Wcha 2022-23

[robertearle]

dinners, grinners, spinners, thinners, skinners......I hate poems and I always hated Lit classes in HS and college. But you'd never know from my AWA mean Gene Okerlund Bucky interview, eh?

Winners!

[Timothy A]

Hopefully all in good fun... And speaking of... I know you said my nickname for your program of rooting interest is lame but instead you should have axed me the question...You know what rhymes with Sinners?

dinners, grinners, spinners, thinners, skinners......I hate poems and I always hated Lit classes in HS and college. But you'd never know from my AWA mean Gene Okerlund Bucky interview, eh?

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

Northleastern....a subtle, yet sharp edge. Love it. Of course WI did lose to NE in the quarters last year, but they were decimated by the Olympics and injuries.

Hopefully all in good fun...

And speaking of... I know you said my nickname for your program of rooting interest is lame but instead you should have axed me the question...You know what rhymes with Sinners?

[Timothy A]

As was mentioned by others...Interesting that this year had one team (Yuckeyes) win the leaue title. Another win the league tournament (Tunnelers). And another win the national title (Sinners). Probably speaks to how close in ability these teams were to each other and UMD really not too far behind as well.

Three of the Frozen Four teams were from the WCHA and for the second straight year an all WCHA final...Northleastern's record was exposed to be a lot of fluff as many of us thought. The ECAC, for all it's supposed strength and depth, couldn't parlay that into any tournament success.

Conclusion: Well duh...Western elitists were right again. The WCHA's competition breads championships.

Northleastern....a subtle, yet sharp edge. Love it. Of course WI did lose to NE in the quarters last year, but they were decimated by the Olympics and injuries.

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

As was mentioned by others...Interesting that this year had one team (Yuckeyes) win the leaue title. Another win the league tournament (Tunnelers). And another win the national title (Sinners). Probably speaks to how close in ability these teams were to each other and UMD really not too far behind as well.

Three of the Frozen Four teams were from the WCHA and for the second straight year an all WCHA final...Northleastern's record was exposed to be a lot of fluff as many of us thought. The ECAC, for all it's supposed strength and depth, couldn't parlay that into any tournament success.

Conclusion: Well duh...Western elitists were right again. The WCHA's competition breads championships.

[robertearle]

I was worried that the 5 minutes of PP would be followed by either three straight minors against UM or a lenghty 5-on-3 PP for tOSU. Could still be on the agenda for the 3rd.

Old time Badger radio guy Paul Braun used to say to whoever he was with when all the calls were going one way "I'm putting a $20 up on the monitor that says the next penalty gets called on the Gophers", etc. I was thinking it during thst period.

[ARM]

I was worried that the 5 minutes of PP would be followed by either three straight minors against UM or a lenghty 5-on-3 PP for tOSU. Could still be on the agenda for the 3rd.

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

As for the hockey itself, I wish that play at the end of the 1st period had been a no-call.

Can't be a no call when contact to the head is involved. The Yuckeye player can't be that undisciplined.

I suspect the Yuckeyes will get the full muzzinator as 2 periods are complete and the Yuckeyes are down 3-1.

[ARM]

As for the hockey itself, I wish that play at the end of the 1st period had been a no-call.

[robertearle]

Different, third pair of refs for the final than either of the semis. Ludwig is NOT working the game!

[ARM]

Was that the penalty on #17 for UMD? If so that was a decent dive by the Yuckeye player.

Yes, that one. It looked like a penalty, but there was also some marketing going on.

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

Which Ryhorchuk calls holding for some reason. The offending arm is holding her stick, which she is using to play the puck, which a player is allowed to do. Call it a trip, and it makes sense, but we have officials who don't even seem to know the rules, or else they are just never in position to see what is happening. In this particular game, they called a bunch of things in the first half of the game, and then quit calling anything. Mostly, the calls they made weren't inaccurate, although they could have taken the diver as well on the second UMD penalty. Pankowski saw that one the way I did.

Was that the penalty on #17 for UMD? If so that was a decent dive by the Yuckeye player.

[ARM]

UMD takes a penalty with just a few seconds left...

Which Ryhorchuk calls holding for some reason. The offending arm is holding her stick, which she is using to play the puck, which a player is allowed to do. Call it a trip, and it makes sense, but we have officials who don't even seem to know the rules, or else they are just never in position to see what is happening. In this particular game, they called a bunch of things in the first half of the game, and then quit calling anything. Mostly, the calls they made weren't inaccurate, although they could have taken the diver as well on the second UMD penalty. Pankowski saw that one the way I did.

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

UMD get one late with the Goalie pulled. 2-1 with about 2:40 seconds left...

UMD takes a penalty with just a few seconds left...

And it goes final...2-1 for the Yuckeyes. A big thank you to the UMD Bulldogs for their work to put the Yuckeyes on top in this one.

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

LOL...The muzzinator just used the cliche "we take it one game at a time" in her interview...Nice.