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I thought Madison Packer did a pretty good job, made relatively insightful comments, asked decent questions, as a former player would; I'd never heard her do that sort of thing before (maybe she does so on PWHL games?)
As a Sirens fan I haven't been impressed at all by her on PWHL games so I guess that's good to see.
At first I was excited to see Bucci doing the game, then not so much. I hadn't seen him call a game in a long time. I didn't like the OT winning call from last year very much but I think Bucci's call of the end of the game yesterday will work good in the pre-game Natty montage; or maybe they will use the radio call instead. I'd love to have Paul Braun's voice on there somewhere.
I say this all the time, especially in overtime. I'm more pointed. My response is always, "So, you're letting the team that cheats the most win?"
Wisconsin led for most of the game. It's hard work playing from behind, especially against a team like Wisco'.
I don't know if people have seen this, or other videos of 'the moment'. This is from Friday night, during overtime, when UW was challenging for an upgrade of the penalty to a major, Their season hanging in the balance. Clearly, the pressure was getting to them.
The ESPN coverage, with multiple camera angles show everything one needs to understand the call the refs made regarding the play and the challenge.
He also couldn't use his quote on a player from their junior coach on why each one is the best. He's not really great in my opinion but ESPN loves him. He's a newer Barry Melrose without any real hockey experience.
I guess the thing that rubbed me the wrong way was Jason Ross did the semis and finals last year, and the semis this year. He had the 'historical knowledge' of the rivalry. But Bucci "big-footed" him to come in and take the final. He did OK, but it should have been Ross' game to do.
The initial overhead shot definitely made it look like the puck was underneath the fallen Badger skater at the top of the crease. (Which it was, just not covered.)
That's fair. And I can see where Bucci's "the dangerous Edwards" or "the dangerous Dunne" could get repetitive or overdone.
Agree with you both. Appreciate Bucci's love of "Cawlidge Hawkey." But I've grown to love the work of Jason Ross at the Frozen Four the last couple of years. He mixes the right level of professionalism with letting in a little bit of the "whhhoooaaaaa" excitement we fans feel in "holy shit" moments like a puck just going over the crossbar.
That's true for the WCHA tournament trophy. I'm not sure that it is true for the regular season travelling trophy. Maybe Arlen can correct or expand on this.
The moment I remember from Gary Thorne and the 2006 men's NCAAs: the game was Wisconsin vs Maine, and at a break, Thorne was interviewing Mark Johnson, who had just won his first women's championship. And somehow the interchange informed me that Thorne himself was a Maine alum. Up until that moment, there had not been the slightest hint that I had picked up on that Thorne might have any 'rooting interest' in the outcome of the UW-Maine game. True professionalism in his call of the game.