Hockeybuckeye
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Great, a puck luck goal off our own player for the Wisconsin equalizer!
SIgh, a goal is a goal.
SIgh, a goal is a goal.
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Ohio State Buckeyes 2021-2022 ... Destination: Happy Valley
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Hockeybuckeye
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I'm going to say the biggest advantage for Wisconsin in the 2nd was their control of the neutral zone. OSU just kept throwing the puck into it letting Wisconsin transition back to offense quickly.
Offsides Guy
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I would say, just for today, OSU is getting outplayed by a wide margin. I’ll be interested to see if these first two periods are an anomaly for OSU, or if the rest of this game and tomorrow’s game show Wisconsin to be that much better than Ohio State.
Wisconsin took game one of this series between #1 and #2 by a final score of 3-1 earlier today in Madison. The Buckeyes scored first on a goal by Gabby Rosenthal and went into the first intermission with a 1-0 lead. Wisconsin came back with two goals of their own from Grace Bowlby and Casey O'Brien to take a 2-1 lead into the second intermission. Neither team scored in the third period until Wisconsin was able to get an empty-netter with less than a minute to play to make the final score 3-1. The Badgers outshot Ohio State 37-28 with Badger backstop Kennedy Blair saving 27 of the 28 shots she faced to get the win. Ohio State netminder Andrea Braendli stopped 34 of the 36 shots she faced. The two teams are back at it tomorrow at 4:00 pm EST. This one will be on BIG Ten Network.
Wisconsin completed the sweep today with a hard-fought 2-1 OT win in a game that could have gone either way as both teams had several grade-A chances to break the tie throughout the game. Wisconsin opened the scoring in the first period on a goal from Nicole LaMantia to take a 1-0 lead. Ohio State's Gabby Rosenthal got the equalizer later in the first period to knot things up at 1-1 as the teams headed into the first intermission. The score would stay that way for the final 40 minutes of regulation, so an extra period of 3-on-3 was needed. The Badgers' Nicole LaMantia was the hero as she scored her second goal of the game to win it for Wisconsin. Wisconsin outshot the Buckeyes 27-26 with Buckeye netminder Andrea Braendli stopping 25 of the 27 shots she faced. Wisconsin's Kennedy Blair stopped 25 of the 26 shots she faced to get the win. Ohio State will return home for a pair of games vs St. Cloud. Wisconsin will travel to Mankato for a couple of games against Minnesota State.
Hockeybuckeye
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Well there's one thing that makes this weekend smart a little less, we're still #2 in the USCHO poll!
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
I would have ranked OSU an easy 2, MN vanquished 'Gate. Unless MN catches fire and OSU or UW has a bad loss, I don't see how UW and OSU don't ride the top for awhile.
Hockeybuckeye
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I've got my calendar cleared for our rematch in our old barn in February. If you ever get here TimothyA we'll have to get together. You may even get to meet the mysterious man behind the curtain, the ever insightful Mr.PGB.
I think we proved that we belong in that spot. We didn't play particularly well Saturday, but we went toe-to-toe with Wisconsin yesterday and could have won that game.
Totally agree with this. Unless we stub our toe against someone we should beat, I think we stay in that #2 spot. Thankfully, I think we have learned our lesson about losing to teams we shouldn't lose to. In the 2018-19 season, we went 1-3 vs Bemidji and lost some other games we shouldn't have lost. We ended up missing out on the NCAA Tournament that season due to the bad losses.
Would love to see Timothy A make it down to Columbus for the Wisconsin series!
I have a question for Mr. PGB when he is on here. When are we going to raise the banner for the 2021 Frozen Four appearance? Normally, those things are done the first home game of the season, but we have not done that yet.
Does anyone know why that has not been done? I thought maybe they were waiting until this weekend since it is Alumni Weekend, but who knows. Just seemed strange to me. Last time we went to the Frozen Four (2018), that banner got raised at the home opener for the 2018-19 season. We didn't win it all that season or this past season, but getting to the Frozen Four is still a great accomplishment.
Hockeybuckeye
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If he does I just hope he has a second vehicle besides his beloved Mustang. Not my first choice for a winter road trip from Wisconsin to Ohio!
ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
Pure speculation, but one difference between 2021 and 2018 is that as of 2018, OSU had never won a championship of any kind, so that was a new opportunity. In 2020, you won the WCHA Championship, so that changed. Muzzy is coming from a program where banners might hang for achievements like making the NCAAs or the FF, but there isn't a ceremony for them (i.e., banner drops are only for championships). She could potentially be trying to make that the expectation at tOSU.
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
Correct, the Pony will be in the barn for the winter. I'm getting a little sad thinking about putting it away for the winter. I bought it right before the used car shortage, I bet I could sell it now for 5000 more than Watts I paid for it, but it's too unique to replace and of course I would be buying high even in spring probably. It would be the F150 or the MKX. The trip is just SO long from my town to Columbus, 8 1/2 hrs that it would be hard to make that a practical weekend trip for a working schlub like me (and the wife). I sure would like to get back to Dayton and into the Air Force Museum again. I could spend days in there and not get bored.
Hockeybuckeye
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Yeah, I have a special passion for the AF museum. My father was on the B-17's in the war and my daughter is in the AF reserves. Getting promoted to E5! I like to wear my dad's silver wings in honor of him when I'm there.
If you do make it here I'm sure OSUalum86 would be in on with me taking you across the street to the Varsity Club bar for some brews and eats where we could talk hockey to our heart's content! Perhaps some time off work for the drive and games and a full day for the museum?
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Timothy A
Let's go RED!
A B17 crewman. Wow, talk about putting your life in God's hands. There's nowhere to hide up there. Much respect from this WWII buff. I fell in love with the Mustang car because I fell in love with the Mustang airplane as a young lad. There's no more beautiful shape in the world than a P51D.
I have 2 nieces and 1 nephew who are lifers in the AF. The nephew is a tanker re-fueling boom instructor and was sent to Afghanistan to refuel the evacuation aircraft during the withdrawal. Again much respect to your daughter and her service as well.
Hockeybuckeye
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I know we're off the hockey topic here but first, my thanks to your family who serve.
I wanted to say when they were alive I met and shook the hands of Paul Tibbits, commander of the Enola Gay, Fred Olivi, 3rd pilot Nagasaki bomber Bockscar, Walt Morgan, pilot of the Memphis Bell.
I really missed out on not going to California with my mother to visit her cousin. Her husband was a marine fighter pilot in the Pacific theater and their regular weekend dinner guests were Pappy Boyington and Jimmy Doolittle and JOHN WAYNE lived next door! BTW, not many people know this but in the 1937 film Idol of the Crowds John Wayne was a HOCKEY PLAYER! (Big Grin)
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FiveHoleFrenzy
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It's been said before but...The little gems you learn on this forum are worth the time spent on here. Thanks for sharing your conversation, TimothyA and Hockeybuckeye.
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
Amazing. You may be the most interesting person in the forum, you and Robert Earle. A few years ago he told some can't believe it stories just like you posted above. Wow.
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
I appreciate it. I like to go off scrip as you all know, but I honestly feel like we are all friends, though we want our teams to destroy each other and we may have different viewpoints on non-hockey things. Life in this microscopic women's forum is how life should be everywhere. We don't have to agree on everything, but we can respect each other, discuss and have a little fun. I used to go into the Cafe years ago, but it has become an intolerant hate pool of negativity. There is no way to have a respectful reasonable discussion anymore in there.