OFFS
STARTED I SAT
REPORTER: BEFORE THE D-3 HOCKEY
PLAYOFFS STARTED I SAT DOWN WITH
NORWICH SENIOR CAPTAIN TYLER
PIACENTINI.
HE DESCRIBED TO ME HOW MUCH IT
WOULD MEAN FOR THIS STORIED
SENIOR CLASS TO GO OUT AS
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS AFTER FALLING
SHORT OF THE FROZEN FOUR THE
PAST 3 YEARS.
ALL THAT SEPARATED THAT DREAM
FROM A REALITY WAS 60 MINUTES ON
THE ICE AT UTICA MEMORIA
AUDITORIUM SATURDAY NIGHT.
NORWICH PLAYING FOR THEIR FIRST
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE
2010
TAKING ON TRINITY, CHAMPIONS
FROM THE NESCAC.
AFTER A SCORELESS 1ST PER.
NICK PICHETTE CARRIES THE PUCK
ON NET.
SLIDES IT IN FRONT
ANTHONY FLAHERTY FINISHES
IT. 1-0 NORWICH
THE BANTAMS WOULD MISS AN OPEN
NET.
BUT GET ANOTHER CHANCE HERE
THE ROOF TOP TIP IN BY TYLER
WHITNEY.
OVER THE GLOVE, SQUARE AT 1
APIECE
MINUTES LATER, NORWICH TRYING TO
CLEAR THE ZONE, TODD JACKSON
GETS IT OUT.
AND HE'S OFF TO THE RACES
LIKE A BOLT OF LIGHTNING.
CADETS STRIKE, 2-1 AFTER 2
3RD PERIOD, PAUL RUSSELL WORKING
DOWN THE FAR BOARDS.
CHECK THIS OUT.
RUSSELL LOSES HIS FOOTIN
RECOVERS BEFORE THE GOALIE CAN,
WRAPS IT IN.
DETERMINATION, EFFORT, ALL OF
THE CHAMPIONSHIP ADJECTIVES.
3-1 CADETS
TRINITY WOULD NEVER GET ANY
CLOSER THANKS TO THE AMAZING
WALL IN FRONT OF THE NORWI
NET, TY RICHENBACH.
DENIED THE BANTAMS FROM THERE ON
OUT, 35 SAVES TOTAL
WILLIAM PELLETIER PUTS THE
CHERRY ON TOP WITH THE EMPTY
NETTER, HE WAS NAMED THE
TOURNAMENTS MOST OUTSTANDING
PLAYER
AND THE NORWICH CADETS ARE YOUR
THE 2016-17 D-3 HOCKEY NATIONAL
CHAMPIONS.
KEN DRAKE IS IN UTICA AND HAS
MORE,
WITH THAT, THE HOCKE SEASON
COMES TO A GREAT END AS THE
CADETS WERE PRETTY MUCH T HOME
TEAM.
>> THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB
EACH AND EVERY YEAR BUT THEY
FELT LIKE THEY DIDNT WANT TO
LEAVE ANYTHING BEHIND.
>> EVERY TIME I LOOKED UP
AT
THE SCOREBOARD, I TRIED NOT TO.
>> WE LEF NOTHING BEHIND OUT
THERE.
WE DID GREAT JOB.
>> BRINGING HOME THE
CHAMPIONSHIP, THAT GIVES US
THRE TROPHIES.
IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER GREAT HOCKEY
SEASON.
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