robertearle
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The internet tells me that Laila threw out the first pitch at the Cleveland home opener today, vs the Cubs.
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Wisconsin Women's Hockey 2025-2026
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Windchill22
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Coaches must think pretty highly of incoming D (Cerruti and Beaudette) + R. Gorbatenko? D would have been:
Seniors: Potter & Murphy
Juniors: Venusio & {Bickett}
Sophomores: Jones & Redshirt R. Gorbatenko
Freshman: Curruti & Beaudette
So 8 D in the room - Potter, Murphy, Venusio and Jones pulling most of the work I suposse - but that would leave 3 untested and Bickett. I would have guessed she'd get some decent ice time.
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Timothy A
Let's go RED!
I think Cerruti (SSM) and Beaudette (BK Selects) on paper were ahead of Bickett being from top end programs. I don't know where R Groba fits in, but the Chicago Mission are also great organization. It will be neat to see how the D pairs shake out.
Best wishes to Bickett. I hope she lands somewhere where she'll see a regular shift. She was the C of her HS team her last 2 seasons and scored 39 and 41 pts respectively. I think she'll be a good get for someone.
Hopefully Scannell can move closer to all of the pre college hype.
I expect Maggie Scannell to make a leap forward. She has scored 13 goals each of last 2 seasons and I think 20 goals is realistic with more opportunities. Lopanosova and Tremblay are highly touted FR that could add scoring punch.
Windchill22
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I imagine Lopusanova will make a dent.
Maddy Kimbrel (Ms Minnesota Hockey) too - Interesting she's played at Orono with Bickett
Windchill22
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Looks like we might we wading into new thread territory.
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
Huh, so much for all the bad chemistry and unhappiness that was supposedly going to ruin the Natty run and gut the team for next year. I've never ignored a poster because I believe in free speech and I'm open to all opinions, but posting untruths is not an opinion, it's a lie against the fabric of the truth. The proof is on the pudding as they used to say.
It's actually a relief, to me anyway, that the best graduating class UW has ever had was able to secure that last win; that the Olympics did not derail this run like they had done repeatedly in the past. Had they not won, it would have gone down in the biggest disappointment of all time, supplanting the St. Louis debacle by a long shot.
It's actually a relief, to me anyway, that the best graduating class UW has ever had was able to secure that last win; that the Olympics did not derail this run like they had done repeatedly in the past. Had they not won, it would have gone down in the biggest disappointment of all time, supplanting the St. Louis debacle by a long shot.
they somehow held it together and pulled off the win. The raw talent top to bottom won the race.
To say the truth isn’t the truth is your uneducated opinion.
Next year will be another run at it with a much more cohesive group overall.
No crying in the room or on the bench because things didn't quite go your way all the time.
To say the truth isn’t the truth is your uneducated opinion.
Next year will be another run at it with a much more cohesive group overall.
No crying in the room or on the bench because things didn't quite go your way all the time.
ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
Don't know about anyone crying or not for UW, but on Friday, a UConn player blew a layup and immediately started crying on the court. Timeout hadn't even been called yet. I don't remember ever seeing anything like that in NCAA sports before. Sure, hockey players might scream and sob after shattering a bone or two, but I'll give them that. Most of the rest of the crying happens under a towel on the sidelines or once it is over, but on the court/field/ice? That was a first.
Ooftah
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I did not personally witness the debacle but heard it had a lot to do with Lindenwood providing a worse ice surface than the slip-shod sod they had in Phoenix a few Super Bowls ago. It is hard to understand how these over-resourced sports monopolies can't get mundane things like the playing surface right. It might have something to do with an undue focus on Jumbotrons, flashing lights, and ear-piercing sound systems and not paying enough attention to the basics.
Still Eeyore
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1) Lindenwood isn't overresourced.
2) Wisconsin's problem that weekend wasn't the ice surface, though it wasn't good. It's that they had no idea how to score against good teams. That was during a run of seasons in which their aggregate goal totals looked fine, but were entirely the result of running up the score against weak teams, while struggling offensively against the good ones.
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
The ice was bad for both teams.
It is hard to score against better teams. Their only loses (3) /ties (4) that year were to the #2 and #4 ranked teams and THSNBN once (tie). In all the ties and loses they scored 0 or 1 goal. I like ties by the way.
Ooftah
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I'm referring to the NCAA and, for the Super Bowl, the NFL. Similar things could be said about the IOC with respect to preparations for this past Olympics. If you are putting on a big show, don't skimp where the quality of play and player safety are affected.
What I recall is that the opponent relied less on speed than the Badgers and therefore a poor ice sheet worked in their favor.
ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
The Badgers have proven to be very proficient at defeating teams whose colors are green and white. Denver presents a different color palette entirely. Good luck!