Wisconsin Hockey 20-21 Give Us A Reason To Believe

[WisconsinWildcard]

I will still single out Cole for his lack of interest / intensity on D. He was at the point when the D went low in the offensive zone and he recognized the break out on PSU and was in good position. Puck goes behind our net. He stood around Beydoun and watched the puck as a third PSU attacker came in front and Cole just watched him score. All he needed to do was D that guy up in front and not puck watch and that is not a goal. In a tight game that might have cost us.

100% correct. Drives me nuts watching the lazy play

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

Temper the expectations guys. We swept UMD early last year, too.

[solovsfett]

They changed that this year. So you need to get the Wisconsin Game Day app and go down to Hockey and find the primary or alternate stream for the listen live.

Thanks!

[Timothy A]

Temper the expectations guys. We swept UMD early last year, too.

Our eyes are telling us good things. It's not all roses, but still good things.

D pair +/-
Kerher/Ess +11
Peltonen/Vorlicky +3
Inamoto/Emberson -3

[UWisco]

Only 9 forwards in the lineup tonight...

https://madison.com/wsj/sports/colle...8a74ed5ef.html

[WiscTJK]

Playing like last year tonight. Just terrible defensive coverage and Rowe gets his first action in goal.

[sunprairie]

Only 9 forwards in the lineup tonight...

https://madison.com/wsj/sports/colle...8a74ed5ef.html

Playing like it. Oof. Hope they can turn things around for the second half of the game.

Maybe we should have made ASU practice at The Shell while they were in town the past week instead of letting them get used to our “home” rink.

[digitalbooya]

Beydoun just pulled after the 5th goal... He looked slow on replays.

[WiscTJK]

Playing like last year tonight. ASU has 2 goals in four games. 5 goals in 30 minutes and pulled goalie for the badgers. Not his fault. Terrible defensive zone coverage.

[digitalbooya]

Playing like last year tonight. ASU has 2 goals in four games. 5 goals in 30 minutes and pulled goalie for the badgers. Not his fault. Terrible defensive zone coverage.

At least 2 of the 5 have been routine stops for Beydoun every other game...

[digitalbooya]

Should also be noted that we are currently skating 9 total real forwards with Holloway, Pelton-Byce, Baker, Achan, and Mersch all out for their own reasons (oof)... We have two D playing forward. Could explain errors on the defensive side.

Todd posted the starting lineup as such:

Weissbach-B Caufield-C Caufield
Gorniak-Lindmark-Stange
Dhooghe-R. Donovan-DSP
S. Donovan(D)-XXXX-LaMaster(D)

[UWisco]

I haven’t posted it on here, but the coaching staff really had poor personnel management coming into this season. With the amount of uncertainty surrounding this season and know all the Big Ten protocols with COVID, how does the coaching staff manage to agree upon less players on the roster than a normal year. If there are 15-16 forwards on the roster (like there should be) we probably don’t see the situation we saw tonight.

I agree defensive zone coverage was poor but Beydoun and Rowe probably wish they could take at least 3 goals back.

[MadCityRich]

Hi again, boys. I've been holding back thoughts.....until tonight.

Swept a ****ty Ped State team. Swept Notre Dame, who swept MI, who was swept by Notre Dame.

I don't know what to take from tonight's game, but we should not get pounded with 8 goals.

Just not excited.

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

One goal on a 4-2 breakaway. One goal happens when two defenders attack the puck just off the net leaving a man undefended on Robbie’s back door.

Didn’t track how bad some of the other goals were, but knowing Granato, he’s outraged at the goalies for the mistakes of the guys in front of them.

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

I agree defensive zone coverage was poor but Beydoun and Rowe probably wish they could take at least 3 goals back.

I refuse to blame Beydoun or Rowe. It’s not as bad as what Lebedeff had to put up with, but they aren’t being done a lot of favors. And with Granato’s history of throwing goalies under the bus for stuff they can’t control, I’m giving any goalie suffering under TG a long leash.