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Norwich 2024-25-Is this the year it turns?

neumyer said:
What league is Norwich going to be in next year?
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Little East like stated below.

It's basically the OG ECAC East getting back together/branching off from the NEHC with Southern Maine, Norwich, Babson, NEC, Castleton and UMass Boston, sprinkled in with some new programs in West Conn and Keene State as well as Plymouth State and UMass Dartmouth coming over from MASCAC and way back in the day used to be ECAC Northeast teams.

Not quite as much fire power as the NEHC, but still should be a solid mid-tier league that every few years will have a second team potentially in contention for an at-large bid.
 
PrezdeJohnson09 said:
Little East like stated below.

It's basically the OG ECAC East getting back together/branching off from the NEHC with Southern Maine, Norwich, Babson, NEC, Castleton and UMass Boston, sprinkled in with some new programs in West Conn and Keene State as well as Plymouth State and UMass Dartmouth coming over from MASCAC and way back in the day used to be ECAC Northeast teams.

Not quite as much fire power as the NEHC, but still should be a solid mid-tier league that every few years will have a second team potentially in contention for an at-large bid.
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There not going to have to wait anytime for a Pool C are they?
 
They needed to split every weekend since Babson. The OT win against Salve was nice and all, but not sealing the game in regulation was costly.

Have to ding Ellsworth for goalie management. Molu every single game should not be. What happens if he is cold? He has no incentive to improve. Not saying 50%, but the other goalies (Wallcarius) should play a third of the games in a given year. That might be for next year at this point (unless we lose game one vs Elmira).

Need to split against Elmira this weekend.

Babson has two against Hobart, so I expect them to drop the last two of the season.

The reality is 2 through 7 in this league anyone can win.

Would love to see a home playoff game.

LETS GO BOYS!
 
much needed sweep for the Cadets!

Unless something funky happens or NU gets swept with no points next weekend, Cadets should be in a great spot to at least get a home quarterfinal game.
 
Ugly in Saratoga last night...

They tried to pull us back in last weekend and convince us they were something more. Average team. Glad we're guaranteed a home game next week but boy is this team frustrating to follow.
 
***JCB*** said:
Ugly in Saratoga last night...

They tried to pull us back in last weekend and convince us they were something more. Average team. Glad we're guaranteed a home game next week but boy is this team frustrating to follow.
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A disappointing outcome to be sure. Falling to fourth , rather than third means they’ll face Hobart sooner, a bad matchup for them.
They just seemed unprepared again and kind of lackluster. Another early goal given up, and then the offense can’t seem to get going.
They have a chance today to
change things, and see what kind of character they have.
 
much better effort tonight, and a somewhat surprising second place finish. Looks like the reward for that is facing Elmira again. Winnable for sure, but coming out like today, and it yesterday, is a must.
Hobart gets the team that handed them a loss…..
 
Very surprising 2nd place finish. Seemed like no team wanted it. I'll be there cheering like I always am. I hope they can get the student section filled up!
 
Elmira won’t lay over for them, but definitely advantage that Norwich doesn’t have to make the 6 hour trip like the Soaring Eagles.
 
It was a win, but they will need to do a lot better tomorrow.

Icings, too too many, partly because there were so many problems clearing the puck out. So much more could be said, but it can wait til the season is over.
 
First the most important thing. Kudos to the players for working through a few really tough spots in the season and getting to the league championship game. They worked hard and I think they pleasantly surprised a lot of us by making it this far. They lost to a much better team today. Can't fault them for that.

Now for the more difficult topic. Today really should be Ellsworth's last day behind the Norwich bench. He clearly isn't the best recruiter but this is about more than wins or losses. He doesn't care about the town. We don't know the players anymore. The students don't support the team. We need a fresh start as we head to the Little East.
 
You tell me 5 years ago what I watched on the ice all year was a Norwich team and I’d call you crazy. This program has completely lost its identity and brand of hockey. What a disgrace
 
jerrynu26 said:
It was a win, but they will need to do a lot better tomorrow.

Icings, too too many, partly because there were so many problems clearing the puck out. So much more could be said, but it can wait til the season is over.
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Season is over so feel free to share your additional thoughts.
 
***JCB*** said:
First the most important thing. Kudos to the players for working through a few really tough spots in the season and getting to the league championship game. They worked hard and I think they pleasantly surprised a lot of us by making it this far. They lost to a much better team today. Can't fault them for that.

Now for the more difficult topic. Today really should be Ellsworth's last day behind the Norwich bench. He clearly isn't the best recruiter but this is about more than wins or losses. He doesn't care about the town. We don't know the players anymore. The students don't support the team. We need a fresh start as we head to the Little East.
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Not good when the team does not get involved with the community,I know at Oswego these kids go far beyond of what is expected of them when it comes to community involvement,they do skates with the community and sign autographs for the kids, rake the lawns of the seniors towns people, pancake breakfasts, etc etc..
 
bakdraft21 said:
Not good when the team does not get involved with the community,I know at Oswego these kids go far beyond of what is expected of them when it comes to community involvement,they do skates with the community and sign autographs for the kids, rake the lawns of the seniors towns people, pancake breakfasts, etc etc..
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Yes, that's what it used to be like here in Northfield. Now it's almost zero. Sad.
 
Bog Hockey said:
Season is over so feel free to share your additional thoughts.
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Let me state that these are my opinions, feel free to disagree on any (or all) points. I won’t say much about my experiences with NU hockey but IYKYK.

There have been far too many unnecessary icings, this past weekend causing a timeout in the second period. I can understand missed passes causing some, and some absolutely necessary ones. But far too often it happens for no decent reason. Practice tossing the puck out without icing it.



The players do have a fair amount of talent, and at times play as well as anyone. When things start to go bad, they tend to stay that way for a while.

On offense, they can cycle the puck effectively, but when the opponent makes adjustments, there doesn’t seem to be alternatives. When they dump it in and chase, and they never get to keep the puck, try something else.



On defense, when pressured at all, the go to seems to be holding the puck on the boards, or make a hurried and/or blind pass. It often looks like they have time to make a play. In the offensive end, they can cycle d-men’s first option appears to be to skate backwards instead of keeping the puck in.



Conditioning seems to be a problem at times as well. Since there isn’t much interaction with “outsiders”, it’s hard to tell the reason for that. As far as physicality goes, it was hopeful to see some checking as part of the game, but there should be more of that.



The last thing I’ll bring up is coaching. I’ve been a fan of Norwich Hockey since the days of the Simonetti’s and others in Taylor Arena. Sometimes they weren’t the most talented teams, but they were put in position to compete by the staff. ImHO, that isn’t happening right now. With as much emphasis (and talk) of being a great defensive team, that just isn’t working.



I could probably go on, but there season is over. A new conference next year, but I’m afraid it will be more of the same. Things are trending down, and if it goes any further, it will be tough to reverse it.



Not going to compare this coach to previous one except to say they are all different, but some coaching strategies are far more effective, and you need to build an actual culture.
 
Just checking the board to see if he resigned in shame yet for making a fast, playmaking , working hard team into a big slow team.

Remind me who was doing the recruiting a few years back.... imho - Steve has been given such tight guardrails by Ellsworth that he can't get the players he would want. This team looks nothing like what the "mad scientist" created... yet they were successful.

Certainly does not make a person want to give any money to the program. Hard to even be a fan with that scheme. Frustrating!
 
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