Wisconsin Hockey: Episode XXXI: A New Hope

[UCBadger]

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I was wrong, he was Mr. Positive with Posick. He essentially said Tech already played 2 games since the break and UW was rusty. Pearson said the same thing in his post game presser. Hopefully I'll find Eaves' post game with Baggot in the AM.

Yeah.....I would buy that for, say, a 5-3 loss; but not for what happened tonight.

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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What in the world are you talking about?

If you haven't heard the story, it's best to pretend like he's making something up.

[Almington]

Yeah.....I would buy that for, say, a 5-3 loss; but not for what happened tonight.

Had UW lost two more games since break, it would only have been a 5-3 loss.

This is just a joke at this point, a sad pathetic joke.

[icebadger]

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Perrin said they made a ton of mistakes, how can they play so sloppy? Eaves said he simplified things....

HA! The rodents lose! I'll take any positive I can get.

I guess it is simpler if you drop all pretense that you might win?

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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Okay, so 8-1 final. Some historical context from the record book .pdf on uwbadgers.com:

• Not our worst loss ever by a long shot (that honor goes to a 2-12 loss to Minnesota back in 1922).
• That shellacking ties our worst modern era loss of a 2-12 home loss to St. Mary's (a D-III MIAC school in Minnesota in our second game after re-instating the program).
• Our worst loss after Badger Bob started was a 0-9 playoff loss at UMD.
• This matches our all-time worst result against Tech, who beat us 1-8 early in the 82-83 season in Houghton, although it's not the most goals we've given up against them.
• They've put up 9 goals on us. Twice. On the same weekend, if you'd believe it (in Houghton in late Feb. of 1976).
• This is the 20th time in the modern era (28th overall) that the Badgers have been beat by 7+ goals, and only the third time in Eaves' tenure.
• This is the 72nd time in the modern era (78th overall) that the Badgers have had 8+ goals hung on them, and only the third time in Eaves' tenure.
• It'll probably shock no one, but from the time Badger Bob started coaching until the 1992 Frozen Four team, we had 8+ goals scored on us 47 **** times. Although, oddly enough, one of those times was a victory: an 11-8 victory over Michigan in February of 1977. That truly was a different era for hockey in general, and it's no wonder that a lot of Eaves' and Johnson's scoring records aren't likely to fall any time soon. (The Badgers put on their fair share of 7+ goal margins and 8+ goal totals in that time as well)
• For the record, my final tallies for different eras when I went through counting 7 goal losses through the ages: 8 times in the original era, 4 times in the modern era before Bob Johnson, 10 times in the Badger Bob through 1992 FF era, and 6 times since (3 during Eaves' tenure).
• The corresponding count for 8+ goal games: 6 in original era, 9 in pre-Badger modern era, 47 in Badger-through-1992 FF era, and 16 since (including 3 during Eaves' tenure).

[Chuck Schwartz]

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[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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Edit: Hrm. Evidently, the board censors "a bucket of photos" as if it were a curse word, so instead of a comically exaggerated Andy Richter slow clap, you're getting this:

[Gurtholfin]

Re: Wisconsin Hockey: Episode XXXI: A New Hope

Tonight's loss would translate into a 32-4 loss in 1976.

[Gurtholfin]

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By the end we were literally laughing out loud (in disgust) and admiring the fine hockey plays made by Tech.

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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Tonight's loss would translate into a 32-4 loss in 1976.

It definitely translates to me having a scotch before bed tonight. And all I did was watch the USCHO box score every few minutes. I can't imagine the pain of actually trying to watch that crap.

[Timothy A]

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If you haven't heard the story, it's best to pretend like he's making something up.

He went Mike Singletary on the lads? This night is just getting worse. I'm saving the really good thinner for the rodent series, if I can stay away from it after the BU series. Or even tomorrow night.

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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He went Mike Singletary on the lads? This night is just getting worse. I'm saving the really good thinner for the rodent series, if I can stay away from it after the BU series. Or even tomorrow night.

Eaves made Singletary look timid, let's say.

[WiscTJK]

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It definitely translates to me having a scotch before bed tonight. And all I did was watch the USCHO box score every few minutes. I can't imagine the pain of actually trying to watch that crap.

I left when it was 5-0. Got to the car it was 6-0. Again they looked like they had given up, much like Penn state on Friday. I don't know why I wasted my time. Would have been better to just stay home....

Seems to me eaves and the coaching staff have lost the team. It's not good.

[WiscTJK]

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Eaves made Singletary look timid, let's say.

This was tonight or some time in the past?

[Chuck Schwartz]

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If you haven't heard the story, it's best to pretend like he's making something up.

He didn't actually do that, did he? I've never heard that story.