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Minnesota Women's Hockey 2015-2016: Confection Free

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ARM said:
There's a lot more alcohol consumption on the men's forum.

As for line changes, I think it's a given that if not this weekend, at some point, the shifts that Kessel skates will be with Brandt, and Cameranesi isn't likely to go anywhere. Because Pannek centered Potomak and Piazza down the stretch in Bemidji, I expect to see that line together. That frees up Schipper for the third line, which suddenly becomes a line that could even be used as a primary checking line if Frost desired, just because #6 brings more experience there. If Kessel needs shifts off, then I think Schipper would take those with the Brandt line, and the third line would return to being Williamson centering Reilly and Garzone. All this changes if the staff prefers Piazza rather than Williamson at center.
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and at the games too

FWIW, last year Piazza had better success in the faceoff circle than Pannek, and the two games I saw her at center a few weeks back she was a monster in the faceoff circle, IMO, if there are changes, she may end up being center for that reason alone

there ain't gonna be no checking line, unless you mean forechecking
 
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pokechecker said:
there ain't gonna be no checking line, unless you mean forechecking
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Forechecking, backchecking, pokechecking (you likely knew that one) -- all the stuff the refs let you do.
 
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ARM said:
There's a lot more alcohol consumption on the men's forum.

As for line changes, I think it's a given that if not this weekend, at some point, the shifts that Kessel skates will be with Brandt, and Cameranesi isn't likely to go anywhere. Because Pannek centered Potomak and Piazza down the stretch in Bemidji, I expect to see that line together. That frees up Schipper for the third line, which suddenly becomes a line that could even be used as a primary checking line if Frost desired, just because #6 brings more experience there. If Kessel needs shifts off, then I think Schipper would take those with the Brandt line, and the third line would return to being Williamson centering Reilly and Garzone. All this changes if the staff prefers Piazza rather than Williamson at center.
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This is still the Gophers show with Brad in charge. What that means is that Amanda should be playing based on her in practice contribution. Read: if she shows up on the Brandt line...she's back in old form. So here's one hoping to see her up on the top line as much as possible...it shows that in all probability Amanda Kessel has really returned.
 
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5mn_Major said:
Read: if she shows up on the Brandt line...she's back in old form. So here's one hoping to see her up on the top line as much as possible...it shows that in all probability Amanda Kessel has really returned.
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I remember #8 in Brandt's first game being listed on a partial 4th line. She was coming off hip surgery, and at times, she looked like she could still use a walker. Although she scored a late goal in the game, she didn't look all that ready and didn't skate much on the top line. The next day, she had two goals among her five points, and Frost made a comment after that game that ~ 75% (I don't remember the exact percentage he used) of Amanda Kessel was still better than most people. With all of the time off that she's had, it's possible that this will be the healthiest that she's been as a Gopher. We'll see. It's possible that she's eased into things to see how the other pieces fit best, but given there's only six scheduled games left, I expect the staff will tend to go with things they know work (like 8 with 22, and 21 with 22). The other question is where does she go on the PP. Brandt is playing her usual spot, and Pannek works well on the unit, so ... At least these are good problems to have.
 
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Speculating on the positive side........with the health and concussion issues, and her already stated decision to retire, I figure her decision to come back is a result of quite a bit of skating and some hard workouts with the team. Not that she's into game shape, but hopefully she's already proven she can stand hard work and significant hockey exertion.

To try to imagine how good a player she actually is right now is strangely futile, isn't it?
 
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KTDC said:
Speculating on the positive side........with the health and concussion issues, and her already stated decision to retire, I figure her decision to come back is a result of quite a bit of skating and some hard workouts with the team. Not that she's into game shape, but hopefully she's already proven she can stand hard work and significant hockey exertion.

To try to imagine how good a player she actually is right now is strangely futile, isn't it?
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Very futile. But its still tempting. Not saying its likely but. Here's a player that as she skates onto the ice for the first time in years...could right now be the best player in the sport.

Is that setting the standards stupidly high? You bet. But this is one of the greatest to ever play this game.
 
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5mn_Major said:
Very futile. But its still tempting. Not saying its likely but. Here's a player that as she skates onto the ice for the first time in years...could right now be the best player in the sport.

Is that setting the standards stupidly high? You bet. But this is one of the greatest to ever play this game.
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:)

No pressure Amanda...;)
 
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ARM said:
There's a lot more alcohol consumption on the men's forum.

As for line changes, I think it's a given that if not this weekend, at some point, the shifts that Kessel skates will be with Brandt, and Cameranesi isn't likely to go anywhere. Because Pannek centered Potomak and Piazza down the stretch in Bemidji, I expect to see that line together. That frees up Schipper for the third line, which suddenly becomes a line that could even be used as a primary checking line if Frost desired, just because #6 brings more experience there. If Kessel needs shifts off, then I think Schipper would take those with the Brandt line, and the third line would return to being Williamson centering Reilly and Garzone. All this changes if the staff prefers Piazza rather than Williamson at center.
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Looks like you have all Minnesotans on the 4th and 5th lines?
 
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EastFan1 said:
Looks like you have all Minnesotans on the 4th and 5th lines?
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Given that there are a total of 4 non-Minnesota forwards on the whole roster and Frost only goes after very high end out of state players, is that surprising?
 
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goldy_331 said:
Given that there are a total of 4 non-Minnesota forwards on the whole roster and Frost only goes after very high end out of state players, is that surprising?
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Just weird to think that if Menefee played, five of the top 9 wouldn't be hometown kids.
 
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EastFan1 said:
Just weird to think that if Menefee played, five of the top 9 wouldn't be hometown kids.
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I wouldn't have minded if Menefee had played :)

Brandt, Cameranesi, Pannek, Stecklein, Wolfe, McMillen, Baldwin, Schipper.....it's a pretty good list!
 
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Lines tonight (official) :

Cameranesi-Brandt-Kessel
Potomak-Pannek-Schipper
Reilly-Piazza-Williamson
Skarzynski-Gunderson-Rodgers

Garzone playing on D.
 
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CrazyDave said:
Lines tonight (official) :

Cameranesi-Brandt-Kessel
Potomak-Pannek-Schipper
Reilly-Piazza-Williamson
Skarzynski-Gunderson-Rodgers

Garzone playing on D.
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Great. Kessel on the top line says to me she's ready.
 
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Alot of schools would sell their souls to have a 1st line of Potomak-Pannek-Schipper. And AK-HB-DC? WOW. Just WOW!!!
 
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I thought she looked really good for her first game in two years. I think the sharpness will be back in a couple more games. My only real question is how quickly her stamina can build up.
 
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No doubt her return helped sell a few more tickets. Nice crowd of 2,635 left few good seats that were unoccupied.
 
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My wife commented that we did not see Milica in the third period. Was she hurt?
 
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Might as well keep rolling with it...

3 down, 5 to go to win the league championship.
 
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Thoughts on the effectiveness of new lines as configured with the return of #8?
 
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