Wisconsin Women's Hockey 2024-2025

[Ooftah]

Friday: hubris (ὕβρις) excessive pride, arrogance, or dangerous overconfidence

No one got killed, although it happens sometimes when the trait is displayed.

Saturday: not so much.



Welcoming adversity is different than welcoming mistakes.

[Timothy A]

Badgers doing Badger like things in the 6 nations.

Kennedy is definitely an over-hyper "journalist", so we can't take this and run too far with it. Obviously Ava has a super bright future ahead of her.

https://thehockeynews.com/womens/int...-of-the-future

[Timothy A]

What do we know about the Swedish Women's Hockey League? How good are these teams? A step below the PWHL? Is this the league some of the former Badgers like Posick went to play in? A-Sap is averaging a point a game as a 17/18 yr old playing against players who are all older than her. I think this gives her a jumpstart coming in as a Fr. Let's see how she does in this event going on.

[BadgerPete]

What do we know about the Swedish Women's Hockey League? How good are these teams? A step below the PWHL? Is this the league some of the former Badgers like Posick went to play in? A-Sap is averaging a point a game as a 17/18 yr old playing against players who are all older than her. I think this gives her a jumpstart coming in as a Fr. Let's see how she does in this event going on.

The SDHL is a step below the PWHL for sure, and has probably dropped a bit lower since most of it best players departed for the PWHL this past draft.

And statistically a good view is this: through 22 games Adela Sapavalivova has 9G-12A-21P, and through 21 games Brette Pettet has 9G-6A-15P.

[Timothy A]

The SDHL is a step below the PWHL for sure, and has probably dropped a bit lower since most of it best players departed for the PWHL this past draft.

And statistically a good view is this: through 22 games Adela Sapavalivova has 9G-12A-21P, and through 21 games Brette Pettet has 9G-6A-15P.

Okay so she'll be on the top line next year lol.

[Claygr]

I am really looking forward to seeing Nela Lopusanova in a Badger jersey: https://thehockeynews.com/womens/int...mpic-qualifier

[Timothy A]

I am really looking forward to seeing Nela Lopusanova in a Badger jersey: https://thehockeynews.com/womens/int...mpic-qualifier

Wow I forgot she's going to be a Badger too! Muzzy can have the portal, MJ has the whole planet.

[Timothy A]

I was just looking at the standings and things are looking decent. Pairwise UW has a good gap ahead of the rodents. UW has over a sweep of cushion on the trio behind them in my league. Huge series off the break. Must not give Those That Shall Not Be Named any momentum. But in the end they'll have to beat 2 WCHA teams get the Natty. No matter how great the regular season record is, that will be difficult.

[Timothy A]

That sucked. Then the classless corn people troll the UW Twitter account. What a bunch of a holes.

[robertearle]

That sucked. Then the classless corn people troll the UW Twitter account. What a bunch of a holes.

When they beat the Badgers in Madison the 1st of November, it was primarily on really strong serving; low, flat, lots of 'pace' with no spin, so the ball was moving like a knuckleball. Today it was largely on the strength of their floor defense; balls hit by Wisconsin that would be points against other teams were being dug by the Husker backcourt, make Wisconsin have to try a second and third time, and those too often turned into errors. Point Nebraska instead of point Wisconsin. As much as I hate to admit it, they're just the better team this year.

The fans there are like fans everywhere: some of them are level-headed intelligent folks, and some are as you describe. They do have a lot of the latter, though. :-)

[Timothy A]

When they beat the Badgers in Madison the 1st of November, it was primarily on really strong serving; low, flat, lots of 'pace' with no spin, so the ball was moving like a knuckleball. Today it was largely on the strength of their floor defense; balls hit by Wisconsin that would be points against other teams were being dug by the Husker backcourt, make Wisconsin have to try a second and third time, and those too often turned into errors. Point Nebraska instead of point Wisconsin. As much as I hate to admit it, they're just the better team this year.

The fans there are like fans everywhere: some of them are level-headed intelligent folks, and some are as you describe. They do have a lot of the latter, though. :-)

Why doesn't Carter Booth play more than she does? She sure seems to make things happen.

[robertearle]

Why doesn't Carter Booth play more than she does? She sure seems to make things happen.

Standard substitution rules. She plays middle blocker. To play more, she would have to play a different position, AND then play across the back row, diving for balls and handling serve-receive, the way Franklin and Orzol do (did). Booth is not at all suited for that. Like most "big" players and all middle blockers, she plays the three rotations across the front row, then subs out until the other middle (an unusual combination of CC Crawford and Devyn Robinson) rotates to the back and it's her turn again to play in front.

Something like saying "Why don't the Yankees have Aaron Judge bat more often?" Well, sure, but....

[Timothy A]

Standard substitution rules. She plays middle blocker. To play more, she would have to play a different position, AND then play across the back row, diving for balls and handling serve-receive, the way Franklin and Orzol do (did). Booth is not at all suited for that. Like most "big" players and all middle blockers, she plays the three rotations across the front row, then subs out until the other middle (an unusual combination of CC Crawford and Devyn Robinson) rotates to the back and it's her turn again to play in front.

Something like saying "Why don't the Yankees have Aaron Judge bat more often?" Well, sure, but....

Makes sense. I have no clue how VB works. Once you sub out, how long before you can go back in?

[Claygr]

You can go back in on the next play but a team is limited to 15 substitutions per set. In International volleyball, teams are limited to six substitutions per set so middle blockers like Carter Booth regularly play the back row and serve.

[robertearle]

You can go back in on the next play but a team is limited to 15 substitutions per set. In International volleyball, teams are limited to six substitutions per set so middle blockers like Carter Booth regularly play the back row and serve.

That's not completely accurate. Yes, in international play the limit is six subs. But middle blockers can be and almost always are subbed out by the libero, and subs involving the libero don't count against the sub count limit. So even in international play, middles play across the front, and then mostly do NOT play across the back.

(The one difference there to confuse Tim even more, in international play the middle rotating to the back row must stay in and serve. When their turn serving ends, then they come out and the libero comes in. So they play a "half rotation" in back. Under NCAA rules, one of the two middles must serve, but the other does not have to before they are replaced by the libero. And with the greater sub count, it isn't unusual for a team to 'burn' two subs on the count to bring in a 'serving sub' to serve for the 'serving' middle blocker.)

Between the greater number of subs allowed in the NCAA and the libero-middle subs not counting against that limit, the variations of how coaches choose to use those 15 substitutions varies greatly from team to team. When Wisconsin played Nebraska in the 2021 national championship match, it was Wisconsin who used more subs in the normal rotation, and ran out in at least one of the sets; Nebraska was using fewer and didn't run out. Yesterday, it was the reverse; Nebraska regularly uses more in 2024 and were right up to the limit when the second set ended.

(What happens if/when you run out? The six players on the floor must play the rest of the set, with the normal middle blocker/libero substitutions contunuing, because again, they don't count against the limit. But coaches are keenly aware of where they are with their count, and have "plan B" already in mind for what they do when they get close to and hit the limit.)