Re: Wisconsin Hockey 2019-2020: Time to Get Offensive
Here we go boys!
It's been a long wait, but the greatest time of year has finally arrived. Hockey Season!
For much of the year last year the boys looked like a top 10 team on Saturdays and a bottom 10 team on Fridays. I know the staff tried pulling several different levers to get some consistency going but whatever they tried, they just couldn't figure it out. This year has to be different. It's a given that some nights, things just don't go your way - pucks hit pipes, shots get blocked and hop onto a stick going the other way, etc. There's a lot of talent on the ice (and there will even be talent in the stands watching every week) but to steal a bit from another Badger coach, they have got to be great at all the things that don't take talent, because that's where playing at a consistently high level comes from. If they can find that consistency and then start to play like a team that expects to win every night, the sky is the limit for these young Badgers. Going to be fun to watch.
My take on BW's line-up is that I thought the D pairs would be Inamoto- Kalynuk, Miller- Emberson, Vorlickey - Ess?
I thought it interesting that they put Miller in front of the net on the PP in Canada. He looked comfortable there, and it was a clever idea to get him out on the ice with your other big guns. I wonder if that plan will hold together long term, as obviously there's a bunch of guys that could slot into that spot.
Going to be a tough one tonight. Spencer Knight is a heck of a good goalie.
