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Minnesota Gopher Women's Hockey 20-21

ManBehindTheCurtain said:
Speaking of regulars who have not been here very much this season, during yesterday's game Dave had two e-mails to the Beaver radio broadcast read by the play by play announcer. On BeaverRadio.com but not on USCHO, that really is Crazy.
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The Beaver radio network is easy to get onto, and very professionally run. While Bemidji has not had a stellar year, they are always a fun team to follow. I laughed when the announcer related an email she received that said "Go Gophers, Go Beavers." I think the Beaver logo is my favorite of all the NCAA teams.
 
pgb-ohio said:
Is this an actual issue with the teams that will be on the sidelines? In a normal year, I'm sure it would be. But I've not heard such chatter in this covid-marred year. Still, if there are such complaints, then I'd agree that a way should have been found to include them.
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I would love to hear from a Mankato person on the matter. They played both the badgers and the gophers pretty tough during the regular season and could certainly pose a threat in one-game playoff.
 
FiveHoleFrenzy said:
Nice...But that clip showed the lack of resistance that BSU displayed all weekend against Minnesota's offense. It's like BSU was already in the off-season.
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Can't argue too much with you here, FHF. But I loved the tape-to-tape pass to a streaking, open wing at center ice...something that we haven't seen enough of this season. When they're standing still waiting for a pass they make it easy for the other team to defend. That was certainly not the case on this play.

Even though the Beavers didn't put up much of a fight I do think the series was a good tune-up for the Gophers as they head into the postseason.
 
D2D said:
Can't argue too much with you here, FHF. But I loved the tape-to-tape pass to a streaking, open wing at center ice...something that we haven't seen enough of this season. When they're standing still waiting for a pass they make it easy for the other team to defend. That was certainly not the case on this play.

Even though the Beavers didn't put up much of a fight I do think the series was a good tune-up for the Gophers as they head into the postseason.
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You're right. There have been times like this where you see what they are capable of. Just not enough of it.
 
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Does Minnesota deserve to make the national tourney? Probably not.
Are there eight teams better than the Gophers? Probably not. At least not if you're restricted to teams from this season, like the ones that are playing.

Maybe the ECAC teams, who have to be pretty sick of playing the other three, can trade Quinnipiac to the WCHA Final Faceoff for this season, and the Gophers can go play in the ECAC thing. If UM doesn't win it, fine, they probably don't need to go to the NCAAs. Although, it would be better to trade us with Clarkson, just to delay another Colgate/Clarkson game. And we all know that UW is always anxious for some fighting nurses.
 
ARM said:
And we all know that UW is always anxious for some fighting nurses.
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The story I tell about when COVID really first hit home - or would, if I had any actual contact with people - was on Monday 'that week' I went to pick up my NCAA quarterfinal ticket for Wisconsin vs Clarkson, and for a day or two I complained about the lousy seat I had been assigned. And by Thursday, the game had been cancelled, and my lousy seat assignment disappeared from the list of problems.
 
ARM said:
And we all know that UW is always anxious for some fighting nurses.
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Naw, the Clarkson thing is ancient history. UW got revenge in the FF on their way to their latest title. I welcomed the rematch last year when the whole thing got canned. I think UW is a bit flawed in that their Fr aren't up to speed vs other good team's upperclassmen yet and the UW Fr play big minutes. Getting the last change is a big asset to have if they can get the one seed and if they can make it to the last game.
 
Timothy A said:
Naw, the Clarkson thing is ancient history. UW got revenge in the FF on their way to their latest title. I welcomed the rematch last year when the whole thing got canned. I think UW is a bit flawed in that their Fr aren't up to speed vs other good team's upperclassmen yet and the UW Fr play big minutes. Getting the last change is a big asset to have if they can get the one seed and if they can make it to the last game.
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Well I can tell you at least for the fans we still have a big Clarkson chip on our shoulder at Ohio State!
From our perspective we had them beat in the FF when what probably would have been the winning goal was questionably disallowed! Add insult to injury our goaltender transfers to them.
Glad Wisconsin got their revenge on Clarkson, still waiting for ours!
 
I've noticed that they were missing, Cherkowski initially because I "sponsor" her. She vanished end of January, hope she's healthy. Haven't heard anything about any of them.
 
Seems like Skaja, for sure, has been an injury scratch and it may be concussion related for the collision she was involved in. Don't know about the issues that Ostertag has been having and have no clue what is up with Cherkowski.

This team, as a whole, has been hard to figure out all year long. Shouldn't be where they are with the "talent" that is on this squad. Unless we look to a Doug Woog quote for some splainin' "Hard work will beat talent, if talent doesn't work hard"
 
I have heard more than I will reveal here but can say that I heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend that Cherkowski is done for at least this season. No idea about Skaja or Ostertag.

I think the Gophers make the NCAA and will beat anyone but WI/OSU or Northeastern.
 
This season is similar to 2011-12 in that it seems that there is a lot of drama going on behind the scenes w/ injuries, turmoil, etc. Maybe not so similar, because the drama was pretty epic then (compared to a little-old pandemic), and UM was playing better hockey nine years ago.
 
What I remember from the 11/12 season was Schoullis and West coming back as 5th year seniors from injuries and helping lead the Gophers to a National Championship. That despite Schoullis having the oft reported and infamous "upper body injury" early in the season. As for Emily West, Frost's quote, "I think her overall perspective has changed. She's really enjoying the game and appreciating everything it has to offer. When you're younger, you can take things for granted. But after her experience she's savoring every moment." Emily's response, "To come back and compete again puts a smile on my face every day. It makes me so happy, there are no words for it." And smile she did after Ludwig got a rare call correct in Duluth.
 
Lindsay said:
At a high level what was the 11-12 drama, if you don’t mind sharing?
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That was the season Muzzy joined the staff, but there was a delay due to visa issues, so she didn't arrive until a month into the season (and promptly stepped on the "M"!) One player's sister died suddenly. Another player was having a personal crisis and took a leave from hockey, and the team was concerned for her safety. A couple parents were diagnosed with cancer. There was a practice dust up between team leaders and morale was totally shot. Frost's dad suffered a stroke and was hospitalized on the eve of the conference tourney. By the time the FF rolled around, that was easy by comparison, because it was just hockey.
 
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