Re: Wisconsin Badgers 2019-2020 Season Thread
In past seasons, Clarkson's 2nd and 3rd lines have been decent defensively, they just haven't been scoring threats. Maybe vicb can fill us in.
If you want my run down on Clarkson here it is. Against the 2 other ECAC teams in the tournament
Cornell - Played them to 1-1 ties.
First game Nov 9 outshot 33 to 22. Cornell controlled much of the play. Coulombe played great as did the defense clearing out pucks. Clarkson was missing Shelton and Cornell missing O'Neil and Bourbonnaise due to team Canada obligations.
Giguere had the primary assist on the CCT goal.
2nd game Jan 31 outshot 34 to 23. Cornell again controlled much of the play. Coulombe played great as did the defense clearing out pucks. Giguere had the primary assist on the CCT goal.
Princeton -
Game 1 Nov 22 at Hobey Baker was a 2-1 Princeton win. Clarkson was badly outplayed, I mean they were lucky they did not lose this game by a 5 or 6 to 1 score. Outshot 47 to 21 and just chasing Princeton all over the ice all night.
Coulombe was once again solid in the nets. Giguere with the secondary assist on the Clarkson goal. Princeton was 0-6 on the PP
Game 2 Feb 15 at CCT was a 2-1 Clarkson win. Totally different game. Shots were 29-28 CCT and the game was a pretty evenly played game. Giguere had both Clarkson goals. Princeton's big line was shut down by the Clarkson defense. Coulombe was solid in the nets.
Game 3 Mar 7 a 5-1 with ENG Princeton win. While the shots were fairly even @ 33-30 Princeton, Princeton controlled much of the play. They did a good job of getting bodies in front and screening Coulombe. Have to say this game was one of her worst games all year.
Giguere with the Clarkson goal in a scramble in front that was actually tapped into the goal by a Princeton stick.
Clarkson only has 10 forwards and out of those 10 has 5 scorers, Giguere (37), David (14), Friesen (10), Pejzlova (8) and McQuigge (8) plus Shelton (9) on the blue line. If they are to get any goals, it is gonna be from these 6. I would be shocked if any other Clarkson player scores a goal and if that player does it will be because Giguere sets them up. I would expect Clarkson to play basically 2 lines: Friesen centering Pejzlova and Turnquist and David centering Giguere and McQuigge. They will spot play Stoddard centering Pidgeon and Helgeson or Sawka.
On defense they only have 5 due to injuries. 3 of those are freshmen Wisnewski, Bernard and Markowski who have played very well in their inaugural season. Shelton will see a lot of ice time.
Coulombe has played just about every game this year and will be in the nets. She is on the small side but has good lateral movement. Does have issues sometimes controlling rebounds.
An issue Clarkson will have is winning faceoffs. They have been terrible. Typical is their last 3 games. Against Colgate and Princeton they were 61-152 in FO wins.
Penalty kill has been good at 89% and in their last 10 games they have only given up 1 PP goal on 30 PK's.
Their PP is at 18% and in their last 10 games they are 5 for 30 on the PP.
What do I expect from this next game. Wisconsin will control play and probably badly outshoot Clarkson. I do expect the score to be close entering the 3rd period with Wisconsin wearing Clarkson down. Probably be a 4 or 5 to 0 or 1 final score with one ENG.
