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WCHA 2023-2024 Calamity Or Calmness?

Timothy A said:
Watts a weird schedule.....MN must have asked for this strange date, yes?

So this is a measuring stick game for sure then. How far has St. Cloud come up and is the demise of UM really true?
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Tonight's game is televised on regular BTN, by the way.
 
Timothy A said:
Watts a weird schedule.....MN must have asked for this strange date, yes?

So this is a measuring stick game for sure then. How far has St. Cloud come up and is the demise of UM really true?
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Are you going to try and watch tonight? You could watch the tunnelers try to grip their sticks with two hands around their necks...
 
robertearle said:
Tonight is on regular BTN, the cable TV channel; it won't show up on BTN-Plus streaming until tomorrow. But tonight is on "regular TV".
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I've only got the OSU package on BTN+ too but good to know we have women's hockey on regular BTN tonight. I guess I'll have to satisfy morbid curiosity and watch what will probably be a bloodbath.
 
And there is a glimpse of the issues that the tunnelers have. Not much offensive firepower. Not much cohesiveness and defensemen (#5 and #7) with big turnovers to try in give SCSU the lead. Neither team all that impressive, to be honest, in the first period.
 
More of the same from the tunnelers. A lot of running around and individual efforts with little to show for all that other than a greasy, grimy goal. 1-0 tunnelers after 2 periods.
 
Well my prediction was off, Minnesota didn't run away with it though they were the better team but what a finish! St.Cloud almost got the equalizer as time expired.
I felt St.Cloud had trouble keeping up with the Gophers speed especially in the neutral zone. St.Cloud also didn't cycle the puck quick enough on the PP.
Chobak was clearly their best player but I thought the hip check put on Murphy was absolutely awesome. I'm sure the Muzzinator was making keep observations for when Minnesota come to town the week after next!
 
robertearle said:
I don't recall a female referee in the WCHA before, do I?
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Yes, there has been one for a number of years. I think she may have changed her last name after marriage? I seem to recall our section's resident heckler yelling "Radislaw, you're the worst". Our resident stat master can correct me on the name.
 
robertearle said:
I don't recall a female referee in the WCHA before, do I?
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You sir, have a very short and/or defective memory. Hanrahan, Wrazidlo, and many others. For real old timers I suggest the almost immortal Fixx (also known later as Fixx-Young). Those were the days.
 
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ManBehindTheCurtain said:
You sir, have a very short and/or defective memory. Hanrahan, Wrazidlo, and many others.
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This worries me, because robertearle is one of the few trustworthy sources of WCHA history. I think I'd trust him with complete amnesia over Timothy's recollections. Ten plus years ago, when UND and UM met in the WCHA Final and then played 3 OTs on the same ice a week later in an NCAA quarter, Langley and Wrazidlo did both games. Officiating the final would tend to indicate that the league viewed them as their top pair. I know, it was a low bar. For the very first WCHA Championship, the game was called by Vickie Kale, with Young and Mary Owen (who also went on to referee in the league) calling the lines. Former Gophers Jerilyn Glenn and Sarma Pone both were referees. Brenda Reinen has worked the lines for many years, but I don't remember her ever being a referee.
 
ARM said:
This worries me, because robertearle is one of the few trustworthy sources of WCHA history. I think I'd trust him with complete amnesia over Timothy's recollections. Ten plus years ago, when UND and UM met in the WCHA Final and then played 3 OTs on the same ice a week later in an NCAA quarter, Langley and Wrazidlo did both games. Officiating the final would tend to indicate that the league viewed them as their top pair. I know, it was a low bar. For the very first WCHA Championship, the game was called by Vickie Kale, with Young and Mary Owen (who also went on to referee in the league) calling the lines. Former Gophers Jerilyn Glenn and Sarma Pone both were referees. Brenda Reinen has worked the lines for many years, but I don't remember her ever being a referee.
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From a home ice perspective, I don't know if I've seen one at Labahn (or the Kohl Center, Eagle's Nest, etc before) but Brenda Reinen has been on the lines many many many times. It may be a regional element that there isn't a specifically local one compared to the likely wealth of available refs in the Twin Cities.
 
I was wondering if the WCHA refs were assigned regionally. With OSU being the easternmost team in the conference by a significant distance we don't seem to get much variation in our officiating crews unless I'm mistaken.
 
BadgerPete said:
From a home ice perspective, I don't know if I've seen one at Labahn (or the Kohl Center, Eagle's Nest, etc before) but Brenda Reinen has been on the lines many many many times. It may be a regional element that there isn't a specifically local one compared to the likely wealth of available refs in the Twin Cities.
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I clearly recall seeing Hanrahan do games at LaBahn. Wrazidlo seems familiar, like she has done a game or 2 over the years, but maybe not recently. The name is kinda unforgettable.

I think the linesmen are local and the refs are strategically assigned. How else does Ludwig only end up doing OSU and MN games at LaBahn?
 
ARM said:
This worries me, because robertearle is one of the few trustworthy sources of WCHA history. I think I'd trust him with complete amnesia over Timothy's recollections.
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I would too, except in this case he's actually wrong and I am actually right.
 
WCHA recruiting update...

The lumberjills or diggers and chewers(BSU)...Whichever you prefer, get a commitment from Minnetonka High school goalie Ashlyn Hazlett for 2025. USA hockey experience...Very nice pickup for them
 
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