Wisconsin-Minnesota Border Battle

[TonyTheTiger20]

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Wisco wins 3-2 tonight. I saw 3 Wisconsin shirts and only 2 Minnesota shirts at Magic Kingdom tonight. #science

[giwan]

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Wisco wins 3-2 tonight. I saw 3 Wisconsin shirts and only 2 Minnesota shirts at Magic Kingdom tonight. #science

#research

[Terry Switzer]

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Even if you a gopher fan you got to like that.

[5mn_Major]

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We should learn a lot in the next 24 hours. This annual series has rarely been close.

Too many predictions for a UW win. Tonight its the Gophers...once they settle down. Tomorrow night will be tough though.

[Timothy A]

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Almost time to DROP THE PUCK!

And, as Badger Bob famously said, "It's a great day for hockey, even if we lose."

Blasphemy! Leveille will pay for your transgressions.

[Badger Booster]

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Per Twitter, tonight's game is sold out. Could actually be a bit of a scalper's market outside the arena.

[Leather helmet]

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Blasphemy! Leveille will pay for your transgressions.

Well, as you know, Badger Bob was a Gopher before he was a Badger. It's just that 'Gopher Bob' doesn't sound as good.

[NMH]

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Don't think that's true. From the recap of the semi:

Clark dominated faceoffs through the first period and a half. She won the first eight straight against Minnesota’s Kelly Pannek. (Remember Pannek was a freshman...she's on a different level this year). From there, Minnesota coach Brad Frost adjusted his lines, putting his No. 1 against Wisconsin’s No. 2 when there was a draw in the Gophers’ defensive end.

“[We had a slow start because] we had some matchups that we wanted, line-wise, early on and they weren’t working,” Frost said. “Starting in the second period, once we put Hannah [Brandt]‘s line on the Clark-Pankowski line, the tide turned a little bit.”

“Similar to our game last Saturday, when you’re playing against world class athletes, at the end of the game you don’t want to see them on the score sheet,” said Johnson. “It just seems like the past two years, Hannah always seems to play a strong game against us. Rachel Ramsey plays a strong game against us. Cameranesi plays a strong game against us. Their elite players, their go-to players, seem to come up big in the big moments. When they needed a boost in today’s game, Hannah stepped up and scored then she set up a couple of more plays.

“That’s why she’s so special.”

Sorry, I misremembered it and should have gone to Google as you, especially since I'm fairly certain that's from my own recap. #whompwhomp

[Nowheresville]

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Per Twitter, tonight's game is sold out. Could actually be a bit of a scalper's market outside the arena.

According to Facebook, there are only limited tickets left for tomorrow, so I'd expect that one to sell out too.

Apparently tonight is supposed to be a white-out game for Badger fans? I don't think I had noticed that before now.

[5mn_Major]

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El dropo de la pucko

[D2D]

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No score after one. Not many shots either, just 6-5 Gophers. So a very even period overall. I thought the Gophers came out a little nervous but quickly settled down and got the better of the play in the second half of the period.

[5mn_Major]

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No score after one. Not many shots either, just 6-5 Gophers. So a very even period overall. I thought the Gophers came out a little nervous but quickly settled down and got the better of the play in the second half of the period.

I don't know that it was nerves. I felt that the Gophers were just spending their effort to take control of play. And once they did that, they started moving things forward. Outside of the first 5 minutes, I feel MN had the better play. The second will tell much.

[5mn_Major]

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UW did a good job through the first half of the period taking control back themselves. UW probably had slightly better play during the period. Between that and a 5 on 3, it looked like it might be grim. But MN has enough talent where nearly every moment they're a thread. That was the case with both of their goals. Great game as expected.

[Innova]

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Score?

[brookyone]

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Score?

2-2 after two.