Time to start filling the sandbags if you ask me.Wisconsin does seem like the odds-on favorite to be winners at this particular tournament.
Time to start filling the sandbags if you ask me.Wisconsin does seem like the odds-on favorite to be winners at this particular tournament.
For the first maybe 8 or 10 minutes or so of the first period, the scoreboard wasn't showing shots-on-goal. The first time I saw it showing numbers, shots were 6-to-5, UW's favor.No Kotolowski. Zero sog that period for the Beavers. YES!!!!
That actually annoys the crap out of me. I'm always fascinated by line combinations and when he doesn't follow them it really ticks me off. But I understand yesterday they had injury in warm ups so that necessitated the well shaken forward combinations.Badger line chart is just a suggestion, really should only be used to see who's skating! Love it.
Yes, it was Hall, she got rattled in the corner, managed to make it to the bench. I'm not sure if she skated after that for the night though.Katie Kotlowski was in the warm ups but left the ice early and never came out for the game. Did anyone see who was injured in the third period? She skated to the bench, clearly hurt, sat on the end for a bit, then went to the locker room with the trainer. Cassie Hall, perhaps?
Quinnipiac takes game one, 3-1.It's a great day for playoff hockey, all around the country.
Of interest to Wisconsin fans, looking forward to possible opponents next week and in the NCAAs, are the Duluth-St Cloud games and the Quinnipiac-Clarkson games. That Q-Clackson match-up likely becomes more-or-less an NCAA "play-in" series, with a good chance the winner ends up coming to Madison to play the NCAA #8 vs #9 game.
I looked at the BTN Plus replay. At about 12:20 remaining in the 3rd period, Hall goes into the corner with one BSU player, gets knocked back, and falls fairly hard on her back. Maybe hits her head on the ice? Gets up slowly, skates through the crease, looking for a pass as Wisconsin maintains possession, and then skates slowly to the bench. As best I could tell, she didn't play again.Yes, it was Hall, she got rattled in the corner, managed to make it to the bench. I'm not sure if she skated after that for the night though.
Yeah, I could see that. Good point.So Wisconsin may host St. Lawrence (if they stay at 8) and the winner of the Hockey East tournament (if they are the 10th team in). I am still experimenting with the scenarios on TTT's predictor, though!
True -- the OT felt grueling just to watch. I see Corinne Schroeder had 73 total saves against OSU (box).Yeah, I could see that. Good point.
(That would maybe Penn State and Quinnipiac heading to Columbus and Ohio State. The same three teams played there in the 2023 tournament. AND in 2022, Q took Ohio State to double-overtime - and rang the pipe HARD in one of the OTs - before OSU won, and went on to the national championship.)
I'm at the other end of the 'spectrum':If I've done my research correctly, Harvey and O'Brien are both four points away from breaking records. Who gets the puck if they both break respective records on the same play?
Harvey has 127 points by a defensive player, Sis Paulson has the team record at 130.
O'Brien has 259 points, Hillary Knights got the team record at 262.
I noticed that effort for Venusio too! And I'm with you, here's to 21s firstI'm at the other end of the 'spectrum':
I noticed during a power play last night, when UW would normally have 4 forwards and 1 D in the ice, that Venusio was out with Laila, but it was Laila out on the blue line, with Venusio in one of the 'forward' positions. Other times, I noticed Venusio crashing the net is a way she would not normally do.
I think there was a concerted effort to (finally) get Venusio her first goal. I'm keeping an eye out for that; I hope she gets it today.