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Wisconsin Badgers 2014-2015
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Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2014-2015
An amazing save by Rolfes to maintain the 1-0 lead.
An amazing save by Rolfes to maintain the 1-0 lead.
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Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2014-2015
Have to protect the net better than that. Gophers getting their mojo back.
Have to protect the net better than that. Gophers getting their mojo back.
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This is the worst. I'd rather watch the men's basketball team make dubious history by being the first 1-seed in the >64-team format to lose to a 16-seed than watch Wisconsin lose this game. There are many, many, many reasons for this, and I don't feel like detailing all of it, but the Badgers are losing to my least favorite sports team in the universe, and I'll leave it at that.
This is the worst. I'd rather watch the men's basketball team make dubious history by being the first 1-seed in the >64-team format to lose to a 16-seed than watch Wisconsin lose this game. There are many, many, many reasons for this, and I don't feel like detailing all of it, but the Badgers are losing to my least favorite sports team in the universe, and I'll leave it at that.
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Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2014-2015
Badger down 3-1 after 2. I have never seen a team that can turn it on offensively against Wisconsin like the Gophers can. One minute we are winning and close to going up by a couple goals, and then Minnesota flips a switch and they are down 2.
The near miss by Turnbull is a microcosm of the Badgers' struggle against Minnesota. So close, just can't cash it in.
Badger down 3-1 after 2. I have never seen a team that can turn it on offensively against Wisconsin like the Gophers can. One minute we are winning and close to going up by a couple goals, and then Minnesota flips a switch and they are down 2.
The near miss by Turnbull is a microcosm of the Badgers' struggle against Minnesota. So close, just can't cash it in.
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Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2014-2015
To me, it's the difference in the game. Minnesota seems physically stronger and just a little quicker in front of the net. Badgers need a quick goal to get some momentum back.
To me, it's the difference in the game. Minnesota seems physically stronger and just a little quicker in front of the net. Badgers need a quick goal to get some momentum back.
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Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2014-2015
Wisconsin gave up as many goals in the last period as they have in the last three games. Ughhhh...
Wisconsin gave up as many goals in the last period as they have in the last three games. Ughhhh...
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I was so excited about today. Before this game started (and during the first part of it), there were multiple college basketball games and multiple college hockey games on TV. Then this game started, and it's the biggest game of the day for me. Later, there will be Wisconsin Basketball. But holy macaroni, this game really, really, really, really dampened my mood. Why do I even watch sports? I'm glad I have the hockey game muted. It would be a lot worse if I had to listen.
I was so excited about today. Before this game started (and during the first part of it), there were multiple college basketball games and multiple college hockey games on TV. Then this game started, and it's the biggest game of the day for me. Later, there will be Wisconsin Basketball. But holy macaroni, this game really, really, really, really dampened my mood. Why do I even watch sports? I'm glad I have the hockey game muted. It would be a lot worse if I had to listen.
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I hear you brother. This loss puts a damper on the whole sports weekend regardless of what the basketball team does and I'm a big fan of the basketball team.
This losing streak against the Gophers is just surreal. Yes, they are very good, but the talent level isn't that different to justify 0-16-2 or whatever the h-ll it is. I thought the Badgers played fairly well, but just a disasterous 10 minutes or so cost them the game and season.
Time to take the dog out, clear my mind and get ready for basketball.
I hear you brother. This loss puts a damper on the whole sports weekend regardless of what the basketball team does and I'm a big fan of the basketball team.
This losing streak against the Gophers is just surreal. Yes, they are very good, but the talent level isn't that different to justify 0-16-2 or whatever the h-ll it is. I thought the Badgers played fairly well, but just a disasterous 10 minutes or so cost them the game and season.
Time to take the dog out, clear my mind and get ready for basketball.
FiveHoleFrenzy
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Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2014-2015
Minnesota is on an amazing run...16-0-2 against the Badgers is just mind boggling. I really thought all week that with the way Wisconsin played at the end of the year that they would be able to break the winless streak against Minnesota. And when Pankowski scored first tonight I thought the Gophers might be in trouble but as was said the Gopher just seem to have that extra bit of confidence to find a way to change the momentum. As discouraged as you are right now you can see what the future holds with Wisconsin's freshmen class lead by Pankowski.
Minnesota is on an amazing run...16-0-2 against the Badgers is just mind boggling. I really thought all week that with the way Wisconsin played at the end of the year that they would be able to break the winless streak against Minnesota. And when Pankowski scored first tonight I thought the Gophers might be in trouble but as was said the Gopher just seem to have that extra bit of confidence to find a way to change the momentum. As discouraged as you are right now you can see what the future holds with Wisconsin's freshmen class lead by Pankowski.
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It doesn't make sense at all.
I'm also a fan of the basketball team too (4-year season-ticket holder who actually uses his tickets), but I don't think I'd feel as bad if women's hockey had won and men's basketball were to lose tonight (ha!) versus the other way around. That says less about the men's basketball team than it does about gophers-Badgers women's hockey. As I've grown older from middle/high school, I haven't let the negative sides of sports fandom affect me that much, but minnesota women's hockey somehow draws out genuine hatred in me that I normally don't have. I really, really hope that a) the Boston representative on Sunday wins, and b) this new crop of exceptional young talent can turn into something like the Decker/Knight/Duggan/Etc combo.
I'd also like to apologize for maybe being this program's jinx (2011-12 was my first year)...maybe I'll spend next year's games facing the other way.
It doesn't make sense at all.
I'm also a fan of the basketball team too (4-year season-ticket holder who actually uses his tickets), but I don't think I'd feel as bad if women's hockey had won and men's basketball were to lose tonight (ha!) versus the other way around. That says less about the men's basketball team than it does about gophers-Badgers women's hockey. As I've grown older from middle/high school, I haven't let the negative sides of sports fandom affect me that much, but minnesota women's hockey somehow draws out genuine hatred in me that I normally don't have. I really, really hope that a) the Boston representative on Sunday wins, and b) this new crop of exceptional young talent can turn into something like the Decker/Knight/Duggan/Etc combo.
I'd also like to apologize for maybe being this program's jinx (2011-12 was my first year)...maybe I'll spend next year's games facing the other way.
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I felt the same way when the gophers came to Madison (particularly going into the second game of that weekend - not getting at least a tie just didn't seem like a possibility in my mind), as well as going into today's game.
I am all aboard the Pankowski hype train.
I felt the same way when the gophers came to Madison (particularly going into the second game of that weekend - not getting at least a tie just didn't seem like a possibility in my mind), as well as going into today's game.
I am all aboard the Pankowski hype train.
Blackbeard
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A lot more than this was UW's failure to capitalize on it's huge number of great opportunities in the first half of the game.
It could have easily been 4 or 5 or 6 - 0. If that would have happened I don't think UM's extra bit of confidence/ability to change momentum would be a topic anyone would be thinking of discussing.
Marksmanship and missing the memo about crashing the net and creating traffic in front...that was their problem in my opinion, more than anything else.
Their countless unsupported long distance shots looked like bantam level or worse...frustration and maybe desperation. Too bad the second half of the game wasn't more competitive.
A lot more than this was UW's failure to capitalize on it's huge number of great opportunities in the first half of the game.
It could have easily been 4 or 5 or 6 - 0. If that would have happened I don't think UM's extra bit of confidence/ability to change momentum would be a topic anyone would be thinking of discussing.
Marksmanship and missing the memo about crashing the net and creating traffic in front...that was their problem in my opinion, more than anything else.
Their countless unsupported long distance shots looked like bantam level or worse...frustration and maybe desperation. Too bad the second half of the game wasn't more competitive.
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FiveHoleFrenzy
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Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2014-2015
Right out of the BC excuse playbook. Hell, it must have been the fact that Wisco took Minnesota lightly after they scored first and didn't go up by "4 or 5 or 6."
Right out of the BC excuse playbook. Hell, it must have been the fact that Wisco took Minnesota lightly after they scored first and didn't go up by "4 or 5 or 6."
Blackbeard
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It wasn't being critical of UM it was being critical of UW's failure to accomplish what they had many opportunities to do in the first half of the game.
It wasn't being critical of UM it was being critical of UW's failure to accomplish what they had many opportunities to do in the first half of the game.
ZedLeppelin
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Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2014-2015
No, the difference in the game was Amanda Leveille, who made some unreal saves to keep the Gophers in it for the first 30 minutes, vs. Desbiens, who left too many pucks uncovered in close to the net. If you ignore the goalies (which you shouldn't, since they get scholarships, too) Wisconsin badly outplayed Minnesota today. It wasn't even so much that the Gophers played badly, though they certainly weren't at their sharpest, but the rest of the Badger lineup was phenomenal. They just couldn't get the puck past #29.
No, the difference in the game was Amanda Leveille, who made some unreal saves to keep the Gophers in it for the first 30 minutes, vs. Desbiens, who left too many pucks uncovered in close to the net. If you ignore the goalies (which you shouldn't, since they get scholarships, too) Wisconsin badly outplayed Minnesota today. It wasn't even so much that the Gophers played badly, though they certainly weren't at their sharpest, but the rest of the Badger lineup was phenomenal. They just couldn't get the puck past #29.
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UW didn't have bodies in front for rebounds and UM did. The rebounds were not huge rebounds, they were in very tight but a quality player can cash those in. I think that was the difference. UW's weak link all season was rebound control and clearouts, and cashing in on rebounds. You don't beat ARD on the first shot (or any top end goalie in the women's game).
I didn't like the diamond pk UW ran, it gave UM a numerical advantage down low and it bit them. UM's pk was awesome.
It sucks. Even if UW had won, Harvard denied them of the BC matchup I so badly wanted to see.
UW didn't have bodies in front for rebounds and UM did. The rebounds were not huge rebounds, they were in very tight but a quality player can cash those in. I think that was the difference. UW's weak link all season was rebound control and clearouts, and cashing in on rebounds. You don't beat ARD on the first shot (or any top end goalie in the women's game).
I didn't like the diamond pk UW ran, it gave UM a numerical advantage down low and it bit them. UM's pk was awesome.
It sucks. Even if UW had won, Harvard denied them of the BC matchup I so badly wanted to see.
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I'm pretty sure that game against BU sold out on walk-up sales. I was listening to the latest Wisconsin Hockey Hour, and Posick mentioned a sellout crowd. I can't believe I didn't think of it earlier, but taking into account the bands, that was probably a sellout.
I'm pretty sure that game against BU sold out on walk-up sales. I was listening to the latest Wisconsin Hockey Hour, and Posick mentioned a sellout crowd. I can't believe I didn't think of it earlier, but taking into account the bands, that was probably a sellout.
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