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  • Re: 2018-19 Penn State Nittany Lions

    Originally posted by ZedLeppelin View Post
    It's a hockey weekend at home for Penn State with a weekend series against Merrimack on Friday and Saturday (streaming link: https://gopsusports.com/watch/?Live=129&type=Live)

    I don't know much about Merrimack, except that they didn't lose anybody to graduation after last season, and they're a fairly new program. They have 11 seniors this season. It sounds like where Penn State was a few seasons ago. If you have a read on Merrimack, feel free to jump in and share it - I'd love to have an idea of what Penn State will face this weekend.
    Merrimack have come at the bottom of Hockey East since they joined, but that's because especially last year the worst teams in Hockey East were really pretty good. Mack have three elite skaters in Katelyn Rae, Mikyla Grant-Mentis, and Paige Voight, and two elite goalies in Samantha Ridgewell and Lea-Christine Demers. Those five would make any team better. The rest of the team is a bit low on speed which gives teams with high breakaway potential a lot of opportunities to score on them. Hard working team, very good to watch, not to be taken lightly, but if Penn State are the team we saw last weekend I expect them to take both games.

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    • Re: 2018-19 Penn State Nittany Lions

      Here's a great article about this year's senior captain, Kelsey Crow (Minnetonka, MN):

      https://gopsusports.com/news/2018/10...any-lions.aspx

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      • Re: 2018-19 Penn State Nittany Lions

        Penn State came away with a 1-1 OT tie against Merrimack tonight, and should be grateful to get the tie. It was a lackluster effort on Penn State's part, with half-effort from too many players. Natalie Heising scored the lone goal, and there was certainly hustle from a handful of players, but it was not a good showing tonight as a team.

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        • Re: 2018-19 Penn State Nittany Lions

          Here's a quick video from tonight's 1-1 OT tie with Merrimack:

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzb4x8cVfK8

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          • Re: 2018-19 Penn State Nittany Lions

            After spending this morning watching a lot of the official LionVision video feed from last night, I think "lackluster" was the wrong word to use to summarize the game last night. There was plenty of effort, but as a whole things just looked disjointed. I don't know if it was a matter of putting things back in place after last weekend's suspensions or what, but plays just weren't clicking, passes weren't connecting, etc. They didn't play last weekend's smothering defensive game, either. All in all, the effort was there, but the chemistry wasn't.

            Merrimack is a very energetic team, even on the bench - today should be more of the same, and hopefully Penn State can regroup and connect the dots.

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            • Re: 2018-19 Penn State Nittany Lions

              Thanks for the video.

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              • Re: 2018-19 Penn State Nittany Lions

                Originally posted by Reddington View Post
                Thanks for the video.
                You're very welcome!

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                Penn State lost to Merrimack today 2-1, with the lone goal coming in the third period from sophomore Katie Rankin. Penn State had a lot of chances, but Merrimack was up to it and played with the same energy as they did yesterday, scoring both their goals in the first period.

                The Penn State recap: https://gopsusports.com/news/2018/10...merrimack.aspx

                Game video (but I had to leave after the second period): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWFx...ature=youtu.be

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                Replay of the game one free video stream is archived here (skip to around 26:00):
                https://gopsusports.com/watch/?Archi...3&type=Archive

                Replay of the game two free video stream is archived here (skip to around 36:00):
                https://gopsusports.com/watch/?Archi...3&type=Archive
                Last edited by ZedLeppelin; 10-06-2018, 06:32 PM.

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                • Re: 2018-19 Penn State Nittany Lions

                  Weekend recap vs Merrimack:

                  In game one against Merrimack, Penn State just got outhustled. There was individual effort there, but no line chemistry at all. It looked like a game one of the season rather than game three, as lines just didn't look dialed-in. Passes were off, decisions took a tick too long, things like that. My guess is that last week's nine-player suspension to open the season threw things out of sync, despite how well the other 12 players did at Colgate.

                  Game two was much of the same, with a lot of individual effort, but plays just looked half a step off. Merrimack was quick to the puck and very determined along the boards, and the smothering defense that Penn State showed against Colgate last weekend wasn't there against Merrimack. Give credit to Merrimack, though - they came to play, and played like they had nothing to lose. It was kind of fun to see all the energy on their bench, too. It was a very good showing from a young program.

                  Penn State is loaded with talent this season, so having an off series this early isn't really a big concern, all things considered. In the exhibition game against Ryerson, they were firing on all cylinders and everything looked ready to go. Last week's Colgate series with a 12-player roster opened some eyes as to what this team can do. This weekend's Merrimack series was like starting the season over, and I expect that Jeff Kampersal and his staff will iron things out in a hurry so players get settled back into their roles.

                  Individually, junior Brooke Madsen and sophomore Natalie Heising are both really on their games, to nobody's surprise. Madsen is fast, she's a playmaker, a relentless forechecker, and just makes everyone around her a better player. Heising is always on her game, always gets herself in the best positions to shoot, and doesn't have an "off" switch - they're both a lot of fun to watch. Sophomore Katie Rankin works her tail off and looks anxious to step her game up another notch after an already good freshman season. She's a workhorse, has a rocket of a shot, and does good work in the faceoff circle. Those are my own top three players, but Kampersal has a lot of talent to work with this season.

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                  • Re: 2018-19 Penn State Nittany Lions

                    Led Zep for Penn State and Lisa T for Vermont are great for this site. Great info, enthusiasm, links and videos. Thanks on behalf of women's hockey. Penn State faithful were let down this weekend for sure. Shortened bench and rolling lines made State look great first weekend and .... Just when you think maybe it was Colgate, they knocked off Ohio State to split. Union could be just the prescription.

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                    • Re: 2018-19 Penn State Nittany Lions

                      Originally posted by Reddington View Post
                      Led Zep for Penn State and Lisa T for Vermont are great for this site. Great info, enthusiasm, links and videos. Thanks on behalf of women's hockey.
                      Thanks very much for that! I appreciate everyone who posts for their team, too, because I like having something to read beyond the standard official game recaps.

                      Penn State faithful were let down this weekend for sure. Shortened bench and rolling lines made State look great first weekend and .... Just when you think maybe it was Colgate, they knocked off Ohio State to split. Union could be just the prescription.
                      Penn State has Union and Providence, and then they jump right into the conference fire against the beast named Mercyhurst, so they better have their stuff together by then. I think they will. They just need one solid win to get themselves back on track, I think. There's too much talent on this team to worry much about the Merrimack series. I was surprised to see Colgate take one from Ohio State, but it made Penn State's "short bench" win against Colgate feel that much better.

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                      • Re: 2018-19 Penn State Nittany Lions

                        This past Saturday's game against Merrimack set a new attendance record for Penn State women's hockey at 1,804. To be fair, it was a promotional weekend - anyone who bought a ticket to the women's game got a free pass to the men's game immediately after. I sure wish we could draw those kind of numbers on a regular basis.

                        https://***********/PennStateWHKY/st...86801156374528

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                        • Re: 2018-19 Penn State Nittany Lions

                          Going up tomorrow and Friday to see Clarkson men play Penn State. Football weekend. Just wondering how close to Pegula I will be able to park. Last year when I went up to see the Clarkson Women play it was a non football weekend so parking was free and close to Pegula in one of the football lots. Also any place you recommend for eats would be appreciated. Gonna get to the Creamery for sure. Staying in a Hampton Inn in Mill Hall, Pa. Thanks.
                          Last edited by vicb; 10-10-2018, 04:12 PM.
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                          • Re: 2018-19 Penn State Nittany Lions

                            Football isn't until Saturday, so the Pegula parking lot should be business as usual tomorrow and Friday.

                            Here are a couple "best eats" lists, and one is from Philly, so you get a non-local opinions, too:

                            https://www.thrillist.com/eat/philad...ar-penn-state#

                            https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaura...nsylvania.html

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                            • Re: 2018-19 Penn State Nittany Lions

                              Thanks for the eats list.
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                              And of 3 Patty Kaz recepients: Jamie Lee Rattray, Loren Gabel and Elizabeth Giguere
                              WHOOOOOOOOO WHOOOOOOOOO
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                              • Re: 2018-19 Penn State Nittany Lions

                                Now Penn State has put out new information about parking for Friday's game, because (unknown to me) it's Homecoming parade night on Friday:

                                https://news.psu.edu/story/540995/20...ame-homecoming

                                This is the kind of thing that always makes me wonder why they built a 6000-capacity hockey arena and put such a tiny parking lot next to it. Why not a multi-level parking deck? I'd be pretty upset if I was paying for a men's hockey game and couldn't use the hockey parking lot.
                                Last edited by ZedLeppelin; 10-10-2018, 06:17 PM.

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