Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
That was certainly the most exciting game I've seen from the women in a long time. While they only lit the lamp 4 times, they were much more aggressive and had far more quality scoring opportunities than I've seen in a long time. It would have been nice to seen a few more of them make it into the net, but they had several shots hit metal or just miss by an inch or two, including that wild shot in the second that hit off the cross bar and flew back over the glass, into the stands around the blue line.
I thought Katy Josephs unassisted goal, as the PP expired, was rocket shot from the top of the circles and was one of the best, clean, goals I've seen in a long time. I thought Turnbull also really stepped up as an offensive leader.
The hit to McKibbon was right in front of me and it was nasty. The SCSU player certainly didn't have any malicious intent - you could see she was very concerned right afterward - but it was just a very dangerous play and a no-doubt major penalty. I was amazed to see that McKibbon was back out on the ice before the penalty was over.
The only negative for me, other than perhaps the power play, was the 3rd period. The play got very sloppy and unfocused for much of the final period. The game was never really in doubt, but they took the foot off the gas way too early imho.