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Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season

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Definitely nice to see the Badgers get back on track with a dominant win over St. Clould. Wisconsin set a program record with 30+ shots on goal in the second period. With that said, they probably should have had several more goals. Great that Josephs net two goals and Berg putting one past her fomer high school teammate.

3rd period kind of devolved into a very chippy 20 minutes. Badgers got sloppy in their own zone giving up the one goal to spoil the potential Risby shutout. That kind of sucked.

The way McKibbon went into the boards, I was fully expecting her to get taken off the ice on a stretcher. Fortunately, after a couple of tense minutes, she got up and actually came back into the game.

No Jenny Ryan again. Whatever the issue, I hope that she can get back on the ice sooner than later as the defense could use the depth and had some shaky moments. Otherwise, I think Turnbull has stepped her game up and like what I see with the three other freshman (Nurse/McKibbon/Channel).

Hopefully, there will be a bigger crowd tonight. Mid-afternoon start might help (especially with Badger football being on TV at night) as will not going up against the UW volleyball team as they were last night.

Let's go get that sweep. Can't squander any league games as it seems that Minnesota doesn't plan on losing any time soon.
 
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That was a very convincing win. I was surprised to see Desbiens get the start, but they could have probably thrown in any half-competent goalie and won, so it's nice to see her get some experience. Does anyone know if Desbiens or Walters is supposed to be the #2? I wouldn't be surprised to see either of them get more ice time against Lindenwood.

They broke 100 shots on goal for the weekend, too!
 
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Badger Booster said:
Can't squander any league games as it seems that Minnesota doesn't plan on losing any time soon.
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It's only a matter of time.

Tonight's game vs UMD would have been a canoe tipper if UMD's ability to capitalize on decent opportunities was somewhat higher. There were at least 3 or 4 decent opportunities that might otherwise have been goals.

It might come from a team that few suspect that happens to be jacked for the challenge/opportunity on a night when UM is unconsciously content to play "down" to what they mistakenly perceive/believe is the level of their opponents.
 
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WiscDC said:
That was a very convincing win. I was surprised to see Desbiens get the start, but they could have probably thrown in any half-competent goalie and won, so it's nice to see her get some experience. Does anyone know if Desbiens or Walters is supposed to be the #2? I wouldn't be surprised to see either of them get more ice time against Lindenwood.

They broke 100 shots on goal for the weekend, too!
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I thought the Badgers played a more complete game on Saturday. Solid through all three periods. Seemed like their was much more energy in the building. Bigger crowd than Friday (though only by 300 officially).

Really like seeing players like Ammerman and Turnbull stepping up offensively. Their goals were nice snipes. Nothing wrong with hard-fought goals off a rebound, but you need players who can beat a goalie top-shelf if that makes any sense.

Not surprised that Desbiens got the start and fully expect her to play this weekend. Have to pace out Rigsby's minutes, plus she is pretty good in her own right. Hard to say how good Walters is. Just not sure what situation she'll see any playing time barring injuries or garbage time in a rout.

Also cool that they had a few players signing autographs after the Saturday game for the kids. All (McKibbon, Doner, Josephs and Nurse) were very nice to my niece asking if she had a fun time at the game and thanking her for coming to watch them play.

Lastly, I was able to cash in free custard at the Todd Drive Culver's. Cashier didn't even question it, just asked which flavors we wanted.
 
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Badger Booster said:
Their goals were nice snipes. Nothing wrong with hard-fought goals off a rebound, but you need players who can beat a goalie top-shelf if that makes any sense.
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I completely agree. I thought that was the biggest difference between Friday and Saturday - they were actually beating the goalie when they got a good rush in on the net, as opposed to just firing it into the goalie's belly. Overall, I thought they actually were crisper on Friday as a team, but the ability to make actually beat the goalie one on one was the big difference.

I actually asked the clerk on Todd Drive if they were still doing the 5 goal, and she flat out said yes. Of course, the great thing about Todd Drive is that they always have a $1 special, and if I would have had to pay a buck for a waffle cone instead of getting a free regular one, I wouldn't have complained.
 
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Finally took the time to tear open my envelope - we're in Section 109 Row B for Fill the Bowl, so that's pretty nice. I have 8 tickets, I think. Friends weren't super-responsive to my offer of buying tickets and driving them up, but that's what I get for trying to make plans for February in October. Ultimately I figured it's a whole $1 a ticket, so I bought a bunch and will hope to have butts in the seats!
 
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tristarscoop said:
I have 8 tickets, I think. Friends weren't super-responsive to my offer of buying tickets and driving them up, but that's what I get for trying to make plans for February in October. Ultimately I figured it's a whole $1 a ticket, so I bought a bunch and will hope to have butts in the seats!
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If everyone employs that strategy that could be counterproductive in terms of "Filling the Bowl". Place would be over half empty.
 
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OnMAA said:
If everyone employs that strategy that could be counterproductive in terms of "Filling the Bowl". Place would be over half empty.
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Which is a bad side-effect of the assigned seat, selling tickets in October thing they went with this year. I'm sorry, but it's difficult enough to get people to women's hockey games and this really just made it harder. People aren't committing to things like women's hockey four months in advance. In a lot of ways, the assigned seat thing is counter-productive to what they try to accomplish with Fill the Bowl. I have always loved the concept and it was a great change to introduce skeptics in a really loud, fun, raucous atmosphere. But there's just no way I can get skeptics on board four months in advance. So I had to buy the tickets and hope I can fill them.

If I don't find takers for my seats, I'll do everything in my power to give the tickets away, be it on here or through other avenues - I don't plan to leave the seats empty. But I can't imagine everyone will be that diligent.
 
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tristarscoop said:
Ultimately I figured it's a whole $1 a ticket, so I bought a bunch and will hope to have butts in the seats!
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I did the same strategy. It's impossible to get folks to commit to an event in February so early, but I'm pretty confident I can fill all 12 of mine.
 
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Timothy A said:
I did the same strategy. It's impossible to get folks to commit to an event in February so early, but I'm pretty confident I can fill all 12 of mine.
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I also went ahead and purchased a fair amount of tickets (14). At $1 each, it's not really a risk and if I can't get that many family or friends to go, I should be able to give them away game night. The one big advantage of reserved seating (and buying them this far in advance) is that I'm guaranteed good seats and our group will be sitting together without having to show up extra early to the game.
 
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After that Lindenwood goal, something clicked and they started going full speed. The cheap shots can have only fueled the fire. It's too bad they didn't run up the score more.
 
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Lindenwood is a very chippy team....the dudes in the stripes who are supposed to call that crap failed to do so. The worst instance was Sat. in the 2nd period, a UW player got tackled by 2 Woodies and punched in the face behind the net and Lund just daydreaming he was back at the strip bar or something. I just about jumped over the glass. Hensley was so beatable up high, I think on Saturday UW kinda figured that out and were shooting higher on her. I think missing Packer kinda messed up the flow a bit Sat. Any updates on Packer's condition or is Johnson gonna go Belichick again on info?

Friday night must have been amateur night in the control room, no heritage montage at the beginning and no Varsity between the 2nd and 3rd period. That was disappointing. So much for taking care of the fan experience......

I had a hunch A-RD would be in goal Saturday. She makes me a bit nervous as she's jumpy around the net, but I like her puck handling skills. Any thoughts/perspective on the goal she allowed? I was on the opposite end on the ice.

The Rigsby goal was off a badly whiffed pass which led to a carbon copy of the St. Cloud goal from the week before.
 
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Any word on Madison Packer's Knee injury? She was in terrible pain and on crutches Saturday.
 
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WiscTJK said:
Any word on Madison Packer's Knee injury? She was in terrible pain and on crutches Saturday.
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Ugggh, not good. Hope it is nothing major and she has a speedy recovery.
 
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Hux said:
Ugggh, not good. Hope it is nothing major and she has a speedy recovery.
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Per Coach Johnson's press conference yesterday:

Question: What's the status of Madison Packer?

Johnson: I don't know yet, Andy. I know when she came into the rink Saturday she actually had a smile on her face because I think it was a lot better than anybody anticipated it being.

So I'll talk to Denny before practice. I know she probably won't skate today or tomorrow. But I think overall it's better than initially looked like as she was laying on the ice in Friday's game. So that's a real positive.


Badgers do have an off week coming up, so I'm not sure if that may factor into her playing or not. Could sit her for two solid weeks and only miss two games or play her knowing that there is a break coming. UW is pretty tight with their injury news so I don't expect to know anything for sure until I show up to LaBahn on Saturday.
 
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Badger Booster said:
Per Coach Johnson's press conference yesterday:

Question: What's the status of Madison Packer?

Johnson: I don't know yet, Andy. I know when she came into the rink Saturday she actually had a smile on her face because I think it was a lot better than anybody anticipated it being.

So I'll talk to Denny before practice. I know she probably won't skate today or tomorrow. But I think overall it's better than initially looked like as she was laying on the ice in Friday's game. So that's a real positive.


Badgers do have an off week coming up, so I'm not sure if that may factor into her playing or not. Could sit her for two solid weeks and only miss two games or play her knowing that there is a break coming. UW is pretty tight with their injury news so I don't expect to know anything for sure until I show up to LaBahn on Saturday.
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Tough kid that has dealt with more than her fair share of injuries, being that she grew up in Michigan I would expect to see her on the ice against Ohio State if she is able to skate at all. Hope it is the case.
 
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Badger Booster said:
Per Coach Johnson's press conference yesterday:

Question: What's the status of Madison Packer?

Johnson: I don't know yet, Andy. I know when she came into the rink Saturday she actually had a smile on her face because I think it was a lot better than anybody anticipated it being.

So I'll talk to Denny before practice. I know she probably won't skate today or tomorrow. But I think overall it's better than initially looked like as she was laying on the ice in Friday's game. So that's a real positive.


Badgers do have an off week coming up, so I'm not sure if that may factor into her playing or not. Could sit her for two solid weeks and only miss two games or play her knowing that there is a break coming. UW is pretty tight with their injury news so I don't expect to know anything for sure until I show up to LaBahn on Saturday.
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Tough kid that has dealt with more than her fair share of injuries, being that she grew up in Michigan I would expect to see her on the ice against Ohio State if she is able to skate at all. Hope it is the case.
 
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