Plattsburgh State Hockey 2014-15 - Bob's 26th work in progress ...

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I don't think it should have even counted. It was the longest 6.9 seconds I have ever seen. I don't think the clock started right away when the puck was dropped.

Geneseo still got the W...I'm sure that's all both teams cared about in the end.

 

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Re: Plattsburgh State Hockey 2014-15 - Bob's 26th work in progress ...

Unbeaten Cardinals, Cadets to clash in PrimeLink Great Northern Shootout - {Article courtesy of the Plattsburgh Press-Republican 11/28/2014}

The PrimeLink Great Northern Shootout habitually features intriguing matchups, and the 2014 tournament starts off with an especially tantalizing game.

Two undefeated, top-three teams — Plattsburgh State and Norwich University — will face off this afternoon in a nonconference men’s hockey game at Kenyon Arena. Host Middlebury College will play Concordia College this evening, and the championship and consolation games are set for Saturday.

“Going into the PrimeLink, the premier tournament in the country, we’ll find (out) a lot about ourselves …” Plattsburgh coach Bob Emery said.

Norwich, ranked second in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll, has won its first six games, including a pair last weekend against St. Anselm and New England College.

Like Plattsburgh, the Cadets have found success using two goaltenders. Sophomore Ty Reichenback has played three games, posting a 1.67 goals-against average, while freshman Braeden Ostepchuk has been in net for the other three and posted a 0.67 GAA.

Offensively, senior forward Gerard McEleney leads the team with eight points.

“Norwich is going to go, go, go. That’s the type of team they are,” Emery said. “They really forecheck hard; they cause a lot of turnovers, and I expect them to continue to do the same.

“I think they’ll have a good power play, so we gotta to do a good job staying out of the box.”

No. 3 Plattsburgh has started the season 7-0, and Emery said one of the main reasons why is the play of Spencer Finney and Brady Rouleau. Finney is 4-0 in net with a 2.25 GAA, and Rouleau is 3-0 with a 1.34 GAA.

“Obviously, our goaltending has been good. They’ve given us a chance to win every night,” Emery said. “When you have unproven goaltenders after the graduation of an All-American, when you’ve got two guys coming in playing as good as you did, I think that’s the most important thing.”

Emery said playing hard and being disciplined have also been key to the Cardinals’ strong start.

Although they’ve been pleased with their overall play, the Cardinals are still looking to improve.

“You can always get better,” senior defenseman Preston Kaye said. “Defensively, we can tighten things up, avoid some of the odd-man rushes that we’ve given up. And getting pucks to the net is the biggest thing we can work on. And just getting dirty, grinding, (scoring) some of those dirty goals.”

Middlebury (1-1-2) comes into the tournament after tying Tufts University and defeating Connecticut College last weekend. Concordia (4-3-1), which plays in the MIAC, swept Bethel last week and is on a three-game unbeaten streak.

Kaye said the players enjoy the high level of competition at the annual tournament.

“Oh, it’s by far the best D-III tournament in the country, and especially bringing in a team from the West; this year it’s Concordia,” Kaye said. “So it’s always interesting to see how they are in comparison to the East teams, because you never really get to see them. But it should be fun.”

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Norwich hands Cardinals first loss - {Article courtesy of the Plattsburgh Press-Republican 11/29/2014}

Norwich and Plattsburgh State went into the PrimeLink Great Northern Shootout ranked second and third in the country, respectively, with nearly identical unbeaten records.
But the Cadets separated themselves Friday.
Norwich scored three goals during a nine-minute span in the second period and beat Plattsburgh 5-1 in nonconference men’s hockey at Middlebury’s Chip Kenyon Arena. The Cardinals will meet Middlebury in today’s third-place game, while Norwich and Concordia will play for the championship.
Plattsburgh goaltender Brady Rouleau kept the Cadets (7-0) off the board in the first period despite being peppered with 14 shots, but he couldn’t hold them off in the second. Plattsburgh coach Bob Emery said the Cardinals’ 3-0 deficit could be attributed to sloppy defensive play.
“I think we gave them those three goals in the second period on a silver platter,” Emery said.
“I thought we made some real crucial errors — a turnover, two guys getting caught up ice giving up two-on-ones. You’re not going to win a lot of games giving up two-on-ones. They were opportunistic on those two-on-ones they had, and I don’t think we had one two-on-one all night.”
Austin Surowiec tilted momentum Norwich’s way 5:44 into the second when he skated into the left circle and fired a laser past Rouleau. William Pelletier came in on the rush and buried a low shot at 11:41 for a 2-0 cushion.
Less than three minutes later, the Cadets capitalized on one of those two-on-one opportunities, with Justin Charbonneau taking a pass from Payton Baldillez and one-timing it into the left side of the net
Norwich held a 25-11 advantage in shots on goal after two periods.
In the third, Brendan Boyce sped in on a breakaway, got hooked and still managed to squeeze the puck past Rouleau. The official’s arm went up before the shot went in the net, and on the ensuing power play, Surowiec banged in the puck from the right side to make it 5-0.
The Cadets are averaging 5.14 goals per game, which ranks fifth in Division III, and coach Mike McShane said that has been a pleasant surprise.
“We didn’t think we were going to be a big offensive team this year, and we’re counting on our defense because we’ve got a lot of experience back there and good goaltending,” McShane said. “But anytime you can have a couple of transition goals like we had (Friday) it builds momentum and really helps build the confidence in the team.”
Rouleau, who finished with 24 saves, was replaced by freshman Ryan Hubbard after the fifth goal. Making his first appearance for the Cardinals, Hubbard stopped five shots.
Anthony Calabrese tallied for Plattsburgh (7-1) at 12:07.
Braeden Ostepchuk earned the win by making 22 saves.
The Cardinals started slowly, and while the game was scoreless after the first, Emery said they were outplayed in the period.
“I thought Norwich took it to us,” he said.
The ice surface at Kenyon measures 200 feet by 95 feet, considerably larger than Stafford Ice Arena’s 185 by 85 dimensions, and Emery cited that as a factor, noting that the Cadets are accustomed to big ice.
“It’s a lot harder to go from a small rink to a big rink. It’s really hard,” Emery said. “It’s much easier to go from a big rink to a small rink. And we saw that. Took us a long time to get going here (Friday).
“But that’s not an excuse (for) the way we played. I think Norwich wanted it a little bit more than us (Friday). They battled a little bit more on 50/50 pucks, and when you do that you’re bound to get your breaks.”
Concordia (5-3-1) raced out to a 3-0 lead in Friday’s second game only to see Middlebury (1-2-2) answer with three straight goals. Then Tucker Coborn gave the Cobbers a 4-3 lead at 11:38 of the second period, and that held up the rest of the way.
Jon Grebosky scored two goals for Concordia, and Alex Reichle made 36 saves.
Concordia is the first western team to reach the PrimeLink Shootout final.
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Norwich 5, Plattsburgh 1
Norwich 0 3 2 — 5
Plattsburgh 0 0 1 — 1
First period- Penalties: Nor, Niezgoda (boarding), 7:08. PSU, Constantine (slashing), 14:26. PSU, Beadow (cross-checking), 14:50. PSU, Calabrese (interference), 19:00.
Second period- 1, Nor, Surowiec (Charbonneau), 5:44. 2, Nor, Pelletier (Thieda, Currier), 11:41. 3, Nor, Charbonneau (Baldillez, Currier), 14:24. Penalties: PSU, Kaye (hooking), 6:14. Nor, Pelletier (delaying the game), 9:20. Nor, Flaherty (hooking), 19:33.
Third period- 4, Nor, Boyce (Niezgoda), 3:38. 5, Nor, Surowiec (Currier, McEleney), 4:18 (pp). 6, PSU, Calabrese (Toomey), 12:07. Penalties: PSU, Hermans (hooking), 3:38. Nor, Boyce (roughing), 12:40. PSU, Beadow (high-sticking), 13:51.
Shots on goal:
Norwich 14 11 9 — 34
Plattsburgh 6 5 12 — 23
Goaltenders (shots-saves): Ostepchuk, Nor, 23-22. Rouleau, PSU, 29-24. Hubbard, PSU, 5-5.
Power play (goals-opportunities): Norwich 1-6, Plattsburgh 0-4.
Attendance: 792.
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Concordia 4, Middlebury 3
Concordia 2 2 0 — 4
Middlebury 0 3 0 — 3
First period- 1, Con, Bancroft (Deters), 1:16. 2, Con, Grebosky (Aus), 17:15. Penalties: Con, Doerring (tripping), 3:56. Belluche (tripping), 9:58.
Second period- 3, Con, Grebosky (Doerring, Bancroft), 0:53. 4, Mid, Pimentel (Greenwald, Fishman), 2:10 (pp). 5, Mid, McGovern (Conrad, Falvey), 9:16. 6, Mid, McLellan (Fishman, McGovern), 10:11. 7, Con, T. Coborn (McWilliams), 11:38. Penalties: Con, Krebsbach (hooking), 1:37. Con, Grebosky (hooking), 5:55. Con, Hendrickson (hitting after whistle), 10:49. Mid, Charles (hitting after whistle), 10:49. Mid, Ordway (tripping), 13:00. Mid, Greenwald (hooking), 15:51. Mid, Greenwald (tripping), 19:52.
Third period- Penalties: Con, McWilliams (tripping), 5:52. Mid, Ordway (high-sticking), 7:29. Con, Aus (cross-checking), 17:13. Mid, Pimentel (cross-checking), 17:13. Con, Deters (hooking), 19:54.
Shots on goal:
Concordia 12 6 11 — 29
Middlebury 8 15 16 — 39
Goaltenders: Reichle, Con, 39-36. Moorfield-Yee, Mid, 29-25.
Power plays: Concordia 0-5, Middlebury 1-6.
Attendance: 1,016.
Email Courtney Lewis:clewis@pressrepublican.comTwitter: @sportsCourt

 

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Norwich hands Cardinals first loss - {Article courtesy of the Plattsburgh Press-Republican 11/29/2014}

My take on the game:

Somehow I expected a lot more from the Cards on the big ice sheet at Kenyon.
But i thought the Cards looked confused and appeared to me to be "lost" on that ice. For that reason (or others?), it appeared that they were not able to use all the extra room to their advantage.

Midd was a good host (except for the parking situation!!).

Best of luck to the Cards in the consolation game today.

Wally
Cornell '67

 

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My take on the game:

Somehow I expected a lot more from the Cards on the big ice sheet at Kenyon.
But i thought the Cards looked confused and appeared to me to be "lost" on that ice. For that reason (or others?), it appeared that they were not able to use all the extra room to their advantage.

Midd was a good host (except for the parking situation!!).

Best of luck to the Cards in the consolation game today.

Wally
Cornell '67

I definitely got the sense that Norwich was more effectively utilizing the entire ice surface, for sure. I thought the first period was very back-and-forth, and Plattsburgh definitely dictated play for some stretches (but couldn't manage to put the puck on net even then), but the string of penalties in the latter part of the period really gave the Cadets more momentum than they really needed. Like was said in the PR, a couple bad giveaways at the defensive blue line gave Norwich good opportunities, and the some beautiful shots were taken on those opportunities...

Credit to Norwich, I pnever felt like they pulled off the gas at all. Even up 5-0, they were playing hard. Norwich was definitely the better team on the ice last night... But that doesn't mean they will be next time they meet!

 

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Great game tonight against Midd. Plattsburgh controlled the play the majority of the game and held that4-0 score until later in the third period when they got hit with a couple of penalties. Hard work by the boys paid off. Good job coming back from Friday. GO CARDS!

 

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Great game tonight against Midd. Plattsburgh controlled the play the majority of the game and held that4-0 score until later in the third period when they got hit with a couple of penalties. Hard work by the boys paid off. Good job coming back from Friday. GO CARDS!

Perhaps some of the difference was the quality of the opponents, but against Midd the Cards more often than not carried the puck into the offensive zone as opposed to dumping and chasing on nearly every rush against Wick on Friday afternoon. To my untrained eyes, this accounted for much of the difference, obviously reflected in the final scores.

GO CARDS
Wally
Cornell '67

 

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Re: Plattsburgh State Hockey 2014-15 - Bob's 26th work in progress ...

Cardinals bounce back, defeat Middlebury - {Article courtesy of the Plattsburgh Press-Republican 11/30/2014}

After suffering its first loss of the season, Plattsburgh State bounced back Saturday to claim third place in the PrimeLink Great Northern Shootout.
Kevin Emmerling and Dillan Fox each tallied a goal and an assist as the Cardinals defeated Middlebury 4-2 in a nonconference men's hockey game at Chip Kenyon Arena.
"I think we took care of the puck in our zone, kinda supported each other better, and it led to a little bit better offense," Fox said. "But I think it was just kinda emotion-wise we wanted to bounce back from (Friday), and I think we did a good job of that."
Concordia became the first team from the West Region to win the tournament by edging Norwich in a shootout. The Cobbers' goaltender, Alex Reichle, was named MVP.
Looking for a better start after falling 5-1 to Norwich on Friday, the third-ranked Cardinals (8-1) took an early lead against Middlebury. Emmerling's shot slipped under the crossbar at 10:34 of the first period.
"Scoring first isn't the end-all in hockey, but it's really big to get that first goal," Plattsburgh coach Bob Emery said. "It's really helpful and loosens guys up offensively, and I thought that was the case here (Saturday)."
In the middle of the second period, Middlebury goalie Stephen Klein reached out to try to poke a loose puck away from Fox, but the junior forward corralled it and slid it behind Klein into the open net. Three minutes later, Klein had almost no chance when Connor Gorman took a nice pass at the right side of the net and banged it in for a power-play goal and a 3-0 advantage.
Plattsburgh pushed its lead to 4-0 in the third when Anthony Calabrese sent a pass from the right circle over to Michael Cassidy, who steered the puck into the net. It was Cassidy's team-high sixth goal of the season.
The Panthers climbed back into the game with two power-play goals in short order — Jake Charles scored at 13:43 and assisted on Vincent Gisonti's goal at 15:23.
"I think taking penalties at that time, as soon as they get one (goal), the emotion kinda goes their way," Fox said. "But I think we did a good job. (Spencer) Finney made some big saves for us there at the end. They have a good power play, so I think they capitalized, but we also did a good job kinda weathering that storm for a bit."
Finney, who did not play Friday, made 24 saves to improve his record to 5-0.
"I have to give our goalie a lot of credit. He was really good out there (Saturday)," Emery said. "I think Middlebury played hard; they played well. There were a lot of good scoring chances that our goalie came up big on and gave us an opportunity to go out there and get the lead. And I thought that was key for us."
Calabrese, a defenseman, represented the Cardinals on the All-Tournament team.
Plattsburgh ended the game down two forwards. Michael Radisa had to be helped off the ice after colliding with a Middlebury player in the second period. He was on crutches, with a brace on his left leg, after the game, and Emery said it was "too soon to tell anything." Mark Constantine headed to the dressing room in the third with what Emery said was a bad bruise on his arm that would likely need an X-ray.
The Cardinals wrap up first-semester play next weekend by hosting Oswego and Cortland.
Klein made 35 stops in the Middlebury net. The Panthers (1-3-2) found themselves trailing 3-0 in the second period of both of their games at the tournament.
"I think (Saturday) when they got the first goal, and they got a couple that we could've made some better decisions on, absolutely, it was tough to play catch-up," coach Bill Beaney said. "We need to be better in every facet of the game."
Jordan Krebsbach's goal at 4:20 of the third period pulled Concordia into a 2-2 tie in the title game, and the score stayed knotted through a five-minute overtime. Jon Greboski, the Cobbers' fifth shooter, gave them a 2-1 lead in the shootout, and Reichle, a freshman, stopped Norwich's final attempt. Reichle had 26 saves in the game.
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PrimeLink Great Northern Shootout
Third-place game
Plattsburgh 4, Middlebury 2
Plattsburgh 1 2 1 — 4
Middlebury 0 0 2 — 2
First period- 1, PSU, Emmerling (Fox), 10:34.
Second period- 2, PSU, Fox (Fregeau, Emmerling), 12:51. 3, PSU, Gorman (Constantine), 12:51 (pp). Penalties: PSU, Calabrese (tripping), 4:11. Mid, Conrad (tripping), 7:43. Mid, Neugold (slashing), 15:04. PSU, Valente (interference), 18:38.
Third period- 4, PSU, Casidy (Calabrese), 12:49. 5, Mid, Charles (Greenwald, Pimentel), 13:43 (pp). 6, Mid, Gisonti (Charles, Greenwald), 15:23 (pp). Penalties: Mid, Falvey (slashing), 3:01. Mid, Pimentel (holding), 10:16. PSU, Hall (hitting from behind), 13:36. PSU, Kaye (hooking), 14:17. PSU, Kaye (roughing), 19:21. Mid, McGovern (roughing), 19:21.
Shots on goal:
Plattsburgh 15 7 17 — 39
Middlebury 11 11 4 — 26
Goaltenders (shots-saves): Finney, PSU, 26-24. Klein, Mid, 39-35.
Power play (goals-opportunities): Plattsburgh 1-4, Middlebury 2-4.
Attendance: 758.
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Championship
Concordia 2, Norwich 2
(Concordia won shootout 2-1)
Concordia 0 1 1 0 — 2
Norwich 1 1 0 — 2
First period- 1, Nor, Stewart (Pelletier), 5:38. Penalties: Con, Mills (slashing), 6:03. Norwich (too many on ice), 7:48.
Second period- 2, Nor, Surowiec (Hale), 0:43. 3, Con, Bancroft (Krebsbach), 7:07. Penalties: Con, Doerring (kneeing), 11:33.
Third period- 4, Con, Krebsbach (Hendrickson, Deters), 4:20. Penalties: Nor, Lawler (roughing), 4:20.
Shots on goal:
Concordia 6 11 8 1 — 26
Norwich 12 4 9 3 — 28
Goaltenders (shots-saves): Reichle, Con, 28-26. Reichenbach, Nor, 26-24.
Power play (goals-opportunities): Concordia 0-2, Norwich 0-2.
Attendance: 698.
Email Courtney Lewis:
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Cards host rival Lakers - {Article courtesy of the Plattsburgh Press-Republican 12/5/2014}

As the only team unbeaten in SUNY Athletic Conference men’s hockey play, Plattsburgh State has a chance this weekend to put itself in excellent position at the semester break.
The first-place Cardinals host Oswego Friday and Cortland Saturday to wrap up the 2014 portion of their schedule.
The Lakers (5-1-2, 3-1-1 SUNYAC) are one of the teams chasing Plattsburgh; they’re in third place, seven points behind, although they’ve played two fewer conference games. Geneseo is second in the standings, six points behind the Cardinals (8-1, 7-0).

“We got two tough teams coming into our rink this weekend. And we’re at home, and we still gotta travel to their arenas in the second semester, so we gotta take care of business here this weekend,” Plattsburgh coach Bob Emery said. “And it’s going to be no easy task. We’ve got six periods to play and our work cut out with us for all six periods.”

Oswego, which is ranked eighth in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll, suffered its first conference setback last Tuesday, falling to Geneseo 2-1. Brockport is the other SUNYAC team that has taken a point from the Lakers; the two teams played to a 4-4 tie Nov. 21.
Oswego has proven it can put the puck in the net; it ranks fifth in Division III with a 5.25 goals-per-game average and scored 10 against Fredonia last month. Sophomore Matt Galati leads the way with a 5-9-14 scoring line and ranks eighth in the country with 1.75 points per night. Alex Botten and Shawn Hulshof, also sophomores, both have 11 points.

“A game like that’s going to come down to goaltending and a team that can be the most opportunistic and get some dirty, greasy goals around the net,” Emery said.
Justin Gilbert, a junior, has spent the most time in net for the Lakers, posting a 4-0-1 record with a 1.50 goals-against average. Sophomore Matt Zawadzki, who played in Oswego’s last game, is 0-1-1 with a 3.65 GAA.
Spencer Finney was in goal most recently for Plattsburgh and boasts a 5-0 record. He has allowed 11 goals for a 2.20 average. Brady Rouleau, who has alternated starts with Finney, has gone 3-1 with a 2.42 GAA.

The Cardinals, who won their first seven games, faced elite teams at last weekend’s PrimeLink Great Northern Shootout, where they finished third. After a 5-1 loss to Norwich, they beat Middlebury 4-2.
Sophomore forward Kyle Hall said the tough competition should help them.

“Norwich came really hard at us, and we think Oswego’s going to do the same thing,” Hall said. “So I think we’ve had some practice doing that and we’ll be ready to go.”
Michael Cassidy leads No. 4 Plattsburgh with six goals and is tied with Kevin Emmerling for the team lead in points with 10. Defensemen Anthony Calabrese and Rich Botting have also been contributing offensively, with eight and seven points, respectively.

The Cardinals may be without forward Michael Radisa, who was injured last weekend. Radisa was still on crutches and wearing a knee brace in the middle of this week and, according to Emery, was awaiting an MRI.
Oswego had the advantage against Plattsburgh in the regular season last year, with a tie and a win in the regular season and a 2-1 victory in the SUNYAC Tournament semifinals.

Hall said the Cardinals still remember that season-ending loss.
“Absolutely,” he said. “Every time we play them (this season), we’ll be thinking of last year and how they knocked us out.”

Cortland (4-5-1, 2-4-1) stands fifth in the conference and has won four of its last five games, including two nonleague victories last weekend.
Email Courtney Lewis: clewis@pressrepublican.com
Twitter: @sportsCourt

 

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Cards host rival Lakers - {Article courtesy of the Plattsburgh Press-Republican 12/5/2014}

A pathetic performance by the Cards in front of a niced size home crowd. Ugh.

Nonetheless
GO CARDS
Wally
Cornell '67

 

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Lakers hand Cards 1st SUNYAC loss - {Article courtesy of the Plattsburgh Press-Republican 12/6/2014} - Note there is a video post game interview on the site.

Trying to come back from a 2-0 deficit against its archrival, Plattsburgh State found a spark with a third-period goal.

Two minutes later, the Cardinals took a penalty, and Oswego made them pay.
Bobby Gertsakis found the net 44 seconds into the power play to seal a 3-1 victory Friday at Stafford Ice Arena.
“We knew they had a good power play coming in, and … the power play broke our back at the end,” Plattsburgh coach Bob Emery said.

The loss was the Cardinals’ first in SUNY Athletic Conference play, although they remained in first place and the Lakers stayed in third. Plattsburgh (8-2, 7-1 SUNYAC) hosts Cortland tonight.

The Lakers (6-1-2, 4-1-1) struck first Friday, with Chris Waterstreet beating Plattsburgh goalie Brady Rouleau with a wrist shot from the high slot 12:41 into the game.

Chris Raguseo gave No. 8 Oswego a 2-0 cushion 2:18 into the second period, prompting a change in Plattsburgh’s net. Spencer Finney replaced Rouleau, who faced 14 shots and suffered his second straight loss.

“I just think this week he really wasn’t on his game,” Emery said of the sophomore netminder. “And we said it going into the game, as a coaching staff, that we were going to have a short leash because he lost a little confidence in his last start.” Finney made 22 saves the rest of the way.

The fourth-ranked Cardinals’ goal drought continued well into the third period, until Mark Constantine took a shot from near the extended goal line. The puck bounced off someone out front and into the net with 7:39 left.

Shortly afterward, Plattsburgh had a couple of good chances that were turned away by Oswego goalie Matt Zawadzki. Then Connor Toomey was sent to the box for boarding, and Gertsakis gave the Lakers’ an insurance goal with 4:39 to play.

The Lakers are unbeaten in the last five games of the rivalry, including three straight wins at Stafford. But they had struggled a little in recent weeks, going without a win in their three previous games.

“Our last three games, a loss and two ties, and not even the outcome as much as how we played,” Oswego coach Ed Gosek said. “Didn’t play desperate, didn’t play hungry and weren’t willing to do all the little things we did (Friday), which I think enabled us to get the two-goal lead.”

Alex Botten had two assists in the game, and Zawadzki finished with 30 saves.

Plattsburgh, which was averaging 4.1 goals per game heading into the weekend, was held to one for the second time in three contests.

Gosek attributed Oswego’s stinginess to team defense.
“I thought our forwards worked hard to get back,” he said. “(The Cardinals are) very good on the rush, and I thought our forwards worked hard to try to eliminate their strength, which I think is their team speed …”

The Cardinals will wrap up their first-semester schedule today against the Red Dragons (5-5-1, 3-4-1).
“(Today is) just another two points,” Emery said. “Every time you play, no matter who you play, it’s two points, and we gotta realize how important that is.”
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Oswego 3, Plattsburgh 1
Oswego 1 1 1 — 3
Plattsburgh 0 0 1 — 1
First period- 1, Osw, Waterstreet (Rivait), 12:41. Penalties: PSU, O’Quinn (boarding), 5:50.
Second period- 2, Osw, Raguseo (Wills, Botten), 2:18. Penalties: PSU, Gorman (hooking), 13:21. Osw, Raguseo (holding), 19:15. PSU, Constantine (elbowing), 19:15.
Third period- 3, PSU, Constantine (Valente), 12:21. 4, Osw, Gertsakis (Botten, Neil), 15:21 (pp). Penalties: PSU, Toomey (boarding), 14:37.
Shots on goal:
Oswego 10 15 12 — 37
Plattsburgh 10 11 10 — 31
Goaltenders (shots-saves): Zawadzki, Osw, 31-30. Rouleau, PSU, 14-12. Finney, PSU, 23-22.
Power play (goals-opportunities): Oswego 1-3, Plattsburgh 0-0.
Attendance: 2,021.
Email Courtney Lewis:clewis@pressrepublican.com
Twitter: @sportsCourt

 

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Lakers hand Cards 1st SUNYAC loss - {Article courtesy of the Plattsburgh Press-Republican 12/6/2014} - Note there is a video post game interview on the site.

Why would you start a goalie,who has no prior college game experience prior to this year and you thought lacked confidence this week, in one of your biggest games of the year at home rink with large crowd. He certainly has no confidence now. Having two drop down D1 goalies is not necessarily the best way to go. Plattsburgh should have spend some time recruiting the best freshman goalie they could get to add to the mix and develope for the future. Focus should have been on forwards who have not exactly set the world on fire. The leader has 10 points in 10 games.

 

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Why would you start a goalie,who has no prior college game experience prior to this year and you thought lacked confidence this week, in one of your biggest games of the year at home rink with large crowd. He certainly has no confidence now. Having two drop down D1 goalies is not necessarily the best way to go. Plattsburgh should have spend some time recruiting the best freshman goalie they could get to add to the mix and develope for the future. Focus should have been on forwards who have not exactly set the world on fire. The leader has 10 points in 10 games.

So, maybe if he did play well, he would gain back the confidence? They did recruit a good freshman goalie. When was the last time one Plattsburgh forward "set the world on fire?"
That is not Emery-coached hockey.

Go away.

 

[HockeyFan22]

Re: Plattsburgh State Hockey 2014-15 - Bob's 26th work in progress ...

Andrew Rossy has been a stud.
He's still learning as a freshman, but I see alot of potential/upside

 

[Cards81]

Re: Plattsburgh State Hockey 2014-15 - Bob's 26th work in progress ...

Rossy will join the club in the next semester, along with a mystery player ?? Cards system doesn't really lend itself to big point-getters. Haven't had one over 35 points in quite a few years. They roll four lines and like to keep the defensive end tidy. The scoring is always spread out pretty evenly, lots of balance. The recipe seems to work pretty well. I'd still like to see a couple of offensive studs from the Montreal Junior Leauges.....remember Pier-Luc Belanger ??

 

[Hockeyfirst]

Rossy will join the club in the next semester, along with a mystery player ?? Cards system doesn't really lend itself to big point-getters. Haven't had one over 35 points in quite a few years. They roll four lines and like to keep the defensive end tidy. The scoring is always spread out pretty evenly, lots of balance. The recipe seems to work pretty well. I'd still like to see a couple of offensive studs from the Montreal Junior Leauges.....remember Pier-Luc Belanger ??

A program like Plattsburgh has the reputation to attract the best. Maybe it's time to expand the vision (like Oswego) and add a more potent offense. I agree that Rossi "will join the club". If you have a more balanced emphasis, a potent offense can bail out a defense that is off on a given night. That certainly has happened to Oswego a couple of times this year. The Emery system certainly will give you winning seasons, but not championships.
Balance,balance.....

 

[PSUChamps2001]

A program like Plattsburgh has the reputation to attract the best. Maybe it's time to expand the vision (like Oswego) and add a more potent offense. I agree that Rossi "will join the club". If you have a more balanced emphasis, a potent offense can bail out a defense that is off on a given night. That certainly has happened to Oswego a couple of times this year. The Emery system certainly will give you winning seasons, but not championships.
Balance,balance.....

+1

For what it's worth, since the 2002-2003 season Plattsburghs top point per game player was ranked 58th. Only twice was a Cardinal in the top 20 (both times were 20). Meanwhile Oswego, Norwich, and St.Norbert averaged 4.73 more players ahead of the top Plattsburgh point per game player. I'd say their success is a smidgen better......

 

[norm1909]

Re: Plattsburgh State Hockey 2014-15 - Bob's 26th work in progress ...

Cards cruise in 1st-semester finale - {Article courtesy of the Plattsburgh Press-Republican 12/7/2014} - Note there is a video post game interview on the site.

The Cardinals put two extra defensemen in their lineup Saturday and ended up having one of their better offensive games of the season.

Connor Toomey accumulated four points and Plattsburgh State closed the first semester with a 7-1 win over Cortland in a SUNY Athletic Conference men’s hockey game at Stafford Ice Arena.

Toomey was one of just 10 forwards in the lineup; regulars Kevin Emmerling, Dillan Fox and Zach Popp were scratched. All eight defenseman dressed, with some of them playing up front at times.

Coach Bob Emery was trying to send a message after Friday’s 3-1 loss to Oswego.

“We spent a lot of time watching tape and spent a lot of time (in the) office since (Friday) night to see what we had to work on. And we just felt we needed to get more work ethic out of our forward positions, keep the game a little simpler, get the puck in deep,” Emery said.
Their seven goals were more than they scored in their three previous games combined, and Emery said their puck possession was very good.

In the first period, Rich Botting tapped in a rebound after a shot by Anthony Calabrese, and 1:17 later, Toomey made it 2-0. Michael Cassidy banged in the puck from the slot late in the period.

The fourth-ranked Cardinals (9-2, 8-1) added two more goals in the first 2:19 of the second period: Kyle Hall notched a short-handed goal, and Patrick Hermans found the corner of the net with a shot from the left circle.

“It was definitely a good feeling to get our offense going,” Toomey said. “We really focused on getting pucks deep, getting on the cycle, and I think we did a very good job of that (Saturday). And obviously it got us a handful of goals.”

Luke Baleshta and Alex Brenton tallied goals in the third, and Cortland’s Nick Zappia also scored in that period. Plattsburgh outshot Cortland 21-8 in the first period and continued the onslaught throughout the evening, totaling 72 shots.

Spencer Finney played the first two periods in Plattsburgh’s net, making 19 saves and earning his sixth win. Freshman Ryan Hubbard replaced him in the third and stopped two shots.

Toomey earned three assists and now leads the team with eight. The senior, who transferred in from this season from Merrimack, is second behind Michael Cassidy (12) in total points with 11. He has skated in all but one game.

“I would say I like to try and make plays,” Toomey said of his playing style. “I think of myself as someone who can do that and help his team get some goals, whether it’s me or whether I’m setting up my linemates. But I also think I can play in all three zones. I don’t think I’m a liability out there in the defensive zone.”

Plattsburgh forwards Mark Constantine and Michael Radisa missed the game with injuries. Emery said he didn’t want Constantine to exacerbate a sore arm, and he’s waiting on MRI results for Radisa, who was also out Friday.
Cortland (5-6-1, 3-5-1) goalie Drew Weigman made 65 saves.

The Cardinals head into the semester break in first place in the conference standings. They’ll be off until Jan. 2, when they host the Buck Supply Winter Classic.

“I think we’ve a very talented team … But I think at times we underachieved,” Emery said. “But we learned last year that you have to get better as the season goes on. So sitting here at 8-2 at the break is not all that bad, but we gotta get better.”
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Plattsburgh State 7, Cortland 1
Cortland 0 0 1 — 1
Plattsburgh 3 2 2 — 7
First period- 1, PSU, Botting (Calabrese, Gorman), 6:59. 2, PSU, Toomey (Cassidy), 8:26. 3, PSU, Cassidy (Toomey, Brenton), 16:04. Penalties: Cort, Lauer (cross-checking), 11:49. Cort, Sherwood (hitting after the whistle), 18:09. Botting, PSU, (hitting after the whistle), 18:09. PSU, Baleshta (tripping), 19:22.
Second period- 4, PSU, Hall, 0:07 (sh). 5, PSU, Hermans (Valente, Toomey), 2:19. Penalties: PSU, Hermans (hitting after the whistle), 4:03. Cort, Markowitz (tripping), 17:28.
Third period- 6, PSU, Baleshta (Koerner, Hall), 1:38. 7, Cort, Zappia (Broderick, McCormick), 16:46. 8, PSU, Brenton (Taff, Toomey), 19:47. Penalties: Cort, Diorio (interference), 1:58.
Shots on goal:
Cortland 8 11 3 — 22
Plattsburgh 21 28 23 — 72
Goaltenders (shots-saves): Weigman, Cort, 72-65. Finney, PSU, 19-19. Hubbard, PSU, 3-2.
Power play (goals-opportunities): Cortland 0-2, Plattsburgh 0-3.
Attendance: 1,567.
Email Courtney Lewis:clewis@pressrepublican.comTwitter: @sportsCourt

 

[HockeyFan22]

Re: Plattsburgh State Hockey 2014-15 - Bob's 26th work in progress ...

I know some Adams kid walked on earlier in the year, but was like the 16th or 17th forward.
Im sure if there are some injuries he'll play a 4th line role.
Im not sure where he came from. Upstate Ny or Canada.

 

[Adirondack]

Re: Plattsburgh State Hockey 2014-15 - Bob's 26th work in progress ...

Stevie Ray Adams was the mystery player during the exhibition game at the beginning of the year. I thought he was pretty impressive that night. If he's indeed coming on board in January, I think he'll be a welcome addition.

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=97754