I wouldn’t call it a nice weekend. If the Castleton player didn’t go dumb and commit a major and game misconduct when they scored to make it 3-2, I don’t think NU wins (when it’s 3-1, usually the next goal wins).Nice weekend for the Cadets and….crickets?
I wouldn’t call it a nice weekend. If the Castleton player didn’t go dumb and commit a major and game misconduct when they scored to make it 3-2, I don’t think NU wins (when it’s 3-1, usually the next goal wins).
But that play gave them a little extra reason, and the scored one early. They had 4 more minutes to score another, and gave up better chances than they took.
Same tired stories, getting outshot, WAY too many icings, no snipers again.
They are gun shy!!
No one said these were easy wins, in fact Skidmore hasn't been for some time now, at least at home. But its the trends being seen. They were outplayed must of the Castleton game. And icing the puck so much, especially later in the game, is going to cost you against the top half of the league for sure. This weekend there was far too much dump and chase from a team that, so far, can't get to the puck on the chase. So it comes right back out far more easily than it should.KrbFlint said:The results are the results though. I think it’s time for folks to realize there are no real “gimmes” in the NEHC (JWU and maybe USM) anymore and a weekend without any losses is a good one.
They are gun shy!!
Feels like an old school Plattsburgh/Norwich matchup tonight from the 90s/early 2000s.
both teams playing well, both in the potential national title conversation early on. Looking forward to a great tilt and what should be a jam-packed Stafford Arena.
Certainly no where close to a “must win” for Norwich, but would be a nice feather in their cap and good PWR boost to beat the Cards.
I’ll say Cadets take it 3-2
Third period: 2 power plays plus 1:30 of 6 on 4 at end of game, and managed only 5 shots for the period. That’s not all that’s wrong, but it was more than enough tonight.
Appeared to be out of gas in the third.
Valid points.I've been reading posts on here for more than two decades and I've never felt the need to get an account to respond until now.
Not much feels right with this Cadet program. And it goes beyond the play on the ice. 25th in the Pairwise and that feels correct to me. They are a decent to good team with almost no chance to be great. Kerner might be the only guy on the whole squad who would play significant minutes in an earlier era. Player for player this team is slow. Period. With a few exceptions Ellsworth seems to recruit tall lanky players with poor acceleration. They got beat to 90% of the loose pucks in the 3rd frame by UNE, a team coming off the same holiday break. The style of play is boring to watch to say the least. It's the talk of the crowd in my opinion. Who wants to go watch a team sit back in a 1-2-2 and try to win 1-0 or 2-1? Not me and the people who sit around me I'll tell you that. Not many people in general judging by the recent attendance. There are often pucks just sitting there and the dmen are already backpedaling instead of pinching because they've clearly been told not to which is incredibly frustrating to me and others. Even when they outshoot teams they aren't getting many quality chances.
Something that I hear a bunch of people talking about is how the league has caught up to them and I say BS. More like they've quickly fallen a bit behind. It's not like Hobart appeared out of nowhere in the league. Things go in waves. Babson has been really good for a long time. Heck NEC was a power for a few years and went to the final four. The interlock used to put them up against some very good teams in league games. There were a large number of years when there were two NESCAC teams in the NCAAs whether it be Midd-Bowdoin or Midd-Trinity etc. And listen I said a bit behind and I mean that. I get that 50-60 schools would kill to be Norwich but the standard here is what it is and I want those expectations to stay high. Based on the product I'm seeing on the ice I'm really nervous that this could unravel. It's an ugly product out there when all they do is play not to lose.
For my last point in this rant the atmosphere at the rink is horrible. There are no students at the games. And yes I understand that there won't be during breaks before anyone calls me on that. It's been trending that way for years. There are no promotions other than 50-50 and there's no emotion. The line for the concession is too long. The list goes on and on.
Norwich has won four national championships. I've been going to games since Taylor arena and I had fun in all those other years where they didn't win. I don't think I have unrealistic expectations. Since coming out of the pandemic cancellations and Ellsworth's recruiting classes and Ellsworth's program I haven't been having that much fun and I'm confused that anyone who is really watching feels differently. I want some exciting fast-paced aggressive hockey back in my life and I don't see that happening any time soon with this team and this coach.
