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Wisconsin Badgers 2011-12 - The Drive for Five

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I know it's not the most original title, but it's no longer the offseason and the Badgers are indeed going for their fifth championship in 7 years.

Not sure the real value of bringing in Lindenwood for a couple of butt-kickings, but did give a lot of players ice-time with multiple players missing. Nice to see Nikki Kaasa get to play the third period in both games and perserve both shutouts.

Schedule gets real serious real quick so it might be nice getting this off-week prior to the North Dakota series.
 
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I wondered if the Lindenwood situation was similar to the football situation with Temple a few years back.

IIRC, Temple was about to join a conference and that conference had a commitment to play Wisconsin. As part of the agreement for Temple to join, they had to take the Wisconsin game on their schedule. Of course Wisconsin kicked their butt.

Since these were Lindenwood's first ever games in D1, it wouldn't surprise me if the situation was similar.

Just a hypothesis....
 
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Actually, Wisconsin has a history of this with Syracuse too, if I recall correctly.
 
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We were there Friday, I was disappointed with the crowd, considering it was free and the banner was unveiled. It was still a lot of fun watching UW hammer them in the 2nd and 3rd period. It was a great game to bring 5 folks to a women's game for the 1st or 2nd time. I was dying for Phil to roll out 2-4-6-8 we want more, but he didn't. I think he did do 9, we want more.
 
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Timothy A said:
It was a great game to bring 5 folks to a women's game for the 1st or 2nd time.
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Bring them to a UMD or BU game. Victories are so much more meaningful when they have to be earned.
 
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Timothy A said:
It was still a lot of fun watching UW hammer them in the 2nd and 3rd period.
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Not exactly my definition of Fun. It is a mismatch, and would IMHO be boring to watch. While the newcomers may marvel at the skill of the winning team in such a scenario, I don't think it does much service for creating fans for the game. Give me a one goal or OT barnburner with two equally matched teams anytime over a blowout.
 
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I also wished for a bigger crowd on Friday, but September is a tough time to get some people into watching hockey. I don't think that the men's team is even officially started practice yet.

I'm not sure either Wisconsin or Lindenwood figured it would be such a mismatch, especially since the Badgers were down 5 regulars. However, there aren't a ton of options when scheduling out-of-conference and the rest of the fall schedule is pretty tough.
 
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All I know is they very much enjoyed themselves and so did I (a long time hockey fan), it was very memorable game for them and me. I screamed as loudly for the 1st goal as the 12th. Two of the young lads were at fill the bowl last year, obviously that was a great match-up in an ultra awesome atmosphere. I'll be there for a bunch more games this year, bringing whoever wants to come with me from lovely Juneau WI.
 
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I plan on really trying to hype Fill the Bowl. It's January, so folks will be in the hockey mindset. It's a Saturday night, meaning it's travel-able for us from Milwaukee, and it might be the last one since they're moving to LaBahn next year. It's a great way to get non-believers into hockey and into the women's game. The atmosphere is great.

We buy a men's Saturday five pack and there isn't an overlap with the women for us until January. But when it comes around, we look forward to doing the hockey double-header.
 
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tristarscoop said:
I plan on really trying to hype Fill the Bowl.
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Fill the bowl was awesome last year. I ended up having 3 car loads of people from my little town of Juneau come last year. We ended up in the first row, 2nd tier, center ice. I just worry Kato won't draw as well as the rodentettes.
 
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OnMAA said:
Not exactly my definition of Fun. It is a mismatch, and would IMHO be boring to watch. While the newcomers may marvel at the skill of the winning team in such a scenario, I don't think it does much service for creating fans for the game. Give me a one goal or OT barnburner with two equally matched teams anytime over a blowout.
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Thats exactly why I didnt go to the game. It would have been cool to be there for the banner raising though. I went to a couple UW womens' games last season and it was fun to watch the Badgers kick some serious butt but after 6 or 7 unanswered goals it gets kind of boring.
Im definetly planning on going to one of the games with Minnesota or NoDak though.
 
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IMHO, a good throttling is fun to watch. If UW would have only won 5-3 against Lindenwood Friday, I would have went home disappointed. I'm not there to watch a competitive game, I'm there to watch my team clean the floor with the other team. All of us are wired differently, that's what makes life fun. :)

LET'S GO RED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Timothy A said:
IMHO, a good throttling is fun to watch. If UW would have only won 5-3 against Lindenwood Friday, I would have went home disappointed. I'm not there to watch a competitive game, I'm there to watch my team clean the floor with the other team. All of us are wired differently, that's what makes life fun. :)

LET'S GO RED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Couldn't agree more. I mean, the close games are fun too, don't get me wrong, but it's great to be able to relax and enjoy a good thrashing. I like that we have the power, and I like that we use it.
 
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Timothy A said:
IMHO, a good throttling is fun to watch. ..... I'm there to watch my team clean the floor with the other team. All of us are wired differently, that's what makes life fun. :)
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Carter said:
Couldn't agree more. I mean, the close games are fun too, don't get me wrong, but it's great to be able to relax and enjoy a good thrashing. I like that we have the power, and I like that we use it.
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GoBucky36 said:
I wont argue with you there. The Badgers should destroy a team like Lindenwood.
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Strongly disagree. What ever happened to respect for the game and respect for the opponent. I have no problem with you cheering for your team and enjoy a win, but jeez treat others with some respect. I certainly have little respect for people who make comments like the two Err make that three of you made.
 
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Timothy A said:
IMHO, a good throttling is fun to watch. If UW would have only won 5-3 against Lindenwood Friday, I would have went home disappointed. I'm not there to watch a competitive game, I'm there to watch my team clean the floor with the other team. All of us are wired differently, that's what makes life fun. :)

LET'S GO RED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I wont argue with you there. The Badgers should destroy a team like Lindenwood.
 
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I was really disappointed with the piped in band music. I thought for the first game of the season, where they're raising the National Championship banner, the band could have cobbled together a few band members to be there.

Hell, the alumni band played at the football game the next day - meaning they were together and practicing - we couldn't have gotten some of them there for the game?
 
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This has been an issue since Day 1. It seems arbitrary when the band or alumni band decides to show up. With no football game this weekend and it being the WCHA opener against North Dakota, there "should" be a band there for both games, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Simply put, it would make for a much better atmosphere.


tristarscoop said:
I was really disappointed with the piped in band music. I thought for the first game of the season, where they're raising the National Championship banner, the band could have cobbled together a few band members to be there.

Hell, the alumni band played at the football game the next day - meaning they were together and practicing - we couldn't have gotten some of them there for the game?
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Badger Booster said:
Everybody schedules a "softer" opponent in the non-conference, but I'll admit that the Badgers have scheduled first year D-1 teams more than once.
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I see it as a great gesture on the part of MJ. I would rather see him schedule a first year D1 program over the Canadian Int AA or CIS teams that many other teams play as openers. Playing the Badgers provides a certain amount of credibility for teams like Lindenwood, Syracuse, etc... LW is playing a number of other solid teams now and it may in part be because UW stepped up to the plate and made it acceptable. It may help those programs compete for recruits as well; not "blue chippers" but kids that were considering middle of the road programs that probably won't play teams like UW. If my memory serves LW played UW as well this year as RPI and Robert Morris did last year.
 
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