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Wisconsin Badgers 2017-2018

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Leather helmet said:
When I graduated from high school in the 1970s, any Minnesota student with a diploma could get into the General College, no matter their grades. The idea was that you take a kid who showed no motivation in HS, send them to the big city where the drinking age was 18 (or later, 19), throw them into the grinder and expect that they would suddenly blossom academically. Well, some did. If I'm not mistaken, that number was somewhere around 20 (22, if you include the 60s). Meanwhile, we were wasting tax dollars on these students who had no business going to college.

So, when they shut down the GC and raised the entrance requirements, they truly did attract a higher caliber of students. While they are not on the level of the Ivies academically, UM does not have to apologize for its educational opportunities. If you happen to be a player that can attract the interest of the Gophers' hockey program, you can get both an excellent education and a great college athletic experience. I would guess that you would be hard-pressed to find a recent GWH graduate who regrets her decision to go to UM (transfers to Bemidji notwithstanding).
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true about general college, that was a good move getting rid of it, but I was referring to the student who came to the U, maybe got an internship and was offered a job and decided to go part time to school, or maybe got a job because they needed to work to pay bills. These students comprised a greater number of graduates than the traditional HS to full time student, which destroyed the U of MN in college rankings, thus they had to get rid of them.
It is also true that Junior/Community college transfers had a higher success rate than the traditional students, many of these were also part time students and were older and thus more mature with more self disciple.

Sure, if your goal is to become a Supreme Court Judge or President, you better go to Harvard or Yale. But any other profession, especially if your goal is stay in the MN or WI, WI-Madison & MN-TC are as good as any school, in fact better than most.
 
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pokechecker said:
true about general college, that was a good move getting rid of it, but I was referring to the student who came to the U, maybe got an internship and was offered a job and decided to go part time to school, or maybe got a job because they needed to work to pay bills. These students comprised a greater number of graduates than the traditional HS to full time student, which destroyed the U of MN in college rankings, thus they had to get rid of them.
It is also true that Junior/Community college transfers had a higher success rate than the traditional students, many of these were also part time students and were older and thus more mature with more self disciple.

Sure, if your goal is to become a Supreme Court Judge or President, you better go to Harvard or Yale. But any other profession, especially if your goal is stay in the MN or WI, WI-Madison & MN-TC are as good as any school, in fact better than most.
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Whew! Thank god I saw this! My son has been talking about trying to get into the Harvard Business school and my daughter wanted to get an IT degree from Princeton. Who knew they could just go down to dinky town and be better off?
 
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upfromtheminors said:
Whew! Thank god I saw this! My son has been talking about trying to get into the Harvard Business school and my daughter wanted to get an IT degree from Princeton. Who knew they could just go down to dinky town and be better off?
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You should really look at Clarkson. :)
 
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upfromtheminors said:
Whew! Thank god I saw this! My son has been talking about trying to get into the Harvard Business school and my daughter wanted to get an IT degree from Princeton. Who knew they could just go down to dinky town and be better off?
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given intelligence is half hereditary, I suggest a community college for them

I'm not seeing any fill the bowl on Wisco's schedule, apparently they are going to sit on their record leaving them open to somebody having more people attend rather than the record for tickets sold
 
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pokechecker said:
given intelligence is half hereditary, I suggest a community college for them

I'm not seeing any fill the bowl on Wisco's schedule, apparently they are going to sit on their record leaving them open to somebody having more people attend rather than the record for tickets sold
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Fill the bowl is every other year. :) Minnesota should have one at Marriucci after a football game and everyone could just walk over after. Oh wait, does the football team even get 15,000 at there games?
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Less than two months away before the first games of the season Badger fans! It should be a fun season with hopefully a lot of success. Any thoughts out there as to what possible line makeups might be, d-pairings, or goaltending? How about who the captains might be?? Let's get the ball rolling on some actual hockey talk as opposed to all this other meaningless banter!!
 
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Still no roster on the team site? Same goes for Bemidji, OSU and Mankato. Are there last minute roster changes being made?
 
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Puckdrop14 said:
Still no roster on the team site? Same goes for Bemidji, OSU and Mankato. Are there last minute roster changes being made?
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From what I can find online this appears to be the UW roster for 2017-2018 season. With Pankowski and Clark on their respective National teams and Shirley apparently not in the mix this season, it looks like 12 forwards, 7 defenseman, and 4 goalies.. I put together some possible lines/d-pairings as well! It seems that there will be quite a battle for the net with 4 goalies in the mix. I am no expert of course and the coaches know way more than any of us! I would love to see what others think too!

Kepler (LW) ..... Cogan (C)..... Norby (RW)
Wellhausen (LW)..... Roque (C)..... Shaver (RW)
Mauermann (LW)..... Pettet (C) ..... Schneider (RW)
Hanzlik (LW) ...... Drake (C) ....... Posick (RW)

Gardner (LD) .... Rolfes (RD)
Williams (LD .... Steffen (RD)
Bowlby (LD) ..... Buchbinder (RD)
Rowe (RD)

Campbell (G)
Blesi (G)
Cece (G)
Baldwin (G)
 
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rangersrule said:
From what I can find online this appears to be the UW roster for 2017-2018 season. With Pankowski and Clark on their respective National teams and Shirley apparently not in the mix this season, it looks like 12 forwards, 7 defenseman, and 4 goalies.. I put together some possible lines/d-pairings as well! It seems that there will be quite a battle for the net with 4 goalies in the mix. I am no expert of course and the coaches know way more than any of us! I would love to see what others think too!

Kepler (LW) ..... Cogan (C)..... Norby (RW)
Wellhausen (LW)..... Roque (C)..... Shaver (RW)
Mauermann (LW)..... Pettet (C) ..... Schneider (RW)
Hanzlik (LW) ...... Drake (C) ....... Posick (RW)

Gardner (LD) .... Rolfes (RD)
Williams (LD .... Steffen (RD)
Bowlby (LD) ..... Buchbinder (RD)
Rowe (RD)

Campbell (G)
Blesi (G)
Cece (G)
Baldwin (G)
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4 goalies? Any chance the incoming freshman will redshirt?
 
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Sieve1 said:
4 goalies? Any chance the incoming freshman will redshirt?
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After seeing the Gophers line up and now this I believe the WCHA is wide open for the first time in many years. With top players out and unproven goal tending we will see how good these coaches are without so many horses.
 
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brokentwig said:
After seeing the Gophers line up and now this I believe the WCHA is wide open for the first time in many years. With top players out and unproven goal tending we will see how good these coaches are without so many horses.
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WCHA is wide open? Are you suggesting Bemidji, St Cloud, Mankato or UMD can win the WCHA this year? I agree Minnesota and Wisconsin will drop a few more games, but I don't see a conference winner outside the Badgers and the rodents.
 
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upfromtheminors said:
WCHA is wide open? Are you suggesting Bemidji, St Cloud, Mankato or UMD can win the WCHA this year? I agree Minnesota and Wisconsin will drop a few more games, but I don't see a conference winner outside the Badgers and the rodents.
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I agree, but Minnesota is going to have to find some people to put the puck in the net! If Kassidy Sauve plays like she did last year, which is a big "if", I think Ohio State may surprise some people.
 
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KTDC said:
I agree, but Minnesota is going to have to find some people to put the puck in the net! If Kassidy Sauve plays like she did last, which is a big "if", I think Ohio State may surprise some people.
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Bemidji should be capable of more scoring, and St Cloud should be improved over last year , these teams may not fight for the title but they'll probably take a game or two from MN/WI
 
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I agree, the entire league may not be "wide open" but I do think this is the beginning of a shift to increased parody within the conference. When you look at the future rosters of all the teams, there seems to be an increased level of talent at a couple of the non traditional competitors. I think this bodes well for the WCHA and women's hockey in general. Do not be surprised to see the top 2 lose a few more conference games than they are accustomed to. Granted it is an "Olympic year", I still see changes coming for the long haul. Should make for a more fun conference.
 
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Sieve1 said:
4 goalies? Any chance the incoming freshman will redshirt?
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I don't know on that, but it makes sense for Blesi to redshirt from a playing time viewpoint. Cece was the heir apparent to the UW goaltending dynasty (she played well when ARD was injured), I understood Blesi coming in late as the main back-up (not convinced Baldwin is starting D1 material, she is very quick but tiny), then Campbell comes in with D1 experience, which to me throws the whole Cece thing wide open. They have Kronish coming in next year as well, so that makes 5. If Blesi redshirts and Kronish arrives on time, that would give those 2 the keys to the car their Jr and Sr years. It's a very interesting situation. I sure would love to see someone pick MJ's brain on this one and get some insight.
 
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