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Ohio State @ Minnesota 1/10 - 1/11

Re: Ohio State @ Minnesota 1/10 - 1/11

Very competitive game...great showing for OSU.

Unfortunately, the terribly botched 2 on 0 in the third cost them the game in regulation time.

Still, excellent progress.
 
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Think OSU deserves significant credit for a solid turn around and bounce back effort from the Friday game. Looked hungry and quite determined.

Many of the shootout efforts though...both ways, could use some work. Brandt did have her beat. Metallurgy save.
 
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I cannot really comment on the game or the OT for that matter because I was at our men's game vs Michigan State tonight, which also went into OT and a shootout. By the time I got out to the concourse and got to a tv, the shootout was about to start. The shootout turned into quite the marathon. Huge props to Lisa Steffes for stopping every shot in the shootout, and to sophomore Kendall Curtis for that game-winner. Thanks for the kind words, Brooky. It's been a tough season for our kids. Maybe this will get them going. It should certainly give them a boost of confidence, that's for sure. I'm happy for them and Coach Nate. I've been to some practices and see how hard they work. It was nice to see them get rewarded tonight. Good luck to Minnesota the rest of the season. When the dust clears, this will be just a blip on the radar screen, and your team will likely have more hardware for the trophy case.
 
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A tale of two teams. On the positive side, this was probably the best I've seen OSU play. Steffes played out of her mind for several stretches and the rest of the team was disciplined. What had struck me the first three times I watched them this year was that they had no focus whatsoever. They weren't coordinated on offense and spent a lot of time trying to beat the Gophers up rather than actually beating them. Tonight there was a lot less of that. They played a game that I did not think could beat Minnesota (and, to be honest, still hasn't since this was really a tie): sitting back, clogging things up and trying to win off of a mistake. The first goal was really soft, unless it was deflected on the way in which I didn't think it was. The second was capitalizing on some stupid play on the part of the Gophers.

The Buckeyes collapsed down in front and turned the front of the net into a complete morass of bodies. Minnesota would get the puck in deep and there was nothing but a closed obstacle course in the box from the face-off dots down to the end wall. I think OSU got lucky with some of the bounces that took place down there but they created the situation where they could get lucky. Steffes stoned some great chances.

On the other side, this was the worst game Minnesota has played in almost exactly two years. The passing was out of sync. No one seemed to have any idea where their teammates were on the ice. Some of that was OSU being in the passing lanes but a lot of it was just dumb, lazy play. The Gophers opened the third period with one of the worst power plays I've ever seen, at one point almost scoring on themselves. I then looked up and said to the person next to me, "I'm glad they sent Gillanders out even though it's a power play because hopefully she can settle things down." Fifteen seconds later, she scored.

I'll give her a shout out because I thought she was far and away the best Gopher on the ice tonight, with Cameranesi a distant second. Gillanders was part of a 5-3 penalty kill in the first period that was outstanding. In fact, killing penalties was the only phase of the game where we looked good tonight. I thought they came out of the back-to-back penalties in the third period and played just about the only sustained controlled hockey of the evening and scored to go up 2-1. I was hoping that they would then buckle down and close it out but things fell apart again.

The whole team started playing chaotically again but the tying goal came off of a dumb play that led to an offensive zone turnover while everyone was flat-footed. It was a point where they didn't need anything fancy and on a night where sloppy turnovers had been the rule, just getting it in deep with the defensemen at the blueline would have been the smart play.

All in all, it was frustrating to save such a bad game for the first opportunity to be on national TV.
 
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Is there video anywhere? Highlights? The shootout? If anyone has a link, please pass it along.

Thanks
 
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I agree it was a frustrating game at times on so many levels. The Gophers, the officiating crew and the fans (on the teddy bear toss) all seemed a bit out of whack. The Gophers were playing like they were one goal behind instead of one goal ahead by taking unneeded chances in the Ohio State end and it cost them. But, Frost is right, they'll learn from it and move on. 20-1-1 is still pretty dang good! Go Gophers!
 
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bluffrinkrat said:
I agree it was a frustrating game at times on so many levels. The Gophers, the officiating crew and the fans (on the teddy bear toss) all seemed a bit out of whack. The Gophers were playing like they were one goal behind instead of one goal ahead by taking unneeded chances in the Ohio State end and it cost them. But, Frost is right, they'll learn from it and move on. 20-1-1 is still pretty dang good! Go Gophers!
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Mostly I wish they would have taken full advantage of a fairly rare opportunity to pad the lead over UW in the standings.
 
Eeyore said:
I then looked up and said to the person next to me, "I'm glad they sent Gillanders out even though it's a power play because hopefully she can settle things down." Fifteen seconds later, she scored.

I'll give her a shout out because I thought she was far and away the best Gopher on the ice tonight, with Cameranesi a distant second.
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I agree to an extent, but she was also in the middle of the two goals allowed. She got caught in between on the McKinnon goal and was screening her goalie. With the way the play developed, it likely wasn't a major error on her part, but there she was. As for the Tarr goal, three Gopher skaters made errors on that play, and they were all veterans. Certainly didn't need Ramsey to be circling the cage at that point of the game up one; just get the puck deep. Once it came back to Gillanders, the right play is to receive the pass and put the puck back into a corner, rather than attempt a one-time shot that ended up looking like a few of McMillen's misfires over the weekend. With Ramsey down low the third forward into the zone becomes a defenseman. IMO, that looked to be Terry, but maybe the play developed differently and somebody else had the responsibility to hang back. When Gillanders winds up for the shot, that third forward should be in position to get back up the ice with Tarr or any other Buckeye that takes off, but she was down around the circles.

I agree about it being the team's worst clunker since the loss in Duluth two years ago. Overall, they were probably lucky to come out of the weekend with four points and no losses, especially given the number of glaring errors that the three experienced defensemen committed and Davis being off her game. Yesterday, a large number of other players were just as shaky.

As for Blackbeard's comment about the missed two-on-none rush by OSU, it is hard to say with any certainty what would have happened with nearly a period left to go. Brandt came far closer to a goal on the first teddy bear toss at the end of period two than the Buckeyes did at any point of their shorthanded attempt, because Leveille looked to have that covered even had the pass clicked. Had either team scored on those chances, the entire game plays out differently so we'll never know what would have happened. All that matters is the actual result, a shootout win for the Buckeyes. Overall, the Buckeyes likely deserved more than two points yesterday, because I thought they were the better team much of the time. The play they would probably want back is the Ramsey goal, because that looked like one where the goalie makes the save 90 percent of the time.
 
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Eeyore

I think you're an idiot!

First goal was a BLAST and she was partially screened. What about the other breakaway's she stopped? or the eight shootout goals she stopped? I will agree that the Minnesota D forgot they had the best forwards in college hockey and tried to skate the puck way too much.

It was a great game to watch and hats off to the Buckeyes. Played their butts off. Well deserved and congratulations.

And ask ANY player/parent/coach other than your rose colored glasses. THIS WAS A WIN FOR OSU! (2 pts vs 1pt)

This why hockey is so amazing. Anything can happen on any given night.
 
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Very strange game

First thing I’d like to know is why did adult fans continue to throw their stuffed animals after it was clear there was no goal. I can understand kids at the south end who didn’t really see what happened would throw their stuffed animal, but adults at the north end,… sheesh, the whistle had clearly been blown long before the Gopher put it in the net. If it was a bad call I could see throwing in protest, but there was nothing wrong with the call.

But blowing the whistle to get a TV time out??? That did happen on another occasion and it is further proof of the inept officiating in the WCHA. And speaking of TV timeouts, that’s just one more reason to like women’s hockey, there is usually no TV, so it’s not an issue. I never realized before Saturday how it slows down the game and makes it more boring. The constant action, that’s what I like about hockey.

Kudos to Steffes for playing a great game, the Gophers could easily have put the Buckeyes in the same position they were in Friday without her 1st period play.

I agree the power play to start the third period I was wondering if maybe a bus had parked by the air inlet to their locker room, or maybe they came down with a flu virus or something, it wasn’t just bad passes and decisions, they looked delerius.

And speaking of delirious, I also learned there are good concusions. Julia McKinnon, the player receiving the instigating penalty in the Bemidji/Ohio State fracus (19 minutes of penalties in a 20 minute period!), the 2 goal 53 minute penalty Julia McKinnon ( yes, make Canada and BC proud!), the girl who tried to mug Kelly Terry from behind Friday (the most obvious example of her usual play), apparently was cured of whatever ails her head when she again tried to tangle with Terry and came out on the short end and went sliding backwards into the boards. It appeared to me the only thing hurt was her ego.. Perhaps a coach had a word with her, perhaps she had an epiphany, or maybe it really was a blow to the head, but gotta give her credit, she came back and actually played hockey!!! Way to go girl, now let’s see if it lasts.
 
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WCHFan said:
I think you're an idiot!
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You're not alone.

First goal was a BLAST and she was partially screened. What about the other breakaway's she stopped? or the eight shootout goals she stopped?
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It's certainly possible. From my seat I didn't have a very good angle to see exactly what happened on that play. From that particular angle I thought Gillanders was out of the way. I wondered if she had tipped it with her stick but others said it didn't. And, yes, Leveille played very well the rest of the night.

And ask ANY player/parent/coach other than your rose colored glasses. THIS WAS A WIN FOR OSU! (2 pts vs 1pt)
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I'm not sure what you're arguing about here. Did OSU deserve the victory? Probably, though as has been pointed out, there were some pretty close chances that went the other way, too. Are you saying that Minnesota played well and it was simply that OSU was better? If so, you're just wrong. The Gophers played a bad game. There's really no getting around that.
 
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Sunday night. Somehow managed to avoid all spoilers, and just finished watching my recording of the game.

Huge thanks to Julia, Ally, Kendall and most of all Lisa. Major congratulations to Coach Handrahan, his staff and the entire team. Certainly a game to cherish.
 
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Eeyore said:
You're not alone.



It's certainly possible. From my seat I didn't have a very good angle to see exactly what happened on that play. From that particular angle I thought Gillanders was out of the way. I wondered if she had tipped it with her stick but others said it didn't. And, yes, Leveille played very well the rest of the night.



I'm not sure what you're arguing about here. Did OSU deserve the victory? Probably, though as has been pointed out, there were some pretty close chances that went the other way, too. Are you saying that Minnesota played well and it was simply that OSU was better? If so, you're just wrong. The Gophers played a bad game. There's really no getting around that.
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You seemed to be calling out Minnesota's goalie Leveille for a soft goal and that was crazy. What is she 24-1-1?? . Also the fact OSU didn't win the game and usually tries to beat up the gophers? I've seen all four games this year and they are an aggressive team that plays hard. Gophers actually had more penalties the first time they played OSU. Minnesota has a few girls that are over aggressive as ALL teams do. Minnesota can't go 50-0 every year. This weekend reminded me of the UND weekend. Maybe Frosty shouldn't tinker with lines on day two? Oops now you'll post that he's a terrible coach as I did hear this from many Gopher parents after the game. CRAZY!!

And of course Minnesota is the better team and probably so tonight. I did love how hard OSU played and felt they should get credit for beating a better Minnesota team. The number one team in the country! And I know the Gophers will be better for what happened this weekend. Unlike you, I do know when to give another team credit.

I Just hate whining nit pickers who don't know how lucky they have it.
 
WCHFan said:
Maybe Frosty shouldn't tinker with lines on day two?
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Most of the changes involve swapping two D onto the 4th line and visa versa. That's been the pattern for a few series now. Supposedly that was going to end as of the series in Columbus, but I think it really is time for it to end now. The two that are going to be full-time D can use all the experience they can get before the postseason, and those who will be forwards need seasoning as well in case any of the top nine forwards have to be replaced. Beyond that, the only tinkering of the forwards yesterday was swapping Bona and Schipper about halfway through. I didn't find that change to make things either better or worse on either line. The team was just off, but they were due to be at some point, and I'd say they have earned the right to have an off day without any gnashing of teeth on the part of fans and parents alike.

I understand that Ohio State was much, much better than on Friday, particularly in defensive coverage in their own zone. I'm just spoiled and not used to seeing so many mental mistakes by the home team, that I put into the category of unforced errors.
 
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ARM said:
The team was just off, but they were due to be at some point, and I'd say they have earned the right to have an off day without any gnashing of teeth on the part of fans and parents alike.
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Nah, still gnashing my teeth, and hoping some value comes out of this weekend's disappointing performance.
 
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(not knowing if other conferences use the 'shootout', and if so for how long...)

Is going 'nine innings' deep into a shootout any sort of record? (It was nine, wasn't it?)
 
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I'm going to guess that it's not a record, but that's just a guess. Couldn't find the information on either the OSU or WCHA website.

Straining to recall, I think we may have had a longer one at the OSU Ice Rink. But maybe that was an exhibition game? I just don't remember.

Anyone?
 
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