Watt Will Her Point Total This This Season?

[Still Eeyore]

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Yeah, I suppose that's right. Penn State launched their program before B1G Hockey existed, which presumably gave them the independent option at the beginning.
{EDIT: Which I now see you've added to your comment.}

Still, it seems like a lose-lose situation to rigidly enforce that rule for a brand new program. Is it really in anyone's best interest if a team of mostly freshman goes 0-28 in their first year of conference play? You'd think a new program could be granted a year or two for incubation, in exchange for a binding commitment to join the league in Year 2 or 3.

That said, the conference has real interests in not having teams play outside the league. The rules are written this way for good reasons, and I would not expect the bylaws to be amended for an edge case like this.

However, this is an irrelevant point. I stand by my opinion that the probability of Illinois adding hockey rounds to zero, absent their own Pegula popping up.

 

[pgb-ohio]

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That said, the conference has real interests in not having teams play outside the league. The rules are written this way for good reasons, and I would not expect the bylaws to be amended for an edge case like this.

Of course there are good reasons for the general rule. But that doesn't mean that being rigid and self-defeating is an inevitable result. Perhaps a new team could be a member from Day 1, but be given a short term waiver on playing a full conference schedule. Presumably that would make them ineligible for the conference title during the waiver period. Ineligible for a title they have no chance of winning anyway.

However, this is an irrelevant point. I stand by my opinion that the probability of Illinois adding hockey rounds to zero, absent their own Pegula popping up.

I'm skeptical, and will believe it when it I see it. But I don't agree with zero probability.

In any event it's not irrelevant. The issue at hand goes beyond the Illinois case. If the conference demands lemming-like scheduling behavior from prospective new programs, that makes attracting new teams even tougher than it already is. Operating $$ & facility needs make the mountain plenty tall enough. If B1G Men's Hockey wants an 8th Member -- and it should -- then the conference should be looking for ways to facilitate that, not throwing up additional obstacles.

 

[pgb-ohio]

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Well, since I've been hanging around the polling place, I felt obligated to cast a ballot.

Went with 66+. Since she already has 55 points, the choice isn't particularly courageous.

 

[Timothy A]

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Whew...back up to 78. Looks like breaking up the superline hasn't had a negative affect on her performance. I think it's more the quality which is understandable.

 

[robertearle]

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Whew...back up to 78. Looks like breaking up the superline hasn't had a negative affect on her performance. I think it's more the quality which is understandable.

(mostly 'immaterial', but I wonder what happened...)

After Saturday's game, they made a big deal on twitter, etc., about Watts being the first Badger to make it to 60 points in a season since Decker, Knight and Ammerman all did it in 2011-2012. But then on the video board prior to Sunday's game, they had her listed as having 59 points. I don't know if they had simply 'counted wrong' or an assist from Saturday had been 'taken away', but your post this morning reminded me to look at the stats page. Sure enough, it shows right now that she only at 59 going into Sunday. Obviously, Sunday put her over the 60 point mark.

(I actually felt bad for Polusny on Sunday; she is obviously a MUCH better goalie than Sunday would indicate. Yeah, Roque beat her clean on the first goal, but a lot of the others were just bad luck for her; every deflection found the net, every rebound found a waiting Badger stick, a trickler that might not go in another day sneaks just over the line. As far as I can tell, when Polusny was replaced in the 3rd period, it was the first time in her college career that St Cloud goalie Karlie Reis had ever been on the ice. Where was Alder? Is she injured?)

 

[Timothy A]

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Where was Alder? Is she injured?)

That is what I was wondering......

 

[ARM]

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Where was Alder? Is she injured?

Earlier in the season, a poster said that she was. She played in each of SCSU's first three series, but has only played one game since then.

 

[D2D]

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Hats off to Miss Watt on being named the NCAA First Star of the Week.

http://www.wcha.com/women/articles/...een-wcha-teams-jockey-for-league-standing.php

 

[Timothy A]

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75. Four tough games against OSU and UMD left. Crunch time.

 

[Offsides Guy]

75. Four tough games against OSU and UMD left. Crunch time.

Is Soup suiting up this weekend?

 

[Timothy A]

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Once pace for 71. I so want at least 70 pts. Rooney seems to be playing up to her potential, it's going to be tough. I think MJ needs to get the superline back together and the PP needs to pass less and shoot more. Both these items will help Watts crack 70.

 

[Timothy A]

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There is it. The end. 73 points. The wwcha is Sieve City. 6 of us were right. I really can't believe 9 thought under 35 pts. Haha.

 

[D2D]

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There is it. The end. 73 points. The wwcha is Sieve City. 6 of us were right. I really can't believe 9 thought under 35 pts. Haha.

Even though it won't count in the official USCHO point totals, as it was the goal that ended the 3 on 3 overtime period for the extra WCHA point, her last one was a terrific individual effort.