January 15, 2026 • 44 mins
The Jan. 15, 2026, episode of the PodKaz from USCHO.com has hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski talking about Princeton's 11-game winning streak. The Tigers are one win away from tying a program record, and they've shot to the top of ECAC Hockey.
We also look back at the first night of the Beanpot, where Harvard and Boston University won to set up their second game with a trophy on the line in January. They also played for the title of the Friendship Series in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The viral sensation of last weekend was Minnesota's Abbey Murphy juggling the puck through the legs of a Minnesota State defender to set up a goal by Bella Fanale as the Gophers completed a home-and-home sweep. See that video here.
We also take a look back at results between Penn State and Mercyhurst and Minnesota Duluth's shootout win against Wisconsin before the Badgers rebounded. The race for the NEWHA title also got tighter with last week's results.
Nicole checks in from Nova Scotia with an update from the Under-18 Women's World Championship, which moves into the quarterfinal round Thursday.
And we finish with a look ahead at some games to watch around NCAA women's hockey this weekend.
The PodKaz is a production of USCHO.com. Have a question for us? Reach out to Nicole (@NicoleHaase) or Todd (@ToddMilewski) on social media or email todd.milewski@uscho.com.
We also look back at the first night of the Beanpot, where Harvard and Boston University won to set up their second game with a trophy on the line in January. They also played for the title of the Friendship Series in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The viral sensation of last weekend was Minnesota's Abbey Murphy juggling the puck through the legs of a Minnesota State defender to set up a goal by Bella Fanale as the Gophers completed a home-and-home sweep. See that video here.
We also take a look back at results between Penn State and Mercyhurst and Minnesota Duluth's shootout win against Wisconsin before the Badgers rebounded. The race for the NEWHA title also got tighter with last week's results.
Nicole checks in from Nova Scotia with an update from the Under-18 Women's World Championship, which moves into the quarterfinal round Thursday.
And we finish with a look ahead at some games to watch around NCAA women's hockey this weekend.
The PodKaz is a production of USCHO.com. Have a question for us? Reach out to Nicole (@NicoleHaase) or Todd (@ToddMilewski) on social media or email todd.milewski@uscho.com.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Us cho dot com. Alli, welcome back to the podcast.
My name is Top Moluski. I'm here with the gole Hosey.
We're from us cho dot com. You're here to talk
about NCAA women's hockey and a little bit of international hockey.
Because the cole is still in Nova Scotia. Correct. I
(00:25):
feel like I was going to say that wrong where
the tournament is this year, But the U eighteen Women's
World Championship in Nova Scotia, Nicole is still there. The
tournament's moving into the quarterfinals as we're recording this on
Wednesday night. That'll be starting Thursday morning. We'll talk about
that a little bit more as the show goes along.
(00:46):
We wanted to get into right away what's been happening
with the NCAA program here over the last few weeks,
and really Princeton has shot to the top of ec
A C hockey on an eleven game winning streak. They're
up to number seven in the NPI. This is everything's
coming off Tigers right now, which is is pretty cool.
(01:07):
Is he Wonder scoring five goals in two games last
week wins at Union and RPI. This is a a
lot more than I think a lot of people expected
from Princeton, even with Izy Wonder. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Absolutely. Well, you know, they had some graduations, they had
Sarah Paul transfer out. Like it was a little bit
of a slow start. You know, they started with losing
three of their first four and now they've only lost
one more since then, So yeah, it was it was
a little bit of a slow start, but goodness, have
they built speed and you know, it's just been really impressive.
(01:42):
I mean, is he Wondered really came on in the
second half last year as well. She ended up being
a Pattykaz top ten I believe, yep. And it feels
like maybe it's just that whole IVY League starting late
getting things move in. They just took them a little
bit to find their stride.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
And I think this is a season where maybe there's
some spots up for grabs and towards the top of
the ECAC. So seeing that opportunity and taking it through
the middle of the season here obviously there's a long
way to go, but Princeton's really I think, kind of
taking advantage of of an opening in that we've seen
(02:25):
that there isn't necessarily a dominant team or hasn't been,
and they've kind of filled that role in the last
couple of months, and we assume.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
That that will only sort of open up more in
the second half. Is teams are missing players towards the Olympics, right, So,
I mean we talked about this in the beginning. There
will be opportunities we you know, talk to where it
maybe more Olympics related, but generally we felt like nothing
was written in stone this year, and I felt like
it feels like Princeton is one of those teams that
really just sort of saw the opportunity and went for it.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
I would. Yeah, So I'm I'm I'm interested to see
how how these next couple of weeks go, because you
start to get into that that range of winning, you know,
you get too close to a dozen games and it
feels like everything's going. When the bump hits and maybe
it's not a loss, but maybe it's a two goal
deficit or something like that, how are you going to respond?
(03:19):
What's the reaction going to be? Is it, uh uh,
we're in trouble, or is it look, we're fine, We've
we've done this before. Those are the kind of things
I think if if we see Princeton doing you know,
getting through those situation as well. Then I think we
know a little bit of okay that maybe is a
team that's that's growing some maturity and it's really has
(03:42):
a chance to be a big factor toward the end
of the season.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yeah, and put it a pen in those thoughts, because
we'll come back to what do you do when you
haven't face diversity when we talk about the U eighteens.
But yeah, I agree, it's it's a bit of a
time poster. How are you going to say it? Like
you do? I the prestige of going undefeated for a
long time is great, but I do think you don't
learn as much about yourself as a team. You obviously
(04:08):
are getting everybody's best and that helps, but I do
think that you need to go through some of that
stuff and learn how you react in those situations and
also learn to trust yourself and trust your instincts and
that you're sort of well trained and well practiced enough
that you don't like you don't lose those things if
you're not using them like you just you have the instincts,
you know what to do, you know how to react
(04:28):
in that situation, and particularly when we're talking you know,
younger players, collegiate aged players who you know are in
some of these situations, you know early on in their careers.
I think it's really important to go through that bout
back and learn to trust yourself and so yeah, I
think there's massive things that can be learned through a
stretch like this, so be interesting.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Yeah. Yeah, we will return to Acca hockey in a minute,
but I want to get to the first round of
the bean Pod that happened on Tuesday at Walter Brown
Arena in Boston. A couple of weeks go bu Boston
University and Harvard played for a championship and that was
all the way over in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Well, they're
gonna play for one a lot closer to home next
(05:09):
week Tuesday at TD Garden in Boston because they both
won semi finals. Harvard won two to one over Boston College.
Kaylen McDonald with the goal ahead goal in the second
period and easily tough. He stays on a pretty good
heater here, making forty saves for the Crimson to get
through the semis and then be you upsets the Northeastern
(05:29):
two to one in overtime. May carry with a power
play goal in overtime to win that one. Mary Peterson
thirty five saves and so it's be you at Harvard
again for a championship. That's I don't know that we
necessarily would have predicted that in Belfast or in the
Bean Pod.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
No, absolutely not. Yeah, the whole thing again, eya chaos
and that's not all hockey's but okay, happy East raigns
with the chaos. But yeah, I you know, maybe that
was the we should have taking. That is the sort
of what it foretold of what we were going to see.
I'm sure they're much happier. They don't have to have
flown overseas to have done this, Not that it wasn't
(06:08):
a fun trip, but I think they'll be much happier
playing at TV Garden. And yeah, I think it'd be interesting.
I think, you know, I was just looking at stats
and it says Ainsley tough. He's only played eight games,
but the way that she has played, man, I feel
like she's going to be in some end of the
season conversations and we're going to get get into that,
you know, how many games versus right opponents, you know,
(06:31):
like when someone's played a whole season or not. But yeah,
she has just been standing on her head outstanding for Harvard.
But I also, you know, just want to show it
like they're not a team I thought was going to
score a bunch either, and they're They're not winning the
games just because of her, So yeah, I would not
have predicted it. I think it's gonna be a lot
of fun. I think it's cool. I don't think it's
(06:52):
great for anybody when the same people win over and
over again, and like we see that in the w
c CHA. I think at some point we need to
see au switch up there too, right for people to
to not be sort of sick of it. But it's
good to see different teams getting this opportunity. And I'm
glad that. I think it's very hard for us. We
talked about this the best hard for us in the
Midwest to wrap our head around the import of the
(07:14):
bean Pot book. I'm glad that it's teams that you know,
on paper aren't the ones that people thought were going
to raise it. One of them is going to get
the chances year and that's pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Yeah, we've gone this far into the show this week
without mentioning what may be the play of the season
and That's why I apologize for that, because well, Abby
Murphy is is. I talked about heaters man all season long,
has been a heater for Abby up to fifty points now.
But her assist on Bella Finale's first of two goals
(07:48):
in a four to three win against Minnesota State on Saturday.
If you haven't seen it, go go find it. It's
if you haven't, I mean it's it's all over social media,
it's always been on TV. It's I mean it's it's
a juggling act really, the puck. She lifts the puck
up and then swats it down between the the defender's
(08:09):
legs on a rush. Not like she's standing still, she's moving.
She's on the rush up the left side.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
It was a lacrosse move. I'm not familiar, but I
guess I could see it.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
But yes, I guess.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Yeah, it's not a better word.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
I'm just gonna say it's better in hockey because it's
a little trickier probably in hockey. But yeah, and then slides. Yeah, absolutely,
And if Bella doesn't finish that one and and we
we miss out on that highlight, it's so good for
her for I.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Mean, she did get it. Out of bladder. It was
a pretty the perfect passover.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Just un But that was a the finish of a
a series that the Gophers got some revenge against Minnesota,
say who swept them earlier in the season eleven of
three on Friday and Mankato the Gophers one and then
four to three back home in Minneapolis on Saturday. But
that play is we're.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
In touchdown dunes that like that game is still in question.
Like to me, that adds to the I mean, nobody
is surprised that Abby has either the skilled nor the audacity.
But also Abby's not Abby's got very a lot of happyaque.
She's very smart. Like to do that you have to
know in that situation, like when your team is still
fighting for a win and it would be a very
(09:29):
bad loss to lose to them again, Like you have
to know you're going to pull that off, and she
does like to have the wherewithal to do it on
its own. It's you know, it's like when we've talked
about Nela Lupushinova from from Slovakian and some of the
stuff she's done, Like to know that you can do
that in a game and actually have the hutzpud do
it is it one thing, it's a whole other thing
(09:50):
to actually pull it off, and then a third to
have done it in this situation where like it would
have been massive if she was pulling stuff like that
screwed it up and her team lost, like you don't
be back, adds a whole different level. So yeah, I
just this is the sort of stuff that makes Abby
(10:11):
a player that everybody loves and everybody loves to hate.
This is the stuff where I'm like, when you can
do that, please stop with the other silly stuff and
just be the spectacular player that you are. But yeah,
like audacity is the best word I have, Like the
audacity to just be like yep, noobiy beale.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
I mean, there's no way that we don't see that
on a Patty Cas Top ten you know video or
you know whatever, whatever we get to the Saturday showing finalists,
whatever she is by that point, and when she gets flucked,
you knowing.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
The Olympics, when she gets selected to the feed up,
like that's following.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Her right absolutely, and and good for her. I want
to say this, Abby, good for you for doing that
on a night when there are more cameras in the
building because that was on BTN.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Yes, this is Big ten network, not just on BAT Plus.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
So it was a televised so there's extra cameras. There's
an ISO shot of it. Was it was great perfect,
absolutely had to have those extra cameras in there to
capture that a few different.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Ways this happened. In another rink, we'd have one very grainy,
distant view of it, and so like rit Or alone,
we would have had better. But the fact that it
was the BTN broadcast one like listen, I'm not saying
Addie knew that, but I just think, like, gosh, where's
the lucky because imagine that happened and we didn't even
(11:31):
get like the camera view to get to see it.
The fact that we have it from like seven different
angles just a plus all around. I just Abbie can
rum everybody's nerves the wrong way, but I just think
you cannot deny what a special player she is. Spectacular
and like the conversation about this went huge, Like what
this did for women's college hockey this week, just a
plus massive.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Yes, let's build on that more and more. I mean
not saying you're gonna get plays like that every week,
but there there's usually something every week that you're like, oh,
that was pretty cool, and it doesn't always reach the masses,
and that you know, we'll try and help amplify a
lot of those plays when we see them, but yeah,
this one didn't need it didn't need our help to
(12:16):
get amplified. It was that good on its own. I
want to get to a couple more results before we
take a quick break. Penn State and Mercy Herris played
two top teams in Atlantic Hockey America. Penn State obviously
with a huge lead in the league, so I don't
think there's a lot of question there of who's finishing first.
But Mercy hers came back after a three nothing Penn
(12:37):
State win on Friday last week to get a four
to three overtime win over the Niitney Alliance on Saturday,
coming back from a goal down three times. In fact,
Julia Paerhus a hope, that's right, something like that with
a six on four goal with minute seven left to
tie it, and then Peyton Evans scores in the last
minute of overtime to give the Lakers that win. Didn't
(13:01):
hurt Penn State in the NPI. There's still fourth, but
it's you know when you when you see lost in
a while, I know that right well, I mean it
is an overtime loss, so it's not a full loss,
but yes, that's that. That to me is a I
(13:26):
don't know if it was an off day for Penn State.
I don't know if it was a really good day
for Merciers, combination of them both, or just the kind
of one of the results that you get. You know,
when you play enough games against each other, there's gonna
be a lot of familiarity. You're gonna know where you
need to push another team, and I mean you get
that point.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
Sometimes, and there's no team that wants to beat Penn
State more at that point than Merciers. You know, they've
they've taken control of the league, but Mercierhurst has beaten
them on occasion in recent years, and so like they
know that what they're capable of. And yeah, the coming
back down is the part that made it so good.
I think just mercier Is showing like they were not
going to lose that game. Every time Penn State to
(14:07):
the lead, they fought back. So I wish I could
have seen more of it, but yeah, it was it
was a lot of fun. Either texted dot after like, oh, Merciers,
just because it's fun to see these when when it's
a foregone conclusion who's going to win, you know, the conference.
It feels like it's fun to see these types of
these types of games, and that is a big boost
for Mercy Hurst.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
Yes, let's that I said didn't hurt Penn State. But
there are some results that did hurt teams last weekend.
Clarkson's down to number thirteen in the NPI now after
five times five to five tie with Cornell on Friday
and then a five to two lost to Colgate on Saturday.
This is a a team that we've kind of been
(14:52):
on the lookout for all season. It feels like it's
like there's been officers, been downs. It's it's kind of
trended a little but the wrong way recently, and now
they're they're in a spot where they're gonna have to
do some digging to get into a UHN at large
position for for the NCAA tournament if if uh if
(15:14):
that's where they want to get.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Yeah, that five to five tie was Those are two
teams that are usually very defensive, so yeah, it cut
certain for now. Five five tie was a fascinating result. Yeah,
I mean, I E C A C is gonna be
hard and you can't drop points you need to have
and yeah, I don't know. I you combine the fact
(15:36):
that the e c AC was going to be like
this anyway with Princeton going on their heater, and it's like, uh, yeah,
those are suddenly and because all of them have dropped
in the rankings, suddenly they're the NPI. It's are just
that much harder. But yeah, I the bottom seven or
so of the poll right now is is fascinating and
uh definitely. Uh feels like there's just a lot of
(16:00):
meant and be a lot of opportunity. I feel like
we're gonna get ended up with some very surprising final
at large bid just based on how volatile that bottom
bit has been.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Yeah, seems like it. In the w c H a
Ohiose State got a sweep at Saint Cloud's State four
nothing Friday and five to one on Saturday, and then
in Duluth, Minnesota, Luth got a one to one tie
with with Wisconsin on Friday and then won the shootoutv
gascon made thirty eight saves and then stopped all three
Wisconsin tries in the shootout in that one to one draw,
(16:33):
and then Wisconsin came back with a five to one
win on Saturday, Leila Edwards gold in two assists and
Lacey Eden three assists. We were talking a little bit
before we started recording that, you know, which which the
lift team are we going to see day to day?
And I don't know that we have an answer to
that there. It's what we kind of what we saw
(16:56):
a little bit at the tournament in melf Asked was
surprising at points. Then you know they're they're pretty good.
And when they when they came back in the third
period in that first game against Harvard, correct if I'm
remembering that right. But and then we see them play
(17:16):
some really good stretches against Wisconsin and they only get
two points out of six for the weekend, which you know, okay,
it does something, but absolutely, but you felt like there
was more available to them in that series.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
Yeah, And I guess my thought is like, why why
is it only against Wisconsin or in the third period
of a game that you should have been dominating from
the beginning based on you know, Raygiek, isn't your output?
Like why what do they need to be doing to
showing up for those full sixty minutes, because I think
even in the TI against Wisconsin, like you said, I
(17:55):
think that probably should have been their game to win,
and only getting the tie and the shootout out of
that is like probably a bit of a disappointing result
having watched some of that game for them, And so, yeah,
I it's you know, I mean that's mostly mentality, right, Like,
that's not about skill. I mean, obviously I think f
(18:17):
Gascon playing the way that she does plays a huge
part in being able to keep teams like you know,
Wisconsin off out of out of the net. But uf
D can score more than that too, Like so they Yeah,
I don't know, I said to you, I was like,
is there anything to say other than like wtf, Like
which team are you? I don't know that I have
like a lot further analysis other than like I wish
(18:38):
they or else could figure it out because I'm very
confused by m D at this point.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Added to the list of teams that are using for
me this season. Honestly, I feel like there's been a
lot on that on that list.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Yes, we could say conversely to like Wisconsin, you probably
should have if you could go out and win five
to one in the second game. What were you doing
in that scene where you were like on the verge
of losing it? So I think you could make that
argument in the opposite direction as well. Wisconsin seems to
only show up fully what like two thirds to three
quarters of the time, and I think they're getting they've
(19:15):
they've gotten some of their wins based on being a
very talented team as opposed to playing a good game.
So that's team itself that I can have that conversation about.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Sometimes absolutely new hot results in the last few weeks
have have made for an interesting situation top of the
standings there. It was not that long ago that sant
Anselm had a pretty comfortable lead. So much anymore, Yeah,
not so much. Now it's only one point over Franklin Pierce.
(19:45):
After last weekend, Franklin Pierce beat Sacred Heart three to
two in overtime with a Kaylee Murphy goal, and then
three to one, I mean, while st Anselm lost to
stone Hill four to one and then four to three
in overtime. So all of a sudden, Franklin Pierce eight
to one to one in their last nine and Saint
Anselm O four and one in their last five and
(20:06):
game on I.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
Mean, herefore, I hate that. You know, two weeks ago
we were ready to write it off like bad on us.
But yeah, but I like Franklin Pierce to me, is
I just ever since that I think I've said this,
but they had that postseason like two years ago where
they just went nuts like they shouldn't. There was no
reason they should be winning the games they were. They
should absolutely were believe in themself is when nobody else did.
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And so I just think there's just kind of an
aura there in a belief in a way that that
allows them to just really go out and not feel
like they're out of any game, which is an amazing
mentality to have. So again, there's almost an opportunity for them,
and they've they've taken it, like because a lot of
people could have looked at that hugely and been like
it's over, you know, and and san Anselm isn't taking
(20:52):
care of their business, and Franklin pierces so good on them,
and things could be really fun next six weeks or so.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
That's that's what we're here for when it comes out
to the end of the season. Yeah, all right, we're
gonna take a quick break. When we come back, it's
time to talk to the U eighteen tournament. Where Nicole is.
What's what we've seen so far and what's coming ahead?
Stay with us on the podcast. Welcome back to the podcast.
(21:22):
Todd Nicole here with you to talk about the U
eighteen World Championship that's going on in Sydney, Nova, Scotia.
What's the other city that's in Sydney, Nomber two.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Okay, thank you, that's where we were to start and
move to Sydney for right, Yes.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Yes, yes, exactly. So we've seen the US pretty much
dominate three games that it's played. Jane Daly hat trick
in all three games, the Ohio State commit that's pretty impressive. Yes,
sixteen year old. We've seen Canada win three games, get
(22:03):
challenged early in a couple of them, but end up
with pretty comfortable margins. Where does that leave us as
we're going into the quarterfinals starting on Thursday, then with
the semi Saturday and the metal games on Sunday? What what?
What are you feeling about how things are looking there? Now?
Speaker 2 (22:20):
Two things. The first is that we have seen that
a team that gets beaten in grew round by a
squad can still come back and give that same team
all kinds of trouble in the metal rounds. You know,
check you upsetting Canada two years ago, things like that.
So like, it's not everything these opening round results. I
(22:43):
think teams this is I always say this is the
weirdest tournament because it both goes very fast and very slow,
like it is only a week long, but it feels
when you're in it. I mean, and there's you know,
up to six games and there's a lot that can
happen and learn and grow and change over the course
of a tournament for a team, which feels ridiculous to
say about a week, but it is very true that
you will see you will have watched the team day,
(23:05):
wanted the team on the last day, and have seen
that growth. So I don't want to put too much
on the opening round results. That being said, I like
we all thought Chechia in their first period against Canada
was like showing that they are here to stay and play,
and then they ended up losing what nine to two,
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and afterwards the Chechia coach was like, yeah, that gap
is bigger than ever, So that was like really surprising.
And it does feel like we're on a crash course
for US and Canada. Again. US has allowed just one
goal it was uh nolla on the power play. They
have not faced any adversity, they haven't had to come
(23:47):
from behind. They've been in base of control of every
game they've played. Even when you know sort of the
coaching staff is like, oh, there were things we didn't
like or whatever. I wasn't heavy with that period like this,
there's still scloring four goals in that period. It's like, okay,
I mean I get it from a coach's side, but like,
you know, they're fine. And then I would say I
would have said that about Canada as well. But yesterday,
(24:09):
so we didn't score it first, and then I think
at one point pull it down to a three two
lead right after that, and then Canada pulled away. And
I think that's the sort of stuff, like I said,
put a pin in it, we'll come back to it.
Is that part where you go down by a goal
when you've been blowing out opponents, like how do you respond?
How do you react? And so I think important part
for their for Canada was not just reacting to the goals,
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but also like not getting pushed out of their system
or not playing panicked or any of those sorts of things.
Like they actually got better when they were pressured, and
so that sort of I think helped settle them into
their game and sort of push out the noise and
let them focus on doing what they know best. So
I think, you know, the question mark for the US
is is what will they do when they get pressured
(24:51):
like that? And for them, it's most likely going to
be in the semi finals, which it's it's rough to
have that be the first time. Uh, And if you're
gonna need to make a jo usman's or have a
gut check, there's not a lot not a lot of
rooms for her for mistakes or error. Is there. You
either win that came and play for a gold, or
you lose the game and play for bronze or nothing.
So that I think is the biggest concern. But the
(25:14):
US is probably as deep as I've seen them. They're
just there's kind of scoring at will on all their lines.
Like you said, Jean Daily, it's just absolutely skating circles
about everybody and like they're not it's not like empty netters.
They're not like cherry picked like She's scored some pretty goals,
so yeah, nine goals through three games is just absolute bonkers. Again,
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she's sixteen, just kind of nuts. Yeah, So I think
for the question is can someone upset those two teams?
And I mean the closest team to do that is
Sweden or Chechia, And so those are the teams that
I'll be paying attention to through quarterfinals and semifinals. And
then what happens with US and Canada when they're not
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sort of able to play and move the pucket will
which they have both pretty much been able to do.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
All right, So the quarterfinal schedule Thursday is Sweden against Slovakia,
Chechia versus Switzerland, US against Hungary, and Canada against Finland again.
Then there's a day off Friday before we get the
semifinals with the championship game on Sunday. Do you I
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mean it feels like it's a US and Canada. We're
careening towards that. Again, like most years, not to say
it's it's a given like we saw two years ago.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Well, I mean two of the last three years US
or Canada didn't play in the final game. So like
I do think that it's a possibility, and I don't
want to downplay that, but both teams are just really
strong and really deep and really fast. And I think
what everybody has said. We asked them, the Swedish players
and the Swedish coach sort of what's the difference between
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playing in the SDHL and here, and they said the
SDHL is more physical, but this is faster. So this
is the U eight eats even faster than the Swedish
Pro League, which is just interesting, like just a good
comparison to know. But the biggest thing that all the
teams like have an issue with or or struggle with,
is yeah, not having that time and space to make decisions.
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And so at the top level they're going to adjust
to that. At those those top teams, the lower levels
don't really know what to do there. They are still
at a speed of game where they they are stopping
and thinking about everything, and so when there is no
space for that, like they're just they're kind of frozen.
And so that's, you know, that's what makes it difficult,
and that's really the biggest thing that happens. It's like
you can't muster any offense and you can't pull onto
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the pucket there's constantly someone in your pocket, and if
you're not sort of at that level and if you
and your team aren't meshed enough where you can just
make a pass to know that somebody is going to
be there, then you're constantly just turning the puck over.
So that's really the biggest difference that see sort of
between the levels. And then so the four teams that
lose the quarter finals the two with the lowest seeds,
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and the teams were seeded after the round, the group round,
that's how they kind of figured out. There's a one
through four in each of Group BANG, Group B, and
then we cross anyway, the two lowest seeds left will
play in the relegation game. So last night's game, the
very last game of the group round was Hungary versus Switzerland,
which was honestly one of the most fun games of
the tournament for you to watch, just because they were
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they were all matched, they're at a similar place and
just a lot of heart, and those teams were playing
to not play in the relegation game. I mean, technically
one of them could upset, there could be things, but
like in the end, one of them needed to have
a win to be seated higher to not be the
fourth team in their group and bopefully not playing the
relegation game, and so playing with that heart and playing
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with that pride just really made that just a spectacular game.
And you know, their fans that are here are family,
and so just the crowd is so involved, the hockey
dad along the r we're a plus the whole time
it was. It was a lot of fun to watch,
and I felt really bad for Hungary, who are up
for the first time in fourteen years, that they ended
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up losing a very close game, So good for Switzerland.
The pure joy they had on the ice was great
for a regular group round game. But also it's just
we mostly get the team that was promoted last year
gets relegated this year, and Hungry will be looking that
in the face again this year. So kind of a bummer.
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Always one of the harder parts about it, because you
do really want to pull for these teams, but I guess.
And then the secondary this prize has been Finland, who
has done not a whole lot with their games and
honestly could be also on a course for the relegation
of the game, which is kind of shocking to be quite honest.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
All right, before we move on, I want to just
get some thoughts on, like, what's the atmosphere like there?
What what do you what are you noticing? What are
you feeling? What's what's it like being in that building
for I mean, there's a couple of days there, it's
four games, there's a couple of days, whereas two games,
I'm sure the two game days are are lovely when
you only have the two as opposed to back to
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back and missing out on games because you're in the
mix zone and things like that. But just give us
a feel for what it's been like.
Speaker 2 (30:16):
This is probably the one that's been the most supported
by like local folks, meaning that like the local team
is selling out the arena when they're playing. We did
see that a little in Sweden, but not so much
in the group round games. But one of the weird
things out of a four game days like we had,
Canada is the third game of the day and then
Switzerland Hungry is the fourth game, and the energy level
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inside the arena was slightly different. You know, it fills up,
it's very loud, all the Canada fans are there, and
then it feels incredibly quiet after. But ticket sales wise,
we've sold out every one of the Canada games, which
at the arena was like twelve fifty. I don't I
think there were still, you know, quite a bit empty
because corporate sales and things like that. But so it's
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been a full and loud building and then a lot
of the country parents bring you know, the Swiss have
cow bells and the Slovakia parents have a drum and
some horns which you said you can hear very loud
through the rabost.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
You could very very well on TV as you can.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
And so it's fun and it is. There have been
some school kids for some of the day games, which
has been fun. So and there's just a well, this
is the first time that I've been doing this. So
Member two is part of Native First Nations Land and
I am not going to attempt to announce the tribe.
I apologize for not saying it, but I would rather
not say it than screwed up. But there's been a
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very large presence. Like the player of the game, we're
getting hand beaded flowers, which is the flower of I
think Novascoptia. It might be where I'm Cape Bretton, which
is a separate Island, which is part of Nova Scotia,
but it's also its own thing. That's where I keep
getting confused. Doesn't matter, So they're they're getting that, and
there's been a there's just a presence with First Nations
and so that's just been a very cool and important
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part of this. So that rink is is on First
Nations Land, and I'm I think it's really cool that
we did that and made that a part of this
tournament this year. And so now we will move into
Sydney proper for the They have a well I don't
remember the league, but they have a team here, like
they call themselves Hockey Town here and we're in their rink,
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and I keep laughing because I keep hearing radio commercials
about their team on their extended road trip, and it's like,
I know that's happening, but I know the gold Mill
game is sold out and that ridenc has about six
thousand seats, so that should be amazing. And people in
town know, like they're like, oh, why are you here,
because people don't this is a stumber destination. People do
not come here in the winter. So that's been fun
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and talking to some of the Nova Scotians, I mean,
they never could have imagined a tournament like this happening
in their hometown when they were younger, Like the idea
that young girls get to see this, and I think
we feel that everywhere, but like in Canada, where hockey
is so big, Nova Scotia is sort of so removed
and so far to the east, and we don't see
a ton being out here. It's like why Willian's World
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was supposed to be a Halifax and got canceled. That
was a big deal because this is a growing area
of girls hockey participation and I've heard locals talking about
like they you know, they didn't have girls when they
were younger and things like that. So the town has
been super supportive and that's been fun, and people have
just been really excited that we're here, which is nice.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
Great. All right, we will get the full rundown of
the the the final three rounds of the tournament the
next week's show, and I'm sure we'll get maybe more
of the feel of what the metal ceremonies are like
from you after that then too. We're gonna take another
quick break and when we come back, we'll talk about
what's coming ahead this week in NCAA Women's Hockey Stay
(33:44):
with us on the podcast. Welcome back to the podcast,
Todd and Nicole with you. Let's wrap things up this
week with the look at some games to watch this
weekend and then into Tuesday. I say Tuesday because that's
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the bean Pot Final day at TD Garden in Boston,
the third place game Northeastern against BC Championship game Harvard
and BU. That third place game is important for Northeastern.
It's head well. I believe it has lost two of
their three games since break. You don't want that to extend,
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especially when they're in a pretty good position in the NPI.
You don't want that slip. I don't want to, you know,
have a game here or there hurt you. Maybe take
a take a sure thing in the NCAA tournament at
the end to a question going in the last couple
of weeks. But the final should be pretty good. And
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I hope that the crowd is as good or better
as it was last year at TD Garden. I think
there was thirteen thousand some last year, a really good
showing and and let's hope that repeats itself.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
Yeah, I agree, and I hope that even if it
isn't like even if your team didn't make the final
that people were expecting or hoping to be able to
be there that like go for both games and stay
and really support and show out for women's hockey college
hockey in Boston.
Speaker 1 (35:21):
Yeah, absolutely, ECAC. There's a number thirteen Yale hosting Number
twelve Colgate on Friday, and number ten Cornell on Saturday.
Kind of in that next range of ECAC teams looking
to make a jump. Obviously a lot of work to
be done by all three of those teams really to
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make the second half a little bit better than the
first half was in terms of being up and down.
And I'm sure they'd like to get to a more
consistent a set of results in a positive way, but
that doesn't necessarily seem to be the way things are
going in this mushy middle and ecuh, I guess middle
the upper middle of the standings where it's it's really
(36:07):
tough to figure out who's who's uh, you know, got
a leg up on anyone else there.
Speaker 2 (36:14):
Yeah, and they're all on the border of the NPI
and the ability to the tournament, right, Like, it's not
just about conference standings, but every one of those teams
is probably on the outside looking in at the NC
Tournament at this point. So yeah, at Colgate has done
that thing again where they're they're winning important games, and
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I it's hard to believe them right now. I just
I don't know. I want to see them, you know,
be pulling out there those men's consistently. But alos the
Biederman has been having a great season and continues to
sort of be pulling that team and hopefully they put
a run of them together because it feels like a
little like UFD, like they're playing well in the good
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games and then maybe not bringing their full arsenal when
it's an unlinked opponent and then those games are hurting them.
Speaker 1 (37:07):
Yeah. Number two Ohio State back on the road this
week at number fourteen Minnesota State. I would I remember
Minnesota State being close to a win last season at
home against Ohio State. I think was it an overtime
game something like that. They had a chance to win
(37:28):
an overtime and but to Ohio State came down and won.
That's what I have stuck in my head. Anyway, So
we know that Minnesota State has the potential to do this.
I just am wondering how much last week's the first
game against Minnesota was a shock to the system, but
then again they came back and more right in that game.
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The second day against Minnesota, had the lead but then
did lose the lead, lost the game. They need some results.
It's me a lot. It's not going to be any
easier this week against how State than it was against
Minnesota though, No, but I was.
Speaker 2 (38:07):
Sorry talking about this made me realize we should talk
about how Joy Dunn played defense last week and was
the WHA defender of the week. I believe that's because
of injury. Ohio State has been down some numbers all
seasoned with different injuries, and since I'm here, I did
not get the time to go look at different line
sheets and do some of that detective work. But yeah,
it'd be interesting to see what happens there. Again, I mean,
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obviously she's a threat from everywhere on the ice, and
also like they're not missing, like there's plenty of other
people that could score les up front. So but that
is an interesting turn event and it would be kind
of funny to me that if we were seeing between
the Layla transition and now Joy, just that it's happening
(38:49):
in the same year. Obviously for some different reasons. But yeah,
I don't know if that was a one off experiment
or by necessity or a more permanent transition, but something
to look out for if you watch those games.
Speaker 1 (39:01):
Yes, uh, Saint Cloud State is playing at number eight
Minnesota Duluth. I'm I'm curious to see which both which
of both of these seems we get agreed. Yeah, Saint
Cloud State can can be right there with teams. They
can also look like they're really far away from teams,
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and I can really I can say the same about Duluth.
Sometimes they take care of games that they should and
they make some games a lot more difficult than they
should be. So there's a there's a little bit the
watch on both sides of this one.
Speaker 2 (39:39):
Yeah, And I still think that Minnesota Dalluth is scoring
fewer goals, and I think maybe they should based on
who's in their lineup and feacing Saint Cloud State with
a strong defect and consistently good goaltending, it's not going
to get any easier. And I think I think that's
a thing that maybe I didn't talk about before with UMD,
but I do think that if they're going to be
a team that wants to do more and go further
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and possibly put you for a title this year. They've
got to find a way to get the puck in
the net more often. And it can't just be Caitlin Kramer,
but there are talented goalstup scores on that roster and
they've they've just got to be putting up more than
I mean, you know, what was it the two goals
last weekend, Like that's just it's not gonna cut it.
Speaker 1 (40:20):
Princeton puts that loven game winning streak online against Harvard
on Friday, Dartmouth on Saturday, both of those home games
at Hobie Baker Rink for Princeton. Let's see how how
far this goes, right I I would think you know
that they're gonna be they would be favored to win
both of those games. You do never know how how
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one night's gonna gonna go. But yeah, if they can
get the thirteen wins in a row, you're starting to
look at Yeah, that's that's a third of or more
than a third of an ECAC team season. So that's
that's impressive.
Speaker 2 (40:58):
Yeah. On the interesting room is another team where I'm
never sure, Like obviously they've they've won some big games
and shown how they can play. But also they played
on Tuesday, and they're going to play again on Tuesday,
and now they're playing in the middle of that, and that's
that's just a lot. And and you know they've been
on from overseas for ten days and just all of it,
so that will also be interesting to look at as well.
(41:19):
I think I think that could be a game that
is either going to be super close or I think
going to be a blow and I don't feel like
there's any in between.
Speaker 1 (41:28):
None. The more I think of it, ivy teams play,
is it only thirty games, so they're they're already a
third of a winning streak of a third of their season.
So no, that's truly when you put in those those
those that perspective, that's that's pretty impressive. Okay. You can
see all the schedules of all the games on us
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c h O dot com. What uh you want to
mention some some more about the UA Team Tournament and
where you can find those games to watch as are
coming up this weekend.
Speaker 2 (42:01):
Yeah, USCA games have been on NHL Network because it's
TSN in Canada the broadcast set, but in doing putting
up the links for Victory Press for tomorrow. I saw
that all of these games are listed on ESPN ESPN
Plus for this week, so starting with tomorrow's US Hungry
quarterfinal and the Canada Finland quarterfinal. I believe this show
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is local to me times, so five o'clock here, I
the time sounds me on but anyway, which is an
hour ahead of Eastern, right, yes, that's why that's why pause.
I was like, I don't even know, because what time
lifelsted with rank tomorrow, nobody knows. It is scheduled at
five o'clock here, so four o'clock Eastern, three o'clock Central,
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et cetera. And then the Canada game to follow right after.
Those are both listed on ESPN Plus, as are the
games on Saturday and Sunday. So if you do not
have NHL Network like I do not, that should be
a much easier, less extensive way to watch those games.
So that's on ESPN FUS. As I said, I've looked
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up like they're the schedule and it's upcoming and filtered
it for hockey, and those are all showing, So good
luck with that. I hope that's true and that people
are able to watch it. IHEF also has something you
can subscribe to. I am writing about everyone of the
games on Victory Press and both tweeting and using blue
Sky to share stuff from within the rink, and then
(43:28):
also putting photos and things on Instagram. My Instagram is
at Nicole Hasey fourteen, blue Ska and Twitter are just
at Nicole Hasey. Uh follow year. IHF does not allow
a video from inside, so I'm not sharing video. It's
all tell photos. My apologies.
Speaker 1 (43:47):
Well that's why you got to watch the games, yeah
on ESPM plus or NHL net work or follow along
on your Twitter, right all right? Uh, well, hope you
enjoy the rest of your trip and the safe travels
back and enjoy you know, the rest of the games. Uh.
It sounds like it's it's fun stuff and it's gonna
get really interesting towards the last few days. Yeah, all right.
(44:09):
For Nicole on Todd, thanks for listening to the podcast.
Us cho dot com. Alli, welcome back to the podcast.
My name is Top Moluski. I'm here with the gole Hosey.
We're from us cho dot com. You're here to talk
about NCAA women's hockey and a little bit of international hockey.
Because the cole is still in Nova Scotia. Correct. I
(00:25):
feel like I was going to say that wrong where
the tournament is this year, But the U eighteen Women's
World Championship in Nova Scotia, Nicole is still there. The
tournament's moving into the quarterfinals as we're recording this on
Wednesday night. That'll be starting Thursday morning. We'll talk about
that a little bit more as the show goes along.
(00:46):
We wanted to get into right away what's been happening
with the NCAA program here over the last few weeks,
and really Princeton has shot to the top of ec
A C hockey on an eleven game winning streak. They're
up to number seven in the NPI. This is everything's
coming off Tigers right now, which is is pretty cool.
(01:07):
Is he Wonder scoring five goals in two games last
week wins at Union and RPI. This is a a
lot more than I think a lot of people expected
from Princeton, even with Izy Wonder. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Absolutely. Well, you know, they had some graduations, they had
Sarah Paul transfer out. Like it was a little bit
of a slow start. You know, they started with losing
three of their first four and now they've only lost
one more since then, So yeah, it was it was
a little bit of a slow start, but goodness, have
they built speed and you know, it's just been really impressive.
(01:42):
I mean, is he Wondered really came on in the
second half last year as well. She ended up being
a Pattykaz top ten I believe, yep. And it feels
like maybe it's just that whole IVY League starting late
getting things move in. They just took them a little
bit to find their stride.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
And I think this is a season where maybe there's
some spots up for grabs and towards the top of
the ECAC. So seeing that opportunity and taking it through
the middle of the season here obviously there's a long
way to go, but Princeton's really I think, kind of
taking advantage of of an opening in that we've seen
(02:25):
that there isn't necessarily a dominant team or hasn't been,
and they've kind of filled that role in the last
couple of months, and we assume.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
That that will only sort of open up more in
the second half. Is teams are missing players towards the Olympics, right, So,
I mean we talked about this in the beginning. There
will be opportunities we you know, talk to where it
maybe more Olympics related, but generally we felt like nothing
was written in stone this year, and I felt like
it feels like Princeton is one of those teams that
really just sort of saw the opportunity and went for it.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
I would. Yeah, So I'm I'm I'm interested to see
how how these next couple of weeks go, because you
start to get into that that range of winning, you know,
you get too close to a dozen games and it
feels like everything's going. When the bump hits and maybe
it's not a loss, but maybe it's a two goal
deficit or something like that, how are you going to respond?
(03:19):
What's the reaction going to be? Is it, uh uh,
we're in trouble, or is it look, we're fine, We've
we've done this before. Those are the kind of things
I think if if we see Princeton doing you know,
getting through those situation as well. Then I think we
know a little bit of okay that maybe is a
team that's that's growing some maturity and it's really has
(03:42):
a chance to be a big factor toward the end
of the season.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yeah, and put it a pen in those thoughts, because
we'll come back to what do you do when you
haven't face diversity when we talk about the U eighteens.
But yeah, I agree, it's it's a bit of a
time poster. How are you going to say it? Like
you do? I the prestige of going undefeated for a
long time is great, but I do think you don't
learn as much about yourself as a team. You obviously
(04:08):
are getting everybody's best and that helps, but I do
think that you need to go through some of that
stuff and learn how you react in those situations and
also learn to trust yourself and trust your instincts and
that you're sort of well trained and well practiced enough
that you don't like you don't lose those things if
you're not using them like you just you have the instincts,
you know what to do, you know how to react
(04:28):
in that situation, and particularly when we're talking you know,
younger players, collegiate aged players who you know are in
some of these situations, you know early on in their careers.
I think it's really important to go through that bout
back and learn to trust yourself and so yeah, I
think there's massive things that can be learned through a
stretch like this, so be interesting.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Yeah. Yeah, we will return to Acca hockey in a minute,
but I want to get to the first round of
the bean Pod that happened on Tuesday at Walter Brown
Arena in Boston. A couple of weeks go bu Boston
University and Harvard played for a championship and that was
all the way over in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Well, they're
gonna play for one a lot closer to home next
(05:09):
week Tuesday at TD Garden in Boston because they both
won semi finals. Harvard won two to one over Boston College.
Kaylen McDonald with the goal ahead goal in the second
period and easily tough. He stays on a pretty good
heater here, making forty saves for the Crimson to get
through the semis and then be you upsets the Northeastern
(05:29):
two to one in overtime. May carry with a power
play goal in overtime to win that one. Mary Peterson
thirty five saves and so it's be you at Harvard
again for a championship. That's I don't know that we
necessarily would have predicted that in Belfast or in the
Bean Pod.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
No, absolutely not. Yeah, the whole thing again, eya chaos
and that's not all hockey's but okay, happy East raigns
with the chaos. But yeah, I you know, maybe that
was the we should have taking. That is the sort
of what it foretold of what we were going to see.
I'm sure they're much happier. They don't have to have
flown overseas to have done this, Not that it wasn't
(06:08):
a fun trip, but I think they'll be much happier
playing at TV Garden. And yeah, I think it'd be interesting.
I think, you know, I was just looking at stats
and it says Ainsley tough. He's only played eight games,
but the way that she has played, man, I feel
like she's going to be in some end of the
season conversations and we're going to get get into that,
you know, how many games versus right opponents, you know,
(06:31):
like when someone's played a whole season or not. But yeah,
she has just been standing on her head outstanding for Harvard.
But I also, you know, just want to show it
like they're not a team I thought was going to
score a bunch either, and they're They're not winning the
games just because of her, So yeah, I would not
have predicted it. I think it's gonna be a lot
of fun. I think it's cool. I don't think it's
(06:52):
great for anybody when the same people win over and
over again, and like we see that in the w
c CHA. I think at some point we need to
see au switch up there too, right for people to
to not be sort of sick of it. But it's
good to see different teams getting this opportunity. And I'm
glad that. I think it's very hard for us. We
talked about this the best hard for us in the
Midwest to wrap our head around the import of the
(07:14):
bean Pot book. I'm glad that it's teams that you know,
on paper aren't the ones that people thought were going
to raise it. One of them is going to get
the chances year and that's pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Yeah, we've gone this far into the show this week
without mentioning what may be the play of the season
and That's why I apologize for that, because well, Abby
Murphy is is. I talked about heaters man all season long,
has been a heater for Abby up to fifty points now.
But her assist on Bella Finale's first of two goals
(07:48):
in a four to three win against Minnesota State on Saturday.
If you haven't seen it, go go find it. It's
if you haven't, I mean it's it's all over social media,
it's always been on TV. It's I mean it's it's
a juggling act really, the puck. She lifts the puck
up and then swats it down between the the defender's
(08:09):
legs on a rush. Not like she's standing still, she's moving.
She's on the rush up the left side.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
It was a lacrosse move. I'm not familiar, but I
guess I could see it.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
But yes, I guess.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Yeah, it's not a better word.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
I'm just gonna say it's better in hockey because it's
a little trickier probably in hockey. But yeah, and then slides. Yeah, absolutely,
And if Bella doesn't finish that one and and we
we miss out on that highlight, it's so good for
her for I.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Mean, she did get it. Out of bladder. It was
a pretty the perfect passover.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Just un But that was a the finish of a
a series that the Gophers got some revenge against Minnesota,
say who swept them earlier in the season eleven of
three on Friday and Mankato the Gophers one and then
four to three back home in Minneapolis on Saturday. But
that play is we're.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
In touchdown dunes that like that game is still in question.
Like to me, that adds to the I mean, nobody
is surprised that Abby has either the skilled nor the audacity.
But also Abby's not Abby's got very a lot of happyaque.
She's very smart. Like to do that you have to
know in that situation, like when your team is still
fighting for a win and it would be a very
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bad loss to lose to them again, Like you have
to know you're going to pull that off, and she
does like to have the wherewithal to do it on
its own. It's you know, it's like when we've talked
about Nela Lupushinova from from Slovakian and some of the
stuff she's done, Like to know that you can do
that in a game and actually have the hutzpud do
it is it one thing, it's a whole other thing
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to actually pull it off, and then a third to
have done it in this situation where like it would
have been massive if she was pulling stuff like that
screwed it up and her team lost, like you don't
be back, adds a whole different level. So yeah, I
just this is the sort of stuff that makes Abby
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a player that everybody loves and everybody loves to hate.
This is the stuff where I'm like, when you can
do that, please stop with the other silly stuff and
just be the spectacular player that you are. But yeah,
like audacity is the best word I have, Like the
audacity to just be like yep, noobiy beale.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
I mean, there's no way that we don't see that
on a Patty Cas Top ten you know video or
you know whatever, whatever we get to the Saturday showing finalists,
whatever she is by that point, and when she gets flucked,
you knowing.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
The Olympics, when she gets selected to the feed up,
like that's following.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Her right absolutely, and and good for her. I want
to say this, Abby, good for you for doing that
on a night when there are more cameras in the
building because that was on BTN.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Yes, this is Big ten network, not just on BAT Plus.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
So it was a televised so there's extra cameras. There's
an ISO shot of it. Was it was great perfect,
absolutely had to have those extra cameras in there to
capture that a few different.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Ways this happened. In another rink, we'd have one very grainy,
distant view of it, and so like rit Or alone,
we would have had better. But the fact that it
was the BTN broadcast one like listen, I'm not saying
Addie knew that, but I just think, like, gosh, where's
the lucky because imagine that happened and we didn't even
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get like the camera view to get to see it.
The fact that we have it from like seven different
angles just a plus all around. I just Abbie can
rum everybody's nerves the wrong way, but I just think
you cannot deny what a special player she is. Spectacular
and like the conversation about this went huge, Like what
this did for women's college hockey this week, just a
plus massive.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Yes, let's build on that more and more. I mean
not saying you're gonna get plays like that every week,
but there there's usually something every week that you're like, oh,
that was pretty cool, and it doesn't always reach the masses,
and that you know, we'll try and help amplify a
lot of those plays when we see them, but yeah,
this one didn't need it didn't need our help to
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get amplified. It was that good on its own. I
want to get to a couple more results before we
take a quick break. Penn State and Mercy Herris played
two top teams in Atlantic Hockey America. Penn State obviously
with a huge lead in the league, so I don't
think there's a lot of question there of who's finishing first.
But Mercy hers came back after a three nothing Penn
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State win on Friday last week to get a four
to three overtime win over the Niitney Alliance on Saturday,
coming back from a goal down three times. In fact,
Julia Paerhus a hope, that's right, something like that with
a six on four goal with minute seven left to
tie it, and then Peyton Evans scores in the last
minute of overtime to give the Lakers that win. Didn't
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hurt Penn State in the NPI. There's still fourth, but
it's you know when you when you see lost in
a while, I know that right well, I mean it
is an overtime loss, so it's not a full loss,
but yes, that's that. That to me is a I
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don't know if it was an off day for Penn State.
I don't know if it was a really good day
for Merciers, combination of them both, or just the kind
of one of the results that you get. You know,
when you play enough games against each other, there's gonna
be a lot of familiarity. You're gonna know where you
need to push another team, and I mean you get
that point.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
Sometimes, and there's no team that wants to beat Penn
State more at that point than Merciers. You know, they've
they've taken control of the league, but Mercierhurst has beaten
them on occasion in recent years, and so like they
know that what they're capable of. And yeah, the coming
back down is the part that made it so good.
I think just mercier Is showing like they were not
going to lose that game. Every time Penn State to
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the lead, they fought back. So I wish I could
have seen more of it, but yeah, it was it
was a lot of fun. Either texted dot after like, oh, Merciers,
just because it's fun to see these when when it's
a foregone conclusion who's going to win, you know, the conference.
It feels like it's fun to see these types of
these types of games, and that is a big boost
for Mercy Hurst.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
Yes, let's that I said didn't hurt Penn State. But
there are some results that did hurt teams last weekend.
Clarkson's down to number thirteen in the NPI now after
five times five to five tie with Cornell on Friday
and then a five to two lost to Colgate on Saturday.
This is a a team that we've kind of been
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on the lookout for all season. It feels like it's
like there's been officers, been downs. It's it's kind of
trended a little but the wrong way recently, and now
they're they're in a spot where they're gonna have to
do some digging to get into a UHN at large
position for for the NCAA tournament if if uh if
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that's where they want to get.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Yeah, that five to five tie was Those are two
teams that are usually very defensive, so yeah, it cut
certain for now. Five five tie was a fascinating result. Yeah,
I mean, I E C A C is gonna be
hard and you can't drop points you need to have
and yeah, I don't know. I you combine the fact
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that the e c AC was going to be like
this anyway with Princeton going on their heater, and it's like, uh, yeah,
those are suddenly and because all of them have dropped
in the rankings, suddenly they're the NPI. It's are just
that much harder. But yeah, I the bottom seven or
so of the poll right now is is fascinating and
uh definitely. Uh feels like there's just a lot of
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meant and be a lot of opportunity. I feel like
we're gonna get ended up with some very surprising final
at large bid just based on how volatile that bottom
bit has been.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Yeah, seems like it. In the w c H a
Ohiose State got a sweep at Saint Cloud's State four
nothing Friday and five to one on Saturday, and then
in Duluth, Minnesota, Luth got a one to one tie
with with Wisconsin on Friday and then won the shootoutv
gascon made thirty eight saves and then stopped all three
Wisconsin tries in the shootout in that one to one draw,
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and then Wisconsin came back with a five to one
win on Saturday, Leila Edwards gold in two assists and
Lacey Eden three assists. We were talking a little bit
before we started recording that, you know, which which the
lift team are we going to see day to day?
And I don't know that we have an answer to
that there. It's what we kind of what we saw
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a little bit at the tournament in melf Asked was
surprising at points. Then you know they're they're pretty good.
And when they when they came back in the third
period in that first game against Harvard, correct if I'm
remembering that right. But and then we see them play
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some really good stretches against Wisconsin and they only get
two points out of six for the weekend, which you know, okay,
it does something, but absolutely, but you felt like there
was more available to them in that series.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
Yeah, And I guess my thought is like, why why
is it only against Wisconsin or in the third period
of a game that you should have been dominating from
the beginning based on you know, Raygiek, isn't your output?
Like why what do they need to be doing to
showing up for those full sixty minutes, because I think
even in the TI against Wisconsin, like you said, I
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think that probably should have been their game to win,
and only getting the tie and the shootout out of
that is like probably a bit of a disappointing result
having watched some of that game for them, And so, yeah,
I it's you know, I mean that's mostly mentality, right, Like,
that's not about skill. I mean, obviously I think f
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Gascon playing the way that she does plays a huge
part in being able to keep teams like you know,
Wisconsin off out of out of the net. But uf
D can score more than that too, Like so they Yeah,
I don't know, I said to you, I was like,
is there anything to say other than like wtf, Like
which team are you? I don't know that I have
like a lot further analysis other than like I wish
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they or else could figure it out because I'm very
confused by m D at this point.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Added to the list of teams that are using for
me this season. Honestly, I feel like there's been a
lot on that on that list.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Yes, we could say conversely to like Wisconsin, you probably
should have if you could go out and win five
to one in the second game. What were you doing
in that scene where you were like on the verge
of losing it? So I think you could make that
argument in the opposite direction as well. Wisconsin seems to
only show up fully what like two thirds to three
quarters of the time, and I think they're getting they've
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they've gotten some of their wins based on being a
very talented team as opposed to playing a good game.
So that's team itself that I can have that conversation about.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Sometimes absolutely new hot results in the last few weeks
have have made for an interesting situation top of the
standings there. It was not that long ago that sant
Anselm had a pretty comfortable lead. So much anymore, Yeah,
not so much. Now it's only one point over Franklin Pierce.
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After last weekend, Franklin Pierce beat Sacred Heart three to
two in overtime with a Kaylee Murphy goal, and then
three to one, I mean, while st Anselm lost to
stone Hill four to one and then four to three
in overtime. So all of a sudden, Franklin Pierce eight
to one to one in their last nine and Saint
Anselm O four and one in their last five and
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game on I.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
Mean, herefore, I hate that. You know, two weeks ago
we were ready to write it off like bad on us.
But yeah, but I like Franklin Pierce to me, is
I just ever since that I think I've said this,
but they had that postseason like two years ago where
they just went nuts like they shouldn't. There was no
reason they should be winning the games they were. They
should absolutely were believe in themself is when nobody else did.
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And so I just think there's just kind of an
aura there in a belief in a way that that
allows them to just really go out and not feel
like they're out of any game, which is an amazing
mentality to have. So again, there's almost an opportunity for them,
and they've they've taken it, like because a lot of
people could have looked at that hugely and been like
it's over, you know, and and san Anselm isn't taking
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care of their business, and Franklin pierces so good on them,
and things could be really fun next six weeks or so.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
That's that's what we're here for when it comes out
to the end of the season. Yeah, all right, we're
gonna take a quick break. When we come back, it's
time to talk to the U eighteen tournament. Where Nicole is.
What's what we've seen so far and what's coming ahead?
Stay with us on the podcast. Welcome back to the podcast.
(21:22):
Todd Nicole here with you to talk about the U
eighteen World Championship that's going on in Sydney, Nova, Scotia.
What's the other city that's in Sydney, Nomber two.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Okay, thank you, that's where we were to start and
move to Sydney for right, Yes.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Yes, yes, exactly. So we've seen the US pretty much
dominate three games that it's played. Jane Daly hat trick
in all three games, the Ohio State commit that's pretty impressive. Yes,
sixteen year old. We've seen Canada win three games, get
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challenged early in a couple of them, but end up
with pretty comfortable margins. Where does that leave us as
we're going into the quarterfinals starting on Thursday, then with
the semi Saturday and the metal games on Sunday? What what?
What are you feeling about how things are looking there? Now?
Speaker 2 (22:20):
Two things. The first is that we have seen that
a team that gets beaten in grew round by a
squad can still come back and give that same team
all kinds of trouble in the metal rounds. You know,
check you upsetting Canada two years ago, things like that.
So like, it's not everything these opening round results. I
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think teams this is I always say this is the
weirdest tournament because it both goes very fast and very slow,
like it is only a week long, but it feels
when you're in it. I mean, and there's you know,
up to six games and there's a lot that can
happen and learn and grow and change over the course
of a tournament for a team, which feels ridiculous to
say about a week, but it is very true that
you will see you will have watched the team day,
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wanted the team on the last day, and have seen
that growth. So I don't want to put too much
on the opening round results. That being said, I like
we all thought Chechia in their first period against Canada
was like showing that they are here to stay and play,
and then they ended up losing what nine to two,
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and afterwards the Chechia coach was like, yeah, that gap
is bigger than ever, So that was like really surprising.
And it does feel like we're on a crash course
for US and Canada. Again. US has allowed just one
goal it was uh nolla on the power play. They
have not faced any adversity, they haven't had to come
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from behind. They've been in base of control of every
game they've played. Even when you know sort of the
coaching staff is like, oh, there were things we didn't
like or whatever. I wasn't heavy with that period like this,
there's still scloring four goals in that period. It's like, okay,
I mean I get it from a coach's side, but like,
you know, they're fine. And then I would say I
would have said that about Canada as well. But yesterday,
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so we didn't score it first, and then I think
at one point pull it down to a three two
lead right after that, and then Canada pulled away. And
I think that's the sort of stuff, like I said,
put a pin in it, we'll come back to it.
Is that part where you go down by a goal
when you've been blowing out opponents, like how do you respond?
How do you react? And so I think important part
for their for Canada was not just reacting to the goals,
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but also like not getting pushed out of their system
or not playing panicked or any of those sorts of things.
Like they actually got better when they were pressured, and
so that sort of I think helped settle them into
their game and sort of push out the noise and
let them focus on doing what they know best. So
I think, you know, the question mark for the US
is is what will they do when they get pressured
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like that? And for them, it's most likely going to
be in the semi finals, which it's it's rough to
have that be the first time. Uh, And if you're
gonna need to make a jo usman's or have a
gut check, there's not a lot not a lot of
rooms for her for mistakes or error. Is there. You
either win that came and play for a gold, or
you lose the game and play for bronze or nothing.
So that I think is the biggest concern. But the
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US is probably as deep as I've seen them. They're
just there's kind of scoring at will on all their lines.
Like you said, Jean Daily, it's just absolutely skating circles
about everybody and like they're not it's not like empty netters.
They're not like cherry picked like She's scored some pretty goals,
so yeah, nine goals through three games is just absolute bonkers. Again,
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she's sixteen, just kind of nuts. Yeah, So I think
for the question is can someone upset those two teams?
And I mean the closest team to do that is
Sweden or Chechia, And so those are the teams that
I'll be paying attention to through quarterfinals and semifinals. And
then what happens with US and Canada when they're not
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sort of able to play and move the pucket will
which they have both pretty much been able to do.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
All right, So the quarterfinal schedule Thursday is Sweden against Slovakia,
Chechia versus Switzerland, US against Hungary, and Canada against Finland again.
Then there's a day off Friday before we get the
semifinals with the championship game on Sunday. Do you I
(26:25):
mean it feels like it's a US and Canada. We're
careening towards that. Again, like most years, not to say
it's it's a given like we saw two years ago.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Well, I mean two of the last three years US
or Canada didn't play in the final game. So like
I do think that it's a possibility, and I don't
want to downplay that, but both teams are just really
strong and really deep and really fast. And I think
what everybody has said. We asked them, the Swedish players
and the Swedish coach sort of what's the difference between
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playing in the SDHL and here, and they said the
SDHL is more physical, but this is faster. So this
is the U eight eats even faster than the Swedish
Pro League, which is just interesting, like just a good
comparison to know. But the biggest thing that all the
teams like have an issue with or or struggle with,
is yeah, not having that time and space to make decisions.
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And so at the top level they're going to adjust
to that. At those those top teams, the lower levels
don't really know what to do there. They are still
at a speed of game where they they are stopping
and thinking about everything, and so when there is no
space for that, like they're just they're kind of frozen.
And so that's, you know, that's what makes it difficult,
and that's really the biggest thing that happens. It's like
you can't muster any offense and you can't pull onto
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the pucket there's constantly someone in your pocket, and if
you're not sort of at that level and if you
and your team aren't meshed enough where you can just
make a pass to know that somebody is going to
be there, then you're constantly just turning the puck over.
So that's really the biggest difference that see sort of
between the levels. And then so the four teams that
lose the quarter finals the two with the lowest seeds,
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and the teams were seeded after the round, the group round,
that's how they kind of figured out. There's a one
through four in each of Group BANG, Group B, and
then we cross anyway, the two lowest seeds left will
play in the relegation game. So last night's game, the
very last game of the group round was Hungary versus Switzerland,
which was honestly one of the most fun games of
the tournament for you to watch, just because they were
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they were all matched, they're at a similar place and
just a lot of heart, and those teams were playing
to not play in the relegation game. I mean, technically
one of them could upset, there could be things, but
like in the end, one of them needed to have
a win to be seated higher to not be the
fourth team in their group and bopefully not playing the
relegation game, and so playing with that heart and playing
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with that pride just really made that just a spectacular game.
And you know, their fans that are here are family,
and so just the crowd is so involved, the hockey
dad along the r we're a plus the whole time
it was. It was a lot of fun to watch,
and I felt really bad for Hungary, who are up
for the first time in fourteen years, that they ended
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up losing a very close game, So good for Switzerland.
The pure joy they had on the ice was great
for a regular group round game. But also it's just
we mostly get the team that was promoted last year
gets relegated this year, and Hungry will be looking that
in the face again this year. So kind of a bummer.
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Always one of the harder parts about it, because you
do really want to pull for these teams, but I guess.
And then the secondary this prize has been Finland, who
has done not a whole lot with their games and
honestly could be also on a course for the relegation
of the game, which is kind of shocking to be quite honest.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
All right, before we move on, I want to just
get some thoughts on, like, what's the atmosphere like there?
What what do you what are you noticing? What are
you feeling? What's what's it like being in that building
for I mean, there's a couple of days there, it's
four games, there's a couple of days, whereas two games,
I'm sure the two game days are are lovely when
you only have the two as opposed to back to
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back and missing out on games because you're in the
mix zone and things like that. But just give us
a feel for what it's been like.
Speaker 2 (30:16):
This is probably the one that's been the most supported
by like local folks, meaning that like the local team
is selling out the arena when they're playing. We did
see that a little in Sweden, but not so much
in the group round games. But one of the weird
things out of a four game days like we had,
Canada is the third game of the day and then
Switzerland Hungry is the fourth game, and the energy level
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inside the arena was slightly different. You know, it fills up,
it's very loud, all the Canada fans are there, and
then it feels incredibly quiet after. But ticket sales wise,
we've sold out every one of the Canada games, which
at the arena was like twelve fifty. I don't I
think there were still, you know, quite a bit empty
because corporate sales and things like that. But so it's
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been a full and loud building and then a lot
of the country parents bring you know, the Swiss have
cow bells and the Slovakia parents have a drum and
some horns which you said you can hear very loud
through the rabost.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
You could very very well on TV as you can.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
And so it's fun and it is. There have been
some school kids for some of the day games, which
has been fun. So and there's just a well, this
is the first time that I've been doing this. So
Member two is part of Native First Nations Land and
I am not going to attempt to announce the tribe.
I apologize for not saying it, but I would rather
not say it than screwed up. But there's been a
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very large presence. Like the player of the game, we're
getting hand beaded flowers, which is the flower of I
think Novascoptia. It might be where I'm Cape Bretton, which
is a separate Island, which is part of Nova Scotia,
but it's also its own thing. That's where I keep
getting confused. Doesn't matter, So they're they're getting that, and
there's been a there's just a presence with First Nations
and so that's just been a very cool and important
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part of this. So that rink is is on First
Nations Land, and I'm I think it's really cool that
we did that and made that a part of this
tournament this year. And so now we will move into
Sydney proper for the They have a well I don't
remember the league, but they have a team here, like
they call themselves Hockey Town here and we're in their rink,
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and I keep laughing because I keep hearing radio commercials
about their team on their extended road trip, and it's like,
I know that's happening, but I know the gold Mill
game is sold out and that ridenc has about six
thousand seats, so that should be amazing. And people in
town know, like they're like, oh, why are you here,
because people don't this is a stumber destination. People do
not come here in the winter. So that's been fun
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and talking to some of the Nova Scotians, I mean,
they never could have imagined a tournament like this happening
in their hometown when they were younger, Like the idea
that young girls get to see this, and I think
we feel that everywhere, but like in Canada, where hockey
is so big, Nova Scotia is sort of so removed
and so far to the east, and we don't see
a ton being out here. It's like why Willian's World
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was supposed to be a Halifax and got canceled. That
was a big deal because this is a growing area
of girls hockey participation and I've heard locals talking about
like they you know, they didn't have girls when they
were younger and things like that. So the town has
been super supportive and that's been fun, and people have
just been really excited that we're here, which is nice.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
Great. All right, we will get the full rundown of
the the the final three rounds of the tournament the
next week's show, and I'm sure we'll get maybe more
of the feel of what the metal ceremonies are like
from you after that then too. We're gonna take another
quick break and when we come back, we'll talk about
what's coming ahead this week in NCAA Women's Hockey Stay
(33:44):
with us on the podcast. Welcome back to the podcast,
Todd and Nicole with you. Let's wrap things up this
week with the look at some games to watch this
weekend and then into Tuesday. I say Tuesday because that's
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the bean Pot Final day at TD Garden in Boston,
the third place game Northeastern against BC Championship game Harvard
and BU. That third place game is important for Northeastern.
It's head well. I believe it has lost two of
their three games since break. You don't want that to extend,
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especially when they're in a pretty good position in the NPI.
You don't want that slip. I don't want to, you know,
have a game here or there hurt you. Maybe take
a take a sure thing in the NCAA tournament at
the end to a question going in the last couple
of weeks. But the final should be pretty good. And
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I hope that the crowd is as good or better
as it was last year at TD Garden. I think
there was thirteen thousand some last year, a really good
showing and and let's hope that repeats itself.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
Yeah, I agree, and I hope that even if it
isn't like even if your team didn't make the final
that people were expecting or hoping to be able to
be there that like go for both games and stay
and really support and show out for women's hockey college
hockey in Boston.
Speaker 1 (35:21):
Yeah, absolutely, ECAC. There's a number thirteen Yale hosting Number
twelve Colgate on Friday, and number ten Cornell on Saturday.
Kind of in that next range of ECAC teams looking
to make a jump. Obviously a lot of work to
be done by all three of those teams really to
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make the second half a little bit better than the
first half was in terms of being up and down.
And I'm sure they'd like to get to a more
consistent a set of results in a positive way, but
that doesn't necessarily seem to be the way things are
going in this mushy middle and ecuh, I guess middle
the upper middle of the standings where it's it's really
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tough to figure out who's who's uh, you know, got
a leg up on anyone else there.
Speaker 2 (36:14):
Yeah, and they're all on the border of the NPI
and the ability to the tournament, right, Like, it's not
just about conference standings, but every one of those teams
is probably on the outside looking in at the NC
Tournament at this point. So yeah, at Colgate has done
that thing again where they're they're winning important games, and
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I it's hard to believe them right now. I just
I don't know. I want to see them, you know,
be pulling out there those men's consistently. But alos the
Biederman has been having a great season and continues to
sort of be pulling that team and hopefully they put
a run of them together because it feels like a
little like UFD, like they're playing well in the good
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games and then maybe not bringing their full arsenal when
it's an unlinked opponent and then those games are hurting them.
Speaker 1 (37:07):
Yeah. Number two Ohio State back on the road this
week at number fourteen Minnesota State. I would I remember
Minnesota State being close to a win last season at
home against Ohio State. I think was it an overtime
game something like that. They had a chance to win
(37:28):
an overtime and but to Ohio State came down and won.
That's what I have stuck in my head. Anyway, So
we know that Minnesota State has the potential to do this.
I just am wondering how much last week's the first
game against Minnesota was a shock to the system, but
then again they came back and more right in that game.
(37:50):
The second day against Minnesota, had the lead but then
did lose the lead, lost the game. They need some results.
It's me a lot. It's not going to be any
easier this week against how State than it was against
Minnesota though, No, but I was.
Speaker 2 (38:07):
Sorry talking about this made me realize we should talk
about how Joy Dunn played defense last week and was
the WHA defender of the week. I believe that's because
of injury. Ohio State has been down some numbers all
seasoned with different injuries, and since I'm here, I did
not get the time to go look at different line
sheets and do some of that detective work. But yeah,
it'd be interesting to see what happens there. Again, I mean,
(38:28):
obviously she's a threat from everywhere on the ice, and
also like they're not missing, like there's plenty of other
people that could score les up front. So but that
is an interesting turn event and it would be kind
of funny to me that if we were seeing between
the Layla transition and now Joy, just that it's happening
(38:49):
in the same year. Obviously for some different reasons. But yeah,
I don't know if that was a one off experiment
or by necessity or a more permanent transition, but something
to look out for if you watch those games.
Speaker 1 (39:01):
Yes, uh, Saint Cloud State is playing at number eight
Minnesota Duluth. I'm I'm curious to see which both which
of both of these seems we get agreed. Yeah, Saint
Cloud State can can be right there with teams. They
can also look like they're really far away from teams,
(39:21):
and I can really I can say the same about Duluth.
Sometimes they take care of games that they should and
they make some games a lot more difficult than they
should be. So there's a there's a little bit the
watch on both sides of this one.
Speaker 2 (39:39):
Yeah, And I still think that Minnesota Dalluth is scoring
fewer goals, and I think maybe they should based on
who's in their lineup and feacing Saint Cloud State with
a strong defect and consistently good goaltending, it's not going
to get any easier. And I think I think that's
a thing that maybe I didn't talk about before with UMD,
but I do think that if they're going to be
a team that wants to do more and go further
(40:01):
and possibly put you for a title this year. They've
got to find a way to get the puck in
the net more often. And it can't just be Caitlin Kramer,
but there are talented goalstup scores on that roster and
they've they've just got to be putting up more than
I mean, you know, what was it the two goals
last weekend, Like that's just it's not gonna cut it.
Speaker 1 (40:20):
Princeton puts that loven game winning streak online against Harvard
on Friday, Dartmouth on Saturday, both of those home games
at Hobie Baker Rink for Princeton. Let's see how how
far this goes, right I I would think you know
that they're gonna be they would be favored to win
both of those games. You do never know how how
(40:43):
one night's gonna gonna go. But yeah, if they can
get the thirteen wins in a row, you're starting to
look at Yeah, that's that's a third of or more
than a third of an ECAC team season. So that's
that's impressive.
Speaker 2 (40:58):
Yeah. On the interesting room is another team where I'm
never sure, Like obviously they've they've won some big games
and shown how they can play. But also they played
on Tuesday, and they're going to play again on Tuesday,
and now they're playing in the middle of that, and that's
that's just a lot. And and you know they've been
on from overseas for ten days and just all of it,
so that will also be interesting to look at as well.
(41:19):
I think I think that could be a game that
is either going to be super close or I think
going to be a blow and I don't feel like
there's any in between.
Speaker 1 (41:28):
None. The more I think of it, ivy teams play,
is it only thirty games, so they're they're already a
third of a winning streak of a third of their season.
So no, that's truly when you put in those those
those that perspective, that's that's pretty impressive. Okay. You can
see all the schedules of all the games on us
(41:50):
c h O dot com. What uh you want to
mention some some more about the UA Team Tournament and
where you can find those games to watch as are
coming up this weekend.
Speaker 2 (42:01):
Yeah, USCA games have been on NHL Network because it's
TSN in Canada the broadcast set, but in doing putting
up the links for Victory Press for tomorrow. I saw
that all of these games are listed on ESPN ESPN
Plus for this week, so starting with tomorrow's US Hungry
quarterfinal and the Canada Finland quarterfinal. I believe this show
(42:24):
is local to me times, so five o'clock here, I
the time sounds me on but anyway, which is an
hour ahead of Eastern, right, yes, that's why that's why pause.
I was like, I don't even know, because what time
lifelsted with rank tomorrow, nobody knows. It is scheduled at
five o'clock here, so four o'clock Eastern, three o'clock Central,
(42:45):
et cetera. And then the Canada game to follow right after.
Those are both listed on ESPN Plus, as are the
games on Saturday and Sunday. So if you do not
have NHL Network like I do not, that should be
a much easier, less extensive way to watch those games.
So that's on ESPN FUS. As I said, I've looked
(43:05):
up like they're the schedule and it's upcoming and filtered
it for hockey, and those are all showing, So good
luck with that. I hope that's true and that people
are able to watch it. IHEF also has something you
can subscribe to. I am writing about everyone of the
games on Victory Press and both tweeting and using blue
Sky to share stuff from within the rink, and then
(43:28):
also putting photos and things on Instagram. My Instagram is
at Nicole Hasey fourteen, blue Ska and Twitter are just
at Nicole Hasey. Uh follow year. IHF does not allow
a video from inside, so I'm not sharing video. It's
all tell photos. My apologies.
Speaker 1 (43:47):
Well that's why you got to watch the games, yeah
on ESPM plus or NHL net work or follow along
on your Twitter, right all right? Uh, well, hope you
enjoy the rest of your trip and the safe travels
back and enjoy you know, the rest of the games. Uh.
It sounds like it's it's fun stuff and it's gonna
get really interesting towards the last few days. Yeah, all right.
(44:09):
For Nicole on Todd, thanks for listening to the podcast.
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