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That's gold, Jerry GOLD!
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Wow she beat TWSNBN single handedly.
Well Timmay, maybe she hurt herself hoisting all the trophies skyward..........
She had another good day (2 goals, not sure about assists) in the championship game, which BK won 9-0.
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Personally, I feel like that term is way over-used. Obviously I hope it applies to her in the truest sense. I think the only Badger that I have seen in person who was/is a generational talent is Harvey. She does things that no one else does and she did those things as Fr. Possibly Knight but my getting deep into this program was just starting as she was finishing.
It was interesting that Scannell was the most visible Fr. F, sometimes getting dropped into the top 3 lines when MJ flipped the Mad Scientist lines switch. Scannell was 13/5, Halverson was 4/8 and McCarthy was 6/5. I hope one ( or more) of them can become as distributor and replace some of the 62 a OB doled out. FYI OB only had 10 pts in 21 games as a Fr, that's crazy. 55 as a So, 48 as a Jr 73 as a Sr and 88 as a Gr. If one of this year's Fr and go for 45-50 next season that will be a really good thing. If they play with Simms or Edwards, it's going to happen.
Who plays center on the first line is to me a big question. All four of the centers has good to great faceoff win percents; O'B and Picard had the best win percents, Cassie Hall took the second most faceoffs (behind O'B, of course). So, Hall? Scannell? One of the incoming freshmen?
We're the champs until the puck drop next season, then we're the defending champs. Ride the juice from snatching victory from the jaws of TWSNBN all spring and summer. It's probably the most epic win in the history of the women's program, except maybe title 1 though I was not a witness to it, but getting that first one got the puck sliding.
Eden and Picard are returning
Great news, if true.
Channeling my inner Elaine Bennis......"GET OUT!" Eden is the the stick that stirs the pot. Simms centering Eden and Edwards would be interesting. Picard a solid 2 way player. I think her ceiling is a 3rd line center, and that's ok.
I had heard that if we won the national championship, Eden was leaning toward coming back to try for a fourth. (I would have thought the opposite: if we had lost, she would have come back to try for one more.) I'm glad what I heard was correct! And Picard is an excellent "keep," too! I believe we had 26 on the roster in 2018-19. And we've had 24 a few times. I think it's better to have more than one player not dressed for each game. Otherwise, the solo not-suited player ends up feeling pretty isolated.
Without saying it outright, Eden has given strong public indications that she intends to return. Picard has personal reasons for staying in Madison and is also considering medical school. No one would fault her for spending another fun year playing hockey before starting that grind.