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Hobart statesmen hockey 22-23
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Russell Jaslow
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The rink is very close to campus. Easy walking distance. In fact, one time when I left late, I saw the hockey players walking back to campus. Even they didn’t bother driving.
I would say it’s closer to the dorms than the old Oswego rink was to their respective dorms, yet Romney was on campus.
The same as Stafford Ice Arena in Plattsburgh. It is campus property but is separated from the main campus by Plattsburgh High School, but is an easy walk from the field house complex.
The disallowed Stevens Point goal, in my opinion, was pretty clearly a good goal.
Just like lots of other sports today, many referees do not possess the skill set to keep up with the pace of the play, as good intentioned as they may be.
I don’t understand why they use goal judges in the NCAA tournament if they are just going to be overruled by a referee behind the play along the half wall.
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Fishman'81
Black Bear since D-2
Said it on the other thread, but it bears repeating: awesome season, and I'm glad that Hobart has some more hardware in its trophy case.
Just waking up after a long drive and witnessing the National Championship! Congrats to Coach Taylor, Will Crane on the game winner and Damon Beaver for SAVING the season!
"Raise the ORANGE and PURPLE high, let us shame them never. SHOUT the Triumph to the skies, HIP HOBART FOREVER! "
"Raise the ORANGE and PURPLE high, let us shame them never. SHOUT the Triumph to the skies, HIP HOBART FOREVER! "
Wow what a weekend!!!
Got to see both games...and catch up with a ton of old teammates (and older/younger hockey alumn) while watching two absolutely incredible hockey games. The quality of hockey was jaw dropping.
As the saying goes, if want to be the best you need to beat the best...and I think Hobart did that this weekend. Endicott was a huge challenge...and Adrian was (IMO) the best team Hobart faced all year.
29-2....National Champions. I'm going to have a smile on my face for weeks...this was a long time coming and very well deserved.
PS
Not trying to get ahead of things, but it is worth noting how young this Hobart team is...they will graduate just 2 players from this roster.
Got to see both games...and catch up with a ton of old teammates (and older/younger hockey alumn) while watching two absolutely incredible hockey games. The quality of hockey was jaw dropping.
As the saying goes, if want to be the best you need to beat the best...and I think Hobart did that this weekend. Endicott was a huge challenge...and Adrian was (IMO) the best team Hobart faced all year.
29-2....National Champions. I'm going to have a smile on my face for weeks...this was a long time coming and very well deserved.
PS
Not trying to get ahead of things, but it is worth noting how young this Hobart team is...they will graduate just 2 players from this roster.
bakdraft21
Well-known member
BIG thumbs up for the BART,Great job well done....Target officially on your back.........
Have made the drive from the Capital District to both Hobart and Beverly for football multiple times in the past. Two of the nicest towns there are to take a day trip to but, quite frankly, two of America's most boring drives imaginable. Hobart should reward anyone who combined both of them in one sitting with a championship ring of their very own!!!
The Hobart players reaction to the OT game winner has to be one of the weirdest thing I ever saw in my almost six decades of watching college hockey. They did not pour off the bench to charge and mob the goal scorer. In fact, they appeared to virtually ignore him!!! They all stormed to the goaltender at the other end of the ice!!! Must tell you what they think of the guy.
However, just one tidbit of caution. Just stop to enjoy and appreciate the moment instead of taking it for granted and assuming it will always be like this. It will most definitely not be!!! That was a mistake most of us made 38 years ago driving home from Detroit after watching RPI win their natty in 1985. Back then it was D1 guys with eligibility remaining (a future Hall of Famer and a 15 year NHL goalie) defecting to the pros. Add in a then well documented coaching departure and we have NEVER even been close again. Just three one and dones in the NCAA tournament in the almost four decades since getting shut out all three times!!! Also remember that Union also won a national championship in the mid 2010's. Less than a decade later they are just as irrelevant as RPI drawing even less customers per game than the 2,200 or so RPI is down to.
In more modern times the culprit may very well be the infamous transfer portal. A number of the talented skaters, especially the bigger one, may give it a whirl to see if there any full schollys for them. Don't be shocked if you lose some to bigger cities, more glamorous arenas and just plain and simple more money. Frankly, the goalie appears to be a foregone conclusion to me. There just are not 125 or so guys getting full or partial schollys that are better than this guy. The Capital District has four of them that I am most familiar with and your guy can replace all of them tomorrow!!! In addition, as of today the coach probably has far more lucrative financially options. Some of the D1 jobs pay over a million annually!!!
Sure hope that not enough of the above actually happens and that our Liberty League friends to the west can keep this run going for awhile. However, I suspect that at least some torpedos will be incoming.
Nonetheless, should I make the RPI at Hobart football game on November 4, I do hope that Hobart hockey has one of those 4 P.M. Saturday home games so I check out the "ambiance" at the Cooler before driving home. Hopefully the hockey team will still be very, very good.
Tony/Troy,
Appreciate all of tour comments, except one correction I need to make:
"The Hobart players reaction to the OT game winner has to be one of the weirdest thing I ever saw in my almost six decades of watching college hockey. They did not pour off the bench to charge and mob the goal scorer. In fact, they appeared to virtually ignore him!!! They all stormed to the goaltender at the other end of the ice!!! Must tell you what they think of the guy. "
I am not sure what you were watching, because at 2:31:08 on the NCAA replay, after the winning score by Will Crane, the entire team converges on Hobart's goalie, Damon Beaver, as the blob of players encircle him and push him towards the glass and the fans in celebration. By the way, the Hobart fans travelled well, as the entire Hobart bench side, most of the end stands and about a third of the Adrian side were filled with Hobart fans. They were local alums from the Boston/New England area , fans driving in from all parts of the East as well as the families of our Colorado boys flew in for this special moment
Appreciate all of tour comments, except one correction I need to make:
"The Hobart players reaction to the OT game winner has to be one of the weirdest thing I ever saw in my almost six decades of watching college hockey. They did not pour off the bench to charge and mob the goal scorer. In fact, they appeared to virtually ignore him!!! They all stormed to the goaltender at the other end of the ice!!! Must tell you what they think of the guy. "
I am not sure what you were watching, because at 2:31:08 on the NCAA replay, after the winning score by Will Crane, the entire team converges on Hobart's goalie, Damon Beaver, as the blob of players encircle him and push him towards the glass and the fans in celebration. By the way, the Hobart fans travelled well, as the entire Hobart bench side, most of the end stands and about a third of the Adrian side were filled with Hobart fans. They were local alums from the Boston/New England area , fans driving in from all parts of the East as well as the families of our Colorado boys flew in for this special moment
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MountainMan
Registered User
Easily 75% of the fans were there for Hobart. Great game, as an alum it was great to see this win in person and it was a great day to be a Statesmen!
Russell Jaslow
Registered User
That's exactly what tony/troy said (in fact, you even quoted him, LOL). They did not mob Crane, they mobbed the goalie. He found that a bit odd.
I am pretty sure you are both saying the exact same thing? LOL. You are both saying they mobbed the goalie instead of the goal scorer. Not sure what correction needs to be made?
I am still a little tired from the car ride back and watching multiple replays of Wil Crane scoring, so I need to say I did not mean to "correct" Tony/troy...yes they rushed the MVP of the game, Damon Beaver and gave individual hugs to Wil Crane during the celebration ....not that Wil did not deserve a rush of hugs, this team knew somebody would score but that Damon and the team defense were the reason they won.No worries, based on reports from campus Wil has received more than enough" individual" appreciation
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