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Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

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ne7minder said:
I remember Leveille being whined about early one year. Particularly complaints about rebounds.
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I think that was mostly Badger fans; it's not quite the same thing when the opposition is whining after you shut them out.
 
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ARM said:
I think that was mostly Badger fans; it's not quite the same thing when the opposition is whining after you shut them out.
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I particularly remember a game in Bemidji that went to OT(but given the injuries my memory gets fuzzy around details). She left some rebounds out high that ended up in the net. I don't recall her having many losses but I remember people comparing her negatively to Nora. It didn't last long though, I do remember a banner getting hung for that year!

Maybe I am a bit sensitive to whining about goalies, "ne7minder" has been my handle for more than 25 years now :)
 
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Was on the road driving to Florida Saturday and Sunday. The Wife and I were able to listen to Dan on the audio stream and were really happy for this group of players after the result Sunday.
 
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robertearle said:
Do you know anyone in the UM athletic department who might be able to tell you a 'tickets scanned' number? We, generally, all did this last year with 'Fill The Bowl' and a 'tickets scanned' number ultimately became known, IIRC.
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I was privy to the chat between members of the promotions department and the "scanned tix" match the attendance figures.

As for Bucky hosting the WCHA FFO, I think many in the league would love that, but as UW people have told me is that it boils down to lack of locker room facilities and to some degree lack of press area.
 
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play-by-play guy said:
As for Bucky hosting the WCHA FFO, I think many in the league would love that, but as UW people have told me is that it boils down to lack of locker room facilities and to some degree lack of press area.
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Been to Labahn a few times now & while it is too small the atmosphere is second to none. It would be a rocking place for the FF. I am much less impressed with Kohl. But I assume nobody is preventing UW from making the bid so it is hasn't been there I assume they have never asked for it. Had not heard the one about press area but have heard about locker rooms and also that there are conflicts for space that week.
 
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ne7minder said:
Been to Labahn a few times now & while it is too small the atmosphere is second to none. It would be a rocking place for the FF. I am much less impressed with Kohl. But I assume nobody is preventing UW from making the bid so it is hasn't been there I assume they have never asked for it. Had not heard the one about press area but have heard about locker rooms and also that there are conflicts for space that week.
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I think LaBahn would be an awesome FF atmosphere too aside from those two deficiencies.
 
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play-by-play guy said:
I was privy to the chat between members of the promotions department and the "scanned tix" match the attendance figures.

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That leaves one of two possibilities: either they didn't report the 'tickets sold' number anywhere, or there were literally zero no-shows.
 
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play-by-play guy said:
As for Bucky hosting the WCHA FFO, I think many in the league would love that, but as UW people have told me is that it boils down to lack of locker room facilities and to some degree lack of press area.
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Those seem like such strange reasons.

At the very least there are extra locker rooms in the Kohl Center, and while it might not be ideal, it hardly seems like a dealbreaker for 2 games. Presumably the mens team has one locker room they use for both facilities, since they play in one and practice in the other. I'd also guess that the women use their normal locker room for Fill the Bowl - although I could be wrong. I also thought there were a couple of locker rooms in LaBahn for other sports - like swimming and/or tennis - that could potentially be used.

Actually, I think the Capitols USHL team has played a few games in LaBahn - so they must have had extra locker rooms available for those games?

I haven't been up to the press area, but noting the balcony extends along more than half the rink, you think you could find a way to make that work - but as with all of it, it would start by UW actually wanting to find a way to make it work. The lack of enthusiasm from UW still seems like it is the much bigger roadblock.
 
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Nowheresville said:
Actually, I think the Capitols USHL team has played a few games in LaBahn - so they must have had extra locker rooms available for those games?
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I don't know about the Capitols, but I know for certain that local high schools use LaBahn for games now and then. My niece's husband's nephew played a state tournament game there a couple weeks ago (that I was NOT able to attend, much as I wanted to). Both Madison Edgewood and Madison West use it as a quasi-home rink.
 
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robertearle said:
That leaves one of two possibilities: either they didn't report the 'tickets sold' number anywhere, or there were literally zero no-shows.
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Or possibility 3: There were a very small number of no-shows, but the number isn't significant enough to change the overall picture that the two numbers "matched." If the tickets sold/announced number was 1855, but the actual tickets scanned was 1822, the promotions department would likely consider that to be a match - even if the two numbers aren't exactly equal.
 
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As per the front page of the St Paul Pioneer Press the other day, "Vadnais Heights will celebrate on Thursday the return of Olympic sisters Hannah and Marissa Brandt... The event will be held at the Vadnais Heights Commons from 5 to 7:30 p.m. The gathering will be free and is open to the public."
https://www.twincities.com/2018/03/...ion-for-returning-minnesota-olympic-athletes/

Hannah made the paper again today in a front page photo showing her in goal as Olympic teammate Hillary Knight attempts a shot during a visit to the New York Stock Exchange trading floor Tuesday. They don't mention if she made the save or not.

"The team also rang the opening bell," as per the photo caption.
http://saintpaulpioneerpress.mn.new...o2Zj5pw84m4ZG73AQpEHvMst&product=eEditionPPST
 
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Congratulation Gophers on a fine season! I already can't wait for next year.
 
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D2D said:
Great story here:

Gophers women's hockey forward Taylor Williamson battled health issues to play again
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...attled-health-issues-to-play-again/476437823/
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Thanks for posting this.

We always need to be reminded how fragile life is and how courageous some of these young women are and that there is way more to all of this than just hockey.

Leading by example, whether or not they are aware of it.
 
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The Williamson/Skarzynski/Agnew line was decent today. Emily Brown had a pretty good game; I'm not sure who should have been covering Roque on Wisconsin's second goal, but the whole team has been leaving opponents uncovered on the off wing for two months. And, despite giving up four goals, Sydney Peters played pretty well.

Beyond that, bleh. Reilly's penalty at the end was totally inappropriate, from a player that has often left me with the impression of having an attitude problem. Today was a sour end to a season that was a mild disappointment.

I feel pretty confident about next year, but they really need to work on their passing, both the decision making and the execution.
 
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