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Wisconsin Badgers 2010-2011, The next generation.

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Ouch. Really tough one to take tonight. Gardiner's penalty looked questionable. Goody was great.
 
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Just heard about tonight's outcome.

PATHETIC.

I don't care about close games w/#1 teams, or a no-goal vs. BU, or a 1-goal game vs. nodak. Those are excuses, and they are for losers. If UW wants to get an NCAA berth they win tomorrow night and they go 7-0 or 6-1 in the next 7 games. It really is that simple.
 
Pathetic? I disagree. None of us saw the game so we really have no idea. Wins in the Wcha are far from locks, especially on a long road trip to Alaska.
solovsfett said:
Just heard about tonight's outcome.

PATHETIC.

I don't care about close games w/#1 teams, or a no-goal vs. BU, or a 1-goal game vs. nodak. Those are excuses, and they are for losers. If UW wants to get an NCAA berth they win tomorrow night and they go 7-0 or 6-1 in the next 7 games. It really is that simple.
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Chuck Schwartz said:
Pathetic? I disagree. None of us saw the game so we really have no idea. Wins in the Wcha are far from locks, especially on a long road trip to Alaska.
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UAA outshot UW and more importantly they won. UW had to win this game. They had to sweep. Long road trips are no excuse for anything. BC would go up there and clean UAA's clock 15-2 in 2 games.

I'm getting concerned this team won't make the bubble.
 
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Chuck Schwartz said:
Pathetic? I disagree. None of us saw the game so we really have no idea. Wins in the Wcha are far from locks, especially on a long road trip to Alaska.
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I saw the game. It wasn't great. I understand Alaska is a tough place to play, but to lose in that way, ouch.
 
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UA-A had 9 more shots on goal (31-22) and had 2 fewer penalties. I didnt see the game either, but based on the box score it looks like a pretty lackluster performance by Bucky.
Hopefully the Badgers can put in a better effort tonight.
 
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This team needs to get more shots on goal. W/ out looking it up, I think they've been out shot in 6 of the last 7 games.

The UAA goalies had sub .900 save %'s, they need to score on these guys.
 
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solovsfett said:
UAA outshot UW and more importantly they won. UW had to win this game. They had to sweep. Long road trips are no excuse for anything. BC would go up there and clean UAA's clock 15-2 in 2 games.

I'm getting concerned this team won't make the bubble.
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We had to win this game? We had to sweep? I'm curious...who do you think we are this year? We're certainly not a team that should go up to Anchorage and expect a sweep. Road sweeps in the WCHA are accomplishments.

I'm as disappointed as the next guy (or gal), but to use words like pathetic because we lost a road game in the WCHA makes me really scratch my head.
 
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This team needs to get more shots on goal. W/ out looking it up, I think they've been out shot in 6 of the last 7 games.
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Agreed...IIRC, last year's club would almost always outshoot the opponent - often by a wide margin. I'd say that's about as good of an indicator of time of possession as anything, and obviously if you are in control of the puck a majority of the time, you have a better shot at winning games...
 
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Maybe the Badgers should play more offense than defense.
 
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Chuck Schwartz said:
We had to win this game? We had to sweep? I'm curious...who do you think we are this year? We're certainly not a team that should go up to Anchorage and expect a sweep. Road sweeps in the WCHA are accomplishments.

I'm as disappointed as the next guy (or gal), but to use words like pathetic because we lost a road game in the WCHA makes me really scratch my head.
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I think UW is much better than their record (although I'm a bit concerned about the goaltending right now) and that's why it's disappointing. I use the word "pathetic" because I feel that after going through such a tough stretch they would come out guns blazing and control the games this weekend (starting last night) start to finish and so far they're 0-1 which is not at all what I expected. If SOG is a decent indicator of time of possession it appears UAA kind of outgunned UW. UAA is 2-3 notches down from Nodak/Minn/UMD. I don't know.

I most definitely expected a sweep, as well as *at least* a 6-2 record if not 7-1 through this stretch leading to Duluth. They just dug a hole where this is going to be very difficult to accomplish.
 
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solovsfett said:
I think UW is much better than their record (although I'm a bit concerned about the goaltending right now) and that's why it's disappointing. I use the word "pathetic" because I feel that after going through such a tough stretch they would come out guns blazing and control the games this weekend (starting last night) start to finish and so far they're 0-1 which is not at all what I expected. If SOG is a decent indicator of time of possession it appears UAA kind of outgunned UW. UAA is 2-3 notches down from Nodak/Minn/UMD. I don't know.

I most definitely expected a sweep, as well as *at least* a 6-2 record if not 7-1 through this stretch leading to Duluth. They just dug a hole where this is going to be very difficult to accomplish.
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If I've said it once I'll say it 100 times. Expecting a road sweep in the WCHA is ridiculous. I hoped for one, hell I predicted one, but to expect it is only setting yourself up to be disappointed. Especially since Anchorage isn't a bad team this year. I'm not sure if anyone has checked the standings, but UAA is ahead of us in the WCHA.
 
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solovsfett said:
I think UW is much better than their record (although I'm a bit concerned about the goaltending right now) and that's why it's disappointing.
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Goaltending was not your teams problem last night, lack of offense was. If it weren't for a stellar, and I mean STELLAR performance by your goalie the Badgers would have been down by several goals instead of just one.

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If SOG is a decent indicator of time of possession it appears UAA kind of outgunned UW. UAA is 2-3 notches down from Nodak/Minn/UMD. I don't know.
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UAA did have possession in the UW zone for long periods of time. As far as UAA being 2-3 notches down from UND or UM, I disagree. UAA has already played the Sioux in a non-conference game, and tied them 5-5. We have not yet played the Gophers this season, but I feel this UAA team is fully capable of beating them as well.
 
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Eaves went with Goody again a "must win" game, juts like the Saturday UND and UMD games. This time it worked out, though against a lesser opponent.

UAA at some point was going to break that long losing streak to UW, and it finally happened. Even a blind gopher falls in a hole once and awhile. ;) Which bodes well for UW breaking the OT streak. At some point. In the future. Maybe the far far away future. Maybe our gopher is blind and paralyzed and his wheelchair won't fit into the hole. Maybe he doesn't have a wheelchair and his buddies forgot to feed him and now he's just a little furry frozen carcass in someone's lawn. We're screwed. :o Moral of the story: You can't depend on a gopher for anything (other than to annoy the &*^&* out of you); not even to beat the landcows. :eek:

The Friday loss, when you think about it, isn't a total shock when you take into consideration how many of the lads had never made the trek from WI to AK. Obviously they were not ready to go, being outshot (outshot=outworked) like they were.

So is 6-0 too much to hope for? Probably. But if they lose to Canisius I'm going back on thinner.
 
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Good to bounce back last night. As for Friday's loss, I understand it's a bunch of young guys making a long trip. What's frustrating is it really wasn't our young guys who lost it for us, or at least not all by themselves they didn't. We have a power play with under 2 minutes left in the third, so worst case we should be going to OT, and Gardiner takes a silly penalty. That's not a youthful mistake.

Ah well. How about a sweep of Bemidji eh?
 
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Shots on goal and converting on powerplays made all the difference last night. Hopefully they sweep Bemidji next weekend.
 
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1 down, 6 to go? I certainly hope so.

good win, especially coming after a lackluster performance.
 
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