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ARM said:
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.
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Ya Murphy definitely has some cheeky moves. Both fun and frustrating to watch. But she is an amateur I suppose, with more opportunity for maturation ahead of her.

To the point about Wisconsin’s defensive breakdowns, yes. They are a juggernaut but beatable. OSU has flaws this year - short bench, talent drop from last year, questionable speed on D, leaves juicy rebounds in front of Thiele too often and yet they’ve beat Wisconsin twice! The work ethic and motivation is still undeniable in my opinion.

That has got to resonate with Minnesota. Wisconsin is beatable. Minnesota has two and a bit months to focus/show up/get some luck and a championship of some sort is surely possible even if not likely. A Wisconsin championship is probably the favorite, but not guaranteed, and there is no guarantee it’ll be OSU either.
 
How the heck does a top four team allow 32 shots on goal in one period? That's more shots by one team in one period than Saint Cloud and Bemidji had in a whole game.
 
Timothy A said:
There are no backs on seats at the Tommy's rink? MJ is wearing gloves lol. Lots of Badger fans there.
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It's a high school rink that was shared with a D3 team that got kicked out of D3. Hardly the glitz and glamor of The Ohio State Rec Center.

Speaking of which...after 6-7 years of promising a new facility for Ohio State, the Holy Rolling Tommies will go from D3 to D1 and a brand new arena. Meanwhile...does The OSU even have a concession stand or do you just sneak in a bottle of diet coke?
 
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Steamboat said:
Or go tennis and say "love". How about a new thread to poll our informed contributors, and establish a norm for future sports reporting?
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Love and nil work for me, though rather niche for some folks. I think zero would work the best.

Last week:

Kato Rodents home n home - Kato is showing signs of life - Nope. MN gets out the sledge.
UW at Tommies - UW pads a record setting record. - Yes, though they only clearly won 5 of the 6 periods.
BSU at St. Cloud - Beavers are showing signs of life - Not enough life to make a difference.
TWSNBN at UMD - titanic series? Or not? - Not. TWSNBN is getting into a groove right now.

This week games Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

TWSNBN at Mercyhurst. Mercy has a 6 game heater going right now, TWSNBN has a 3 1/2 hr long bus ride and I heard the bus does not even have heat.

UMD at Tommies
BSU at Tunnellers
MSU at TWSNBN
SCSU at Wisconsin

More of the same for the favorites one would think.
 
Timothy A said:
TWSNBN at Mercyhurst. Mercy has a 6 game heater going right now, TWSNBN has a 3 1/2 hr long bus ride and I heard the bus does not even have heat.

BSU at Tunnellers
MSU at TWSNBN
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Did I miss the explanation of what TWSNBN stands for...?

in any case, yeah we walloped the Fightin' John McCains (aka Mavericks) but they're dangerous. One more year with their new coach (same for Bemidji) and they could make some noise.
 
Timothy A said:
Those who shall not be named. I'm pretty stoked that actually caught on.
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It is an appropriate acronym/moniker. Used to be back in the day when I followed NASCAR that there was the acronym ABE, which stood for anybody but Earnhardt (senior that is) The same could be said for TWSNBN. Lets shorten it a bit and go with ABS. Anybody but slOwSU.
 
StPaulSam said:
It's a high school rink that was shared with a D3 team that got kicked out of D3. Hardly the glitz and glamor of The Ohio State Rec Center.

Speaking of which...after 6-7 years of promising a new facility for Ohio State, the Holy Rolling Tommies will go from D3 to D1 and a brand new arena. Meanwhile...does The OSU even have a concession stand or do you just sneak in a bottle of diet coke?
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I can see a scenario where Tommies poach OSU coach for next year. She gets a new challenge building a program, the rink is on the way and football isn't all consuming the athletic budget.
 
Ditra said:
I can see a scenario where Tommies poach OSU coach for next year. She gets a new challenge building a program, the rink is on the way and football isn't all consuming the athletic budget.
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Wouldn't have to go very far to run her summer camps in Minnesota and wouldn't have to do it at second class rinks in the Twin Cities metro like she currently does.
 
FiveHoleFrenzy said:
Wouldn't have to go very far to run her summer camps in Minnesota and wouldn't have to do it at second class rinks in the Twin Cities metro like she currently does.
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I doubt it's her number one priority but is it reasonable to expect they could make her a competitive money offer?
 
StPaulSam said:
I doubt it's her number one priority but is it reasonable to expect they could make her a competitive money offer?
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I doubt they would make her a competitive money offer. what about Darwitz?

Plenty of challenges remain in Columbus if that’s what drives Muzerall.
 
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