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The top four teams all held serve this weekend. I will say I am very impressed with Mankato. Wisconsin did not play their best in either game, but Mankato did a lot of little things to make Wisconsin's life difficult. I can see them getting fifth place very easily and making the fourth place team sweat it out in the first round.
 
Timothy A said:
The top four teams all held serve this weekend. I will say I am very impressed with Mankato. Wisconsin did not play their best in either game, but Mankato did a lot of little things to make Wisconsin's life difficult. I can see them getting fifth place very easily and making the fourth place team sweat it out in the first round.
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Gopher coaches have made it clear that they don't view Mankato as a team to be overlooked. This weekend's home and home will be telling for both teams.
 
StPaulSam said:
Gopher coaches have made it clear that they don't view Mankato as a team to be overlooked. This weekend's home and home will be telling for both teams.
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They were a flubbed OT shot from beating TWSNBN and they were able to stress UW's D who had a bad series.

This week:

Kato Rodents home n home - Kato is showing signs of life
UW at Tommies - UW pads a record setting record.
BSU at St. Cloud - Beavers are showing signs of life
TWSNBN at UMD - titanic series? Or not?

Maybe only see 1 sweep?
 
Timothy A said:
They were a flubbed OT shot from beating TWSNBN and they were able to stress UW's D who had a bad series.

This week:

Kato Rodents home n home - Kato is showing signs of life
UW at Tommies - UW pads a record setting record.
BSU at St. Cloud - Beavers are showing signs of life
TWSNBN at UMD - titanic series? Or not?

Maybe only see 1 sweep?
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In the WCHA standings, the team that has lost the second-fewest standings points so far is Duluth. So, it is in the interests of Wisconsin fans that "TWSNBN" take a few (or more) points from Duluth this weekend. Yes, that says there is good reason for UW fans to be rooting for "TWSNBN" this weekend (as much as it pains me to say that).
 
robertearle said:
In the WCHA standings, the team that has lost the second-fewest standings points so far is Duluth. So, it is in the interests of Wisconsin fans that "TWSNBN" take a few (or more) points from Duluth this weekend. Yes, that says there is good reason for UW fans to be rooting for "TWSNBN" this weekend (as much as it pains me to say that).
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I don't know about that......rooting for TWSNBN? Gross. Are you concerned UMD will catch UW? Assuming UMD gets all 6 points from the 2 games UW as in hand, UW still has a 9 point lead. UW controls their own destiny. Just win baby.
 
Timothy A said:
I don't know about that......rooting for TWSNBN? Gross. Are you concerned UMD will catch UW? Assuming UMD gets all 6 points from the 2 games UW as in hand, UW still has a 9 point lead. UW controls their own destiny. Just win baby.
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While I certainly like our chances, I don't take anything for granted.

(And a personal pet peeve, thanks to sportscaster Bob Costas: nobody "controls their own destiny". Because if you believe in such a thing as destiny, it cannot be controlled. That's the very meaning of the word. No matter what you do, events xyz are going to happen, because they are your destiny. Likewise for "controlling your fate". Fate can't be controlled. UW is certainly in control of the race for the WCHA regular season championship. But that's not the same as their "destiny".)
 
robertearle said:
(And a personal pet peeve, thanks to sportscaster Bob Costas: nobody "controls their own destiny"...
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You've expressed this opinion several times on this forum and elsewhere, but you haven't offered what you consider an acceptable way to describe a situation that all sports fans understand (even Bob Costas). That being, if Wisconsin continues to win, nobody can catch the Badgers, even if that team sweeps UW H2H. What phrase would you prefer that expresses that circumstance in a sentence or less?
 
ARM said:
You've expressed this opinion several times on this forum and elsewhere, but you haven't offered what you consider an acceptable way to describe a situation that all sports fans understand (even Bob Costas). That being, if Wisconsin continues to win, nobody can catch the Badgers, even if that team sweeps UW H2H. What phrase would you prefer that expresses that circumstance in a sentence or less?
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From the post I made yesterday:

UW is certainly in control of the race for the WCHA regular season championship.

(And BTW: it isn't an "opinion"; it's the definition of the word.)
 
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robertearle said:
UW is certainly in control of the race for the WCHA regular season championship.
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Works for me. I'm not disagreeing on destiny/fate, but the pet peeve part is more personal. Much of the sports world just rolls with it, like we do with "there's no tomorrow" and other nonsense sayings.
 
Timothy A said:
So, would you root for them if them winning allowed your team to make the ncaa's or win the wcha regular season title?
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How bad would the tunnelers have to be for your first hypothetical? Don't answer that as they are already headed to being that bad. Which also negates your second hypothetical as they aren't anywhere good enough to challenge for the WCHA title.
 
ARM said:
Works for me. I'm not disagreeing on destiny/fate, but the pet peeve part is more personal. Much of the sports world just rolls with it, like we do with "there's no tomorrow" and other nonsense sayings.
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Oh, I have others. One, you will hear announcers describe someone is a "young freshman" (Kirk Herbstreit, I'm looking at you); is that as opposed to an appropriately-aged freshman?

And when I hear someone to "day to day", I always think of Keith Olbermann saying we're all playing day-to-day.
 
FiveHoleFrenzy said:
How bad would the tunnelers have to be for your first hypothetical? Don't answer that as they are already headed to being that bad. Which also negates your second hypothetical as they aren't anywhere good enough to challenge for the WCHA title.
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Come on, you're dodging the question! It's in the future, it's not this season.
 
robertearle said:
Oh, I have others. One, you will hear announcers describe someone is a "young freshman" (Kirk Herbstreit, I'm looking at you); is that as opposed to an appropriately-aged freshman?

And when I hear someone to "day to day", I always think of Keith Olbermann saying we're all playing day-to-day.
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The term "young freshman" can apply to men's hockey because you could be 18 or 22 and be a freshman.
 
Lindsay said:
https://youtu.be/qj7jpz6KS-o?si=XqbBfVlFSkdJ87bK

you guys made it sound like bad defensive breakdowns at Minnesota are a newish thing. The tape doesn’t lie.

Do you think Abbey Murphy could / would score a goal like this?
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Murphy's changeup flip on the breakaway is much less demonstrative but just as cheeky. She also likes the one where she slams on the breaks and lets the goalie slide out of the way. I'd be surprised if she hasn't tried that particular move in practice at least, though she has some moves that crash and burn and weren't ready for prime time.

As for D breakdowns, at least in that one you can see how it happens (not switching quickly enough from PP to 5-on-5 mentality). That was a team that finished it's season by blowing a 3-goal lead to Wisconsin and giving up 4 goals in 14 minutes to BC (???). There were far-worse defensive breakdowns you could have found. Bad words have been muttered for decades.

As for bad breakdowns being new, I don't remember seeing UW look as lost as it was on the Webster goal at Wrigley. Some of them acted like they were scared of getting too close to their own goal. Enough plays like that and MJ may decide to call it quits sooner rather than later.
 
ARM said:
As for bad breakdowns being new, I don't remember seeing UW look as lost as it was on the Webster goal at Wrigley. Some of them acted like they were scared of getting too close to their own goal. Enough plays like that and MJ may decide to call it quits sooner rather than later.
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That was HORRIFIC. They've been playing leaky the last 3 games, but not MN leaky.
 
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