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Norwich 2022-23 Back to Normal (ish)
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bakdraft21
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What I hope Prez is still around??
CARDS_rule_the_Burgh
Nate LePage, Siena '13
He’s taken an Athletic Director position at a high school in VT.
bakdraft21
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Ok congrats to him hope he remembers us, or what's left of us ;-))
bakdraft21
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my dads NU55
PrezdeJohnson09
Proud supporter of Osmirwich hockey
Appreciate the kind words! I had a great 12 years at Norwich. I’ll still be around the rink from time to time as my wife still works at Norwich and the new job I took is just 25 minutes away from Northfield. We still live in Northfield currently!
bakdraft21
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Perhaps Prez for Norwich AD in the future???..
PrezdeJohnson09
Proud supporter of Osmirwich hockey
Long way from that! Norwich is in great hands with Ed Hockenbury taking over for Tony Mariano. He’ll do a great job. One of the toughest parts of my decision to move on was not getting the chance to work with Ed for longer than six months.
bakdraft21
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Ok maybe head back over to Oz then?? Best of luck!!
bakdraft21
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Ok maybe head back over to Oz then?? Best of luck!!
Best of luck Prez, to you and your family. You will be sorely missed.
Any chance that the two exhibition games will be broadcast? Puck Voice, are you there?
I would love to get some more info on the returning players, some of which graduated last year. Plus any info on the new guys. I know there is a change over in the sports info department causing a delay in the team's new player intro, so if anyone is catching any practices or talk about practices/team, could you fill us in. First exhibition game is this Sat., I'm getting excited for hockey season even though it is still in the 80/90 degrees here in Florida. Thanks ahead of time.
Any chance that the two exhibition games will be broadcast? Puck Voice, are you there?
I would love to get some more info on the returning players, some of which graduated last year. Plus any info on the new guys. I know there is a change over in the sports info department causing a delay in the team's new player intro, so if anyone is catching any practices or talk about practices/team, could you fill us in. First exhibition game is this Sat., I'm getting excited for hockey season even though it is still in the 80/90 degrees here in Florida. Thanks ahead of time.
If the fall sports coverage is any indication, prepare yourself for a frustrating and disappointing winter. Prez and friends did a great job and the drop off has been, um…significant
Very disappointed so far!! The silence is deafening!
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I don't know who the new SID is but hope they or their staff are checking out this blog and know how important this information is to fan's not in the local area. I watch every game and would be there in person if I were still in Vermont. The fan base has been very important to the team, and following CoVid, this is no time for Norwich to disappear from the world. I am willing to give you some adjustment time, but please, don't disappoint us.
No director yet (Prez's former role). Two "assistant directors" have been hired and working since August. The product has left much to be desired. You folks may be most concerned with hockey, but the coverage for all the fall sports has been supremely lackluster. On a given weekend, a check of the website, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook will often have no results listed anywhere for soccer, football, volleyball, cross country or golf. With the start of the hockey season right around the corner, I am not optimistic about rapid improvement.
OK, doesn't look good does it? I do have confidence that the admin. will be fervently interviewing on this position as we speak. Although I am not as much of a fan for the fall sports, I do like to see how the Cadets have been doing on the website and believe all sports should get the same treatment. Hope the fans attending the games will supplement the info we get on line until the SID can put out a nice package. Those who follow this site and go to games, get some friends to sign up to USCHO to comment on the games and "blow up" this page! 
The games are still going to be streamed, right? With George Coumo?
I have a positive feeling about the team and Coach this year. We had a lot of ties and OT's last year that could have gone either way. A large group of new players and some strong veterans returning to the team that I wasn't aware of (as well as the returning players we knew about), is making this year look great...at least on paper.
The games are still going to be streamed, right? With George Coumo?
I have a positive feeling about the team and Coach this year. We had a lot of ties and OT's last year that could have gone either way. A large group of new players and some strong veterans returning to the team that I wasn't aware of (as well as the returning players we knew about), is making this year look great...at least on paper.
Hey NU 56, I watched on line and though there was no announcer other than the PA system which was hard to hear, I was glad to see that Norwich looked pretty good, dominating most of the game. Shots on goal appeared to be a final count of 30 something to 11, if that was accurate. Final score was 5-1 NU.
First period ended in a 1-1 tie with Atherton in goal and letting a screened shot in when there was a scrum in front of the goal. Nothing he could do about it. Second period ended with what I believe to be a 3-1 advantage to the Cadets. Hines was in goal but didn't seem too challenged as the defense and forechecking kept the puck out of his way. Third period was much like the second except Albino was in goal and had the greatest challenge at one moment, with multiple shots coming at him that he artfully put aside. He looked the most ready, alert, and nimble of all three goalies, in my opinion.
Scoring- 17 Patrick O'Neal had 2 goals, 39 Gaudette 1 goal, newcomers 19 Paul Schmid had a goal and assist, (assist were virtually impossible to hear over the PA, that one was the only one I caught), and Freshman 16 Ryan Leonard had a sweet take away shorthanded and scored! He had great puck handling and speed as did Paul Schmid.
Offense- overall I was pleased with passing, shots, forecheck and speed of all the players. New forwards looked good, the names and numbers were hard to read (I agree with Puck Voice about the Camo uniforms!), but the names I did catch were 24 Johnny Johnson, 19 Paul Schmid, 26 Charles Obobbaifo (how do you pronounce that?), and 16 Ryan Leonard. There were others out on the ice I am sure, as lines and line mates were constantly changing and as I said, uni's were awful to read, can't distinguish a 16 from an 18 etc. Of all of our veterans on the ice that played well, 3 stood out to me. #1 hustle man and speedster, 10 Mike McKenzie- if you want a man to get a puck out of a scrum in the corner, it's Mike. He is always in a play and fast. He gets the puck in front of the net, unfortunately there isn't always a player ready for the pass to shoot on goal, and it's not Mike's fault. He may be small but he has great hockey skills and insight, he reminds me of Colin Mulvey. #2 scrum man and speedster has to be 9 Patrick Delvecchio, fast and physical, he too is not afraid to get in the scrum, use his body, protect and produce the puck. #3 most improved forward 18 Ian Tookenay, he stood out last night with more physicality, nice passing and speed down the ice.
Defense- was quite solid with only 1 or 2 incidences of not getting the puck out of the zone. The passing was pretty good, better than I have seen this early in the season. Banovetz, Nagle, Jones and Mantaro all looked comfortable with new comers 73 Ryan Poorman, 44 Adam Shuchart, 4 Devon Thibadeau and 3 Matt Helpard. Passing was a bit of a question during the power plays but not bad at all.
Penalty Kill was good with few shots given away, and as I said, we scored our first short handed goal in a long time.
Power play, not bad but a little unorganized. Would like more to see more one timers and movement of the puck in general. This will all be fixed in time.
All this is from an arm chair coach, my own opinion and from a great distance from Kreitzberg! Please take it with a grain of salt (grin). Love to hear from others, especially those at the game. Come on, get this site going.
First period ended in a 1-1 tie with Atherton in goal and letting a screened shot in when there was a scrum in front of the goal. Nothing he could do about it. Second period ended with what I believe to be a 3-1 advantage to the Cadets. Hines was in goal but didn't seem too challenged as the defense and forechecking kept the puck out of his way. Third period was much like the second except Albino was in goal and had the greatest challenge at one moment, with multiple shots coming at him that he artfully put aside. He looked the most ready, alert, and nimble of all three goalies, in my opinion.
Scoring- 17 Patrick O'Neal had 2 goals, 39 Gaudette 1 goal, newcomers 19 Paul Schmid had a goal and assist, (assist were virtually impossible to hear over the PA, that one was the only one I caught), and Freshman 16 Ryan Leonard had a sweet take away shorthanded and scored! He had great puck handling and speed as did Paul Schmid.
Offense- overall I was pleased with passing, shots, forecheck and speed of all the players. New forwards looked good, the names and numbers were hard to read (I agree with Puck Voice about the Camo uniforms!), but the names I did catch were 24 Johnny Johnson, 19 Paul Schmid, 26 Charles Obobbaifo (how do you pronounce that?), and 16 Ryan Leonard. There were others out on the ice I am sure, as lines and line mates were constantly changing and as I said, uni's were awful to read, can't distinguish a 16 from an 18 etc. Of all of our veterans on the ice that played well, 3 stood out to me. #1 hustle man and speedster, 10 Mike McKenzie- if you want a man to get a puck out of a scrum in the corner, it's Mike. He is always in a play and fast. He gets the puck in front of the net, unfortunately there isn't always a player ready for the pass to shoot on goal, and it's not Mike's fault. He may be small but he has great hockey skills and insight, he reminds me of Colin Mulvey. #2 scrum man and speedster has to be 9 Patrick Delvecchio, fast and physical, he too is not afraid to get in the scrum, use his body, protect and produce the puck. #3 most improved forward 18 Ian Tookenay, he stood out last night with more physicality, nice passing and speed down the ice.
Defense- was quite solid with only 1 or 2 incidences of not getting the puck out of the zone. The passing was pretty good, better than I have seen this early in the season. Banovetz, Nagle, Jones and Mantaro all looked comfortable with new comers 73 Ryan Poorman, 44 Adam Shuchart, 4 Devon Thibadeau and 3 Matt Helpard. Passing was a bit of a question during the power plays but not bad at all.
Penalty Kill was good with few shots given away, and as I said, we scored our first short handed goal in a long time.
Power play, not bad but a little unorganized. Would like more to see more one timers and movement of the puck in general. This will all be fixed in time.
All this is from an arm chair coach, my own opinion and from a great distance from Kreitzberg! Please take it with a grain of salt (grin). Love to hear from others, especially those at the game. Come on, get this site going.