Re: Wisconsin Hockey G2O - Making UW Hockey Great Again
Watched the replay this morning. Badgers with total domination all over the ice. Just unrecognizable as the team that played Friday.
I'll be shocked if NMU's Robbie Payne doesn't get assessed a game by the league. Charging, leading with the elbow, leaves his feet, blow to the head... How it wasn't a five is a reflection of how terribly inconsistent the refs were this weekend. (again, both ways) I hope either they get much better, or we don't see that crew again this year. I'm sure Tischke was concussed and will go on protocol, so who knows when he'll be back... Hopefully he is ok and recovers completely... Just hate to see that.
Hat's off to the other five D that played 2+ periods without Peter. Tony singled out Kalynuk and Linhart, but they were all really good. Inamoto with his best game was really a force in his own end.
PK was really aggressive, PP was shooting the puck, causing good things to happen. Sometimes tough for a goalie to play a game like this where he gets so little action, but Berry kept his head in it, was ready, and was great on some grade A chances.
Wags had his best game, Hughes had his best game. Wags and Freddy ate a ton of minutes as did Linhart. I thought S. Dhooghe easily had his best game. Still pointless, but he helped create some good chances and wasn't just a placeholder out there. Thought Zirbel was really good at winning battles and getting the puck. Baker was good again. J. Dhooghe is a competitor.
It is tough to decide who to play... There are a couple of guys on the 4th each week that could play top 6 on 90% of teams.
Terrible Friday -- Awesome Saturday. Let's be good on Friday too and this team could go places.