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WISCONSIN Hockey Vol. XXIV - Craziest Season Of All Time

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Timothy A said:
That just creates a hole on the 3rd line then. Hopefully he can take advantage of this chance.
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Great way to look at it, people who normally don't get to play in those roles get a chance to step up.
 
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Got a point tonight...the train keeps rolling in the right direction....great job in the net by Peterson. I know it seems like begging, but if this team had a little more offense and a PP that wasn't in the morgue - goodness knows where we could be.

But, based on where we were earlier on - while this isn't perfect it is still better than 1-7-2!

We tied the first game in Denver 1-1 earlier this year and came back to win 3-1 the next night....let's hope tomorrow can lead to the same result.
 
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Yeah, great to get a point in a tough place, but one is left to wonder what if we had a decent power play or the ability to finish. Outshot them by a good margin in the 3rd, but for naught.

Can still salvage 3 pts, but it's gonna be tougher tomorrow.
 
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Chuck Schwartz said:
Fun game, but very weird game.
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I did not see the game, how so?

DU did jump past UW last night, a ppg would have not allowed that. But with Lee gone, one can only assumethe pp will continue their sucky ways. In the end a lack of a pp will be the death of this team.
 
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Timothy A said:
DU did jump past UW last night, a ppg would have not allowed that. But with Lee gone, one can only assumethe pp will continue their sucky ways. In the end a lack of a pp will be the death of this team.
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Had a 5 minute major with 6:30 to go and for the second half of that, we couldn't even get into their zone and get set up. 2:30 with an extra guy and I'm not sure we even got a shot.

Got a pp in OT and played it poorly enough that Rocco (IIRC) got an opportunity which forced us to haul him down, negating the advantage and giving UND a pp for the remainder.
 
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Seriously not trolling here. :)

What has happened to UW's special teams? Especially the PP; has a struggling PP been a recent trend? I haven't followed the red team too closely but my memory of past UW teams, even in down years, has always been very good special teams.
 
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Greyeagle said:
Seriously not trolling here. :)

What has happened to UW's special teams? Especially the PP; has a struggling PP been a recent trend? I haven't followed the red team too closely but my memory of past UW teams, even in down years, has always been very good special teams.
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It's been pretty evident how special Justin Schultz was, especially on the power play. Wisconsin hasn't found a threat to run their top unit this season, and it's really cost them. PP actually showed signs of life last weekend against Anchorage with Derek Lee on the point, but then he got hurt on Saturday so there goes that. I'm not sure last night is fair to judge, given that their PP was mixed up with multiple guys in the penalty box the last two periods. Ugly either way though.
 
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It's been pretty evident how special Justin Schultz was, especially on the power play. Wisconsin hasn't found a threat to run their top unit this season, and it's really cost them. PP actually showed signs of life last weekend against Anchorage with Derek Lee on the point, but then he got hurt on Saturday so there goes that. I'm not sure last night is fair to judge, given that their PP was mixed up with multiple guys in the penalty box the last two periods. Ugly either way though.
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I don't have the numbers off hand, but it seems that the PP has been middle of the pack in the WCHA for most of Eaves tenure and the PK has been in the upper half.
 
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Holy Cross managed 4 goals on their weekend in GF.

Then again, they probably didn't have a guy out injured.
 
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Can Bo Ryan coach Hockey as well? he could take 5 people from the stands and make a playoff team out of them
 
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Any word on the extent of McCabe's injury. Didn't see it, but some friends said it didn't look good on TV.

Thanks,

Todd
 
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Gurtholfin said:
Holy Cross managed 4 goals on their weekend in GF.

Then again, they probably didn't have a guy out injured.
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Well, HC had God on their side, something that is not likely to happen with UW, with all the left wing sinning and hedonism that goes on there.
 
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WiscTJK said:
Any word on the extent of McCabe's injury. Didn't see it, but some friends said it didn't look good on TV.
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I don't know, but if he's out and Lee's out, if UW gets a pp, I'd instruct one of the F's to take a penalty right away, I like UW's chances 4 on 4 vs 5 on 4. You probably couldn't have a pp this bad if you tried. There has some talk about a guy like Schultz's impact on the pp, but since UW is clipping off at 10%, there's no way 1 Schultz is worth 7% on the pp, assuming the average nationally is 17%.

This team is just so depressing, missing players and all, and wasting championship level defensive play with this paltry scoring.
 
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WiscTJK said:
Any word on the extent of McCabe's injury. Didn't see it, but some friends said it didn't look good on TV.

Thanks,

Todd
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I was curious too. It was just on the edge of the replay and the UND announcers were more focused on their guy who got hurt on the play. Kinda looked like a 5 min CFB in the limited view I saw.

Side note: I added the sports package to my cable bill specifically for this weekend. Saturday night made me regret that.
 
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Timothy A said:
I don't know, but if he's out and Lee's out, if UW gets a pp, I'd instruct one of the F's to take a penalty right away, I like UW's chances 4 on 4 vs 5 on 4. You probably couldn't have a pp this bad if you tried. There has some talk about a guy like Schultz's impact on the pp, but since UW is clipping off at 10%, there's no way 1 Schultz is worth 7% on the pp, assuming the average nationally is 17%.

This team is just so depressing, missing players and all, and wasting championship level defensive play with this paltry scoring.
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I disagree, I think a guy like Schultz could be worth 7%. 1) He is a stud, 2) having a force like him out there pushes a lesser player to the 2nd unit, which then pushes an even lesser player off of the PP when they probably aren't ready for it. The PP QB can make a huge impact, and UW has no PP UW right now at least not like Schultz or McBain.

My issue is, the PP is obviously not working, but Eaves is too rigid to get out of his system to try something that might work w/ the players that he has. This is a weakness in his coaching IMO because good coaches don't wait, endlessly, for their system to work, they fix their system so it does work, or at least achieve better results than are currently occurring.
 
Gandalf the Red said:
I disagree, I think a guy like Schultz could be worth 7%. 1) He is a stud, 2) having a force like him out there pushes a lesser player to the 2nd unit, which then pushes an even lesser player off of the PP when they probably aren't ready for it. The PP QB can make a huge impact, and UW has no PP UW right now at least not like Schultz or McBain.

My issue is, the PP is obviously not working, but Eaves is too rigid to get out of his system to try something that might work w/ the players that he has. This is a weakness in his coaching IMO because good coaches don't wait, endlessly, for their system to work, they fix their system so it does work, or at least achieve better results than are currently occurring.
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I'd agree with you about trying something different on the PP, if the D had demonstrated anything resembling offensive ability. Without a playmaker at the point (or in the center on the umbrella) to distribute the puck the PP is going to suffer.

Lack of offensive ability from the blue line is killing this team offensively. Add a 20 min TOI offensive dman to this team would be worth a half a goal a game, that would have totally changed the complexion of the season. Schultz was SO good that he masked how bad the rest of the defense was offensively last season.
 
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Eaves has tried different things on the PP this season, including personnel. Actually, they've been trying different things the past three weekends in a row.
 
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Chuck Schwartz said:
Eaves has tried different things on the PP this season, including personnel. Actually, they've been trying different things the past three weekends in a row.
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I know he has tried different players, and I'll admit I'm no hockey expert on game play, but even w/ those changes I haven't seen them do anything different from a system stand point. In fact, I have basically seen the same PP for 8 years now, it works when Eaves has the talent, and it sucks when he doesn't.

I'll give him credit, overall, he runs a great PK though.
 
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