Re: Wisconsin Hockey T*M2=NCA2*7
Just a tough one to swallow. We're on the pk for 10 of 15 minutes in the latter part of the second and the early third and it really took it's toll. I'm not big on complaining about officiating but after reviewing a little this morning, I'm going to anyway. What really burns me is the call on Zirbel. And it's not even that it can't be called, but the ref right there (Thul, who has been reffing forever) no calls it (which was right) and the guy 120 feet away (Desrosiers,who's in his first year of reffing) makes the call. It's like a back judge calling pass interference, it's just wrong, let alone he's overriding the guy with all the experience. We're awesome on our 5th PK and still have the mojo, but then to compound it, 1 minute later Desrosiers makes a terrible, stupid, awful call on Berry for tripping. It was complete horse****.
That proved to be a bridge too far as the mick's scored seconds after the kill, the boys were visibly gassed, and it all just went against us from there.
And who at UW is in charge of paying off the officials now? Because that person should be fired.
Tons of effort and good, smart play by the Badgers... They really did things right all night and 5x5 they were dominating most of the play, although the Irish giants on the 3rd/4th lines gave us trouble. Just all makes me feel bad for the boys coming up short.
But, having said all that, it's another Great Day for Hockey! Time to suck it up and get a big win to end the first half. Let's go Red!