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Nescac 10 - 11

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dontyelldad said:
I know you don't need to be reminded, but from last year's results:

Jan. 30 Colby 3 Amherst 2 W

Location: Alfond Arena (Waterville), Waterville, Maine
Amherst (12-2-4, 8-1-3 NS) » Colby (3-12-5, 1-8-3 NS)
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I think last night's game is a bit less shocking than the Amherst upset last year. Last year Amherst was a dynamic offensive powerhouse. This year's Trinity team does not score alot, they are a defense/goaltending dominated team. Leave aside the blowout of Salve and the 4 goals against a weak St. Thomas team and they struggle to score 2 goals per game. They win because they give up less than 1.5 goals per game. So, when they run up against a hot goalie like last night, anything can happen.
 
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spike said:
I think last night's game is a bit less shocking than the Amherst upset last year. Last year Amherst was a dynamic offensive powerhouse. This year's Trinity team does not score alot, they are a defense/goaltending dominated team. Leave aside the blowout of Salve and the 4 goals against a weak St. Thomas team and they struggle to score 2 goals per game. They win because they give up less than 1.5 goals per game. So, when they run up against a hot goalie like last night, anything can happen.
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Agreed. Plus, last year's win broke Amherst's string of consecutive league games w/o a loss.
 
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Just looking at the scores of these Colby games, they are in every game it seems. I saw the game last night and the Bowdoin game at the beginning of the season and noticed two things. One, they can be very aggressive on the forecheck which creates chances. Two, they don't allow many great chances for the other team; they may get outshot but the quality of those shots is not great. Look at how many one goal games they are in. In a way, they are a lot like Trinity. Not very dynamic offensively, with the exception of Scarpato, but they don't give up much.
 
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JONESTEST said:
Just looking at the scores of these Colby games, they are in every game it seems. I saw the game last night and the Bowdoin game at the beginning of the season and noticed two things. One, they can be very aggressive on the forecheck which creates chances. Two, they don't allow many great chances for the other team; they may get outshot but the quality of those shots is not great. Look at how many one goal games they are in. In a way, they are a lot like Trinity. Not very dynamic offensively, with the exception of Scarpato, but they don't give up much.
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I don't know what it is that causes people to overlook Colby this year. Won 3 games last year, already won 7 this year. 8 of their 10 losses have been by one goal. They may be small, but in this league, like all others, the difference is called intangibles. And the biggest intangible is called.....heart. From coach down that's what they have. Scarpato is not the only offensive dynamo. Overlook them at your peril, cause when you beat them down the ice, they actually have the best NECAC goalie and she's only a freshman. Calm and cool between the pipes, this team is on the upswing. And when you play a team like Trinity and beat them and some want to call it an upset, strikes me that's something that the losers like to say to justify themselves.
 
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Puck Daddy said:
I don't know what it is that causes people to overlook Colby this year. Won 3 games last year, already won 7 this year. 8 of their 10 losses have been by one goal. They may be small, but in this league, like all others, the difference is called intangibles. And the biggest intangible is called.....heart. From coach down that's what they have. Scarpato is not the only offensive dynamo. Overlook them at your peril, cause when you beat them down the ice, they actually have the best NECAC goalie and she's only a freshman. Calm and cool between the pipes, this team is on the upswing. And when you play a team like Trinity and beat them and some want to call it an upset, strikes me that's something that the losers like to say to justify themselves.
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Lots of parity in the NECAC this year. Lots of good goalies, so a big claim to have the best ... clearly you like at least one of the Colby tenders, but she's got time to prove herself.

That said, some thoughts on your post ..

Yes, Colby has won 7 games this season, but even with the win over Trinity, are 3-7 in league.

Beating Trinity was an upset, as beating Amherst was last year. Good games, and good results, but upsets, nonetheless.

Not sure why you're suggesting that calling it an "upset" is for "losers".

Trinity's proven themselves & they've been winners for a while. Hope Colby can pick up their game and join that crowd.

Good luck to Colby the rest of the way, and hope you continue to enjoy the games.
 
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Puck Daddy said:
I don't know what it is that causes people to overlook Colby this year. Won 3 games last year, already won 7 this year. 8 of their 10 losses have been by one goal. They may be small, but in this league, like all others, the difference is called intangibles. And the biggest intangible is called.....heart. From coach down that's what they have. Scarpato is not the only offensive dynamo. Overlook them at your peril, cause when you beat them down the ice, they actually have the best NECAC goalie and she's only a freshman. Calm and cool between the pipes, this team is on the upswing. And when you play a team like Trinity and beat them and some want to call it an upset, strikes me that's something that the losers like to say to justify themselves.
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Whoa, Daddy, lets not put the cart before the horse. Any real NESCAC fan would welcome Colby into the upper level, as it can only make the league better and give the NCAA more justification to give the league runner up an at large bid. With that said, annointing your goalie right before she plays two games against Amherst is a bit on the bold side. I've been impressed with her play, but right now if the league had a pick-up all star game, she might only be the 3rd, 4th or 5th goalie taken, and likely not even the first frosh. You put the "best goalie" on this Colby team playing its current schedule and that goalie might be 9-5, not 6-8. My point is not to dis your opinion, but this league has been a goalie-dominated league since its inception. Best of luck to Colby in the coming weeks.
 
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spike said:
With that said, annointing your goalie right before she plays two games against Amherst is a bit on the bold side.
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She'll have a lot to live up to, according to CollegeHockeyStats Hazlett put on a clinic against the Jeffs this past weekend.


An idle league play weekend for a few teams, shouldn't be too much shuffling around in the middle of the pack. Looking forward to the last few games, nothing seems set in stone until the last weekend. LOVE that NESCAC parity!
 
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spike said:
Whoa, Daddy, lets not put the cart before the horse. Any real NESCAC fan would welcome Colby into the upper level, as it can only make the league better and give the NCAA more justification to give the league runner up an at large bid. With that said, annointing your goalie right before she plays two games against Amherst is a bit on the bold side. I've been impressed with her play, but right now if the league had a pick-up all star game, she might only be the 3rd, 4th or 5th goalie taken, and likely not even the first frosh. You put the "best goalie" on this Colby team playing its current schedule and that goalie might be 9-5, not 6-8. My point is not to dis your opinion, but this league has been a goalie-dominated league since its inception. Best of luck to Colby in the coming weeks.
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With these upcoming games against Amherst, I would assume Colby will be out shot so she will be tested for sure. Colby doesn't create a ton of really good chances and I think most of their goals will come by crashing the net (vs a beautiful shot from the point or a forward skating thru defenders. They need to put the puck on net and then crash with all their small but speedy forwards. If they put 2 or 3 in the net though, this is certainly a game because, again, they don't give up much at all.
 
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Four nonconference games on for tonight, weather notwithstanding. Looks like the tough call is up in New London where the Valiants call on the Camels. This could be a win that puts Conn College on the map. I have seen Manhattanville lose to Trinity and split with Elmira what seems like eons ago. Conn gets some mileage out of being the in conference tough gals of the NESCAC, but I would not want to get into that type of game with Manhattanville, who, while not quite as big as some past seasons (I am thinking Cherie Stewart and Jen Mulick days-the '04-'05 Valiants racked up 384 penalty minutes) can crash and bash with the best of them.
Hamilton over Potsdam
Middlebury over New England College-Coach Mandigo has the Panthers coming together and playing great team hockey at just the right time and Bloom has been a rock and is having a possibly record breaking season (.960 saves % in conference?!?)
Williams over Castleton-home ice
 
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obserbear said:
Four nonconference games on for tonight, weather notwithstanding. Looks like the tough call is up in New London where the Valiants call on the Camels. This could be a win that puts Conn College on the map. I have seen Manhattanville lose to Trinity and split with Elmira what seems like eons ago. Conn gets some mileage out of being the in conference tough gals of the NESCAC, but I would not want to get into that type of game with Manhattanville, who, while not quite as big as some past seasons (I am thinking Cherie Stewart and Jen Mulick days-the '04-'05 Valiants racked up 384 penalty minutes) can crash and bash with the best of them.
Hamilton over Potsdam
Middlebury over New England College-Coach Mandigo has the Panthers coming together and playing great team hockey at just the right time and Bloom has been a rock and is having a possibly record breaking season (.960 saves % in conference?!?)
Williams over Castleton-home ice
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Great analysis. Conn College has hung in against Am/Mid/Trin and it would be a good day for NESCAC if they could tame the Valiants.

As for the conference, it looks like Middlebury will have to beat Trinity this weekend if they want to have any legit shot at hosting NESCACS. Should be a great game to watch.
 
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Really good game in New London. The refs let them play and things were physical but not out of control. Conn had pressure late in the 3rd, but could not net the equalizer and then Manhattanville banged in an empty netter. Strangely, Conn chose not to have Dumont (their leading scorer) dress for the game???
 
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Conn did play Manhattanville very close last night. Hard to say if the Camels can grab the 4th seed in the NESCAC playoff, as four of their remaining six conference games are on the road (trip to Vermont and visit for two at Hamilton) although Bowdoin may have a bit tougher road to that 4th spot (Amherst twice, Trinity on the road and a season finale against Midd at Watson), but Conn did hang tough against a good Valiant squad.
Manhattanville was buzzing around in the 1st and Conn was having trouble breaking out and then sustaining much offensive pressure. The Valiants got on the board when a Conn player broke her stick, Nonis jumped on the puck and took it into the right corner, made a nice pass to the goalie's gloveside of the crease, which was neatly shovelled past Camel goalie Leichliter inside the stickside post by Hutchinson.
Cote came up big in net for the Valinats midway in the 2nd . Murray won a battle on the left wing board just inside the blueline , had some space and rifled a shot off Cote's blocker, which caught the right post before the puck was frozen. Conn evened the score when a long slap rebounded off the glass into the right wing circle. Farrell's shot from the dot was saved by Cote, but Corbett was there to stuff it under and in. Cote does wander a bit, and was lucky when she and a Conn forward collided and she went down on the boards way over in her gloveside corner, but Conn was unable to get the puck to the front of the net.
The Valiants netted the game winner when Ochionero broke up a Conn breakout at the blueline, worked the puck deep into the left wing corner to Hutchinson, she centered to Little on her forehand, who chipped the puck in up stickside of the Camel goalie. Conn mounted some heavy pressure to tie at about 17 minutes of the 3rd, with several pucks loose in the area of the crease and Cote down having made saves, but the Valiant D did a good job controlling Conn forwards and they could not put the puck in the net. Conn did get their goalie off only to have Hutchinson nail an empty netter from just inside the red line for the 3-1 final.
 
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Oserbear right on the mark with game analysis. M'Ville has some more horses but that Conn Coll team is a scrappy bunch that plays extremely hard. I wouldn't be shocked if CC picks off one of those upper echelon NESCAC teams.
 
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Hard to believe we are watching teams skate into the tail end of the season. Surprise, but Amherst and Middlebury are tied for 1st place and there is the annual dog fight after that. Trinity has 2 games in hand, but may suffer the results of the weekend that was up in Maine; they host a huge game Saturday when the Panthers come calling. The Polar Bears currently sit in 3rd, but have 2 with Amherst and 1 with Middlebury (in the friendly confines of Watson) and a road game with Trinity yet to be played, and they may really regret that dreadful loss to Conn two weeks back. It is just a bit too early to start sorting it all out. Doubtless some great hockey left!
Friday:
Trinity over Williams
Amherst over Colby-after last season's upset in Waterville, I think the Lord Jeffs will take the White Mules seriously; Zukas has benefited from a D partner switch and her offense (3-11-14) has come alive
Middlebury over Wesleyan
Saturday:
Williams over Wesleyan
Amherst over Colby-see above and add in a revenge factor for stopping Amherst's conference unbeaten streak last year
Middlebury over Trinity-I intend to watch this game myself; I think the Panthers are peaking at the right time and Bloom is on a record setting pace in net (.960 in conference saves %); the Bantams are suddenly offensively challenged, although Weiss (2nd in conference scoring 13-6-19) is having another outstanding season
Non-conference action sees Conn College hosting and beating Southern Maine twice and Bowdoin taking on Sacred Heart twice (and I just cannot ever figure out this season's Polar Bears and why are they playing Sacred Heart once let alone twice???)
 
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I am predicting an upset somewhere in there..just no idea who. Maybe Trinity over Midd or Wes. over Williams. No idea but you heard it here first. :eek:
 
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