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Norwich v. Middlebury

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d3follower said:
Wouldn't that take the interlock through 2010-11?? (2 years after 2006-07 under the 4 year deal (through last season) and then 2 additional years)
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That makes sense. With the vote taking place in April, there wouldn't be enough time to adjust schedules for next year. I bet that the Interlock is locked for next year too regardless of the vote. This would give all of the teams a full year to schedule new games.
 
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I think most fans like the interlock schedule, not much travel, good competition, and you see a lot of different teams. The NESCAC has a lot of teams so they could play each other twice to schedule most of there game. Norwich and the ECAC East also have options; they could raid the ECAC Northeast for Curry and possible get a team like Plymouth U to change leagues after there new rink is complete or join the ECAC West. Of course any change could leave the D2 teams, St. A's and St. Mikes without a league. I would hate to lose a team like St. A's which is super competitive this year and plays in one of the best D3 rinks in New England. On the other hand it would be great to see Norwich play teams like Oswego, Potsdam, Geny, Utica more often. I am sure it will work out one way or the other.
 
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There is a vote this April to end the interlock AFTER next season...It's pretty much up to the NESCAC as the EAST wants the interlock to continue...
 
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hockeyfan77 said:
There is a vote this April to end the interlock AFTER next season...It's pretty much up to the NESCAC as the EAST wants the interlock to continue...
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Ok - Now that makes sense - that they would vote this year but that the decision would not actually take effect until after next season. Looking at the NESCAC calendar of events, I see a meeting of the NESCAC presidents is scheduled for April 28 at Hamilton, where this decision will presumably be made. There is also a meeting of the NESCAC ADs scheduled for March 9-10 at which the ground work may be laid for this decision.
 
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I think Norwich would still be playing many of NESCAC interlock teams to fill out their schedule, along with Plattsburgh and the Times-Argus tournament. I wouldn;t look for a big increase in travel over the interlock years.
 
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jerrynu26 said:
I think Norwich would still be playing many of NESCAC interlock teams to fill out their schedule, along with Plattsburgh and the Times-Argus tournament. I wouldn;t look for a big increase in travel over the interlock years.
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Still though it does at least present the POSSIBILITY for some SUNYAC and ECAC West teams to play more games against the NESCAC and ECAC East schools outside of tournaments etc.

and that in my opinion is much better for the D-III game as whole especially now that we've gone to the flat start date so the CCCP schools can't whine about the NY and Wisconsin schools starting a month earlier.:cool:
 
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jerrynu26 said:
I think Norwich would still be playing many of NESCAC interlock teams to fill out their schedule, along with Plattsburgh and the Times-Argus tournament. I wouldn;t look for a big increase in travel over the interlock years.
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If the 10 NESCAC teams play each other twice that only leaves 7 games to schedule outside the league. The Maine teams would want to play Southern Maine and UNE so how many opportunity's would Norwich have to play Bowdoin and or Colby. Middlebury's Primelink games and there Christmas Tournament would take up 22 games leaving very few additional dates to schedule. Right now I think the interlock is looked at as one of the best D3 leagues recruiting wise; if the leagues split I have no idea how the competion would play out. It seems to me that a team like Norwich would look to the SUNY and ECAC West to get more competitive games. Just think how exciting a Plattsburgh/Oswego weekend would be at Norwich. Or how about an Elmira/Hobart away weekend to raise a little excitement.
 
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hawk said:
Just think how exciting a Plattsburgh/Oswego weekend would be at Norwich. Or how about an Elmira/Hobart away weekend to raise a little excitement.
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Exactly. I sincerely hope something like this can happen because I think it would be great for the teams and fans a like to be able to see weekends like that occur more often.

It would certainly peek my interest and create excitment for me to see Norwich or Middlebury visit the Domes or the Campus Center.
 
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hawk said:
The Maine teams would want to play Southern Maine and UNE so how many opportunity's would Norwich have to play Bowdoin and or Colby. Middlebury's Primelink games and there Christmas Tournament would take up 22 games leaving very few additional dates to schedule.
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I heard and this is just a rumor as of now but there will be a Maine Tournment with Colby, Bowdoin, USM and UNE in the field...Should be fun...
 
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PuckVoice said:
What's wrong with radio? :confused:

NOTHING! :D

www.cadetsradio.com ;)
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PuckVoice do you have any idea if Scott Schroeder, Emmund Bell, or Tory Allen will be available to play Middlebury Friday. I would feel a lot more confident of Norwich's chances if the three were ready to play ince they would provide a lot more scoring debth.
 
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hockeyfan77 said:
I heard and this is just a rumor as of now but there will be a Maine Tournment with Colby, Bowdoin, USM and UNE in the field...Should be fun...
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That would be great - much better than that silly "Face-off" tournament co-hosted by Bowdoin and Colby but where they don't play each other . .
 
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hawk said:
PuckVoice do you have any idea if Scott Schroeder, Emmund Bell, or Tory Allen will be available to play Middlebury Friday. I would feel a lot more confident of Norwich's chances if the three were ready to play ince they would provide a lot more scoring debth.
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So, the success of the Cadets rests on a depleted squad. OK, I can live with that, provides a great excuse if we don't win and a big 'GOTCHA' if they do win......But lest we forget, the Cadets need to play Williams on Saturday.
 
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The Real Georgia Peach said:
So, the success of the Cadets rests on a depleted squad. OK, I can live with that, provides a great excuse if we don't win and a big 'GOTCHA' if they do win......But lest we forget, the Cadets need to play Williams on Saturday.
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Peach I think it is a testimony to the Norwich program that they have continued winning despite the loss of 4 of there best players, one of which is out for the rest of the season. As Plattsburgh found out when playing Oswego when you play the best you have to have your most productive players available. Norwich unfortunately is playing the Panthers when the are on a roll. Middlebury is also very clever on there big ice surface; they seem to want to get the puck out quickly in the defensive zone and look for 2 on 1 type and power play opportunities in the offensive zone. The key to the game could be who has the hot goaltender.
 
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"The key to the game could be who has the hot goaltender." no sh-- dick tracey.


hawk said:
Peach I think it is a testimony to the Norwich program that they have continued winning despite the loss of 4 of there best players, one of which is out for the rest of the season. As Plattsburgh found out when playing Oswego when you play the best you have to have your most productive players available. Norwich unfortunately is playing the Panthers when the are on a roll. Middlebury is also very clever on there big ice surface; they seem to want to get the puck out quickly in the defensive zone and look for 2 on 1 type and power play opportunities in the offensive zone. The key to the game could be who has the hot goaltender.
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hawk said:
If the 10 NESCAC teams play each other twice that only leaves 7 games to schedule outside the league. The Maine teams would want to play Southern Maine and UNE so how many opportunity's would Norwich have to play Bowdoin and or Colby. Middlebury's Primelink games and there Christmas Tournament would take up 22 games leaving very few additional dates to schedule. Right now I think the interlock is looked at as one of the best D3 leagues recruiting wise; if the leagues split I have no idea how the competion would play out. It seems to me that a team like Norwich would look to the SUNY and ECAC West to get more competitive games. Just think how exciting a Plattsburgh/Oswego weekend would be at Norwich. Or how about an Elmira/Hobart away weekend to raise a little excitement.
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They only need one each from Midd, Bowdoin, and Colby. :rolleyes:

If the ECAC-East stays at 10 teams, they could place each other twice (18 games), have the Times-Argus (2 games), and the Prime Link (2 games). That makes 22, leaving 2 or 3 games available. Right now Plattsburgh is an out of conference game that is unlikely to change, leaving 1 or 2 games open. Unless the scenerio below occurs, I'd bet Middlebury would be on the schedule. Both Plattsburgh and Middlebury are not huge travel costs.
If the DII schools are kicked out, that leaves an 8 team league. If they play each other 3 times, that takes up 21 games (I think it unlikely in that format that they only play each team twice. That would leave 10 OOC slots to fill.).
For Norwich, that would mean Prime Link and Times-Argus, and no more.

NESCAC teams already have 4 (or is it 5) open slots for OOC. Do you think they are likely to start filling them up with SUNYAC or Ecac-West teams, if they don't already play them?

If the NESCAC breaks the interlock, you should look at NESCAC football as a possible example of how things might go in a few years, rather than contemplating NESCAC games against SUNYAC and the ECAC-West.
 
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