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Gopher Women's Hockey 2023-24

Lindsay said:
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 4OT game. These poor players!
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There's a list of longest games somewhere on the web site, but I haven't found it yet. I know Wisconsin-Harvard went 127 minutes in the longest scoreless game in 2007, and there are longer games than that.
 
Still Eeyore said:
I looked for you between periods, but didn't see you.

I'm really tired of other teams scoring key goals off of weird ricochets.

Also, regarding the Gophers' disallowed goal, Rule 73.4 says:



Make up your own mind as to whether it should have been waved off.
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I waved a couple times during warmups when you had looked up, but you didn't notice.
 
robertearle said:
Eeyore was at the Wisconsin-St Lawrence game (with his friend Dr Franklin), sitting across the ice from me. When the Minn game went to overtime, the woman sitting next to was checking her phone to see if it had ended, so I told her "see that guy across the way in the Gopher jersey? If he's got his nose buried in his phone, the Minnesota game hasn't ended yet."

:-)
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Was eeyore wearing a rodent jersey?
 
Wow, 4 OTs, how brutal! At that point it's not the better team who wins but who doesn't make a mistake first when the fatigue sets in.
 
Hockeybuckeye said:
You're the most travelled Gopher fan I know. It's awesome you support your team so well. Always glad to welcome you in our barn.
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Crazy Dave made it all the way to today's Gopher game, so I'd say we're in the same ballpark. I opted not to make that trip, since getting to Potsdam doesn't involve driving so much as orienteering.
 
Timothy A said:
Ditto. I was like.."Watts kind of creep is wearing THAT to a BADger game.". Lol
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There's a couple here in Madison that are former graduate students of my father at Michigan, and are basically family, so I come down here a lot. We're also watching movies this weekend: Unbreakable/Split/Glass, and The Drop. I recommend all of them highly.
 
I did not think the Wethington contact justified a penalty but I am not going to complain about the outcome. After six periods and still tied neither team deserves to lose, neither team particularly deserves to win. But a shot on goal with a rebound to someone standing two feet from the net with no defender to be seen? That's a goal and congratulations to Clarkson.
 
So as the Gopher women's hockey team fades into NCAA oblivion, there is a coach just across the border that accomplished an undefeated D3 season and D3 championship. Just sayin'
 
Hockeyhub said:
So as the Gopher women's hockey team fades into NCAA oblivion, there is a coach just across the border that accomplished an undefeated D3 season and D3 championship. Just sayin'
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This was also his final season coaching, I understand.

I know people are frustrated with Frosty, I am for one, but I don't think it's time to Fire Everyone. Let's see how this coming year ends up, we just didn't have what it takes to put together a run for the Natty this year. I still think had we had anyone but Ludwig and Kaehler for the WCHA Semifinal (after also having their garbage officiating for the quarterfinals!), we'd be in the WCHA finals again. Our Gophers played their butts off and I'm proud of them. I wish Colgate or Clarkson had pulled off a win Friday but that's the breaks.

Let's see how 2024-2025 plays out. And let's win the natty at home. On paper we should be fully loaded and more than capable of winning #8. No matter who wins tomorrow, we're still the proudest program in women's hockey and a point of great pride for Gopher Athletics.

Somewhat related: does anyone know why Josie Hemp and Isa Goettl are in the transfer portal? I'm befuddled by that.
 
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What is with this program and blowing leads? Has gone on for years. I cannot believe they did it twice in the post season once again this year.
 
Lindsay said:
What is with this program and blowing leads? Has gone on for years.
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This is likely a good conversation for another day, but one thing that increases the probability of us remembering UM blowing leads is that they have held a lead in a lot of postseason games for a lot of years. How many postseason games has a program like Union even played during a similar number of seasons?

It does happen to other teams as well. I remember your favorite program yielding a third-period lead during the season when it likely had its best chance at an NCAA Championship. Historically, they have been one of the best programs at executing when games have been close late, but not on that day. Granted, the Gophers have managed to do so with alarming regularity of late, particularly versus tOSU.

Lindsay said:
I cannot believe they did it twice in the post season once again this year.
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Both of those were atypical. Normally, there has been a cascading effect of defensive breakdowns, either on the play that produced the goal or as a pattern leading up to it. This time, those were pucks thrown at the net from angles ranging from bad to can't-see-the-goalmouth that found their way into the net. All one can do is to try to rally in OT, and that's easier to do if you're the better team. Clarkson and Wisconsin are both in the set of teams that Minnesota can defeat when things go well, but I wouldn't put either in a list of teams that the Gophers should beat.

Even great Minnesota teams have given up leads late (2005 versus UW in WCHA final and Harvard in NCAA Final; 2013 versus BC in NCAA semi). How a team responds shows whether or not they're really championship caliber as much as whether they hold the lead in the first place.
 
ARM said:
This is likely a good conversation for another day, but one thing that increases the probability of us remembering UM blowing leads is that they have held a lead in a lot of postseason games for a lot of years. How many postseason games has a program like Union even played during a similar number of seasons?

It does happen to other teams as well. I remember your favorite program yielding a third-period lead during the season when it likely had its best chance at an NCAA Championship. Historically, they have been one of the best programs at executing when games have been close late, but not on that day. Granted, the Gophers have managed to do so with alarming regularity of late, particularly versus tOSU.

Both of those were atypical. Normally, there has been a cascading effect of defensive breakdowns, either on the play that produced the goal or as a pattern leading up to it. This time, those were pucks thrown at the net from angles ranging from bad to can't-see-the-goalmouth that found their way into the net. All one can do is to try to rally in OT, and that's easier to do if you're the better team. Clarkson and Wisconsin are both in the set of teams that Minnesota can defeat when things go well, but I wouldn't put either in a list of teams that the Gophers should beat.

Even great Minnesota teams have given up leads late (2005 versus UW in WCHA final and Harvard in NCAA Final; 2013 versus BC in NCAA semi). How a team responds shows whether or not they're really championship caliber as much as whether they hold the lead in the first place.
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I had considered the comparisons to Mercyhurst, and agree with a lot here. Maybe what is says is ultimately, a team is close but not the best. At some point though a program like Minnesota should be the best again though right? Minnesota fans have to be asking, when?
 
Lindsay said:
At some point though a program like Minnesota should be the best again though right?
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The foundation of the Gophers' success has been getting the best players from Minnesota. I doubt they will be the best until that starts to happen again. There have been a number of seasons like last year where if things had broken differently, they might have won. It's different when you're the best team, and no matter what happens, you find a way to win.

Or, they could use the blind squirrel (gopher?) strategy and try to eventually find a nut that way.
 
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