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Wisconsin Women's Hockey 2022-2023

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15% on the PP, that is bad. With tougher games coming up they will need some ppg's. 86% on the pk, that's ok, but also needs improvement.
Gervais has a .944 and Kronish a .933 gaa.
Harvey is averaging 1.75 ppg and is the co-leader on the team in scoring with O-B. She is 3rd on the team in shots behind O-B and Curl (but only has 3 goals). She seems at least as good as advertised. It's like the net magnetically pulls her towards it. I have never seen a D play that way before for an entire game.
It is interesting seeing how/where Compher is fitting in on the team being a full out Olympian performance wise. 4th on the team in scoring with 12, Eden has 13 and KK and OB have 14. She's very stout on her skates and over the puck. She hasn't jumped out at me yet, doesn't have the WOW factor that Watts, Roque, Decker or Pankowski had, but it's a new team and new system, it may take time for her to find her groove. I may attempt to focus on her this weekend.
 
A couple interesting lineup changes.....Eden to line 3, Woz to line 1. Eden and Simms had great games. The KK Jungels pair did not last long, Jungels back to 3rd pair with Kotlowski, CE on the 2nd with KK.

Great to see Picard get a goal, great to see the effort get rewarded. Jungels also got her first.
 
Oh and the most important thing about yesterday… I wore a hat to game one. So do I not wear a hat tonight and see if scoring is down or do I wear a hat tonight because I want to see another massacre? Of course I am wearing a hat. Maybe 2.
 
Mj is rolling 4 lines consistently, something he hasn't done in the past. I guess that equates to this is WI's best 4th line in a long long time. All 4 lines are scoring on a regular basis and KK is really stirring the pot. It will be fascinating to see if he shortens the bench against Umd. He might be forced to having the last change unless he's super comfortable with the 4th line against thier first line. I'm not sure I would be as much as I think they are playing great. I don't think we'll see them take many face-offs.
 
Timothy A said:
Mj is rolling 4 lines consistently, something he hasn't done in the past. I guess that equates to this is WI's best 4th line in a long long time. All 4 lines are scoring on a regular basis and KK is really stirring the pot. It will be fascinating to see if he shortens the bench against Umd. He might be forced to having the last change unless he's super comfortable with the 4th line against thier first line. I'm not sure I would be as much as I think they are playing great. I don't think we'll see them take many face-offs.
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15 goals over the two games, 12 different goal scorers.
 
So for the fill the bowl game all that are left are basically corner seats at this point. Do I snag the extra seats I want in the corner or wait until the bowl is full then snag primo center ice 2nd tier seats? Oh the decisions!
 
Timothy A said:
So for the fill the bowl game all that are left are basically corner seats at this point. Do I snag the extra seats I want in the corner or wait until the bowl is full then snag primo center ice 2nd tier seats? Oh the decisions!
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For the volleyball match at the Kohl Center, after it was essentially sold out, for a number of days there would 'randomly' be seats previously unavailable that would just pop up as available at the UW ticket 'choose by location' map page. Like maybe people who had bought the tickets discovered they couldn't use them, and turned them back to the ticket office. I managed to get a significantly better seat for the VB match than the one they had assigned to me that way. But you'll have to keep checking back over and over, because if they're good, they may not stay there very long. I don't know if 'Fill The Bowl' will reach that point, though.
 
Well, the next two series will provide a better picture of the status of this year’s team as a contender for the WCHA and NCAA titles going forward. Duluth and the Gophers are several levels higher on the competitive scale than Bucky’s opponents to date. It is akin to facing final exams after a series of quizzes.

There are a lot of reasons for optimism. The first 2 lines have proven to be solid. SS has been reincarnated, and Kurl has picked up where she left off prior to her stint on the Olympics squad. Compher is a smooth player who goes who goes about the business of generating goals quietly and effectively. The speed and aggressiveness of the Eden-O’B-Wheeler line simply is very tough to handle. I think these lines will handle themselves well against everyone on the schedule.

Line 3 also has a lot of speed and aggressiveness in Woz and Simms. At times, Simms almost is reckless in how she crashes the net. Woz constantly hustles and looks to put the puck on the net or pass to a teammate in position for a shot. LE has displayed hard slap and wrist/snap shots, but she has not shown similar aggressiveness. I don’t know if she had a late growth spirit, but it almost seems like she is not quite comfortable with her size yet and how to use it to her advantage. She casually shrugged off a Bemidji player in the Friday game, and it would be worth seeing how she might create issues for opposing goalies if she were to hover around the crease more. She also has put that snapshot to good use from between the circles and that is another location I would like to see her operate from more frequently.

The 4th line has been less dynamic except for Picard who looks remarkably recovered from her injury. She displays levels of speed and aggressiveness that would fit well on Lines 2&3. In fact, if LE needs a breather, I would like to see her occupy her place on Line 3. GS has been aggressive at times and is someone who does crash the net occasionally (I believe 2 of her 3 goals were scored this way), but Enright has become more active only recently. For now, this line can play as a unit when games are in hand, but better use should be made of Picard, perhaps to provide relief to other players on lines 2&3. I think she has earned such opportunities.

An area of major concern is the low rate of success on power plays, which seemed to have emerged last year. If the PP production does not improve, opponents will have a comparative advantage from theirs – one the other Big 3 of the WCHA are strong candidates to exploit. One solution might be to have LE and Simms shift around in the crease area, obscuring shots by teammates or getting deflections. There certainly is a bevy of players with hard shots that would benefit from a goalie momentarily losing site of the puck.

My other concern is the aggressive style STC adopted in the second game which disrupted Bucky’s ability to clear its zone and setup in STC’s end. It also caused serious breakdowns in the Badger D. This nearly cost the Badgers the game. If Bucky does not develop a solution to combat this style of play, teams like Duluth, MN, and OSU will exact tolls.

So, I will be watching the games this weekend with some anxiety. Hopefully, the Badgers will prove it to be needless and I will sleep well both nights and begin looking forward to MN.
 
Patricio said:
The 4th line has been less dynamic except for Picard who looks remarkably recovered from her injury. She displays levels of speed and aggressiveness that would fit well on Lines 2&3. In fact, if LE needs a breather, I would like to see her occupy her place on Line 3. GS has been aggressive at times and is someone who does crash the net occasionally (I believe 2 of her 3 goals were scored this way), but Enright has become more active only recently. For now, this line can play as a unit when games are in hand, but better use should be made of Picard, perhaps to provide relief to other players on lines 2&3. I think she has earned such opportunities.

An area of major concern is the low rate of success on power plays,
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A great idea to flip LE and Picard from the standpoint of solidifying the 3rd line defensively. LE is such a unique player. She doesn't look fast, but those big strides are deceiving. Against the top teams I'd feel better with the quickness and aggressiveness of Picard on the 3rd line until we know more about LE.

The PP is a bad deal. They get plenty of chances and move the puck well. I think it's just a matter of time before the floodgates open and they have a few 50% conversion weekends. They haven't needed the PP to be a factor except for the 1 game. I hope 5 on 5 UW is so much better lines 1-3 than UMD, UM or OSU that it simply won't matter. UW's creating scoring chances upon zone entry is superb right now. They have no problems taking the puck right to the net.
 
Also wanted to do a quick blurb on UW's goaltending. I have not seen anything from either goalie that give me any reason for concern. I wasn't thrilled with the goal Gervais allowed against BSU, I'm not sure how that snuck through.
 
I didn’t mean to ignore Bucky’s D with my last post. But I am satisfied with how it has been looking. KK clearly is a player with the full range of skills – speed, agility, fluid skating, crisp shots, general ice awareness. After a relatively slow start, LaMantia has returned to form. The two add considerable offensive punch to the Badgers.

Buchbinder provides stability, and both Edwards and Kotlowski remain very reliable. The one issue is who will emerge as the 6[SUP]th[/SUP] D. Jungels has been slow to develop to a level consistent with the expectations form her high school career, but she has become more active recently. Helgesen did not play much last year but has played more in recent games and I think she is showing growth in the quality of her play. So, I am expecting the D soon will be able to field 3 strong lines consistently.

Goal tending is more difficult for me to judge. The level of competition simply has not been sufficient to provide an adequate test of how they may perform against opponents of high quality. But we are about to find answers to that question.

As for Timothy A’s question about the BSU goal against Gervais, it looked to me like she did not have her pads squeezed together which left the 5-hole open slightly. Otherwise, she played well, had some nice stops.

By chance, has anyone learned why Harvey goes by KK?
 
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Goal tending is more difficult for me to judge. The level of competition simply has not been sufficient to provide an adequate test of how they may perform against opponents of high quality. But we are about to find answers to that question.
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They are practicing against world class Olympic shooters, have saved breakaways and, less 1, stopped every stoppable shot and no "Mankato Meltdown". I get your point, I'm just enjoying more red Kool aide.

My bigger concern is their D zone and transition D has not been stressed virtually at all. That may lead to putting Kronish in a less than desirable spot in game 1 until they acclimate to playing a team with similar speed and creativity. Once they acclimate, I don't have any concerns. This is also where a few ppg's can make up for some oops D play.

I hope they roll the top 5 D and Helgeson gets to watch for most of the time. The last BSU game she did ok, but she likes to take it back to buy more time instead of getting the puck up ice quickly. Then they get on her and she turns it over. UMD will be at a whole new level of pressure. I'd trust Jungels with an experience partner.
 
Timothy A said:
It was ridiculous. She's retired and as an opponent, I am thinking "thank goodness we don't have to play her ever again" (naturally her personal healthy being very important to all), and then she's back like a like some dude wheedling a chainsaw at the end of a horror movie for a couple more decapitations. Looking through the lense of 2022, she has played a ton of high level hockey since then, and I do believe remained healthy, so the retirement was very premature. Naturally there's also the Kessel family being traitors to the U and state, that rub will never go away. Amanda is one of the most talented female players to be raised in WI, her and Decker and Rigsby are probably the top 3. Phil is up there too on the men's side. Why did you hate us Kessel family?
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I once told Brad Frost that I blamed Phil for Amanda being a Gopher. He laughed at me.
 
Patricio said:
I didn’t mean to ignore Bucky’s D with my last post. But I am satisfied with how it has been looking. KK clearly is a player with the full range of skills – speed, agility, fluid skating, crisp shots, general ice awareness. After a relatively slow start, LaMantia has returned to form. The two add considerable offensive punch to the Badgers.

Buchbinder provides stability, and both Edwards and Kotlowski remain very reliable. The one issue is who will emerge as the 6[SUP]th[/SUP] D. Jungels has been slow to develop to a level consistent with the expectations form her high school career, but she has become more active recently. Helgesen did not play much last year but has played more in recent games and I think she is showing growth in the quality of her play. So, I am expecting the D soon will be able to field 3 strong lines consistently.

Goal tending is more difficult for me to judge. The level of competition simply has not been sufficient to provide an adequate test of how they may perform against opponents of high quality. But we are about to find answers to that question.

As for Timothy A’s question about the BSU goal against Gervais, it looked to me like she did not have her pads squeezed together which left the 5-hole open slightly. Otherwise, she played well, had some nice stops.

By chance, has anyone learned why Harvey goes by KK?
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As hypothesized earlier, a sibling could not say her name as a child.
 
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