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Norwich Cadets '13-14 - A New Look Forward

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Pleasant surprise to wake up this morning to see that Norwich received a at large bid. I figured Trinity would get in before Norwich. Amherst must have been ranked which gave Norwich one more ranked win but also killed Trinity chances with two loses to Amherst. Hopefully the flu season is over and all hands are on deck for Salem State. Thank you Coach Bill Beaney & Co. :)
 
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I'm loathe to look past any team at this stage of the season, but I'll go out on a limb and guess that PuckVoice is secretly rooting for Nichols in the Nichols/Geneseo play-in game. :D

Trivia Question of the Day; How far is it from Northfield, VT to Geneseo, NY?

Looking forward to Wednesday night. I hope there are no more flu casualties.
 
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nujack said:
I'm loathe to look past any team at this stage of the season, but I'll go out on a limb and guess that PuckVoice is secretly rooting for Nichols in the Nichols/Geneseo play-in game. :D

Trivia Question of the Day; How far is it from Northfield, VT to Geneseo, NY?

Looking forward to Wednesday night. I hope there are no more flu casualties.
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According to the TES (the NCAA milage bible) it is 373 miles.
https://web1.ncaa.org/TES/exec/miles
 
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I think most NU fans while saddened by the loss Saturday night came away feeling that with those 15 freshmen maturing during the off season that NU would come back in fine shape for the 2014-15 campaign.

Surprise…surprise…NU is going to the NCAA dance. Lots of theories on how they made it and some day when I have an eternity of time to kill someone can explain how the NCAA arrives at the selection of non-conference championship teams. So far when others try to explain it to me....it all just comes across like the plot to a 19th Century Russian novel. I am just very happy but confused. :confused:

Sadly Plattsburg did not make it. I saw all the NU games this year and honestly thought the Cards were the most thoroughly put together team I saw at ever level. They are disappointed no doubt—but it is clear the NCAA could not reasonable put three SUNYAC teams into the playoffs. I get it. But I am not sure the Cards do.

Meanwhile, Trinity went from NCAA’s #1 top dog in the East to zip. And I cannot believe that Bowdoin’s showing both against the Bantam on Saturday which I watched.....followed by their win on Sunday against Amherst didn’t in the end bury Trinity's chances for a bid. I have been wondering—and maybe the NCAA has been as well--whether the NESCAC is not as competitive as it once was...or by comparison to the ECAC-E. In other words, did the NESCAC leaving the interlock with the ECAC-E—hurt them in the eyes of the NCAA? That is all behind us and for smarter folks than me to figure out.

I am just happy that the Cadets have blessed twice now---first by that St. Mike’s late season tie against Babson and now in the form of a chance to play for the NCAA title My advice? Seize the day! My wish? An NCAA title game against Babson.

But first things first—beat Salem State and move forward one at a time. Go Cadets. Good luck.
:)
 
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Old Rook NU'66 said:
I think most NU fans while saddened by the loss Saturday night came away feeling that with those 15 freshmen maturing during the off season that NU would come back in fine shape for the 2014-15 campaign.

Surprise…surprise…NU is going to the NCAA dance. Lots of theories on how they made it and some day when I have an eternity of time to kill someone can explain how the NCAA arrives at the selection of non-conference championship teams. So far when others try to explain it to me....it all just comes across like the plot to a 19th Century Russian novel. I am just very happy but confused. :confused:

Sadly Plattsburg did not make it. I saw all the NU games this year and honestly thought the Cards were the most thoroughly put together team I saw at ever level. They are disappointed no doubt—but it is clear the NCAA could not reasonable put three SUNYAC teams into the playoffs. I get it. But I am not sure the Cards do.

Meanwhile, Trinity went from NCAA’s #1 top dog in the East to zip. And I cannot believe that Bowdoin’s showing both against the Bantam on Saturday which I watched.....followed by their win on Sunday against Amherst didn’t in the end bury Trinity's chances for a bid. I have been wondering—and maybe the NCAA has been as well--whether the NESCAC is not as competitive as it once was...or by comparison to the ECAC-E. In other words, did the NESCAC leaving the interlock with the ECAC-E—hurt them in the eyes of the NCAA? That is all behind us and for smarter folks than me to figure out.

I am just happy that the Cadets have blessed twice now---first by that St. Mike’s late season tie against Babson and now in the form of a chance to play for the NCAA title My advice? Seize the day! My wish? An NCAA title game against Babson.

But first things first—beat Salem State and move forward one at a time. Go Cadets. Good luck.
:)
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+1.

I had the thought last night, It is neat that the selection committee doesn't have us potentially meeting Babson again until the semi finals... what a way to wrap up the season and potentially the ticket sales.:D

I have also thought that the ECAC West, NESCAC and ECAC Northeast have become the weaker leagues in the East but I am not really sure why. Can't blame the split between the East and NESCAC for the West and Northeast.
 
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i find it alarming for any norwich fan to look past any team since scoring goals lately has been a real chore.let's hope for good results on wednesday.go cadets
 
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17'sfanNU said:
+1.
I had the thought last night, It is neat that the selection committee doesn't have us potentially meeting Babson again until the semi finals... what a way to wrap up the season and potentially the ticket sales.:D
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Actually the potential matchup with the Beavers would be in the finals. We are in opposite brackets.
 
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Given the weather forecast for Wednesday night Salem State should reserve rooms now. 12-20" according to WCAX.
 
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peddler said:
Given the weather forecast for Wednesday night Salem State should reserve rooms now. 12-20" according to WCAX.
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Salem is coming up Tuesday and will be watching the weather closely on Wednesday night and make a decision on whether or not to trek back after the game.
 
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17'sfanNU said:
+1.

I had the thought last night, It is neat that the selection committee doesn't have us potentially meeting Babson again until the semi finals... what a way to wrap up the season and potentially the ticket sales.:D
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Babson-Norwich would be an epic battle. As a Babson grad living in Portland, however, I'm hoping your Cadets lose in the semi's. You guys travel well, so that will mean you'll have bought plenty of tickets, thereby increasing the number of folks who might be willing to unload an unwanted ticket to the NC game on yours truly for a fair price. :D
 
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peddler said:
Given the weather forecast for Wednesday night Salem State should reserve rooms now. 12-20" according to WCAX.
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I think there was a big snow when Salem beat Castleton in an ECAC-E QF (2008??). One of our parents sort of went off the road on Rt 7 on the way back.
 
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Old Rook NU'66 said:
....Sadly Plattsburg did not make it. I saw all the NU games this year and honestly thought the Cards were the most thoroughly put together team I saw at ever level. They are disappointed no doubt—but it is clear the NCAA could not reasonable put three SUNYAC teams into the playoffs. I get it. But I am not sure the Cards do. ....
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+1 The Cards were definitely the best team I saw on the ice this year, but that was back in January. Those two late season losses to Oswego and the fact that there were two other SUNYAC teams out of 11 sealed their fate.

I hope the Cadets take full advantage of this opportunity. To be honest, I don't see them as a NC team at this stage, but I didn't see the 2009-2010 team as a NC team at this stage 4 years ago and they surprised the heck out of me. I think if they step up their game and start scoring and shooting the puck on the power play that they could make the Frozen Four but... one game at a time.
 
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The Cadets have got to stop those defense lapses in their own zone if they want to advance. I can think of at least 3 times in games that I saw that they gave up the puck on unforced errors in their own zone that led to quick scores for the opposition. That, and a higher percentage of shots in goal of the shots on goal, and they will emerge with the trophy.
 
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The Real Georgia Peach said:
The Cadets have got to stop those defense lapses in their own zone if they want to advance. I can think of at least 3 times in games that I saw that they gave up the puck on unforced errors in their own zone that led to quick scores for the opposition. That, and a higher percentage of shots in goal of the shots on goal, and they will emerge with the trophy.
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Just have Norwich play each opponent going forward the way they played Babson in the 1st period of Saturday night--and they will give more than a good accounting of themselves. That 1st period was maybe the best they looked all season as they owned the store.

In the meantime is there any word on whether Chris Duszynski will be healthy enough to play Wednesday night?:confused:

Meanwhile beating Salem State is the only priority :D
 
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