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The D-III National Championship - St. Norbert vs. Norwich

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What a great afternoon/evening of hockey. I won't repeat Old Rook's excellent summary, but I do want to add a note about the atmosphere and the energy of the crowd. It was astounding to hear the crowd and watch the play. There were points in both games where all four teams made mistakes that they wouldn't have made in practice. Norwich, to me, looked outplayed during the second period, and a couple of odd man rushes in the third were a little scary, but Klinger really showed his stuff when it counted.

SNC had a hard time living with prosperity, because it seemed like every time Oswego gave them a gift, they returned the favor. What matters at this time of the year is keeping your head in tight situations and doing the little things.

Ultimately, the game today is going to come down to who does the little things right. What I saw from SNC is team that seems to be constructed from a blueprint that looks a lot like ours. Should be a great game. Ultimately I think we will prevail. Because we have Klinger and Thomas, and they don't. :)
 
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Great Laker2000 said:
I beg to differ. If Norbert plays D against Norwich who averages a lot less goals per game than Oswego the same as today I think Norbert will win. I don't think Norwich will turn the puck over 3 times for 3 goals but I se it as 2-1 SNC!!
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I agree with GL2000. Hockey is a total package. Adrian, Gustavous, Oswego and Norwich could arguably be said to have better offences than SNC, but how well your opponent plays defence has a big impact on whether or not a superior offence can be put on the ice.

I found it interesting yesterday during Oswego's power plays, the fasthockey announcer was obviously following his script about how "high powered" the Oswego offence was and "could SNC stand the pressure", while what was happening on the ice was mostly Oswego chasing the puck back to their own end of the ice.

Today will be a tough game and it will come down to who wants it more. I think SNC has shown they want it.
 
Re: The D-III National Championship - St. Norbert vs. Norwich

St. Norbert has played in the national championship game four consecutive years ending in an even number. So far, all of these games ended in a shutout. In 2004, they lost to Middlebury, 1-0, in overtime. They were shutout again by Middlebury in 2006, 3-0. They won the title in 2008 with their own shutout, beating Plattsburgh, 2-0.

St. Norbert has now won six consecutive NCAA playoff games, and have never lost in Lake Placid.

Fun write up from Jaslow http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,18462/NCAASemifinalsNotebook.html
 
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http://www.jsonline.com/sports/statecolleges/88708412.html

Matthew Webb wrote an article for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel?? Big time. ;)

St. Norbert plays for title

By Matthew Webb, Special to the Journal Sentinel

Posted: March 19, 2010 |(0) Comments

Lake Placid, N.Y. — Freshman Cody Keefer scored on a breakaway with 39.4 seconds left to lift the St. Norbert men's hockey team to a 4-3 victory over Oswego State (N.Y.) in an NCAA Division III semifinal Friday afternoon at Herb Brooks Arena.

"That game to me felt like it went four overtimes," said St. Norbert head coach Tim Coghlin, who is 365-103-39 in his 17th season. "It was a great victory for our guys. I was very proud of our effort, our demeanor and the way we were able to fight back."

St. Norbert took a 1-0 lead at 18:01 of the first period as sophomore forward Johan Ryd stole the puck from an Oswego defender and scored on a breakaway. Oswego evened the score at 1-1 with just less than 3 minutes remaining in the second period as senior forward Neil Musselwhite beat Green Knights goaltender B.J. O' Brien with a blast from the left point.

The Green Knights regained the lead 4:18 into the third period as senior forward Tyler Allen poked home the rebound of a shot by Keefer. Oswego's Justin Fox then beat O'Brien to tie it, 2-2.

St. Norbert defenseman Sam Tikka put the Green Knights up, 3-2, less than 2 minutes later, but Oswego tallied with only 2:32 left in the game to once again tie it, setting the stage for Keefer to score the game-winner.

After an Oswego defender attempted to glove the puck down and play it near the Oswego blue line, Keefer raced in, stole it off the defender's stick and buried his breakaway chance.

"I was actually going to go for a line change," Keefer said. "I saw him try to play the puck, though, so I tried to apply some pressure, it bounced over his stick and I ended up going in on the breakaway."

Though the game was tied on three occasions, St. Norbert never trailed.

"I actually thought (Oswego's) ability to keep coming back was better than our ability to answer because they were answering the bell so quickly," Coghlin said. "That said, I was pleased with our ability to get back in the flow right away after Oswego would score."

St. Norbert (24-3-3), the 2008 national champion, will play Norwich (Vt.) in the title game at 4 p.m. Saturday.
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Is this game going to be streamed online anywhere? Does anyone know? I'll even pay the $4.95 or whatever they charge for individual events.

I'm searching, I'll let it be known if I find anything.
 
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Was hoping to be calling the game today. :(

Well, at least I can go as a hockey fan and just enjoy the game.
 
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Wormser-PointRC said:
Is this game going to be streamed online anywhere? Does anyone know? I'll even pay the $4.95 or whatever they charge for individual events.

I'm searching, I'll let it be known if I find anything.
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Apparently you can get it through CBS College Sports All-Access site. But I cannot currently get silverlight to load appropriately on my computer(it freezes around 40%?). But it can be gotten there.

http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=ncaa&media=174191
 
Re: The D-III National Championship - St. Norbert vs. Norwich

My thoughts:

St. Norbert is going to be one tough team for anybody to beat. I learned that today. The semifinal thread and the "postseason disappointment" thread are talking a lot about the defensive failure of Oswego... but I think part of the issue was the fact that SNC played a great transition game. It seemed like every time they got possession of the puck, they had somebody in the right place and it was just a matter of connecting that pass. When they did that, the defense suddenly became a non-factor, and it was KGT and one or two SNC players. St. Norbert was a lot faster than I expected, and a lot more physical in the gsme than any team I have seem all season, with the exception of maybe Norwich. I was very much impressed.

Now, I know that history means nothing, but I have to say it. St. Norbert is now 3-0 all-time in Herb Brooks Arena, and has not trailed in the score in those games for even 0:00.1 :eek:.



That said, I think the cadets win this one. Ryan Klingensmith is a totally different beast from KGT. Klinger can stop those breakaways. Also, I don't think the Knights will be getting quite so many breakaway opportunities against a norwich team that I believe, a whole, is quite a bit faster than the Lakers and the Knights.

Both teams are really good. they are the nation's top 2 defenses, they are the top seed in each region (and based on the fact that SNC wore white yesterday, it would seem that these are the #1 and #2 in the nation). Should be a good game of hockey. Not that yesterday's weren't, by any stretch.

Let's just hope we get some better officiating today.

I fell asleep while posting this last night, so I don't even know if any of this has already been stated, or if it is even relevant to the discussion at this point :p
 
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SNC23PRIDE said:
St. Norbert has played in the national championship game four consecutive years ending in an even number. So far, all of these games ended in a shutout. In 2004, they lost to Middlebury, 1-0, in overtime. They were shutout again by Middlebury in 2006, 3-0. They won the title in 2008 with their own shutout, beating Plattsburgh, 2-0.

St. Norbert has now won six consecutive NCAA playoff games, and have never lost in Lake Placid.

Fun write up from Jaslow http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,18462/NCAASemifinalsNotebook.html
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And now they face the 2009-10 Shutout Leader - Norwich's Ryan Klingensmith - with 6! KGT had none, Leis - 2.
 
Re: The D-III National Championship - St. Norbert vs. Norwich

Wormser-PointRC said:
Is this game going to be streamed online anywhere? Does anyone know? I'll even pay the $4.95 or whatever they charge for individual events.

I'm searching, I'll let it be known if I find anything.
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I know Tim Derozier will be calling the game for SNC through the website, but no video with that ... or if you feel like making a trip to DePere the game will be on at the Abbey :)
 
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Re: The D-III National Championship - St. Norbert vs. Norwich

After watching both games on Fasthockey yesterday, I've gone out and picked up a 12 pack of Long Trail for this afternoons Championship Game. We were vry pleased with the outcome of both games but anticipate that todays match will be tough. Wish we could be in LP but teh flue is going through our house at the moment.

GO CADETS
 
Re: The D-III National Championship - St. Norbert vs. Norwich

Wormser-PointRC said:
Apparently you can get it through CBS College Sports All-Access site. But I cannot currently get silverlight to load appropriately on my computer(it freezes around 40%?). But it can be gotten there.

http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=ncaa&media=174191
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If you have Dish Network, the game is on Channel #152, CBS C. Probably have audio available on Station WDEV, Waterbury, Vermnot, through Stretch Internet.
 
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Questions... Is there good handicapped seating at Herb Brooks? And is there a number to call to get a ticket? Looking to make the trip from Barre, also is the ferry at Crown Point in service? :confused:
 
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scraige said:
Questions... Is there good handicapped seating at Herb Brooks? And is there a number to call to get a ticket? Looking to make the trip from Barre, also is the ferry at Crown Point in service? :confused:
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Crown Point ferry is in service for free 24-7.
 
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scraige said:
Questions... Is there good handicapped seating at Herb Brooks? And is there a number to call to get a ticket? Looking to make the trip from Barre, also is the ferry at Crown Point in service? :confused:
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Don't know about the handicapped seating,but taking the Cumberland Head ferry took us 3 hrs from Northfield. By far the best bet in my experience.
 
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musicianvt said:
Don't know about the handicapped seating,but taking the Cumberland Head ferry took us 3 hrs from Northfield. By far the best bet in my experience.
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Crown Point is cheaper - and (if you time it right) faster by about 15 minutes. Since the ferries are running only every half hour, if you miss, it's about 15 minutes longer.

My GPS told me to go that way.
 
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Just got off the phone with the ticket office, looks like I'm heading to Lake Placid. Crown point it is.
Thanks, Scraige :)
 
Re: The D-III National Championship - St. Norbert vs. Norwich

Just went and looked at team statistics on colleghockeystats.net.

These two teams have very similar profiles. NU slightly higher scoring, slightly better defense, but not a huge difference. Neither team takes a lot of penalties. Both teams a little weak on the PP. The one big advantage for NU seems to be the PK, and NU has 7 SHGs on the season to SNB's 1.

Should be a dandy.
 
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After not seeing any of the four teams at all this season, I watched half of the OSU/SNC and half of the Plattsburgh/Norwich game at fasthockey yesterday, and my impression was that either Plattsburgh or Norwich would have handily beaten Oswego or SNC yesterday. Thoughts? I didn't think Oswego could be as ineffective as they were yesterday, especially after the Bowdoin game.

Anyway, today is a brand new day of hockey. True to form, I'll probably only get to watch half of today's game, but it should be a good one.
 
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