Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season

[NMH]

Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season

I've heard directly from the athletic department that the band will be there on Saturday. If they weren't doing Fill the Bowl, not sure we'd ever see them at a women's game again.

NCAA tickets have usually been $10. When they played at Kohl, they also charged for parking near the arena. That also looks to be the case tomorrow night. Hopefully, it won't be $15 for the nearby lots like it is for the men's games.

Athletics send out an email today with an interactive map for parking and all their lots are labeled at $5.

 

[robertearle]

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Great effort by the Badgers, better one by the Gophers. They were really good at closing down 'time and space' in their D-zone.

My one complaint with the officiating - and is it not an insignificant one - is that the whole sequence that led to the Gophers' third goal was offside. Gopher number one held the puck just outside the blue line waiting for Gopher number two to touch up. But just when Gopher number two did touch up, Gopher number three stepped across, before Gopher number one advanced across the blue line. The lineswoman (not Fitz) was on the other side of the ice, with other traffic in front of her, so maybe that's why she missed it. But she missed it. And five seconds later, the Badgers were down 3-2.

Other than that, great game.

 

[WiscDC]

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It was about as close as it could have been without going to OT.

 

[Timothy A]

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Great effort by the Badgers, better one by the Gophers. They were really good at closing down 'time and space' in their D-zone.

My one complaint with the officiating - and is it not an insignificant one - is that the whole sequence that led to the Gophers' third goal was offside. Gopher number one held the puck just outside the blue line waiting for Gopher number two to touch up. But just when Gopher number two did touch up, Gopher number three stepped across, before Gopher number one advanced across the blue line. The lineswoman (not Fitz) was on the other side of the ice, with other traffic in front of her, so maybe that's why she missed it. But she missed it. And five seconds later, the Badgers were down 3-2.

Other than that, great game.

I was wondering if that was offsides, from our angle we could not see if rodent #3 touched up or not.

Langley and Worzidlo (sp) called a much better game than the OSU series, well at least they called some penalties this time. They missed a few of the usual checking and interferences they all seem to miss. I did not see the action that got Ammerman the gate late in the 3rd. Was it a legit call?

The Turnbull goal was amazing, blowing around 3 rodents like they were standing still. Nurse played a very strong game, hit the corssbar in the 2nd and it seemed like she had a sog every shift. She kept going high on the sieve, but the strainer kept it from going in. It was really sucky because in the ensuing trip into the UW zone the rodents scored, well kinda scored as it went off a Badger. The rodents had a pretty good edge in shots on goal through the 1st, then UW closed the gap in the 2nd and it stabilized in the 3rd. The rodents dominated the faceoffs. The way the game was going each time UW got the lead I just hoped we'd get to a shootout.

Note to self......don't sit behind the rodent bench.....the fans were all very nice, and I liked being the small beacon of red in the sea of urine and maroooon dressed people, but this one lady sitting right behind us just would not shut up....."way to go Ginger!" "great shot Alice!" "way to go rodents!" "that's the way!" "let's go rodents!" Blah blah blah blah barf.....It's like she had a personal relationship with every player, the kind of cheering you do at a Squirt game where you DO have a relationship with every player. My son and I did not relent in our UW cheering. He wanted to do some pointed counters to her, but I told him we were going to be gracious hosts. We were not about to move and give them the satisfaction. As we walked out, some UW fan gave us compliments for putting up with that the whole game.

 

[robertearle]

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I did not see the action that got Ammerman the gate late in the 3rd. Was it a legit call?

Didn't see it live, but saw a replay on the screen at LaBahn. Ammerman definitely gave a Gopher a cross-check motion right in front of the net. Couldn't tell how hard, degree of 'embellishment' etc., but generally a legit call.

 

[WiscDC]

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Langley and Worzidlo (sp) called a much better game than the OSU series, well at least they called some penalties this time. They missed a few of the usual checking and interferences they all seem to miss. I did not see the action that got Ammerman the gate late in the 3rd. Was it a legit call?

They worked that horiffic UND series, didn't they? While there were some (what I thought were) pretty clear missed calls, it wasn't terrible. Certainly not like the Friday game against minny last year.

The Turnbull goal was amazing, blowing around 3 rodents like they were standing still. Nurse played a very strong game, hit the corssbar in the 2nd and it seemed like she had a sog every shift. She kept going high on the sieve, but the strainer kept it from going in. It was really sucky because in the ensuing trip into the UW zone the rodents scored, well kinda scored as it went off a Badger. The rodents had a pretty good edge in shots on goal through the 1st, then UW closed the gap in the 2nd and it stabilized in the 3rd. The rodents dominated the faceoffs. The way the game was going each time UW got the lead I just hoped we'd get to a shootout.

I don't have a frame of reference for what Duggan, Decker, Knight, et. al. looked like as freshmen, but I would guess that Sarah Nurse will be one of the most dominant players in the WCHA by the end of her time here.

Note to self......don't sit behind the rodent bench.....the fans were all very nice, and I liked being the small beacon of red in the sea of urine and maroooon dressed people, but this one lady sitting right behind us just would not shut up....."way to go Ginger!" "great shot Alice!" "way to go rodents!" "that's the way!" "let's go rodents!" Blah blah blah blah barf.....It's like she had a personal relationship with every player, the kind of cheering you do at a Squirt game where you DO have a relationship with every player. My son and I did not relent in our UW cheering. He wanted to do some pointed counters to her, but I told him we were going to be gracious hosts. We were not about to move and give them the satisfaction. As we walked out, some UW fan gave us compliments for putting up with that the whole game.

Wow...that would start bugging me very quickly, especially when they did the rouser. There's a pretty good chance that that one lady is family and does have personal relationships with a bunch of the players. It's good to hear they were being nice.

 

[brookyone]

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Note to self......don't sit behind the rodent bench.....the fans were all very nice, and I liked being the small beacon of red in the sea of urine and maroooon dressed people, but this one lady sitting right behind us just would not shut up....."way to go Ginger!" "great shot Alice!" "way to go rodents!" "that's the way!" "let's go rodents!" Blah blah blah blah barf.....It's like she had a personal relationship with every player, the kind of cheering you do at a Squirt game where you DO have a relationship with every player. My son and I did not relent in our UW cheering. He wanted to do some pointed counters to her, but I told him we were going to be gracious hosts. We were not about to move and give them the satisfaction. As we walked out, some UW fan gave us compliments for putting up with that the whole game.

But truly...I think this is to be expected while taking a seat among a group of fans who're based in an incredibly advanced, highly enlightened, progressive, forward thinking city and state.

 

[Badger Booster]

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Well, with the league title now officially out of reach (crazy small margin of error with the Gophers playing so well), it's time to play for some pride. If my math is right, the senior class hasn't beaten the Gophers since early in their sophomore year. Yes, they have played them tough in every game this year, but there are no moral victories against Minnesota. Time to snap the losing streak and the Gophers freakish road winning streak.

I still think there will be some logistical issues tonight with the lower bowl reserved and the upper two decks general admission. I know of at least two people who thought their GA tickets gave them access to anywhere in Kohl. Ushers could be in for a busy night.

 

[robertearle]

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I still think there will be some logistical issues tonight with the lower bowl reserved and the upper two decks general admission. I know of at least two people who thought their GA tickets gave them access to anywhere in Kohl. Ushers could be in for a busy night.

I was thinking about that, and even mentioned it to a couple ushers last night.

Imagine you're an usher, and the 15,000th guy walks through the door; you and he/she have to figure out that that one open seat way up in section 327 is his/hers. Church on Christmas morning, with 7000 people looking for a seat.

I hope it isn't too big a mess, but 'general admission' for a sellout is a bad recipe.

 

[Badger Booster]

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I was thinking about that, and even mentioned it to a couple ushers last night.

Imagine you're an usher, and the 15,000th guy walks through the door; you and he/she have to figure out that that one open seat way up in section 327 is his/hers. Church on Christmas morning, with 7000 people looking for a seat.

I hope it isn't too big a mess, but 'general admission' for a sellout is a bad recipe.

It's a moot point at this point, but I thought they should have gone all in one way or another with either reserved seating or GA. Selfishly, I like having a big block of reserved tickets. My group is going out for dinner and some pre-game adult beverages. I like the fact that we don't have to rush over to Kohl for good seats and/or trying to get seats together.

I would expect a lot of people at the gates right at 6:00 with a mad dash for the good seats in the upper two decks. Reminds of the days of the basketball team playing at the Field House and student seating was first come, first serve and if you were late, you had to sit behind a support beam.

 

[robertearle]

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I would expect a lot of people at the gates right at 6:00 with a mad dash for the good seats in the upper two decks.

"Mad dash" and "front row railing of 200/300 level" are phrases that really shouldn't go together. Part of what has me a little worried.

 

[Badger Booster]

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"Mad dash" and "front row railing of 200/300 level" are phrases that really shouldn't go together. Part of what has me a little worried.

What, you don't like the thought of little kids running down the aisles toward the railing seats? What could possibly go wrong?

Again, tonight will be a real challenge for event staff. I assume they have prepared for these issues, but it really is an unique situation tonight.

 

[WiscDC]

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Yeah, finding those extra seats will be difficult. Even if they had 14,000, there would still be some kind of room for error (obstructed views aside). If I recall correctly, the first two levels in 2012 were very full, so evidently people found the empty seats to fill in pretty well. The trouble is that people in any situation might not mind sitting right by people if necessary, but they won't approach an almost empty section and sit right next to the only people already there, even if they know it's going to be packed.

 

[WiscDC]

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After 1 period of play, the Gophers have gotten away with one so-so interference and one extremely blatant headlock! Meanwhile, this is kind of like Badger basketball, atmosphere-wise.

 

[Nowheresville]

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Despite being a sellout, I don't think anyone is having trouble finding a place to sit in the 300 level. Quite a few no shows in the 100s too. Still a nice
crowd of course but a little disappointing that so many didn't actually come to the game. It looks like they reserved about 2 too many sections for the students.

They did switch ends from when the women used to shoot, so the badgers are shooting twice at the student section. The badgers are also wearing the cream jersey with the W crest, which I know they've worn before but I can't remember when. The cream and red combo would match labahn real well.

 

[WiscDC]

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Attendance: 13,573

I really wonder what happened to those extra tickets.

 

[WiscDC]

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Man...I know this was out of the athletic department's control, but this was a disappointing Fill the Bowl. If you took last night's game and put it in front of tonight's crowd, even with all the newbies who don't have that strong of an attachment to the team, it would have been awesome, except for the loss. I remember the 2012 game being much more raucous than tonight. A very large portion of the student section consisted of complete newbies, so the regular student fans tried to make the best of it, doing our student-section things. But when the Badgers are shut out, there's only so much we can do. No Phil count and no post-goal sieve chant. Not the best advertisement for Wisconsin women's hockey.

 

[Timothy A]

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But truly...I think this is to be expected while taking a seat among a group of fans who're based in an incredibly advanced, highly enlightened, progressive, forward thinking city and state.

They took a seat among me and my family, I was there first! Comments about the game tomorrow, time for bed....

 

[Badger Booster]

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Man...I know this was out of the athletic department's control, but this was a disappointing Fill the Bowl. If you took last night's game and put it in front of tonight's crowd, even with all the newbies who don't have that strong of an attachment to the team, it would have been awesome, except for the loss. I remember the 2012 game being much more raucous than tonight. A very large portion of the student section consisted of complete newbies, so the regular student fans tried to make the best of it, doing our student-section things. But when the Badgers are shut out, there's only so much we can do. No Phil count and no post-goal sieve chant. Not the best advertisement for Wisconsin women's hockey.

Agree 100% on these comments. The athletic department did their job well as I didn't have any issues with seating, they switched up goal sides, the band was there, it was a cool national anthem and the crowd that was there was ready for action.

Unfortunately, it was a complete dud of a game. The perception of Wisconsin women's hockey would have much better served if it played out like Friday's game. Yeah, we lost, but we scored first (which would have gotten the crowd into the game) and tied it up in the third with a great individual play by Turnbull (which would have blown the lid off the place). Then the last part of the game would have at least have had some drama. As it was, the Badgers looked a step slow across the board all game long. After the second goal, you just kind of knew it wasn't going to happen.

Maybe it's because they had better teams (and more star-power), the last two Fill the Bowls did seem to have more energy, especially in 2011 against the Gophers. Again, it helped that they scored early and won the game. Also, with it being all general admission, the lower bowl completely filled up as did the most of the second deck. Last night most of the lower deck was pretty full, except for areas around the student section, but just seemed to have more spotty areas throughout.

The group I brought (which included several seeing hockey for the first time) did say they had a fun time, but I was frustrated that it should have been a more enjoyable experience, even if they didn't win.

 

[NMH]

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They capped ticket sales at less than the capacity of the Kohl. I don't know what the exact number was, but basically, they anticipated some of the things you all had worried about above and wanted to preserve a positive fan experience where a group of 10 shows up and can still sit together. So long before the event that had decided to stop selling tickets at X below actual capacity. That's the sell-out that was announced.

I agree that I wish Friday's game had taken place on Saturday - the girls looked so flat and lackluster on Saturday and it was not a great game for that crowd of newbies to be introduced to.

Lastly, I'm still blown away by the individual play of Blayre. Girl clearly decided the team was not losing 2-1 on Friday and single-handedly willed that goal in. Saturday she also dove/belly-flopped across the crease to block a shot when Alex was on the ice and prevented from getting up. Turnbull took this series seriously and personally.