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Wisconsin Hockey 23-24: Hastily Making Wisconsin Hockey Great Again

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There's 3 loyal Tosu posters on the women's thread. They are a lot of fun to chat with.

Speaking of which Timothy, you want to hear something really funny? I was just yanking you about Mr.Muzzinator sitting by you the weekend you played us, I found out after the fact he REALLY WAS sitting within arms reach of your usual seats!
 
Let me just say that there were so many years that I said "who's going to do the scoring next year?" yet Coach Hastings always found a way to keep winning, to have guys you didn't expect step up. I'll be surprised if that doesn't continue for you.

I really appreciate your perspective. Looks like you had a decent first season w/o Hastings. Best wishes on the future.
 


Attendance final: 10,059/game, 211,233 total; 2022 – 23: 7,855/game, 157,108 total (+2,204/game) Approximate revenue increase 54,125 @ $20 = $1,082,500


The attendance number is awesome. It was debated hotly whether or not the fans would come back if they started winning or if they were gone for good. Sure, it's not averaging 13,000, but plus 2200 is awesome.
 
Give it time. The games that mattered drew huge crowds.

Yes it will be interesting to see how they turn out for the early season games on the heels of a great season this season. Obviously this year there was a fair amount of wait and see, then a whole bunch jumped onto the bandwagon, which is ok with me. And there was also a shift on the women's side too, lots of students started coming to the women's games as well at the end.
 
Today's the big day, does anybody have info on with the pairwise is predicting? I just hope they don't play at the same time as the women do.
 
Hobey Baker Candinate

Kyle McClellan, G, Wisconsin

The senior was named Big Ten Goaltender of the Year and is a finalist for Big Ten Player of the Year. The 25-year-old (24-11-1) is tied for the NCAA lead in save percentage (.931) and first in shutouts (seven) and tied for second in goals-against average (1.92). He's a semifinalist for the Mike Richter Award, recognizing the nation's top goaltender.
 
Hobey Baker Candinate

Kyle McClellan, G, Wisconsin

The senior was named Big Ten Goaltender of the Year and is a finalist for Big Ten Player of the Year. The 25-year-old (24-11-1) is tied for the NCAA lead in save percentage (.931) and first in shutouts (seven) and tied for second in goals-against average (1.92). He's a semifinalist for the Mike Richter Award, recognizing the nation's top goaltender.

Kyle has had a great season, amazingly consistent, and as the only goalie in the Hobey top 10, in a great position to take the Richter award. Given what numbers goalies have had to do in the past, I don’t see his numbers as dominant enough to make the final 3 let alone win it.
 
Yes it will be interesting to see how they turn out for the early season games on the heels of a great season this season. Obviously this year there was a fair amount of wait and see, then a whole bunch jumped onto the bandwagon, which is ok with me. And there was also a shift on the women's side too, lots of students started coming to the women's games as well at the end.

Season ticket holders will be what drives the attendance and "gate" numbers up. First season was a wait and see. Next year there will be more people ready to make the season long commitment. For "gate" numbers... it's a lot easier to go to a game when you already paid for the tickets and have had it on your calendar for months as opposed to deciding on a Thursday night whether or not you wanna spend $40 on tickets, parking and food and walk to the Kohl in 12 degree weather.

I think it will be back to 12, 000 or 13,000 within a few years if they keep on winning and get more consistent. Especially if men's basketball continues to be...men's basketball.
 
Season ticket holders will be what drives the attendance and "gate" numbers up. First season was a wait and see. Next year there will be more people ready to make the season long commitment. For "gate" numbers... it's a lot easier to go to a game when you already paid for the tickets and have had it on your calendar for months as opposed to deciding on a Thursday night whether or not you wanna spend $40 on tickets, parking and food and walk to the Kohl in 12 degree weather.

For me it's the opposite. As the weekend plans develop, I see an opportunity to go to a game on a whim and I go for it. Of course it's not hard when your daughter is encouraging you to go to the games and take her along. It's nice to have the ability to drop $80 to do it, it's only taken me 25 years of working to get to this point lol.
 
It's pretty much a foregone conclusion that we are going to be a 3 seed right? Crazy how we were top 4 not too long ago and losses to a terrible OSU team really damaged the pairwise numbers.

Edit: I see that Q losing moved us up to #8. Maybe we will be a 2 seed.
 
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It's pretty much a foregone conclusion that we are going to be a 3 seed right? Crazy how we were top 4 not too long ago and losses to a terrible OSU team really damaged the pairwise numbers.

Edit: I see that Q losing moved us up to #8. Maybe we will be a 2 seed.

I think if we follow Mark Johnson's mentality, it's just to get in and see what happens. Whether you're a top seed or low seed. Anything can happen and it's quite an accomplishment to get into this gig after what we've witnessed the last few years prior to this year.
 
...and losses to a terrible OSU team really damaged the pairwise numbers.

Not that I want to give the yuckeyes any praise, but they're still at 27 in the PWR - truly terrible teams would be much lower than that. Terrible in B1G play (other than UW) but still a much better team than some of these other conferences are sporting, cough Miami, cough Mass-Lowell. A testament to the toughness of each B1G matchup every week.
 
I think if we follow Mark Johnson's mentality, it's just to get in and see what happens. Whether you're a top seed or low seed. Anything can happen and it's quite an accomplishment to get into this gig after what we've witnessed the last few years prior to this year.
Very true. I'll take NCAA tournament over no NCAA tournament. Looking forward to seeing who we play.

Not that I want to give the yuckeyes any praise, but they're still at 27 in the PWR - truly terrible teams would be much lower than that. Terrible in B1G play (other than UW) but still a much better team than some of these other conferences are sporting, cough Miami, cough Mass-Lowell. A testament to the toughness of each B1G matchup every week.

What would their PWR be if they didn't beat Wisconsin 4 of 5 games near the end of the year?
 
Fair. That home loss to #39 Anchorage is also an anchor of its own.

Seems like they have a good shot at a #2 seed based on the prospective conference championship results now. Unfortunately, that also likely means they'll end up in BC's region. Potential first round matchup against defending champ Quinnipiac; pull that off and you're rewarded with a likely matchup with BC. Ooof. Revenge for 2010!!!!
 
It's pretty much a foregone conclusion that we are going to be a 3 seed right? Crazy how we were top 4 not too long ago and losses to a terrible OSU team really damaged the pairwise numbers.

Edit: I see that Q losing moved us up to #8. Maybe we will be a 2 seed.

Being effectively a .500 team in the back half of the season is what dropped UW in the PWR. The same fall would have happened if we had spread out those losses against PSU and ND, it dropped our common opponents just enough to flip the comparisons against the other teams who we had the better head-to-head record against.

That said, finishing 2nd in the league and having to play for the last place team in the first round is going to have a negative impact on your RPI, particularly if you drop a game (or lose the series).

The dramatic “fall” may have “just” happened, but the trend had been downward in the back half of the season and any chance at a #1 seed was long gone.
 
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