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Minnesota @ Wisconsin: Secondary Rivalry, Just As Much Hatred

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skiumah2 said:
Fair enough. I'll make the first try. I really believe that if the Gophers can keep the penalties (especially the stupid ones) to a minimum, I really don't see any reason how the Gophers will not return home with 4 more points. Even if they commit their typical amount of penalties, I don't see any way they don't get a least a split.
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I certainly think a Gopher sweep is possible. Much more possible than a Badger sweep. And I agree that our ability to stay out of the box will be a huge key. IMO, our biggest advantages are on special teams and in our scoring depth. Gotta stay out of the box, put that depth to work, and let our PP take advantage of the mismatch between our PP and their PK.
 
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I'm THIS close to starting another thread...
 
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I love it. The boo birds show up, complain about the topic of discussion in the thread, and then when the thread gets back to discussion on this weekend's games, they disappear.
 
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JDUBBS1280 said:
I love it. The boo birds show up, complain about the topic of discussion in the thread, and then when the thread gets back to discussion on this weekend's games, they disappear.
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BECAUSE THE TOPIC IS A FRIGGIN PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION! It's terrible. I don't blame anyone for complaining about this thread.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
BECAUSE THE TOPIC IS A FRIGGIN PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION! It's terrible. I don't blame anyone for complaining about this thread.
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I don't disagree. But the thread will sit dead until some ******* makes another dumb comment, gets a response, and then the boo birds will come back, complain, and then disappear again.

My point is. If you want to talk hockey, then talk hockey. I have been trying to all week, but the majority of others posting here are only interested in talking trash or complaining about the trash.

The reason this thread sucks has as much to do with people complaining it sucks as it does anything else.
 
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I really wish Derek Lee and McCabe were able to play this weekend. they're probably 4-5 weeks away yet...

how's that Condon kid playing for the rats?
 
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:d
 
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No one talks hockey until Thursday. Until then, it's banal trash talk (NOT HISTORY ARGUMENTS).

Ambroz learns the errors of his ways, in taking stupid penalties. He'll still take about 45 penalties this weekend, but they'll be smart ones.
 
solovsfett said:
I really wish Derek Lee and McCabe were able to play this weekend. they're probably 4-5 weeks away yet...

how's that Condon kid playing for the rats?
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Yeah, feel bad for McCabe. Looked like he was doing really well making the transition.

Condon is doing well. Had the game winner in overtime in Duluth and a shorty in Anchorage. He is playing on the second PP unit and has been effective on that unit.
 
Brenthoven said:
No one talks hockey until Thursday. Until then, it's banal trash talk (NOT HISTORY ARGUMENTS).

Ambroz learns the errors of his ways, in taking stupid penalties. He'll still take about 45 penalties this weekend, but they'll be smart ones.
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As long as they don't result in majors, and aren't offensive zone penalties or after the whistle, then I don't mind as much. The physical play is part of his game IMO.
 
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solovsfett said:
I really wish Derek Lee and McCabe were able to play this weekend. they're probably 4-5 weeks away yet...

how's that Condon kid playing for the rats?
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He's doing great for us. I would ask the same about a Minnesota kid playing for the skunks but how could I pick just one. ;)

I can't say too much though. All kidding aside, I think it's really cool there are 12 native Wisconsin kids on the Badger roster this year. :)
 
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skiumah2 said:
He's doing great for us. I would ask the same about a Minnesota kid playing for the skunks but how could I pick just one. ;)

I can't say too much though. All kidding aside, I think it's really cool there are 12 native Wisconsin kids on the Badger roster this year. :)
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cool. good to see a Wausau kid do well in D1!

yeah, a few MN fans have been complimentary on the # of WI kids on the team as opposed to years past. that really shows more than anything how proud you guys are of local kids making good and local universities/coaching staffs nurturing that

...I remember when my dad took me to my first UW vs. Minnesota game it was 84 or 85 can't remember which. he got a program and immediately told me to turn to the roster pages ...here's what he said paraphrasing as I looked at the MN roster kind of wide-eyed ..."look at that...EVERY kid from Minnesota, you won't see that in Indiana b-ball, and you won't see that in Texas Longhorn football, this is incredible."

It was just so cool to see something like that. no other team anywhere had the ability to field a team that way (locally only). UW at the time was about 6-7 Canadians, 6-7 Minnesotans and the rest from IL, MI, WI, all over.

the crowd had a way of separating the teams when I first started going. MN was the skating team, the finesse team. probably the fastest overall team in the league. Nodak were the bruising NHL types. at Jingles pre-game UW fans would say UW could play both styles (a touch of our own arrogance maybe?) depending on which team they played but back then UW was pretty **** loaded itself Tuttle/Ranheim/Richter/Mellanby et al
 
solovsfett said:
cool. good to see a Wausau kid do well in D1!

yeah, a few MN fans have been complimentary on the # of WI kids on the team as opposed to years past. that really shows more than anything how proud you guys are of local kids making good and local universities/coaching staffs nurturing that

...I remember when my dad took me to my first UW vs. Minnesota game it was 84 or 85 can't remember which. he got a program and immediately told me to turn to the roster pages ...here's what he said paraphrasing as I looked at the MN roster kind of wide-eyed ..."look at that...EVERY kid from Minnesota, you won't see that in Indiana b-ball, and you won't see that in Texas Longhorn football, this is incredible."

It was just so cool to see something like that. no other team anywhere had the ability to field a team that way (locally only). UW at the time was about 6-7 Canadians, 6-7 Minnesotans and the rest from IL, MI, WI, all over.

the crowd had a way of separating the teams when I first started going. MN was the skating team, the finesse team. probably the fastest overall team in the league. Nodak were the bruising NHL types. at Jingles pre-game UW fans would say UW could play both styles (a touch of our own arrogance maybe?) depending on which team they played but back then UW was pretty **** loaded itself Tuttle/Ranheim/Richter/Mellanby et al
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Gotta love hockey games with your dad/son. Few things better :)
 
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JDUBBS1280 said:
Gotta love hockey games with your dad/son. Few things better :)
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yeah it was awesome, and still is when he can make it.

in 2006 I went to the FF w/my dad for the semi's and then the final UW vs. BC I was there w/my grandfather (a hockey player who was still adept at dissecting team tendencies)

but yeah, those first fews years of season tickets it was always fun to open the program vs. the mn and see 26-28 players all from the state of minnesota. I guess I was so used to the other teams coming in w/a collection of kids from everywhere
 
solovsfett said:
yeah it was awesome, and still is when he can make it.

in 2006 I went to the FF w/my dad for the semi's and then the final UW vs. BC I was there w/my grandfather (a hockey player who was still adept at dissecting team tendencies)

but yeah, those first fews years of season tickets it was always fun to open the program vs. the mn and see 26-28 players all from the state of minnesota. I guess I was so used to the other teams coming in w/a collection of kids from everywhere
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Sounds a lot like my family :)

I can't wait to watch this rivalry grow even stronger in the Big Ten. It will be fun playing Michigan and Michigan State, but the UW rivalry is going to go up another level IMO :)
 
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I believe the key to this series will be special teams. MN has a penchant for taking several penalties in a row (it's happened several times already this season). If UW does not take advantage of that, it will be very difficult for them to stay with MN (unless they manage to get superb play out of their goalie like UND did). To the UW fans who have yet to see MN play this season, you will notice immediately that this version of the Gophers does not back down from physical play and also goes hard to the net. It's no accident that they have started the season well. They're certainly capable of making pretty passing plays in the standard Gopher tradition, but unlike the past several years, they are also quite good at scoring garbage goals. Lastly, even if you hold a lead, it isn't safe - as of yet, I haven't seen MN quit on a game; this team actually seems to have a fair amount of mental toughness.
 
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