Watson Rink
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Re: NCAA Quarterfinal: UW Hosts BU
Bear in mind that UNH went 6-13-2 in Hockey East competition.
Bear in mind that UNH went 6-13-2 in Hockey East competition.
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NCAA Quarterfinal: UW Hosts BU
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Re: NCAA Quarterfinal: UW Hosts BU
I don't think the point is that UNH was top tier competition, it was that zoofer claimed the Badgers didn't impress in their victories over UNH and If a pair of 5-0 wins on the road wasn't enough to impress, what would it take?
Having said that, today was one of the best performances I've seen from the Badgers in a long time. This team is certainly getting hot, and should make for a very interesting game in Minneapolis on Friday (now, I've just got to find some tickets).
I don't think the point is that UNH was top tier competition, it was that zoofer claimed the Badgers didn't impress in their victories over UNH and If a pair of 5-0 wins on the road wasn't enough to impress, what would it take?
Having said that, today was one of the best performances I've seen from the Badgers in a long time. This team is certainly getting hot, and should make for a very interesting game in Minneapolis on Friday (now, I've just got to find some tickets).
Watson Rink
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Timothy A
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I am way more afraid of Harvard than BC. Harvard gave UW all they could handle last year in Madison (though this year UW has more forepower upfront with the Baby Badger line). Clarkson also gave UW more problems than BU did, so in my head ECAC>Hockey East.
I am way more afraid of Harvard than BC. Harvard gave UW all they could handle last year in Madison (though this year UW has more forepower upfront with the Baby Badger line). Clarkson also gave UW more problems than BU did, so in my head ECAC>Hockey East.
ARM
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I think you said it earlier -- there is a difference between Wisconsin in November and Wisconsin in March. Back when UNH had its power teams and would play Wisconsin during the first half of the season, the comment always was that the Badgers weren't that impressive. They usually aren't, until they show the results of five or six months of practicing.
robertearle
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I figured that was coming.
Isn't that often a result of greater depth? The 'lessor' team can hang with the deeper team for a while, but sooner and sometimes later the deeper team just wears them down... Third period goals.
Yesterday, the first period was much closer than a 2-0 score would indicate - BU did a good job of disrupting passing lanes and 'zone entry' - but after the third goal, the game was pretty much over; even with three minutes of a five minute major in the third, BU could only manage five SOGs for the period.
I figured that was coming.
Isn't that often a result of greater depth? The 'lessor' team can hang with the deeper team for a while, but sooner and sometimes later the deeper team just wears them down... Third period goals.
Yesterday, the first period was much closer than a 2-0 score would indicate - BU did a good job of disrupting passing lanes and 'zone entry' - but after the third goal, the game was pretty much over; even with three minutes of a five minute major in the third, BU could only manage five SOGs for the period.
TonyTheTiger20
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That's not exactly a hot take lol
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Re: NCAA Quarterfinal: UW Hosts BU
RE: BU, they have the highest highs and lowest lows of just about any team I've seen this year. They're weird.
Nice to see Poutine CHOKEEEEEEE on a big stage for once.
RE: BU, they have the highest highs and lowest lows of just about any team I've seen this year. They're weird.
Nice to see Poutine CHOKEEEEEEE on a big stage for once.
Watson Rink
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You're being charitable: that game was a classic HU/Quinnipiac 2-1 contest with HU's role reversed. Wisco was dominating territorially and shotwise, HU was playing the QU defensive role hanging in there with enough offensive spark to keep it exciting at the end. This year hope the Crimson will give the Badgers more of an offensive look, should they meet, although I doubt it will want to match its own all-freshman third line directly against Pankowski et al.
You're being charitable: that game was a classic HU/Quinnipiac 2-1 contest with HU's role reversed. Wisco was dominating territorially and shotwise, HU was playing the QU defensive role hanging in there with enough offensive spark to keep it exciting at the end. This year hope the Crimson will give the Badgers more of an offensive look, should they meet, although I doubt it will want to match its own all-freshman third line directly against Pankowski et al.
ARM
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Re: NCAA Quarterfinal: UW Hosts BU
Did she, or did the Badgers just scheme her out of the equation?
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Most of the time I hear/read the word "choke" in sports, I disagree - if someone wins, someone loses.
Three plays I remember from her: 1. She let a puck slide right by her at the blue line. (Maybe that was a choke?
) 2. She came up the right side, made some nifty moves, but couldn't get by the Badgers defense. 3. She held on to the puck in a silly-looking 1-on-3-or-4 situation as her teammates came into the zone.
She looked slightly better than the rest of the BU skaters, but like the rest of them, couldn't beat the Wisconsin D for the most part. I wasn't specifically watching for anything UW was doing differently for Poulin vs. the rest of BU.
Most of the time I hear/read the word "choke" in sports, I disagree - if someone wins, someone loses.
Three plays I remember from her: 1. She let a puck slide right by her at the blue line. (Maybe that was a choke?
) 2. She came up the right side, made some nifty moves, but couldn't get by the Badgers defense. 3. She held on to the puck in a silly-looking 1-on-3-or-4 situation as her teammates came into the zone.She looked slightly better than the rest of the BU skaters, but like the rest of them, couldn't beat the Wisconsin D for the most part. I wasn't specifically watching for anything UW was doing differently for Poulin vs. the rest of BU.
Badger Booster
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For me, it was a combination of BU not looking as good as I thought they would be and Wisconsin playing some their best hockey of the year, if not over the last couple of years. The top 3 lines for the Badgers can all create quality scoring chances and I thought the individual and team defense was great all game long. And as it's been over the last several weeks, if there were any breakdowns, Desbiens was there to clean things up.
Frankly, the best thing for BU was their band (or whoever they hired). They outnumbered the UW and were overall louder. Fortunately, the Badgers didn't give them much to cheer for. I realize that men's basketball is playing in Chicago and men's hockey was playing later that night, but the UW should never be out-represented by the band in their own arena.
Disappointed the game didn't sellout. Not sure if it was the afternoon start, the nice weather, reserved seating, higher prices or what, but I think it was the smallest NCAA quarterfinal crowd they've had since playing the games on campus. However, it was still very loud when the Badgers scored or when controlling the play and not letting BU clear their zone at all in a few stretches.
Hopefully the team will be full strength up in Minneapolis. I think it was Channell that got hurt (blood was literally being scraped off the ice) and Ammerman took an ill-advised major misconduct penalty that she got the gate for.
Overall, a very entertaining afternoon at LaBahn. Just expected the game to be a lot closer.
For me, it was a combination of BU not looking as good as I thought they would be and Wisconsin playing some their best hockey of the year, if not over the last couple of years. The top 3 lines for the Badgers can all create quality scoring chances and I thought the individual and team defense was great all game long. And as it's been over the last several weeks, if there were any breakdowns, Desbiens was there to clean things up.
Frankly, the best thing for BU was their band (or whoever they hired). They outnumbered the UW and were overall louder. Fortunately, the Badgers didn't give them much to cheer for. I realize that men's basketball is playing in Chicago and men's hockey was playing later that night, but the UW should never be out-represented by the band in their own arena.
Disappointed the game didn't sellout. Not sure if it was the afternoon start, the nice weather, reserved seating, higher prices or what, but I think it was the smallest NCAA quarterfinal crowd they've had since playing the games on campus. However, it was still very loud when the Badgers scored or when controlling the play and not letting BU clear their zone at all in a few stretches.
Hopefully the team will be full strength up in Minneapolis. I think it was Channell that got hurt (blood was literally being scraped off the ice) and Ammerman took an ill-advised major misconduct penalty that she got the gate for.
Overall, a very entertaining afternoon at LaBahn. Just expected the game to be a lot closer.
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I definitely thought the game would be closer than it was. And I agree - Wisconsin has played more lopsided games, but yesterday, the Badgers really looked like they simply were not going to be beaten.
It was BU's real band, and they did a good job. I didn't like that they got to play more than the Badger band (they got to go consecutive times lots of times, and the UW band didn't - maybe once or twice). But hey - as long as they weren't playing BU songs, I didn't care too much (certainly not as much as a couple of other guys in my row).
It was surprising - I wonder if they decided that they didn't need to run very many promotions, which they didn't, because they'd be able to sell it out anyway. The crowd definitely had great energy, though. There were some decent cheers throughout the game, and most plays had some kind of lively reaction.
I definitely thought the game would be closer than it was. And I agree - Wisconsin has played more lopsided games, but yesterday, the Badgers really looked like they simply were not going to be beaten.
It was BU's real band, and they did a good job. I didn't like that they got to play more than the Badger band (they got to go consecutive times lots of times, and the UW band didn't - maybe once or twice). But hey - as long as they weren't playing BU songs, I didn't care too much (certainly not as much as a couple of other guys in my row).
It was surprising - I wonder if they decided that they didn't need to run very many promotions, which they didn't, because they'd be able to sell it out anyway. The crowd definitely had great energy, though. There were some decent cheers throughout the game, and most plays had some kind of lively reaction.
Timothy A
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A few more comments from the game...
Bucky vs Rhett - very entertaining, Rhett could barely skate and couldn't shoot the puck worth a crap. Bucky dominated him/her. That was awesome.
I was SHOCKED to see Doucy reffing the game (Spivey was his counterpart). They missed some pretty obvious stuff early on, but they did a decent job I guess. BU sure had some hackers. One BIG negative is Doucy was sleeep at the wheel and a UW pass from the back of the net went of his skate right to a BU player in front all alone. They did not score but I just about needed a clean pair of undies.
We were right next to the UW band, so they seemed plenty loud to me. I enjoyed the bands going back and forth. The band makes the atmosphere 1000000% times better.
So will Ammerman miss the rodent game? I did not see the play to be able to know if it was a good call or not.
I was surpirsed it was not a sellout too. I think it's the ticket prices. It was a more adult crowd and less families.
A few more comments from the game...
Bucky vs Rhett - very entertaining, Rhett could barely skate and couldn't shoot the puck worth a crap. Bucky dominated him/her. That was awesome.
I was SHOCKED to see Doucy reffing the game (Spivey was his counterpart). They missed some pretty obvious stuff early on, but they did a decent job I guess. BU sure had some hackers. One BIG negative is Doucy was sleeep at the wheel and a UW pass from the back of the net went of his skate right to a BU player in front all alone. They did not score but I just about needed a clean pair of undies.
We were right next to the UW band, so they seemed plenty loud to me. I enjoyed the bands going back and forth. The band makes the atmosphere 1000000% times better.
So will Ammerman miss the rodent game? I did not see the play to be able to know if it was a good call or not.
I was surpirsed it was not a sellout too. I think it's the ticket prices. It was a more adult crowd and less families.
ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
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As for attendance, I wonder if the NCAA is supposed to market it, given it is an NCAA event? Obviously, they don't, because they're too busy sending out emails about basketball tournaments.
The were at the WCHA Final Face-Off, and Ludwig/Langley were in Minneapolis, so that was who you were going to get. We'll have two of those four for our game next Friday I would think, and then it will be some neutral crew from the East for the championship.
Not for a game misconduct, unless … McMillen got a game misconduct for contact to the head in the final regular season game, but the WCHA added a one game suspension on top of it. I hope nobody has to sit a game on either side (two Gophers got game misconducts yesterday.) Let's settle this with all hands available.
As for attendance, I wonder if the NCAA is supposed to market it, given it is an NCAA event? Obviously, they don't, because they're too busy sending out emails about basketball tournaments.
Badger Booster
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This is a good question. I don't remember seeing or hearing any promotion for the game all of last week. Don't know if the UW wasn't allowed or didn't want to advertise. That said, the same issues could have been in play last year, but they pretty much packed LaBahn against Harvard.
This is a good question. I don't remember seeing or hearing any promotion for the game all of last week. Don't know if the UW wasn't allowed or didn't want to advertise. That said, the same issues could have been in play last year, but they pretty much packed LaBahn against Harvard.
rangersrule
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The freshman was awesome for UW on Saturday... I remember one shift when they were out on the ice in the second period against the Poulin line and BU couldn't get control of the puck for over a minute.. Total domination.. And the goal Clark scored was all because of the hustle and hard work of Wellhausen who out hustled one BU defenseman and stole the puck from the other and then found Clark in the slot for the goal.. Pankowski came up big all game! Even though they are young they don't seem to be phased at all by how big the game is or seem to crack under the pressure.. Coach Johnson has had no problem putting them out on the ice in any situation...
The freshman was awesome for UW on Saturday... I remember one shift when they were out on the ice in the second period against the Poulin line and BU couldn't get control of the puck for over a minute.. Total domination.. And the goal Clark scored was all because of the hustle and hard work of Wellhausen who out hustled one BU defenseman and stole the puck from the other and then found Clark in the slot for the goal.. Pankowski came up big all game! Even though they are young they don't seem to be phased at all by how big the game is or seem to crack under the pressure.. Coach Johnson has had no problem putting them out on the ice in any situation...
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Yeah, I don't know that Poulin choked so much as UW neutralized her.
The one SOG stat is crucial to me. Even if she were off her game personally, she's be peppering the net. The fact that she never got the chance is down to UW.
A crucial part of this is that BU really just doesn't have the depth. In prep, UW really only had to focus on the BU top line, so all of their players knew the game plan and how to enact it. This wasn't line on line, this was all of UW on Poulin. Add that Mark is familiar with Poulin in situations outside the NCAAs - I mean, he probably spent a good chunk of time leading up to Vancouver just trying to figure her out.
I can really only remember one time all game where it looked like she was a next-level player on the ice - where she did some skating and stick-handling and you were a bit in awe of what you were watching, and that was deep in the third period and she ended up losing the puck shortly thereafter. I had expected to be a little mesmerized by her and was kind of shocked it never happened.
Yeah, I don't know that Poulin choked so much as UW neutralized her.
The one SOG stat is crucial to me. Even if she were off her game personally, she's be peppering the net. The fact that she never got the chance is down to UW.
A crucial part of this is that BU really just doesn't have the depth. In prep, UW really only had to focus on the BU top line, so all of their players knew the game plan and how to enact it. This wasn't line on line, this was all of UW on Poulin. Add that Mark is familiar with Poulin in situations outside the NCAAs - I mean, he probably spent a good chunk of time leading up to Vancouver just trying to figure her out.
I can really only remember one time all game where it looked like she was a next-level player on the ice - where she did some skating and stick-handling and you were a bit in awe of what you were watching, and that was deep in the third period and she ended up losing the puck shortly thereafter. I had expected to be a little mesmerized by her and was kind of shocked it never happened.
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In regards to the advertising issue, when Wisconsin visited the Whitt, I was talking with Mark Johnson, as I still like reminiscing with him about the 77 game, saying how jealous I was of the fact that UW was. Hockey school, drawing such nice crowds to their games.....well, he had none of that, insisting that UW was a football school! Now given that statement, and how successful your Bball team is this year, how high do you think the women's home game was to Admin.! Btw, not my opinion.....
In regards to the advertising issue, when Wisconsin visited the Whitt, I was talking with Mark Johnson, as I still like reminiscing with him about the 77 game, saying how jealous I was of the fact that UW was. Hockey school, drawing such nice crowds to their games.....well, he had none of that, insisting that UW was a football school! Now given that statement, and how successful your Bball team is this year, how high do you think the women's home game was to Admin.! Btw, not my opinion.....