Augsburg's Malone was just a sophomore her last season, but was named all-conference in the MIAC. The scrappy forward was tied for 6th in the MIAC in scoring with 13 goals and 11 assists. This could be a massive loss for Augsburg.

-Norwich's Berg is another intriguing goalie option on the transfer market, being name 3rd-team all NEHC, while posting a stellar 1.53 GAA and .936 save % in 20 games played.

Again, keep an eye out on these posts to monitor any updates throughout the offseason, as I'm sure there will be plenty of movement around the NCAA.