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Minnesota Gopher Women's Hockey 20-21

Still Eeyore said:
Sports in general have led to spread, so it's not just hockey, but it is worse. The top professional leagues have the resources to kind of, sort of, make things work, though if they don't keep everyone in a bubble, they've had to make a mockery of the competition to keep it running. No one else does.
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We already have threads about the virus but I'm going to throw my two cents in either because I'm becoming a pessimist or just a grumpy old man, take your pick.
Both the flu and Covid are viral and can transmit in similar fashion but how many decades have we had vaccines for the flu and it's never once been close to being fully contained? Based on the history of viral outbreaks using our experience of the flu as a base model why would anyone think Covid can be contained?
 
Hockeybuckeye said:
We already have threads about the virus but I'm going to throw my two cents in either because I'm becoming a pessimist or just a grumpy old man, take your pick.
Both the flu and Covid are viral and can transmit in similar fashion but how many decades have we had vaccines for the flu and it's never once been close to being fully contained? Based on the history of viral outbreaks using our experience of the flu as a base model why would anyone think Covid can be contained?
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Because the flu and SARS-CoV-2 are not, despite what look to you like similarities, all that similar. It's not just that the latter is a completely different type of virus than the former. It's also that Covid-19 is caused by a virus, while the flu is caused by a bunch of different viruses. The flu vaccine you get this year isn't the same vaccine as the one you got last year. Every year, it's tailored to the specific strain of influenza that public health officials think will be the dominant one that year. If there was just a single flu virus, it would be a lot easier to contain.

The fact that SARS-CoV-2 is a coronavirus gives vaccine researchers a way to try to attack it that is not available with influenza strains. Without going into the details of what a mRNA vaccine is, it's an entirely new approach. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines don't resemble anything created before. It's possible that this approach can be adapted for other diseases, but the protein spikes on a coronavirus are an easy target. The Chinese released the DNA sequence of the virus on January 11. On January 13, Moderna completed its vaccine. The 11 months since then have been the testing, and the vaccine that took 48 hours to create appears to be far more effective than any flu vaccine.

All that said, we're never going to reach a point where there is no such thing as Covid-19. It's going to be with us for a very long time. But the data we have on vaccines strongly suggest that it will be "with us" in the same way that measles is, rather than like influenza is.
 
Minnesota gets outshot by the Land-Cows, 41-28 but win 5-1. Minnesota decided to compete in the 3rd period. It was nice they decided play for 20 of the 60 minutes.
 
FiveHoleFrenzy said:
Minnesota gets outshot by the Land-Cows, 41-28 but win 5-1. Minnesota decided to compete in the 3rd period. It was nice they decided play for 20 of the 60 minutes.
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A very frustrating game to watch if you're a Gopher fan. I lost track of the number of odd-man rushes they gave up in Periods 1 and 2. Way too many unforced errors and judgement lapses. I don't know what Frosty said to the team in the locker room before Period 3, but whatever it was, it worked.
I'm looking for a more consistent effort in tomorrow's rematch.
 
D2D said:
A very frustrating game to watch if you're a Gopher fan. I lost track of the number of odd-man rushes they gave up in Periods 1 and 2. Way too many unforced errors and judgement lapses. I don't know what Frosty said to the team in the locker room before Period 3, but whatever it was, it worked.
I'm looking for a more consistent effort in tomorrow's rematch.
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does anybody know, are these conference games? Did they work out whatever the problem was with B1G teams playing non B1Gs?
 
Timothy A said:
As long as everyone plays an equal amount of games to determine the regular season champ, though this season is pretty much meaningless anyway.
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There should be plenty of time and opportunity for teams to get healthy and cleared to play their remaining league games in the second half. The question is, what should be the consequences for those teams that don't make getting healthy and remain cleared to play Priority No. 1, and therefore end up missing games? And what about teams that remain healthy and continue to be cleared to play but can't complete their regular season schedule because another team (or two) can't? Would that other team have to take a forfeit?

It will be interesting to see how the league handles these developments, should they come to pass.
 
Got home late and watched the replay of tonight's game. Much better 60 minute effort from Minnesota but should have buried more than two of their chances...Lots of players showed very well tonight but one who is struggling a bit is #9.
 
FiveHoleFrenzy said:
Got home late and watched the replay of tonight's game. Much better 60 minute effort from Minnesota but should have buried more than two of their chances...Lots of players showed very well tonight but one who is struggling a bit is #9.
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Only in terms of scoring. Heise was all over the place. And Zumwinkle took a shot that hit the goalie, hit one post, slid down the goal line, hit the other post, and kicked out. Yeah, it would have been nice if they had scored a couple more, but goals are fluky things. I'll take the fact that played hard and well, with very solid defense, for 60 minutes. Do that, and goals will come.
 
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Still Eeyore said:
Only in terms of scoring. Heise was all over the place. And Zumwinkle took a shot that hit the goalie, hit one post, slid down the goal line, hit the other post, and kicked out. Yeah, it would have been nice if they had scored a couple more, but goals are fluky things. I'll take the fact that played hard and well, with very solid defense, for 60 minutes. Do that, and goals will come.
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Saw a t-shirt on one of the many ads that show up here. It fits you to a tee. It says "I'm not arguing, I'm just explaining why I'm right."

Another t-shirt that was on there was pretty good as well. It says "When this virus is over, I still want some of you to stay away from me."
 
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https://gophersports.com/news/2020/12/14/womens-hockey-hengler-bench-earn-wcha-weekly-honors

Bench receiving her third weekly honors as well getting the November monthly award, proving once again that she is a spectacular addition to this team. Excited to see what she brings to the second half of the season.

Hengler also receiving weekly honors, very well deserved. Truly shocking this is her first career weekly honors.

Seems like the Gophers D core is really coming together.
 
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Gophers Announce Second Half Schedule

https://gophersports.com/news/2020/1...-schedule.aspx
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So I looked at both the WCHA page and the three team web sites - UW, UM, OSU - and they all appear to say the same things:

- Minnesota plays ten two game WCHA series, including playing Ohio State THREE times, for six games, and UMD twice for four games.
- Ohio State plays nine series, only playing UMD once
- Wisconsin plays only eight series, also only playing UMD once.

(That is including series already played)

(Assuming that is all correct as listed, and it all gets played) that's gonna make conference standings ... interesting.
 
UMD series postponed due to insufficient number of players for the 'Dogs. Sigh.
 
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