Drop The Puck Already! NMU @ Wisconsin, 10/7/11

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Line Charts (Courtesy of Wellens at the Mining Journal):

Tonight's line chart for Game 1 between Northern Michigan and Wisconsin from the Kohl Center in Madison.

Puck drop is

NMU

Forwards

Seckel-Thurber-Kaunisto

Florek-Walchuk-Gron

Higby-Vigier-Cherniwchan

Handley-Nugent-Daugherty

Defensemen

Follmer-Macaulay

Epp-Ludwig

Baker-Jones

Goalies

Ellingson

Coreau

Extra (Not playing tonight but in Madison)

Walker (D)

Johnson (F)

Wisconsin

Forwards

Mersch-Zengerle-Barnes

Labate-Lee-Paape

Little-Dahl-Navin

Woods-Meuer-Little

Defense

McCabe-Schultz

Simonelli-Faust

Daly-Ramage

Goalies

Peterson

Rumpel

Thompson

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Re: Drop The Puck Already! NMU @ Wisconsin, 10/7/11

NMU live blog here. Radio can be found here.

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Re: Drop The Puck Already! NMU @ Wisconsin, 10/7/11

Notes from NMU Head Coach Walt Kyle's pre-game interview:
-had to scale back hopes last year, disappointment in last season's finish.
-Guys immediately went to work, had a great summer of training.
-Excited for new faces, strong core of leaders in Cherny, Gron, etc.
-Very motivated by last year's elimination at the hands of BGSU
-No real prolific guys, but lots of contributors and depth.

Thoughts on positions:
Goal:
Ellingson and Coreau have the potential to be one of the top goaltender tandems as long as they work hard
Defense:
Position should be very strong for NMU as a whole. Confidence in Sophomores and Juniors due to last year's experience Freshmen Jones, Baker, and Walker have size, could be big contributors with experience.
Forwards:
Strong returning group in Florek, Gron, and Cherniwichan. No top guys a la Mark Olver, but solid, all around players. Seen growth in Higby, Vigier.

Talk of "New, Old Guys"
May take a while, but have a lot to offer the team.
Thurber: "bulit like a fire hydrant", can do some offensive work as well.
Seckel: Good speed, ability to hit on open ice, can be play maker.

Other notes:
Some D's will play F, vice versa, will play everyone to counteract fatigue.

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Re: Drop The Puck Already! NMU @ Wisconsin, 10/7/11

Game is on Fox Sports WI. Sadly Fox College Sports did not pick it up nationally. For those who care, Gophers vs Sacred Heart and North Dakota vs. Air Force are the other games on the air.

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Re: Drop The Puck Already! NMU @ Wisconsin, 10/7/11

Starters:

NMU:
Seckel-Thurber-Kaunisto
Ludwig-Epp
Ellingson

Wisconsin:
Barnes-Zengerle-??
McCabe-Schultz
Peterson
(Sorry, I missed the last winger there, and no idea on spellings)
And for the last time, "Yoga" is not a verb, 2nd Skin Shop.

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Re: Drop The Puck Already! NMU @ Wisconsin, 10/7/11

Puck is dropped! Let the season begin!!

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Re: Drop The Puck Already! NMU @ Wisconsin, 10/7/11

And Dave... it's 2011-2012, not 2010-2011.

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Re: Drop The Puck Already! NMU @ Wisconsin, 10/7/11

Florek has the first scoring opportunity, goes wide.
Shot by Wisco, Ellingson gets the first save of the year.

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Re: Drop The Puck Already! NMU @ Wisconsin, 10/7/11

NMU live blog here. Radio can be found here.

Ick... it's the old FM website. Use this going forward. Thanks

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Re: Drop The Puck Already! NMU @ Wisconsin, 10/7/11

NMU goes on their first PP of the year on a Wisco hook. Faust (sp) for hooking at 3:02 of the 1st.

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Re: Drop The Puck Already! NMU @ Wisconsin, 10/7/11

Freshman Jones with a powerful shot, no dice. Halfway through the PP.

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Re: Drop The Puck Already! NMU @ Wisconsin, 10/7/11

NMU goes on their first PP of the year on a Wisco hook. Faust (sp) for hooking at 3:02 of the 1st.

I always knew Madison was full of hookers! Didn't take long to find them this season.

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Re: Drop The Puck Already! NMU @ Wisconsin, 10/7/11

There goes the PP.

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Re: Drop The Puck Already! NMU @ Wisconsin, 10/7/11

SOG 1 a piece. Nugent going off for hooking, 13:42 to play in the first.

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Re: Drop The Puck Already! NMU @ Wisconsin, 10/7/11

11:53 left in the 1st, :12 in the Wisco PP. Still 0-0, SOG's 4-1 in favor of the Skunks in a Popcorn box.