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Norwich 2018-19 Season Thread: The Ellsworth Era begins

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PuckVoice said:
It is a long season and there will be ups and downs with this young team, but the Hobart win shows how good this group can be. That Gorilla is off their backs ... now on to Boston and the Beacons/Beavers doubleheader this weekend.
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One thing to note. Norwich was missing arguably a top 2 defenseman in Jake Erickson all weekend and then a top 6/9 forward in Carter Cowlthorp.

Very encouraging indeed to get the Hobart monkey off their back without those two in lineup.
 
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Tough game at UMass, couldn’t find the back of the net. Need to clean up the power play and keep improving. Never have I ever seen so many phantom ref calls in a game either..
 
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We have 3 of our 6 kids here this weekend in FL so I was not able to watch last night's game or today's game. What exactly was the bench penalty called for last night before the starters were announced that seemed to throw the Cadets off at the start of the game. My classmate who was there could not explain it and the Boston fans he was sitting next to were very surprised. Anyway after the first 10 minutes we seemed to do well. I read both teams' news stories who summarized the game very well, but it would be helpful to me as an aging NU fan to see some opinions and perspective. Any help out there? Many thanks for any remarks. Hope to get some info out of this board.
 
NU56 said:
We have 3 of our 6 kids here this weekend in FL so I was not able to watch last night's game or today's game. What exactly was the bench penalty called for last night before the starters were announced that seemed to throw the Cadets off at the start of the game. My classmate who was there could not explain it and the Boston fans he was sitting next to were very surprised. Anyway after the first 10 minutes we seemed to do well. I read both teams' news stories who summarized the game very well, but it would be helpful to me as an aging NU fan to see some opinions and perspective. Any help out there? Many thanks for any remarks. Hope to get some info out of this board.
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I was not there nor did I watch. My guess would be late getting on the ice which is a delay of game bench penalty.
 
NU56 said:
We have 3 of our 6 kids here this weekend in FL so I was not able to watch last night's game or today's game. What exactly was the bench penalty called for last night before the starters were announced that seemed to throw the Cadets off at the start of the game. My classmate who was there could not explain it and the Boston fans he was sitting next to were very surprised. Anyway after the first 10 minutes we seemed to do well. I read both teams' news stories who summarized the game very well, but it would be helpful to me as an aging NU fan to see some opinions and perspective. Any help out there? Many thanks for any remarks. Hope to get some info out of this board.
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Protocol penalty. Reported to the ice 20-30 seconds late. Supposed to be there at 6:50 on the clock.
 
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2-0-0 at home.
0-2-1 on the road.

Hopefully that's not a precedent for the rest of the season. Thankfully, with the exception of Hobart, the toughest road games are now in the rear-view mirror.
 
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Four solid periods on the weekend ... but two bad ones (Period One on Friday night and Period Three on Saturday) gave NU a pair of painful losses. Like I said last week, ups and downs with a young team. The talent is there ... they will be fine.

Curious what you folks thought of Coach McShane's debut on Saturday? I thought he was great!
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
Protocol penalty. Reported to the ice 20-30 seconds late. Supposed to be there at 6:50 on the clock.
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I've seen that called a couple of times. Usually there is little leeway, but if the visitors are more than 10 seconds behind the home team, a penalty can result. The NCAA has a strict game protocol, which dictates when all activities on the ice take place before the game and during the intermissions.
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
Protocol penalty. Reported to the ice 20-30 seconds late. Supposed to be there at 6:50 on the clock.
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Thanks, that is what I thought. I had the misinformation (fake news?) that there were other skaters on the ice and they couldn't get on in time.
 
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PuckVoice said:
Four solid periods on the weekend ... but two bad ones (Period One on Friday night and Period Three on Saturday) gave NU a pair of painful losses. Like I said last week, ups and downs with a young team. The talent is there ... they will be fine.

Curious what you folks thought of Coach McShane's debut on Saturday? I thought he was great!
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It was really nice to hear how positive McShane was about his old team, his passion and love for the team I thought came through loud and clear. I hope we can hear him help with the broadcast more. Nice job coach!!
 
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have to agree with puckvoice-terrific learning experience for this year's team-you need 60 minutes of good hockey to win- especially against any quality team-- looking foward to the next game already
 
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Gotta get healthy. I think they miss Erickson and Cowlthorp more than we realize. Coach Ellsworth has talked, since day one, about being the best team they can be in February/March, not October/November. There's a learning curve, but I expect this team to put it together and get hot in the second semester.
 
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Lots of things for this group to learn. Not surprising to have a rough go on the road for their first away league weekend.
 
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any news from north of the border against the quebec allstars??
 
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Line Score:

Norwich 1 0 0 - 1
Quebec 2 0 1 - 3

Shots
Norwich 7 11 16 - 34
Quebec 13 10 4 - 27

Norwich Goal
19:53 (1st Period) Chicoine (Korol, DiBitetto)

Goaltender - Mercer 27 shots/24 saves

Following Players are not listed on the game sheet so I am assuming they did not play:
Swystun, Jackson, Lewis, Thompson, Downs, Erickson, Cowlthorp, Borduas, Swanson, Cronin and Aubrun
 
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visited Granby to watch the game over the weekend in an outstanding facility which has a capacity of over 3000 and used to hold a Q major junior hockey team. The arena also has a restaurant/snack bar on one end and includes two rinks in the facility . Very fast paced game which should help the team get ready for this weekend. The Quebec All Stars had a few very skilled forwards that were good at making moves in close.

Prez did this exhibition game count toward the total allocated to Norwich or did we get an additional game for playing in Canada.
 
hawk said:
visited Granby to watch the game over the weekend in an outstanding facility which has a capacity of over 3000 and used to hold a Q major junior hockey team. The arena also has a restaurant/snack bar on one end and includes two rinks in the facility . Very fast paced game which should help the team get ready for this weekend. The Quebec All Stars had a few very skilled forwards that were good at making moves in close.

Prez did this exhibition game count toward the total allocated to Norwich or did we get an additional game for playing in Canada.
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Every 4 years you’re allowed to take an “international trip”. If you recall 4 years ago Norwich went up to quebec and played two games as part of this. That’s how Norwich was able to play the two exhibitions that they are limited too, but also play this additional game because of the international trip rule.
 
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