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Hockey City Classic: Minnesota vs Wisconsin 2/17/13

Re: Hockey City Classic: Minnesota vs Wisconsin 2/17/13

Gimmicky games deserve gimmicky teams - not teams that can determine a conference championship
 
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What th fawk PP is this... This reminds me off the Flyers game a few years go where they held the puck for like 5 mins
 
Re: Hockey City Classic: Minnesota vs Wisconsin 2/17/13

Driftryder said:
This ice sure has some funky bounces.
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Shawny4u said:
It appears to be causing the puck to bounce behind Wilcox. 3-0 Wisco!
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Brenthoven said:
What a garbage game. Garbage ice. Garbage bounces. The better team is not winning.
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GopherBigGuy911 said:
If Norwood ever suggests an outdoor conference game... someone please shoot him in the head.
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Brenthoven said:
This. The puck is bouncing like a basketball on this ice.
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Gophers #1 said:
Gophers fall down on the ice.
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Driftryder said:
Now Schmidt falls on some crappy ice.
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Badgers skating on different ice in parallel universe.
 
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Brenthoven said:
This. The puck is bouncing like a basketball on this ice.
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Brent..these are normal outdoor ice hockey conditions which typically get worse as the period goes on. You learn to adjust if you grow up playing on this stuff.
 
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HarleyMC said:
Brent..these are normal outdoor ice hockey conditions which typically get worse as the period goes on. You learn to adjust if you grow up on playing on this stuff.
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And I'm saying that this isn't a hockey game. It's "flip the puck up in the air, hope it bounces our way." Yeah, great skill there.
 
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Brenthoven said:
And I'm saying that this isn't a hockey game. It's "flip the puck up in the air, hope it bounces our way." Yeah, great skill there.
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The Badgers are generating open looks to throw it on net and get a bounce--they are also not allowing the Gophers to do the same.
 
HarleyMC said:
Brent..these are normal outdoor ice hockey conditions which typically get worse as the period goes on. You learn to adjust if you grow up playing on this stuff.
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Just because these are the conditions the game was invented with, does not mean that the evolution of indoor hockey has been a bad thing. To have this game count as a conference game is simply pure stupidity. But, what else would you expect from Wisconsin.... If this was a Non-Con or exhibition game it would be a different story.
 
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GrinCDXX said:
The Badgers are generating open looks to throw it on net and get a bounce--they are also not allowing the Gophers to do the same.
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That's exactly right. And the Badgers are playing decent D not letting MN inside much either.
 
Re: Hockey City Classic: Minnesota vs Wisconsin 2/17/13

Hey, I like me a good outdoor game with GOOD ice. I can appreciate a trap team (hell, I'm a Devils fan), but this game is not hockey. This is a series of a bouncing puck, left up to a lot of luck of the bounce.
 
Re: Hockey City Classic: Minnesota vs Wisconsin 2/17/13

Brenthoven said:
And I'm saying that this isn't a hockey game. It's "flip the puck up in the air, hope it bounces our way." Yeah, great skill there.
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And both teams knew that going in. Could be 5-0 with post & crossbar hits.

This is what I was talking about when I mentioned the Pond Hockey Championships. It's terrible hockey where skill is trumped (by a lot) by simple will & determination.

Even at the Lambeau game (2006) when we had a good amount of skill on our roster, the game looked a lot like this.
 
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