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WCHA Thread IV
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Re: Unofficial Three Stars of the Game
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Rest up, Pgb! Can't wait to see those blanks get filled in as I missed yesterday's game! Sounds like it was an exciting finish!
Re: Unofficial Three Stars of the Game
Rest up, Pgb! Can't wait to see those blanks get filled in as I missed yesterday's game! Sounds like it was an exciting finish!
Re: WCHA Thread IV
Thanks for backing me up on that, FiveHoleFrenzy. I'm not even sure where Pokechecker is from or what his/her fixation is with coming into OSU threads and trolling, but he/she is not going to see me rip into our girls or our coaching staff. When they don't perform up to their expectations, which are probably even higher than mine I'm sure, no one feels worse than they do, and his guy is not going to pile on, ever. I know the kids and coaching staff. I have been to a couple practices, so I know how hard the girls and coaching staff work.
Thanks for backing me up on that, FiveHoleFrenzy. I'm not even sure where Pokechecker is from or what his/her fixation is with coming into OSU threads and trolling, but he/she is not going to see me rip into our girls or our coaching staff. When they don't perform up to their expectations, which are probably even higher than mine I'm sure, no one feels worse than they do, and his guy is not going to pile on, ever. I know the kids and coaching staff. I have been to a couple practices, so I know how hard the girls and coaching staff work.
Re: Unofficial Three Stars of the Game
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Final From Saturday, October 4th
Ohio State 4
New Hampshire 3
Honorable Mention: Jonna Curtis, New Hampshire
Just when the Buckeyes seemed to be making a little headway against the current, Jonna gave the Wildcat comeback a huge lift on the PK. Winning a battle at the left point, Curtis carried the puck the length of the ice. She charged to the net and appeared to beat the Buckeye Keeper through the 5 hole. OSU still led 3-2, but the storm clouds were gathering.
#3 Star: Amy Boucher, New Hampshire
Chasing a player around the net on the forecheck usually doesn't go well. But there's an exception to every rule. This time Amy separated the Buckeye defender from the puck, and immediately got two quality shots on goal. The second one tied the score at three. Quite honestly, I had Amy in mind for one of the Stars even before her tally. She had several outstanding shifts, crashing into the OSU zone like a magnificent whitecap. Not that it was what the home crowd wanted to see, but there was a certain amount of justice in seeing Boucher's fine efforts rewarded.
#2 Star: (tie) Kayla Sullivan, Ohio State and Maggie Rothgery, Ohio State
Let's turn back the clock for a moment. To understand the full cycle, the first period is also an essential part of the story. We'll let the Sullivan goal represent the first phase. Maggie created the scoring opportunity with a great cross-slot pass; Sully slammed the puck home with authority.
#1 Star: (tie) Julia McKinnon, Ohio State and Claudia Kepler, Ohio State
Once again, Claudia provided the finishing touch. 2 Days, 2 Game Winning Goals. Quite a weekend. But this is a team game. Julia was magnificent on the set-up. With tenacious forechecking McKinnon disrupted the Wildcat breakout. With persistence and a little help from Kendall Curtis, she kept the play alive. Then came a brilliant centering pass, and Kepler did the rest.
Next Up: Road Trip To Wisconsin. By all accounts the Badgers are loaded this year; it should be a fine challenge.
Re: Unofficial Three Stars of the Game
Final From Saturday, October 4th
Ohio State 4
New Hampshire 3
Buckeyes Win Battle of Momentum Swings
Watching Saturday's game was like observing the ebb and flow of the tides. Try as you might, sometimes you just can't fight Mother Nature. In the first period the Buckeyes seemed irresistible, rolling to a 3-0 lead. Then, momentum gradually shifted to the Wildcats, who came all the way back to earn a 3-3 tie. Fortunately High Tide returned. Dominating the last ten minutes of the game, the Buckeye surge culminated with the GWG at 19:28 of the third period.Three Stars of the Game: Decidedly Unofficial and Just For Fun
Honorable Mention: Jonna Curtis, New Hampshire
Just when the Buckeyes seemed to be making a little headway against the current, Jonna gave the Wildcat comeback a huge lift on the PK. Winning a battle at the left point, Curtis carried the puck the length of the ice. She charged to the net and appeared to beat the Buckeye Keeper through the 5 hole. OSU still led 3-2, but the storm clouds were gathering.
#3 Star: Amy Boucher, New Hampshire
Chasing a player around the net on the forecheck usually doesn't go well. But there's an exception to every rule. This time Amy separated the Buckeye defender from the puck, and immediately got two quality shots on goal. The second one tied the score at three. Quite honestly, I had Amy in mind for one of the Stars even before her tally. She had several outstanding shifts, crashing into the OSU zone like a magnificent whitecap. Not that it was what the home crowd wanted to see, but there was a certain amount of justice in seeing Boucher's fine efforts rewarded.
#2 Star: (tie) Kayla Sullivan, Ohio State and Maggie Rothgery, Ohio State
Let's turn back the clock for a moment. To understand the full cycle, the first period is also an essential part of the story. We'll let the Sullivan goal represent the first phase. Maggie created the scoring opportunity with a great cross-slot pass; Sully slammed the puck home with authority.
#1 Star: (tie) Julia McKinnon, Ohio State and Claudia Kepler, Ohio State
Once again, Claudia provided the finishing touch. 2 Days, 2 Game Winning Goals. Quite a weekend. But this is a team game. Julia was magnificent on the set-up. With tenacious forechecking McKinnon disrupted the Wildcat breakout. With persistence and a little help from Kendall Curtis, she kept the play alive. Then came a brilliant centering pass, and Kepler did the rest.
Next Up: Road Trip To Wisconsin. By all accounts the Badgers are loaded this year; it should be a fine challenge.
brookyone
Deport Right Wing Nuts
Re: WCHA Thread IV
Badgers get the sweep. Like D2D, I would have liked a split.
Coming up:
North Dakota @ Minnesota State
Minnesota @ Minnesota-Duluth
Ohio State @ Wisconsin
Lindenwood @ St. Cloud State
Three conference tussles and one NC. Minnesota @ Minnesota Duluth the series to watch. UMD surely highly motivated to get into the W column after being swept at home. UW off and running. Hopefully Minnesota can match the sweep during their trip north.
Badgers get the sweep. Like D2D, I would have liked a split.
Coming up:
North Dakota @ Minnesota State
Minnesota @ Minnesota-Duluth
Ohio State @ Wisconsin
Lindenwood @ St. Cloud State
Three conference tussles and one NC. Minnesota @ Minnesota Duluth the series to watch. UMD surely highly motivated to get into the W column after being swept at home. UW off and running. Hopefully Minnesota can match the sweep during their trip north.
ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
It's too early in the season to be sure of what we'd like to see. Maybe we'd have been better off last year if Wisconsin had won a couple of more games along the way and had wound up on the other side of the NCAA bracket. Can't ever feel too badly about UMD losing -- just because. Sure, Wisconsin and UND are rivals, but would any of us long-time fans ever have become as engaged early on had there not been the UM/UMD rivalry?
charlieconway
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Re: WCHA Thread IV
Probably the series to watch by default. All the motivation in the world won't help UMD against the Gophers. Ohio State might put up a better fight against the No. 2 Badgers in Madison.
Probably the series to watch by default. All the motivation in the world won't help UMD against the Gophers. Ohio State might put up a better fight against the No. 2 Badgers in Madison.
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I was just thinking of the odds when posting the hope that UMD and Wisconsin would split their series, not that I like (or dislike) one team more than the other. My thought was that it's quite a bit more likely that the conference regular season title will come down to the Badgers and the Gophers, as opposed to UMD and the Gophers. So any time another team, whether it be UMD or anyone else, can add to the Badgers loss column it is more likely to help the Gophers, even at this very early stage of the season. Any Wisconsin loss now will count just as much as one later on...again just playing the odds.
That said, I'm not as confident as some that the Gophers will have an easy time in Duluth this coming weekend, especially coming so soon after the Dawgs were swept at home by Wisconsin. There is no doubt that Miller will have her team prepared and 'hyper-motivated' to beat the Gophers in what will be a very important early season series for both teams...for UMD to get back in the hunt and for the Gophers to keep pace with Wisconsin, who SHOULD sweep Ohio State at home. So, again playing the odds, this weekend it's "GO BUCKEYES"!
I was just thinking of the odds when posting the hope that UMD and Wisconsin would split their series, not that I like (or dislike) one team more than the other. My thought was that it's quite a bit more likely that the conference regular season title will come down to the Badgers and the Gophers, as opposed to UMD and the Gophers. So any time another team, whether it be UMD or anyone else, can add to the Badgers loss column it is more likely to help the Gophers, even at this very early stage of the season. Any Wisconsin loss now will count just as much as one later on...again just playing the odds.
That said, I'm not as confident as some that the Gophers will have an easy time in Duluth this coming weekend, especially coming so soon after the Dawgs were swept at home by Wisconsin. There is no doubt that Miller will have her team prepared and 'hyper-motivated' to beat the Gophers in what will be a very important early season series for both teams...for UMD to get back in the hunt and for the Gophers to keep pace with Wisconsin, who SHOULD sweep Ohio State at home. So, again playing the odds, this weekend it's "GO BUCKEYES"!
beaverhockeyfan
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Re: WCHA Thread IV
The Beavers move to 4-0 with a 4-0 shutout of Vermont!
The Beavers move to 4-0 with a 4-0 shutout of Vermont!
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
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Congrats...maybe you'll make the top 10.
UM will crush UMD. It will be a great yardstick/preview to the clash of the titans the next week.
Congrats...maybe you'll make the top 10.
UM will crush UMD. It will be a great yardstick/preview to the clash of the titans the next week.
pokechecker
Banned
Re: WCHA Thread IV
against 3 quality opponents and RPI isn't exactly a cupcake either.
I get that you are a cheerleader, in fact I'm going to join you, you wouldn't happen to have an extra pleated skirt so I can cheer on the Buckeyes over the Badgers next weekend?
some of you are doing a very poor job of ignoring me, perhaps professional help is in order, they have people who can help
against 3 quality opponents and RPI isn't exactly a cupcake either.
I get that you are a cheerleader, in fact I'm going to join you, you wouldn't happen to have an extra pleated skirt so I can cheer on the Buckeyes over the Badgers next weekend?
some of you are doing a very poor job of ignoring me, perhaps professional help is in order, they have people who can help
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ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
Not exactly, but of late, they've been found somewhere in the bakery.
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theres is no proof or data to support this, its one of those sayings that just keeps going..and going..
pokechecker
Banned
Re: WCHA Thread IV
I went to Columbus to watch a fight and a hockey game broke out.
I went to Columbus to watch a fight and a hockey game broke out.
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Get the predictions chatter going. Lets call it the super sweep weekend.
Badgers sweep easily- their fire power is too much.
Gophers sweep- they do what they always do, chew their way to victory, I expect at least one very close game
Sioux sweep- ND realizes they can drop anymore games vs lower ranked opponents if they want to keep pace with the leaders.
Huskies sweep- its been a while since the huskies swept a series, it happens this weekend..
Get the predictions chatter going. Lets call it the super sweep weekend.
Badgers sweep easily- their fire power is too much.
Gophers sweep- they do what they always do, chew their way to victory, I expect at least one very close game
Sioux sweep- ND realizes they can drop anymore games vs lower ranked opponents if they want to keep pace with the leaders.
Huskies sweep- its been a while since the huskies swept a series, it happens this weekend..
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ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
Re: WCHA Thread IV
Kepler, Stecklein, and Clark win WCHA weekly awards:
http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1415/201410/oct7wpw.php
Kepler, Stecklein, and Clark win WCHA weekly awards:
http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1415/201410/oct7wpw.php
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AMSOIL Arena has become "Ridder North". The Gophers lost their first game there on 1/13/2012 (Bulldogs 4, Gophers 2) but have won 9 straight contests in that building ever since (including playoffs). Those last 9 games include regular season sweeps of the Bulldogs the past two seasons (October 2012 and October 2013).
Prior to the new building, it looks like the only time the Gophers swept the Bulldogs at the DECC was October 2008.
The quick answer I found is that the Gophers have swept the Bulldogs in Duluth only 3 previous times and are going for a 4th this weekend.
AMSOIL Arena has become "Ridder North". The Gophers lost their first game there on 1/13/2012 (Bulldogs 4, Gophers 2) but have won 9 straight contests in that building ever since (including playoffs). Those last 9 games include regular season sweeps of the Bulldogs the past two seasons (October 2012 and October 2013).
Prior to the new building, it looks like the only time the Gophers swept the Bulldogs at the DECC was October 2008.
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