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Mercyhurst Lakers 20-21!!!!
- Thread starter Lindsay
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Thanks! It was fun to watch. GL to your Nittany Lions today as well!Man, Mercyhurst just came out deciding to blast Syracuse in the third period - congrats on a big win and good luck tomorrow (I don't like Syracuse)!
Lakers win 2-1. Awesome job Lakers!
Bellefontaine is one of Cuse’s best players, helped them get their goal (and it was only a matter of time cause she was buzzing in the second), but she took three penalties in the game (2 against Vasko, 1 against Dobson) and on the third one the Lakers finally made Cuse pay.
It was 22 seconds left, face off in the Cuse zone, a 5 on 3. Lakers pp had been bad all game but this time they got possession, were very patient. When they finally took their shot the first shot was saved. Dobson went to corral the puck behind the net and then something quite crazy happened. 22 on Cuse moved Dobson off the puck by bear hugging her and throwing her to the ground WWE style. I took my eyes off the puck to watch this play out. Perhaps in a 5 on 5 or maybe even 5 on 4 situation this would have made some sense? But in hindsight 22 should have just tried to get the puck on the wall and eat time. Dobson is not a big player, it had to have been possible. But lucky for Hurst fans the puck was left alone. The 2 remaining Cuse skaters were hesitant to leave the front of the net. Lakers’ Vasko left her spot in the slot, skates behind the net, grabbed the puck and had the time to slide it into the slot to Boucher, who already had a goal earlier in the period. Boucher is so comfortable in the slot, she didn’t miss. It was a great scene to watch - seeing Vasko’s face as her view of the goal was from behind the net, Boucher celebrating, and the Laker D had of course encroached on the scene looking for rebounds....and Dobson was still left of scene in a melee with 22. 22 exited the scene and the Lakers went to celebrate by Dobson as she picked herself up.
another fun one to watch.
Bellefontaine is one of Cuse’s best players, helped them get their goal (and it was only a matter of time cause she was buzzing in the second), but she took three penalties in the game (2 against Vasko, 1 against Dobson) and on the third one the Lakers finally made Cuse pay.
It was 22 seconds left, face off in the Cuse zone, a 5 on 3. Lakers pp had been bad all game but this time they got possession, were very patient. When they finally took their shot the first shot was saved. Dobson went to corral the puck behind the net and then something quite crazy happened. 22 on Cuse moved Dobson off the puck by bear hugging her and throwing her to the ground WWE style. I took my eyes off the puck to watch this play out. Perhaps in a 5 on 5 or maybe even 5 on 4 situation this would have made some sense? But in hindsight 22 should have just tried to get the puck on the wall and eat time. Dobson is not a big player, it had to have been possible. But lucky for Hurst fans the puck was left alone. The 2 remaining Cuse skaters were hesitant to leave the front of the net. Lakers’ Vasko left her spot in the slot, skates behind the net, grabbed the puck and had the time to slide it into the slot to Boucher, who already had a goal earlier in the period. Boucher is so comfortable in the slot, she didn’t miss. It was a great scene to watch - seeing Vasko’s face as her view of the goal was from behind the net, Boucher celebrating, and the Laker D had of course encroached on the scene looking for rebounds....and Dobson was still left of scene in a melee with 22. 22 exited the scene and the Lakers went to celebrate by Dobson as she picked herself up.
another fun one to watch.
Reddington
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Lindsay the scout:. Noticed Boucher had three goals this weekend.
Lindsay the scout:. Noticed Boucher had three goals this weekend.
she did, and got rookie of the week for it! Ena Nystrom got goalie of the week and Pinto was player of the week. Hopefully they recovered quickly as they are back on the ice right now vs Robert Morris.
These Tuesday games, feels very Hockey East like.
Reddington
Well-known member
Not a fan of these mid week games - very unfriendly for the student athlete.
Thanks for the heads up a - Tuesday game at 2 pm. Crazy.
Thanks for the heads up a - Tuesday game at 2 pm. Crazy.
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After falling to RMU last week, the Lakers have won their 2 most recent games against Lindenwood. Tomorrow they play Lindenwood again. Sara Boucher is continuing her scoring ways, putting up a hat trick yesterday, the first since Robillard did it in December of 2019. Not sure who Mercyhurst's last freshman was to score a hat trick, but this is great to see. Without a doubt she benefits from the team around her, so the challenge is to keep creating those scoring opportunities. Teams are going to start trying to tie her up a bit better I have no doubt, and the rest of Hurst's roster will need to take advantage of that created space.
Lakers can't get complacent going into tomorrow's game, need to be taking advantage of every opportunity to get better as playoffs approach. Congrats to Penn State on their first ever CHA Reg Season Championship. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but I think only RMU and Hurst had won it previously.
Lakers can't get complacent going into tomorrow's game, need to be taking advantage of every opportunity to get better as playoffs approach. Congrats to Penn State on their first ever CHA Reg Season Championship. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but I think only RMU and Hurst had won it previously.
https://mobile.twitter.com/HurstWHockey/status/1362876660228448256
Boucher’s 3 goals from yesterday, a shorty on her forehand, a wrister from the point and a back hand rebound.
Boucher’s 3 goals from yesterday, a shorty on her forehand, a wrister from the point and a back hand rebound.
Reddington
Well-known member
Quite the story leading Mercyhurst in goals. Thanks for the link.
Tough night yesterday for the Lakers as they fell 5-2 to the visiting Nittany Lions. Luckily they get another game today. Penn State looks much improved, they have more depth than they used to but have not relinquished their work ethic or discipline at all. There was a play with about 6 minutes left in the 2nd where a Penn State player skated through the neutral zone, had no help from her teammates so dumped the puck in and then just skated past 3 Lakers and got her own dump in. This kind of summed up too much of the game for the Lakers. There's no doubt Penn State is improved, but leaving players all alone in the slot either to catch passess or take whacks at rebounds is not a recipe for Lake success.
The good news is I didn't watch and think the Lakers can't beat Penn State. They absolutely can, and opportunity looms today and inthe CHA tourney. Two bright spots in the game from Lakers perspective were Dobson and Silvonen. Dobson's scoring is down this year but she is still scoring against the strongest teams in the league, which is good. She had 2 yesterday, the first coming just after the shift I described previously. Dobson had been bring energy all through the first and second and late in the second got rewarded for it. Nothing out of this world, corraled a puck on the right side of the ice inside the blue line, beat one Penn State D, then used the other as a screen to score on the back hand. My point is that Bothun is good but certainly not unbeatable. The next goal that came just a few minutes later was a melee in front of the net on the PP. Good hardworking goal by that pp unit. Adolffson, who plays a real physical game was giving it to Dobson in front of the net at times, great discipline by Dobson to just keep working through it and not retaliate. The other bright spot was Silvonen. She came in to start the 2nd, relieving Nystrom. Nystrom didn't play terrible, didn't play great either and the team needed a spark. Silvonen gave up a goal early in the 2nd - untouched Penn State player put in a rebound. But after that Silvonen really held Hurst in it for stretches where they just didn't have it. I assume she'll start today.
Lakers pp looks decent, they do a great job getting Boucher the puck on the point for one timers. With traffic in front and if Boucher can get more on net (reminiscent of a young Zumwinkle in that regard), Lakers will get some more on the pp. Definitely need to make Bothun's job harder at seeing pucks, make life harder for the Penn State d in front of the net.
Looking at Penn State, where was Heising yesterday? Hard to believe this result occurred with out her. Zanon is a real patient player, loves to hang out back door and let her teammates feed her the puck. Wallin is fantastic, and I will be happy when the tough, big, and skilled Adolffson graduates.
Let's go Lakers, get it done today! Off to read the Penn State thread now.
The good news is I didn't watch and think the Lakers can't beat Penn State. They absolutely can, and opportunity looms today and inthe CHA tourney. Two bright spots in the game from Lakers perspective were Dobson and Silvonen. Dobson's scoring is down this year but she is still scoring against the strongest teams in the league, which is good. She had 2 yesterday, the first coming just after the shift I described previously. Dobson had been bring energy all through the first and second and late in the second got rewarded for it. Nothing out of this world, corraled a puck on the right side of the ice inside the blue line, beat one Penn State D, then used the other as a screen to score on the back hand. My point is that Bothun is good but certainly not unbeatable. The next goal that came just a few minutes later was a melee in front of the net on the PP. Good hardworking goal by that pp unit. Adolffson, who plays a real physical game was giving it to Dobson in front of the net at times, great discipline by Dobson to just keep working through it and not retaliate. The other bright spot was Silvonen. She came in to start the 2nd, relieving Nystrom. Nystrom didn't play terrible, didn't play great either and the team needed a spark. Silvonen gave up a goal early in the 2nd - untouched Penn State player put in a rebound. But after that Silvonen really held Hurst in it for stretches where they just didn't have it. I assume she'll start today.
Lakers pp looks decent, they do a great job getting Boucher the puck on the point for one timers. With traffic in front and if Boucher can get more on net (reminiscent of a young Zumwinkle in that regard), Lakers will get some more on the pp. Definitely need to make Bothun's job harder at seeing pucks, make life harder for the Penn State d in front of the net.
Looking at Penn State, where was Heising yesterday? Hard to believe this result occurred with out her. Zanon is a real patient player, loves to hang out back door and let her teammates feed her the puck. Wallin is fantastic, and I will be happy when the tough, big, and skilled Adolffson graduates.
Let's go Lakers, get it done today! Off to read the Penn State thread now.
Lakers win in OT vs 8th ranked Penn State. Great answer to yesterday. Goals from Vasko, Sarah Nelles, and Pinto got the OT winner. OT winner below. Nice job Lakers!
https://twitter.com/HurstWHockey/status/1365772281583181828?s=20
https://twitter.com/HurstWHockey/status/1365772281583181828?s=20
ZedLeppelin
Motormouth
Lakers win in OT vs 8th ranked Penn State. Great answer to yesterday. Goals from Vasko, Sarah Nelles, and Pinto got the OT winner. OT winner below. Nice job Lakers!
https://twitter.com/HurstWHockey/status/1365772281583181828?s=20
Man, Pinto really stuck with that one...nice goal!
Cuse did the Lakers a huge favor today sweeping RMU. Lakers now have a better winning percentage than RMU so they have clinched second seed according to Lakers Twitter account. Tough one for RMU as they won head to head series against Hurst and have more points as they as also played more games. Benefit of the second seed is that the Lakers clinch a bye to the CHA semi final. I didn’t realize or think that was in reach for them. As we’ve said so many times, what a strange year.
ZedLeppelin
Motormouth
Cuse did the Lakers a huge favor today sweeping RMU. Lakers now have a better winning percentage than RMU so they have clinched second seed according to Lakers Twitter account. Tough one for RMU as they won head to head series against Hurst and have more points as they as also played more games. Benefit of the second seed is that the Lakers clinch a bye to the CHA semi final. I didn’t realize or think that was in reach for them. As we’ve said so many times, what a strange year.
So Penn State and Mercyhurst sit out the first round, and it's Robert Morris vs RIT, and Syracuse vs Lindenwood to start the tournament next weekend. I have to guess Robert Morris and Syracuse win those, so the semifinal ends up Penn State vs Syracuse, and Mercyhurst vs Robert Morris. Am I thinking that right?
So Penn State and Mercyhurst sit out the first round, and it's Robert Morris vs RIT, and Syracuse vs Lindenwood to start the tournament next weekend. I have to guess Robert Morris and Syracuse win those, so the semifinal ends up Penn State vs Syracuse, and Mercyhurst vs Robert Morris. Am I thinking that right?
Yes thats how I’m reading it too, although I am in the anything can happen camp as far as upsets in any game. Certainly Cuse and RMU are favored in Thursday game but we’ll see. They reseed should upsets occur.
Beautiful goal by Grace Nelles. Intercepted a Vasko shot on net with her skate and passes it to herself, skated past a planted DeSmet and worsted it in. Tons of emotion on her celebration. And Lakers back on the PP with 7 left in the 2nd.
Nystrom playing well, RMU carried the play first half of the second.
Nystrom playing well, RMU carried the play first half of the second.