Wisconsin Women's Hockey 2023-2024

[robertearle]

The radio announcers, who I believe were just the flohockey guys, were meh, though the play by play guy got really excited a bunch of times which was fun. Calling a game on the radio is different that calling it on TV. A radio guy can call a game on TV easy, a TV guy can't call a game on the radio easy. Paul Brown and Brian Posick are great. Rob Vogel does a nice job as well.

The play-by-play guy has done play-by-play on some of the BTN-plus video streams at LaBahn over the last few years; I recognized his "frequent" use of "No good" to tell that a shot had not gone in net, etc. And it was clear that they were not in St Louis, but were just watching the video stream while sitting in a room somewhere in Madison. A way for Big 1070 to hold down costs, but obviously limits what they are able to see.

I was thinking about him getting excited: it seems to me that good hockey-on-radio guys - Posick, Paul Braun, Bob Miller before him, even Reid Magnum - don't get excited very often, and spend much more of their time staying calm and just describing what's in front of them. His excitement yesterday (which felt forced some of the time) just got in his way too often.

[Timothy A]

The play-by-play guy has done play-by-play on some of the BTN-plus video streams at LaBahn over the last few years; I recognized his "frequent" use of "No good" to tell that a shot had not gone in net, etc. And it was clear that they were not in St Louis, but were just watching the video stream while sitting in a room somewhere in Madison. A way for Big 1070 to hold down costs, but obviously limits what they are able to see.

I was thinking about him getting excited: it seems to me that good hockey-on-radio guys - Posick, Paul Braun, Bob Miller before him, even Reid Magnum - don't get excited very often, and spend much more of their time staying calm and just describing what's in front of them. His excitement yesterday (which felt forced some of the time) just got in his way too often.

That's where I heard that guy! They didn't even announce the scoring half the time. Thank goodness for the Tweeder.

Lines look to be the same for today, except Ava gets the start. UW should just play the game with 6 skaters and no goalie unless on the PK.

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

UW should just play the game with 6 skaters and no goalie unless on the PK.

6 skaters?

Just leave the goalie in and skate the whole game with 4 skaters. The lion cubs might get to double digits in SOG that way.

The sinners already lead 3-0 in the first period. However they have given up 5 SOG to the lion cubs...

[Gargoyle]

Lines are not the same on the ice today, and not the same as posted. First line: Curl, O'Brien, Eden. Second is usually LE, Hall, Simms. Third is Woz, Picard, Wheeler. Dpairings: Jungels-Edwards, Wilgren- Harvey, Murphy-potter.

[Gargoyle]

Fourth: Helgeson, Gorbatenko, Kotlowski. Helgeson just scored.

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

The good news... The sinners have scored a touchdown and a made field goal. They have a legit shot at double digits, being just 1 away with over 1 period to go...

The bad news...The have been scored upon by the lion cubs and given up 12 shots.

[Timothy A]

Double hatty. There is 6 to go to get the triple hatty.

[Timothy A]

Yes!!! Triple hatty! Hall has 4.

[robertearle]

Team records:
- most goals 16 (previous record, 14 vs Bemidji, in 2000)
- biggest margin 15 (previous record 13 vs Lindenwood 2011)
- most assists 28 (previous 21 Bemidji, 2022)
- tied the record for most goals in a period, 7, twice today, three times in the past.

Probably others, but that's what I see at a 'glance'.

(I happened to have been at the Coliseum back when the men set their most goals scoring record: 5...10...15...20... we really don't want more!)

[diddlypoo]

MacKenzie Jones, a 5'11" 2025 defenseman from Minnesota, committed to Wisconsin.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CxyxES9vdh4/


She's considered by some to be the #1 recruit in the state.

https://www.youthhockeyhub.com/news_...e/show/1270091

[wheel snipe celly]

A poster on a different site has stated that Sis Paulsen was leaving the team as the equipment manger. Has anybody heard anything about this?

I'm guessing he was full of S&*%

Confirmed by a staff member that Sis Paulsen is indeed leaving the badgers. Sounds like she will be going to the new Mn PWHL team.

[Timothy A]

Watts a great start for the team. 3 of the 6 D are new and so are 4 of the 12 F (2 of which are converted D), so a great chemistry and confidence building weekend. McNaughton had to face triple the shots that Gervais did in game 1 and only allowed the 1 goal. PP woke up in game 2 and went 4-5, so 4 of 8 on the weekend. The PK was 7 out of 7. Great weekend overall.

So now we have upon us one of the most requested series that has never been before as BC heads to Madtown. Sadly it's not nearly as hypable as it could have been years ago, but that's the way it goes sometimes. The games for WI are classic trap games. The first home series after a cupcake series on the road, lots of distractions in that regard, then on game 2 the banner goes up, even more if a distraction. On the positive side, many of these players have played in a trap game like this before, so it should not phase them.

[Timothy A]

So the ticket and parting passes are different this year. Apparently, you only have to put the parking pass and tickets in your virtual wallet once and they automatically update to the next event once the old ones are used. It was easy to download the parking pass, just click the link in the email, but it was not obvious to me how to download the game tickets. I had to go into the Badger App, then into some all in 1 app, then it came over. Kind of confusing. As of 2024 they will not use any more print at home tickets. I think this could alienate some of the purchasers.

[Steamboat]

Did you know: On this day 83 years ago, Bucky Badger was born. At least, that's when his likeness was officially copyrighted by the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. However, the idea of Bucky started roughly 50 years earlier.

When college football kicked off in 1889, the University of Wisconsin needed a mascot. They borrowed "Badgers" from the state's nickname and a real, live animal from the Madison Zoo. But, after multiple escapes and sideline terrorizations, the live badger was retired.

In 1940, the year of his "official" birth, the first drawing of Bucky wearing his signature cardinal and white sweater appeared. Nine years later, he came to life as a full-size mascot.

Why "Bucky"? It took several years for Wisconsin to settle on a name, and eventually held a contest to decide on "Buckingham U. Badger.

Taken from the Up North News, which all you Wisconsin fans should be familiar with. Who would guess that a live badger would be responsible for "sideline terrorizations"?

[NMH]

I'm looking for a single ticket to Friday's game for a friend if anyone has or knows of one.