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Wisconsin Hockey Vol. XXVIII: This could be a banner year, but how would we know?

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So how often do you fill it or how many do you average?
 
UWisco said:
Different sources have different numbers. I've seen 15,237 and 15,325 as well. No matter which one it is I'm ready to see A LOT of white tonight.
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I'm on my phone right now (women's hockey game intermission), so I won't look it up now, but somewhere on the facilities section of UWBadgers.com, there are more specific figures. There's a 13xxx figure and a 15xxx figure with obstructed views included. It'll be over 14k tonight.
 
WiscDC said:
I'm on my phone right now (women's hockey game intermission), so I won't look it up now, but somewhere on the facilities section of UWBadgers.com, there are more specific figures. There's a 13xxx figure and a 15xxx figure with obstructed views included. It'll be over 14k tonight.
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I'm hoping for 15k. From what Chuck has been saying it seems quite likely.
 
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Must be nice to have that many attend. Ours holds 17,500 for hockey but it's only been filled a couple of times. However against a good opponent we do sell 10,000 and when you guys and the Gophers come to town I'm hoping we do even better now that it's the B1G conference.
There are only so many hockey fans here in central Ohio and when the Blue Jackets play at home when we do that does draw off attendance from us.
 
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Did the $11 White Out promotion have an expiration date? The remaining 3rd deck seats are at full price.
 
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Chuck Schwartz said:
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I wish they could have seen a better show on the ice. After the Buckeyes took the lead, it turned into one of those games where I just felt like they'd never score. I'd like to see that non-goal again. Whatever happened, Frey was smart to drag his leg out of the goal before getting up. I have not seen any replays, but in other games in which the puck is likely in the net but not visible, they rarely overturn it, even if you can use hard logic and geometry to determine that the entire puck was over the line. I don't know if that was the case here, as I haven't seen a replay.

I know the Badgers had a bit of a shooting gallery early on, but the Buckeyes seemed to play better defensively, which led to that feeling of not being able to score I mentioned.

Those pom-poms are magical. While they do make it easier to see what people across the arena are doing, I'm certain that a larger than usual portion of the old people were getting involved. This was especially apparent during the opposing team's introductions. It was visually stunning, with waves of white moving rhythmically in the dark.
 
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WiscDC said:
I wish they could have seen a better show on the ice. After the Buckeyes took the lead, it turned into one of those games where I just felt like they'd never score. I'd like to see that non-goal again. Whatever happened, Frey was smart to drag his leg out of the goal before getting up. I have not seen any replays, but in other games in which the puck is likely in the net but not visible, they rarely overturn it, even if you can use hard logic and geometry to determine that the entire puck was over the line. I don't know if that was the case here, as I haven't seen a replay.

I know the Badgers had a bit of a shooting gallery early on, but the Buckeyes seemed to play better defensively, which led to that feeling of not being able to score I mentioned.

Those pom-poms are magical. While they do make it easier to see what people across the arena are doing, I'm certain that a larger than usual portion of the old people were getting involved. This was especially apparent during the opposing team's introductions. It was visually stunning, with waves of white moving rhythmically in the dark.
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It appeared to me on the replay that the initial shot glanced off the post and then went parallel to the goal line until it made contact with Frey. What happened to the puck after that, who knows. I wouldn't be surprised if had really crossed the line under there but there was no way to see it. They never showed the overhead angle, but it wouldn't have helped.

As for the game as a whole, I thought the Badgers were the better team. I thought McCabe could have gone after the shooter on that first goal more agressively. On the second goal, the power-play is never really over until the puck is out of the zone. They never could do that on that PK. We took far too many penalties and some dumb ones at that. It was only a matter of time before the OSU PP (or its immediate aftermath) hurt us, and it did.
 
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WiscDC said:
I wish they could have seen a better show on the ice. After the Buckeyes took the lead, it turned into one of those games where I just felt like they'd never score. I'd like to see that non-goal again. Whatever happened, Frey was smart to drag his leg out of the goal before getting up. I have not seen any replays, but in other games in which the puck is likely in the net but not visible, they rarely overturn it, even if you can use hard logic and geometry to determine that the entire puck was over the line. I don't know if that was the case here, as I haven't seen a replay.
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The replays showed the puck going straight across the crease towards the far post not crossing the goal line, at least that's what you could see until Frey's pad went on top of it. The only angle they didn't show on TV was the overhead goal cam. But since it was ruled a no goal and the puck was not to be seen under the pad there was nothing to go on to overrule.
Whether it was pulled across under his pad who knows?
I thought you guys controlled the boards and dominated in our defensive zone. We could have allowed you to score many times but that's hockey.
 
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Hockeybuckeye said:
The replays showed the puck going straight across the crease towards the far post not crossing the goal line, at least that's what you could see until Frey's pad went on top of it. The only angle they didn't show on TV was the overhead goal cam. But since it was ruled a no goal and the puck was not to be seen under the pad there was nothing to go on to overrule.
Whether it was pulled across under his pad who knows?
I thought you guys controlled the boards and dominated in our defensive zone. We could have allowed you to score many times but that's hockey.
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When it was being reviewed, I said I woudl have been extremely surprised if it was called a goal.

The Badgers did a good job of maintaining possesion in the offensive zone and getting okay looks. There were a few times when the puck was loose in or right by the crease, and the Buckeyes simply got the better of those situations, between their skaters and Frey's play. UW outplayed OSU in some parts of the game, but OSU outplayed UW in other parts, and they deserved the win. UW did have their chances, so it's not like their offense was broken, but they didn't look quite as good as against Michigan.
 
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Looking forward to seeing you guys in Columbus.
 
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WiscDC said:
I wish they could have seen a better show on the ice. After the Buckeyes took the lead, it turned into one of those games where I just felt like they'd never score.
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I agree with this whole-heartedly. And you could see the second Buckeye goal coming a mile away. They held possession and were peppering Rumpel and it just felt like a matter of time before it went it. From there, I never felt the urgency or that razor where you feel like your team is thisclose to tying it up. Used to have this feeling a few years ago where if we went down a goal, the game was over because we just didn't seem to have the oomph to come from behind - first time I've had it in the past year or so.
 
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Frey was a rebound producing machine, it's too bad they could not capitalize.

UW took too many dumb penalties, 1 of which lead to the post pp goal. It's too bad Soleway did that, he was a physical presence all weekend and it marred his performance. McCabe needs to be a little more disciplined with the penalty taking as well. UW was better 5 on 5, but all the dumb penalties took too much 5 on 5 time away from them.

Hopefully Barnes is ok. Missing him and Kerdiles at the same time would be tough.
 
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Timothy A said:
Frey was a rebound producing machine, it's too bad they could not capitalize.
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The thing about Frey is he's a freshman who came to our program this semester to fill an unexpected void in our goaltenders. He first played on Dec. 28th and last night was only his 4th start since coming on board last month.
I think it speaks highly of his potential to have done as well as he did against a highly skilled team like yours.
 
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