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Wisconsin Badgers 2019-2020 Season Thread

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robertearle said:
And now there's a post of a half-dozen photos from today's practice in Mankato. And one of the photos is of two Badger goalies warming up, etc. And while the practice jerseys don't have numbers, one of them is wearing Kronish's helmet, and the other is wearing one of Campbell's helmets....

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Excellent sleuth work Mr. Earle.

It's a great day for hockey and LETS GO RED!!!!!!

I will say I was rather shocked to see the band at the St. Cloud games. It doesn't make up for ignoring the entire first half and the banner raising specifically.
 
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The Gophers are off next week, so I've decided to drive down and see if OSU can play as hard against Wisconsin as they do against us.
 
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Still Eeyore said:
The Gophers are off next week, so I've decided to drive down and see if OSU can play as hard against Wisconsin as they do against us.
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I'll loan you a UW jersey to wear so you don't look so conspicuous.

Great to see the balanced scoring today. MJ is a genius. He has found the combos that make UW a very deep dangerous team and not one dimensional. It has opened the door to a high potential finish for the year.

I get to watch the game tomorrow! YES!
 
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I'm perfectly comfortable being far more stylishly dressed than the rest of the crowd.
 
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Still Eeyore said:
I'm perfectly comfortable being far more stylishly dressed than the rest of the crowd.
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If ya ain't stylin the cardinal and white and a motion W or 3, you aint got no style. Do ya want a home or away jersey? You may find the mostly white home jersey far more palatable I do believe.
 
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Still Eeyore said:
I'm perfectly comfortable being far more stylishly dressed than the rest of the crowd.
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At least it will be the right conference, etc.

I went to a Wisconsin - Ohio State football game a couple years ago, and as I'm settling into my seat, I looked over at the guy next to me. With a smile, the very first thing I said to him was "You know how you go to a UW-Ohio State game and there's always that one guy who shows up in an Arizona t-shirt? What is his story?" Fortunately for me, he laughed and said "Yeah, that's me. I'm that guy."
 
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I was told Campbell is still day to day.

My read on it is that there's no reason to play her this weekend, so she's getting extra time to heal. I think if it were a different opponent, she might be in there, but no reason to push her.

AFAIK, it's not a foot issue. But that doesn't mean anything, either.
 
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NMH said:
I was told Campbell is still day to day.

My read on it is that there's no reason to play her this weekend, so she's getting extra time to heal. I think if it were a different opponent, she might be in there, but no reason to push her.

AFAIK, it's not a foot issue. But that doesn't mean anything, either.
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She looked fine joking and moving around during warmups last weekend, no obvious signs of any issue. By all means if she needs extra time to get 100% healthy, it needs to happen.
 
Timothy A said:
She looked fine joking and moving around during warmups last weekend, no obvious signs of any issue. By all means if she needs extra time to get 100% healthy, it needs to happen.
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Upset of the year with that recent loss. That was a surprise at least to me.
 
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Tim, were you able to see the game? If so, what's your take?
I was able to watch a little, but those 2 people announcing the game were absolutely worse than any high school amateur radio broadcasts I've ever heard. Whoever produced that should be utterly embarrassed.
 
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MadCityRich said:
Tim, were you able to see the game? If so, what's your take?
I was able to watch a little, but those 2 people announcing the game were absolutely worse than any high school amateur radio broadcasts I've ever heard. Whoever produced that should be utterly embarrassed.
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Mankato scored 3 goals on only 11 shots. I didn't see the game, but either the Mavericks have a bunch of steely-eyed snipers who don't pull the trigger until they see the corner of the net, or UW just saw the future beyond Campbell.
 
Leather helmet said:
Mankato scored 3 goals on only 11 shots. I didn't see the game, but either the Mavericks have a bunch of steely-eyed snipers who don't pull the trigger until they see the corner of the net, or UW just saw the future beyond Campbell.
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A few of us happened to be watching the first part of the game on TV. we noted two things: The first two goals were very soft and we were surprised Mankato was given so much time and space on the ice when they had the puck. Didn’t see much after the first two goals so don’t know if that changed later in the game.
 
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Offsides Guy said:
A few of us happened to be watching the first part of the game on TV. we noted two things: The first two goals were very soft and we were surprised Mankato was given so much time and space on the ice when they had the puck. Didn’t see much after the first two goals so don’t know if that changed later in the game.
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Yeah, not good goaltending by the BADgers for sure but the 3rd goal was a beautiful pass from the wing and a great shot that went into the back of the net. Pretty bad breakdown by WisconSIN that allowed space entering the zone and no coverage of the player in the slot. Not Blesi's fault on that one.
 
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Leather helmet said:
Mankato scored 3 goals on only 11 shots. I didn't see the game, but either the Mavericks have a bunch of steely-eyed snipers who don't pull the trigger until they see the corner of the net, or UW just saw the future beyond Campbell.
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Mankato's first shot was taken from above the faceoff circle and beat Blesi clean. A good shot, but one you would expect the goalie to stop. Their second shot was into Blesi's body, and she had just about controlled the puck until it just got away from her, and then was punched in during the scrum in front of her. Three shots, two goals.

The third goal was a two-on-one breakaway when somebody - Roque, maybe - got her skates crossed and fell. Steffen tried to play the pass by laying out, but it got through to the second Mankato player. It would have been a tough save for Blesi; one you hope your goalie can save, but you wouldn't 'expect' it.

Offensively, the Badgers had a ton of really good chances, especially early on, but just couldn't get one to go in. Calla Frank had a lot to do with that, but they must have used up all their 'puck luck' last weekend against St Cloud.

One of those days.
 
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MadCityRich said:
Tim, were you able to see the game? If so, what's your take?
I was able to watch a little, but those 2 people announcing the game were absolutely worse than any high school amateur radio broadcasts I've ever heard. Whoever produced that should be utterly embarrassed.
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Robert is spot on with his analysis. The first and 3rd are saves you need to make from the distance they were shot and number 2 Blesi thought it was in her pads but it plopped down next to her and UW didn't tie up sticks, bodies or clear it. I'd go 50 50 on that one for responsibility. Blesi's reaction to that goal was to me not how you want your goalie to act. This kind of game certainly makes me wonder if Blesi is ready to carry the load next year. She was solid until this game. I can't recall a softer 3 goals allowed by a UW goalie in a game than these 3.

I saws the first 2 periods, so comments on those 2 periods....Watts missed a wide open net in the first 2 minutes of the second on the backdoor. If she pots that one and gets it to 2-1 and at that point Kato has the doubts creep in. UW's 2nd period was not good again from a SOG standpoint. Down 3-0 in the 2nd you need to next to a next gear. Teams coming back from being down 3 in the 3rd are very rare. Reffing was awful, both teams got screwed, but the most egregious was Roque getting pull down in front of the Kato net while spinning to shoot. Gotta call that. Kato played pretty well, they didn't get a ton of shots, but they were able to breakout decently and they had very active sticks in passing lanes in the D zone. They are making progress, a stick tap to them.

Now a possibly deflated and/or pizzed OSU plays a possibly deflated and/or pizzed UW. Game 1 is Sr night, game 2 is fill the Kohl, very distracty games with a lot on the line. OSU fighting to stay in the hunt for the ncaa and UW fighting for a top 4 in the ncaa's and the wcha regular season crown. My supreme confidence has been shaken, but Soup will be back. UW can't play loose in transition D like yesterday or Friday against the rodents or OSU will make them pay.
 
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