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Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
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Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
Followed the game on-line and when Bemidji tied it up early in the second, I was thinking here we go again with the Beavers. Nice to see the Badgers respond and keep pouring it on. Seems like Desbiens settled down as the game went along, but I was there to see it first-hand.
As with Turnbull, Katy Josephs is having a much improved year over last. Only one goal short of last years total and already more total points in almost half the games.
Followed the game on-line and when Bemidji tied it up early in the second, I was thinking here we go again with the Beavers. Nice to see the Badgers respond and keep pouring it on. Seems like Desbiens settled down as the game went along, but I was there to see it first-hand.
As with Turnbull, Katy Josephs is having a much improved year over last. Only one goal short of last years total and already more total points in almost half the games.
Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
That game was way different from Friday's game. You could take any five-minute segment from the game and it would look the same as any other five-minute segment. They just steadily controlled the action and put up 5 goals steadily. They steadily controlled the action and sometimes scored. The Beavers had the occasional offensive rush, but never had a big threat. It was steadily homogeneous.
That game was way different from Friday's game. You could take any five-minute segment from the game and it would look the same as any other five-minute segment. They just steadily controlled the action and put up 5 goals steadily. They steadily controlled the action and sometimes scored. The Beavers had the occasional offensive rush, but never had a big threat. It was steadily homogeneous.
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Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
Ok, but did the Badgers look steady today or not?
Nice way to end the first semester. Still within distance of the Gophers and keeping North Dakota at arms length. Hopefully, Rigsby will be a full strength next month, but Desbiens has proved to be a viable alternate when needed.
Ok, but did the Badgers look steady today or not?
Nice way to end the first semester. Still within distance of the Gophers and keeping North Dakota at arms length. Hopefully, Rigsby will be a full strength next month, but Desbiens has proved to be a viable alternate when needed.
Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
Brian Posick was there, and he got his group to stand as time wound down in the 3rd, before we started saying, "stand up, all people."
I was glad to see a pretty good crowd. One guy who was a Badger hockey newbie (though an experienced Badger football fan) joined us in the "student section," so I got to tell him all about UW men's and women's hockey!
Brian Posick was there, and he got his group to stand as time wound down in the 3rd, before we started saying, "stand up, all people."
I was glad to see a pretty good crowd. One guy who was a Badger hockey newbie (though an experienced Badger football fan) joined us in the "student section," so I got to tell him all about UW men's and women's hockey!
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
Random thoughts, not by Jack Handy...
I saw Rigsby at the game Sunday, she sat in the same section as us, just lower down in the 3rd period. She had a knee brace on, no crutches, and was moving around very normally in the stands and walking around. I don't see any reason, based on how she moved around, that she's not be 100% for the next series.
I thought the crowd was kinda flat on the spontaneous side, though it was a very nice turnout considering the weather and the Packers were playing.
WiscDC - I LOVED the OCD taunting of Havel. Really fun/funny stuff. I think at one point when she took a swig of water she looked at you guys. She must touch the posts hundreds of times during a game. Have you guys ever thought about doing "Total Eclipse of the Heart", but changing the words to being all hockey related?
UW had 3-4 stretches where they just dominated the forecheck, other times they didn't seem to connect as one would like them to. BSU had 2 golden chances but were stoned by ARD. Other than they they generated nothing as far as pressure.
I actually think the refereeing wasn't too bad.
Random thoughts, not by Jack Handy...
I saw Rigsby at the game Sunday, she sat in the same section as us, just lower down in the 3rd period. She had a knee brace on, no crutches, and was moving around very normally in the stands and walking around. I don't see any reason, based on how she moved around, that she's not be 100% for the next series.
I thought the crowd was kinda flat on the spontaneous side, though it was a very nice turnout considering the weather and the Packers were playing.
WiscDC - I LOVED the OCD taunting of Havel. Really fun/funny stuff. I think at one point when she took a swig of water she looked at you guys. She must touch the posts hundreds of times during a game. Have you guys ever thought about doing "Total Eclipse of the Heart", but changing the words to being all hockey related?
UW had 3-4 stretches where they just dominated the forecheck, other times they didn't seem to connect as one would like them to. BSU had 2 golden chances but were stoned by ARD. Other than they they generated nothing as far as pressure.
I actually think the refereeing wasn't too bad.
Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
Was disappointed not to make it yesterday, but with the number of accidents in Milwaukee, it didn't seem worth the risk to get on the roads.
I am completely unconcerned about Rigsby at this point. At the risk of sounding smug (and I totally don't mean it to be) - it was Bemidji. ARD was going to play one game anyway. There was absolutely no reason to put Rigs out there. This way she gets 4-5 weeks of healing - they don't get back on the ice til after Christmas. It was the safe play from every angle.
I didn't look a lot at other games, but I'd have to imagine Madison is in the running for another POW.
I was really impressed with her quote following Sunday's game in which she said she could likely have had a hatty Sunday, as well, but saw Harding, knew she had an open shot and so Packer dished it. It was the kind of captain-y, leadership quote you want to hear from a senior. She also mentioned Harding playing hard and deserving the goal.
The team may not have a superstar, but they have a lot of chemistry and a lot of quiet leadership and that's the kind of thing that will take them a lot further. They impress me a little more every time one of them opens their mouth. I said on Twitter that a Wisconsin team will never be under the radar, but I think folks are underestimating/looking past them this year because they aren't (and haven't been) the big, bold team of years past. I think in this case, that's a mark in their favor.
Was disappointed not to make it yesterday, but with the number of accidents in Milwaukee, it didn't seem worth the risk to get on the roads.
I am completely unconcerned about Rigsby at this point. At the risk of sounding smug (and I totally don't mean it to be) - it was Bemidji. ARD was going to play one game anyway. There was absolutely no reason to put Rigs out there. This way she gets 4-5 weeks of healing - they don't get back on the ice til after Christmas. It was the safe play from every angle.
I didn't look a lot at other games, but I'd have to imagine Madison is in the running for another POW.
I was really impressed with her quote following Sunday's game in which she said she could likely have had a hatty Sunday, as well, but saw Harding, knew she had an open shot and so Packer dished it. It was the kind of captain-y, leadership quote you want to hear from a senior. She also mentioned Harding playing hard and deserving the goal.
The team may not have a superstar, but they have a lot of chemistry and a lot of quiet leadership and that's the kind of thing that will take them a lot further. They impress me a little more every time one of them opens their mouth. I said on Twitter that a Wisconsin team will never be under the radar, but I think folks are underestimating/looking past them this year because they aren't (and haven't been) the big, bold team of years past. I think in this case, that's a mark in their favor.
Blackbeard
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Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
For her sake I hope you are right.
However, someone can have a partial or even a complete tear of the ACL or MCL and you would never know it by how they walk...and in which case she wouldn't be playing in the next series or for the rest of the season depending upon the procedure she elected if it was a complete tear.
For her sake I hope you are right.
However, someone can have a partial or even a complete tear of the ACL or MCL and you would never know it by how they walk...and in which case she wouldn't be playing in the next series or for the rest of the season depending upon the procedure she elected if it was a complete tear.
HankScorpio
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Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
I've seen a lot of athletes with ACL tears before, she would not be in a knee brace if that happened, she would be done for the season. Also, ACL tears are pretty rare for goalies, if it would have happened it would have been a bigger seen on the ice when it tore. An MCL tear would be more likely to cause just an outing with a knee brace, but those tears don't really get better without surgery and playing on it in the future would just risk making it worse.
Also, Rigsby has had knee problems before so this isn't that surprising. My guess is that its just an aggravation of some sort and the knee brace was for safety purposes that she wouldn't injure it during normal daily activities. I'd expect to see her play limited minutes in Wisconsin's series at St. Cloud in January and with her ready to go for North Dakota.
I've seen a lot of athletes with ACL tears before, she would not be in a knee brace if that happened, she would be done for the season. Also, ACL tears are pretty rare for goalies, if it would have happened it would have been a bigger seen on the ice when it tore. An MCL tear would be more likely to cause just an outing with a knee brace, but those tears don't really get better without surgery and playing on it in the future would just risk making it worse.
Also, Rigsby has had knee problems before so this isn't that surprising. My guess is that its just an aggravation of some sort and the knee brace was for safety purposes that she wouldn't injure it during normal daily activities. I'd expect to see her play limited minutes in Wisconsin's series at St. Cloud in January and with her ready to go for North Dakota.
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
The coach said she'd be ready to go, and with what I saw, I didn't see anything that would mean otherwise.
Roads....everyone in Mad City drove very sanely after the game, I was impressed. 151 could have been better plowed from Madison to north of Sun Prairie.
The coach said she'd be ready to go, and with what I saw, I didn't see anything that would mean otherwise.
Roads....everyone in Mad City drove very sanely after the game, I was impressed. 151 could have been better plowed from Madison to north of Sun Prairie.
Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
I feel like the crowd felt a little more mellow because of the lack of a rivalry and good officiating without controversy. The times pure hatred has been expressed from the LaBahn Arena seating bowl, it's usually because of blatantly awful decisions by the officials. It was the end of the weekend, too, so my yelling muscles had less stamina.
I feel like the crowd felt a little more mellow because of the lack of a rivalry and good officiating without controversy. The times pure hatred has been expressed from the LaBahn Arena seating bowl, it's usually because of blatantly awful decisions by the officials. It was the end of the weekend, too, so my yelling muscles had less stamina.
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Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/121113aaa.html
Back-to-back Offensive Player of the Week awards. Nice....
http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/121113aaa.html
Back-to-back Offensive Player of the Week awards. Nice....
granddaddyscout
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Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
Nice for Packer, I noticed MJ changed up the lines a bit last weekend. If that helps MP generate this sort of offense things look promising for the Badgers, espeacially with the defense and goaltending they are getting these days.
Nice for Packer, I noticed MJ changed up the lines a bit last weekend. If that helps MP generate this sort of offense things look promising for the Badgers, espeacially with the defense and goaltending they are getting these days.
Hux
Alfond to Ridder & rinks in between
More often than not a brace is used when there has been hyperextension.
Nowheresville
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Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
I've never seen a hard and fast rule for what the ncaa considers the minimum, but from a practical sense, I think it would have to be Kohl. LaBahns max capacity is below what a typical FF draws, although there have been some years where it has been under 2k.
I've never seen a hard and fast rule for what the ncaa considers the minimum, but from a practical sense, I think it would have to be Kohl. LaBahns max capacity is below what a typical FF draws, although there have been some years where it has been under 2k.
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Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
I would actually suggest the Coliseum. Seems like there is always scheduling conflicts that time of year anyway at Kohl and it really is too big. If truly bigger crowds were anticipated, Minnesota would offer up Mariucci (like it was in '06) instead of Ridder. It's extremely frustrating that LaBahn seems to be ruled out of both NCAAs and WCHAs because of size. I know the men's program was desperate for a practice facility (and probably didn't care at all about capacity) and wanted to move fast, but I'd like to know how much more time/money would have been needed to get LaBahn tournament-capable.
Going back to the Coliseum, it should be seeing some additional upgrades now that it will be the home again to an USHL team. Capacity is around 8,500, parking is abundant and isn't that far from campus. While not ideal, it still beats the hell out of being completely shut-out of hosting major tournaments.
I would actually suggest the Coliseum. Seems like there is always scheduling conflicts that time of year anyway at Kohl and it really is too big. If truly bigger crowds were anticipated, Minnesota would offer up Mariucci (like it was in '06) instead of Ridder. It's extremely frustrating that LaBahn seems to be ruled out of both NCAAs and WCHAs because of size. I know the men's program was desperate for a practice facility (and probably didn't care at all about capacity) and wanted to move fast, but I'd like to know how much more time/money would have been needed to get LaBahn tournament-capable.
Going back to the Coliseum, it should be seeing some additional upgrades now that it will be the home again to an USHL team. Capacity is around 8,500, parking is abundant and isn't that far from campus. While not ideal, it still beats the hell out of being completely shut-out of hosting major tournaments.
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
Thanks, that is what I was wondering. There's no way a UW/UM final would fit attendance wise, the KC could get filled to capacity for that one.
The Coliseum is more intimate, but the KC has a lot more to do within walking distance.
As we've discussed when LB opened, it's sad it got shrunk cheaped out so badly due to cheapass BA.
Thanks, that is what I was wondering. There's no way a UW/UM final would fit attendance wise, the KC could get filled to capacity for that one.
The Coliseum is more intimate, but the KC has a lot more to do within walking distance.
As we've discussed when LB opened, it's sad it got shrunk cheaped out so badly due to cheapass BA.
Blackbeard
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Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
Anyone here know for sure where Hilary Knight is from? I originally thought she was from Idaho, then read a few years ago that she was from Massachusetts, then a week or two ago I read that she was from somewhere in California...talk about no fixed address. Maybe her family moved around a lot?
Anyone here know for sure where Hilary Knight is from? I originally thought she was from Idaho, then read a few years ago that she was from Massachusetts, then a week or two ago I read that she was from somewhere in California...talk about no fixed address. Maybe her family moved around a lot?
Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2013-2014 Season
I'm pretty sure she's from somewhere in New England. If you saw Idaho by her name on the official UW roster, then perhaps her family moved there while she was in college (or right before). Something similar happened with Brendan Woods. He isn't actually from Fairfax, VA or Yorba Linda, CA (his listings for his freshman and sophomore years, respectively), but his father, Bob Woods, was an assistant coach with the Capitals, then the Ducks, so that's where the family was.
I'm pretty sure she's from somewhere in New England. If you saw Idaho by her name on the official UW roster, then perhaps her family moved there while she was in college (or right before). Something similar happened with Brendan Woods. He isn't actually from Fairfax, VA or Yorba Linda, CA (his listings for his freshman and sophomore years, respectively), but his father, Bob Woods, was an assistant coach with the Capitals, then the Ducks, so that's where the family was.