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Harvard Crimson 2013-2014

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Sorry to hear about Elizabeth Parker. Hope she takes her time and recovers properly. I think we are hearing a lot more about concussions than in prior years because of the media attention around head injuries in pro hockey and football.

As far as cycling goes, I'm not against it unless it becomes so ingrained that the players forget that the object is to put the puck in the net. And there are times that Harvard players seem to fall in love with their skating ability and congregating behind the net. The Crimson move the puck well enough once they get in the zone; I'd just like to see them shoot more often and hopefully get a few more shots on net. They are not a gifted offensive team so they need to create more opportunities, cycle or no cycle.
 
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UCONN FAN said:
LOL really........You are the jilted boyfriend (or girlfriend) who can't let it go. Casey Pickett same thing I'm sure. Learned all of her good play from St. Marks and nothing at Assabet..In your opinion what program here in Mass is teaching the (right) type of hockey?
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Wow - apparently I hit a nerve. I think I'm pretty balanced about my opinions of all the girls club programs I've had the opportunity to observe over the years and am able to identify objectively what I think are the strengths and weaknesses of each relatively well. I've had good and bad things to say about Assabet (and all the programs) - and the reality is that there is both (whether you acknowledge that or not). You over-cycle in my opinion (and others I've talked to including D1 and D3 coaches), sometimes to the point where it appears to be the objective rather than a means to an end.

Re: Casey Pickett - great player - pleasure to watch. I actually don't know much about her background (when she came to Assabet for instance), but I do know that she didn't learn much at St. Marks (would not have been possible given the coaching turnover)! Dempsey had the benefit of a decent coach in Kristen Harder at Rivers. But just like Dempsey, I'm SURE she learned how to cycle mostly at Assabet.
 
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Concussions and other injuries seem to be becoming part of the team's life. Here we've been looking forward to next year graduating only two players and potentially getting back Pucci, Picard, Fry and Armstrong PLUS the Class of '15.....but who knows what injuries may spoil that picture?
 
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As a great supporting example, Ashley Salerno transferred from Amherst to UVM this season after three years at Amherst where she never made first team NESCAC I believe (someone else would have to validate that). She was not a D1 recruit of significance despite having played at Assabet Valley and being one of their better defenseman (but not scoring much). By all accounts I have heard she is one of (if not the best of) UVM's defensemen and is always on the ice for penalty kills. Great defensive defenseman overlooked by D1 schools because she didn't score.

The disagreement may stem from you opinion of great relative to D1 players, I am not sure the one example you are providing supports your position. Being "one of the best" at UVM hardly elevates one to the level of great in the D! talent pool. Frankly a better explanation might be that her talent "evolved" as a result of being in an enviorment where she played a lot of minutes at Amhurst so she "developed" has she gone to a stronger D1 program out of the gate she may not have gotten on the ice.
 
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HockeyEast33 said:
Wow - apparently I hit a nerve. I think I'm pretty balanced about my opinions of all the girls club programs I've had the opportunity to observe over the years and am able to identify objectively what I think are the strengths and weaknesses of each relatively well. I've had good and bad things to say about Assabet (and all the programs) - and the reality is that there is both (whether you acknowledge that or not). You over-cycle in my opinion (and others I've talked to including D1 and D3 coaches), sometimes to the point where it appears to be the objective rather than a means to an end.

Re: Casey Pickett - great player - pleasure to watch. I actually don't know much about her background (when she came to Assabet for instance), but I do know that she didn't learn much at St. Marks (would not have been possible given the coaching turnover)! Dempsey had the benefit of a decent coach in Kristen Harder at Rivers. But just like Dempsey, I'm SURE she learned how to cycle mostly at Assabet.[/QUOTe
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You certainly have an eye on Assabet Valley and how they are doing. Clearly you are not a fan of the current coach..Just pointing out what I see.
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Veritas said:
That is really moving, thanks for posting that
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Ditto. I vividly remember reading about this tragedy just after it happened. Can't imagine the pain...for sure a parent's worst nightmare. My sincere condolences to you too, OnMAA.
 
Watson Rink said:
Concussions and other injuries seem to be becoming part of the team's life. Here we've been looking forward to next year graduating only two players and potentially getting back Pucci, Picard, Fry and Armstrong PLUS the Class of '15.....but who knows what injuries may spoil that picture?
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Well injuries are a part of the game. Harvard seems to have had an inordinate share of season enders either before or during the season. It seems each year we lose one or two key players. No telling what next year will bring but the depth should help us weather the storm so to speak if we do incur some injuries.
 
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D2D said:
Ditto. I vividly remember reading about this tragedy just after it happened. Can't imagine the pain...for sure a parent's worst nightmare. My sincere condolences to you too, OnMAA.
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Yes, my condolences as well -- what an unspeakable loss.
 
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Great weekend for the Lady Crimson in North Country. It isn't often you come away with four points and a shutout to boot. Maschmeyer is proving to be the real deal. She should be the ECAC goalie of the year when all is said and done this season.

I have to admit I'm surprised that the Crimson are where they are at the moment. Cornell looms on the horizon next Friday. Should be a fun weekend. Hope they keep it going.
 
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The box score says that Crowe didn't play -- hope she's all right.

On a happier note, Elizabeth Parker was back, played on the same line as her sister, and with McDonald set up one of Mary Parker's two goals.
 
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Watson Rink said:
The box score says that Crowe didn't play -- hope she's all right.

On a happier note, Elizabeth Parker was back, played on the same line as her sister, and with McDonald set up one of Mary Parker's two goals.
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That could be a really interesting line. Elizabeth P provides size and strength along the boards to set up her sister and Gina Mac. I hope they stay together for a few games.
 
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driventoit said:
FYI Crimson fans. (Not too much interest in this over at the National Teams, aka "Short Bench", thread.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/11/s...rts&adxnnlx=1384204198-loxpOyQxX/zo06dS5LkMjA
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Katey and I once had a discussion about this very topic. Game to game, officiating and interpreting what is within the boundaries of physical play and what is taboo is unpredictable at best. And she told me that it makes it a bit more difficult to coach not knowing what to expect that night from the officials. I agree with her that I would not like to see an increase in physicality. It has no place in the women's game.
 
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Re the ever-versatile Elizabeth P and this thread's ever-brooding "short bench" concerns, it will be interesting to see what Coach Crowley does if/when Crowe returns.
In the McGill scrimmage, I think Parker played more than 20 minutes on D, with the newly-versatile Frazer playing F rather than D and two of the other first-year D playing D sparingly. In other words, like last year a distribution of minutes on D of something on the order of 30-30-25-20-10-5. Subsequently, with Parker out, Frazer remained at F and the other first-year D picked up Parker's minutes, for a distribution on the order of 30-30-20-20-20. Last weekend, sans Crowe, Parker played on the Sister Act line and as far as I know the D remained the same.
My concern last year was whether a de facto five-pack 30-30-30-15-10-5 distribution was going to wear down, or in the event of a key injury collapse altogether. Ditto with this year's distribution. You read about how worried Claude Julian becomes when one of his six D is injured during a game, even though he will be back to a complete six-pack for the very next game.
On the other hand, I realized that while Coach Stone was slimming down to a five-pack on D last year, the third line was playing more than in the past, and when you think about it, a rotation of 9 F and 5 D is a lot more conventional than Harvard's previous practice for some years of rolling three strong defensive pairings while limiting the minutes of the third forward line.
Oh well, maybe if all goes well next year we can have the luxury, for once, of having four lines and three defensive pairings....
 
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Guess I had no idea how short a bench can be!

Some fisticuffs (!?) in the first game of last week's Ohio State/Bemidji State two-game set resulted in the following situation:

"All of the DQs necessitated a couple of sparse line charts on Saturday; each team dressed 10 skaters. The Buckeyes were also without regular starting goaltender Chelsea Knapp, who was one of those tossed on Friday after getting the hook after the second Bemidji State goal. As luck would have it, the teams played to an overtime tie on Saturday, 2-2, meaning that the 10 available skaters for each side had to divide up 65 minutes of ice time."

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/womens-d1-blog/2013/11/11/womens-d-i-wrap-nov-11/#ixzz2kRcnHVCi
 
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Guess I had no idea how short a bench can be!

Some fisticuffs (!?) in the first game of last week's Ohio State/Bemidji State two-game set resulted in the following situation:

"All of the DQs necessitated a couple of sparse line charts on Saturday; each team dressed 10 skaters. The Buckeyes were also without regular starting goaltender Chelsea Knapp, who was one of those tossed on Friday after getting the hook after the second Bemidji State goal. As luck would have it, the teams played to an overtime tie on Saturday, 2-2, meaning that the 10 available skaters for each side had to divide up 65 minutes of ice time."

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/womens-d1-blog/2013/11/11/womens-d-i-wrap-nov-11/#ixzz2kRcnHVCi
 
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Sorry. Link appears to be broken. NYT online/sports (and tomorrow's paper?) has nice article on Kate Buesser.
 
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