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He's actually gotten much better. But that's damning with faint praise. He used to be very Jeckyl-and-Hyde; one day on the weekend, he'd call very little, and then the next day he called everything. Like he'd get a call from the league overnight telling he what he'd gotten wrong the first day.
I just saw the video of Alexis Paddington nailing our Emma Kreisz in the back of the head and now I am very very angry. No penalty.
Problem is...Even if he told it, I would be skeptical of the veracity of it
I would guess MJ chose it. A set start time, instead of the possibility of multiple OTs in the early game delaying your start. And a longer rest between the Friday game and the Saturday game.
Wisconsin should bid to hold the playoff finals in Madison. If it can be in Duluth it can be in Madison one would think.
Somebody is going to tell me that the 'press facilities' at LaBahn aren't good enough.
that's the rule. Same reason the highest NCAA seed gets the early game in the Frozen Four: more rest before the finals.
The box score for last year's WCHA semi-final at Ridder between Wisconsin and Minnesota lists the crowd at 2026. The crowd for the final vs Ohio State the next day was 1518.
I was immediately assuming y'all were talking about the NCAA, that's my mistake. d'oh!
I can't wait to check out the new digs. Interesting that there will be adult beverages available for specific tickets packages, but not the run of the mill general admission seats. Absolutely you will see competition between those two facilities. Bring it on!
How many press credential passes does the WCHA give out for the event? That feels like a bad excuse. Would anything prevent them from hosting at the Kohl Center?
Regarding the Kohl Center: Yes. Believe it or not, the state high school wrestling championships, which draw multiple thousands of fans. And on two weekends in a row: one weekend the individual championships and the next weekend the team championships. Yes, that could be moved to Milwaukee or Green Bay, etc., but at present, it's at the KC and always coincides with WCHA final four.
I think the Resch center would be a great spot in Green Bay.
Perhaps I'm "somebody" in this statement; I've definitely been called worse. My guess is that the wrestling tourney that you mention is the bigger hurdle. The press facilities are more about size than being good enough. There isn't a logical place for media accommodations to overflow beyond the press box (like suites and/or club level), which is at its upper bounds for a well-covered regular-season series. At least back in the day, there was always a way to work around issues. In 2008, the DECC in Duluth hosted both the WCHA Final Face-off and the Frozen Four, and its press box was miniscule. For the former, they set tables up in the middle of the seats, and that's where most of the media sat. For the FF, they had media at ice level on one end. Couldn't see much at the far end, but the Duluth fans made enough noise that you could tell who was winning. I'm sure that it could be made to work if the WCHA tourney was something that UW was determined to host. Heck, tOSU could likely host in their state-of-the-art facility if they threw their weight behind it. It didn't matter how nice the Ralph was when Sunday arrived in 2015 and UW and BSU were playing in a mostly-empty building.
The wrestling tournament was mentioned in regard to holding the WCHA final four in the Kohl Center. Wisconsin managed a sold out pair of games this past weekend while wrestling was underway in the KC. A little more street traffic in the area than 'normal', but otherwise no problems at all.
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I've tried getting season ticket holders for the men's team to come over to Ridder for a women's game. People have genuinely tried to make the argument that the lack of beer sales in Ridder is a reason not to go...not like you can't sneak one in...
Well, someone had those small shot bottles at Ridder this weekend. I found several in the mens room that apparently needed to be gulped in private.