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Wisconsin Women's Hockey 2022-2023

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Bonzo said:
One of Colgate's better players is Dara Greig, the former Badger. 20 goals on the season and the 5th leading overall scorer. I'm sure she will be motivated against her former teammates.
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Yeah, good for her. I don't know where she would have 'fit' on Wisconsin's roster the last couple years. She went looking for ice time and has made the most of it where she found it. I'm happy for her. Once a Badger, always a Badger.
 
robertearle said:
Once a Badger, always a Badger.
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That is easier to say with the players who didn't have a big role on your team. In terms of higher-impact players who have left, UW hasn't had many. Maybe Chanda Gunn was the most successful over the years, and I don't remember her playing that much for the Badgers.

Now when Webster is flying around and putting pucks in your net, will you be as quick to say, "Once a Badger, always a Badger?" I never felt that way with Potter or the Lam's.
 
ARM said:
That is easier to say with the players who didn't have a big role on your team. In terms of higher-impact players who have left, UW hasn't had many. Maybe Chanda Gunn was the most successful over the years, and I don't remember her playing that much for the Badgers.

Now when Webster is flying around and putting pucks in your net, will you be as quick to say, "Once a Badger, always a Badger?" I never felt that way with Potter or the Lam's.
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Webster played a big role in winning a national championship at Wisconsin. Absolutely, once a Badger, always a Badger. I'm glad she found a place to play both her sports.
 
wiscolorado said:
I wonder if having played yesterday will work to Wisconsin's advantage tomorrow. I know that college hockey teams go a week between games all the time, but still I wonder if Colgate might come out rusty in comparison. We'll see.
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Gotta come out on fire and hammer them early and take advantage of them possibly being a bit flat and nervous.
 
ARM said:
That is easier to say with the players who didn't have a big role on your team. In terms of higher-impact players who have left, UW hasn't had many. Maybe Chanda Gunn was the most successful over the years, and I don't remember her playing that much for the Badgers.

Now when Webster is flying around and putting pucks in your net, will you be as quick to say, "Once a Badger, always a Badger?" I never felt that way with Potter or the Lam's.
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That's interesting, I would not have thought you'd fall into the once a traitor always a traitor mold. I'm somewhere in-between for hockey. I want them to succeed but their teams to suck.
 
robertearle said:
Yeah, good for her. I don't know where she would have 'fit' on Wisconsin's roster the last couple years. She went looking for ice time and has made the most of it where she found it.
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She would have played a lot last year with UW being short players, which I'm confident in that it would have carried over to this season. One could say with how it's turned out for her she'd be a top 9 F at UW.
 
Timothy A said:
One could say with how it's turned out for her she'd be a top 9 F at UW.
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Or it could be a case of her blossoming with better coaching.
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after they moved to the new forum, I've never been able to get any winks to work.
 
ARM said:
Or it could be a case of her blossoming with better coaching.
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after they moved to the new forum, I've never been able to get any winks to work.
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The first impulse is, of course, to laugh. But who knows. Different people react differently to different coaching styles and techniques, etc

I do know that the UW volleyball coaches use something called the DISC personality profile test to help identify the best way for them to 'reach' players, to communicate with them (from Dennis Punzel's book on the 2021 championship season, and history of the program and of their head coach). The book talks about head coach Kelly Sheffield describing the use of the test, saying something like "If I go up to a Madison Duello at a timeout in the 5th set of a match and tell her to calm down, it might help her to center herself. If I say something like that to Lauren Barnes, she's going to want to punch me in the nose." :-)
 
robertearle said:
If I say something like that to Lauren Barnes, she's going to want to punch me in the nose." :-)
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And if he says that to someone who is another Kendall White, Kelly Sheffield is never seen again.

I'm sure that the biggest factor for Greig is opportunity. However, simply agreeing with Timothy is seldom the most interesting option.
 
Timothy A said:
So cool. How many other Badger fans were there?
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Good question! My ticket numbers were 0252 and 0253 but no way was there that many folks in the stands. The Box Score says attendance was 227, but don't those numbers include the teams? If I had to guess I would say there were 15-20 obvious Wisconsin fans (like myself, clearly decked out in Badger ware) and probable another 15-20 either subtly dressed or "unmarked" (like Ms UCBadger). I was a bit worried about parking (rightly so) as we got there less than 10 minutes before the game time. I was able to snag the next to last spot on the far side of the small parking lot between the ice rink and the football/lacrosse field.
 
Well, this is the game that we wait for all year. The game to get into the final 4. I just don't an want overtime game. I'm already nervous enough to blow chunks. Let's go RED!!!!!!
 
That was a very good first period. I was ready to lambaste Lamantia for that boneheaded penalty she took, and then she put in that absolute snipe. I still don't like the penalty, but on net, she's good lol. Hopefully UW can keep it up! I certainly do not expect Colgate to just roll over.
 
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