Badger Hockey

[trwi7]

Elliott was awesome. That matchup between him and Schneider in the National Championship game was great. Too bad for Schneider is he's still stuck with Manitoba behind Luongo and Raycroft in Vancouver.

 

As for Bennett, I'll have to watch him more when I get the chance, maybe he'll play on Friday. I don't get very many games. I will say though that if your defensemen are offensive minded and taking risks, you're more likely to take risks to clear the puck that you wouldn't normally take.

[trwi7]

I'll once again say that I absolutely hate how they do overtime in college hockey. Five minutes is not enough time and if you are going to go with five minutes at least play 4 on 4 or 3 on 3 like I would prefer to open up the ice.

 

Still hard to complain about coming away with a point against the top ranked team in the nation when you were down 2-0 in the third period.

 

Gudmandson was awful on that last goal. Just a terrible angle. He sort of made up for it in overtime making some huge saves. Denver likely would've won if their guys noticed two Denver players down right by Gudmandson with no Badger in sight. He waited too long to deliver the pass.

 

Badgers now 0-6-15 in their last 21 overtime games. That's pretty pathetic.

[berniebrewer4life]

I'll once again say that I absolutely hate how they do overtime in college hockey. Five minutes is not enough time and if you are going to go with five minutes at least play 4 on 4 or 3 on 3 like I would prefer to open up the ice.

I agree 100%. If they are gonna stick with only 5 minutes, just turn it into a shootout.

[hawing]

Three points from top-ranked Denver! Nice weekend for Wisconsin.

[trwi7]

Hard to argue with 3 out of 4 points against the top ranked team in the nation.

 

Sounded like a very entertaining game. Can't wait to watch it at 10:30.

[NeedMoreFans]

It was on channel 3 tonight. I thought last night's game was one of the best games I have seen in a long, long time. Tonight's was almost the same, only we came a way with a W. Huge weekend!

[berniebrewer4life]

BIG showdown next week with UMD. If we can take 3 points next week too, UW would be in great shape.

[RyDogg66]

Hey sweet avatar bernie. Did you make that?

[Buckylovesbeer]

Great weekend for Bucky! Only 2 points out of first in the WCHA, and now will move into the top two in the national polls.....

 

This team can score, thats for sure!

[paul253]

I have always found it weird in college hockey that a team like Wisconsin can be #1 in the national polls and only be tied for 4th place in their conference. Obviously scheduling has a lot to do with it, but still. Anyway, HUGE series next week, but it seems like every weekend lately has been huge. Who'd have thought Minnesota-Duluth would be the team to beat at this point in the season?

[berniebrewer4life]

Hey sweet avatar bernie. Did you make that?

I wish. It's the brewer logo for this year's celebration.

[tristarscoop]

I was in the crowd on Saturday night and had such a blast. The energy was as high as it's been in a few years and it was just such a crazy game. Both teams had multiple opportunities in front of the net they should have put home and didn't, so you were constantly on the edge of your seat.

 

I also got to do the on ice puck shooting contest during the second intermission, so that was pretty cool, too.

 

All in all, an impressive showing.

 

Davies is looking ridiculously good. He scored his 100th point as a Badger and has 24 points in the past 12 games.

[Buckylovesbeer]

This week's national poll is out. Badgers move up to #2!

 

They are headed in the right direction

[brewcrewman17]

tristarscoop... did you win or lose? So odd because I met the girl who lost right before the game... she's friends with a bunch of the people who lived on my floor freshman year.

 

Friday was such an exciting game, it seemed like those three goals to take the lead came right after one another even though they were much more evenly spaced out than that. The tie was disappointing but I kind of felt it coming after the two penalties they took after taking the lead. Saturday was great. The crowds were pretty amazing both nights. The 15 or 20 verses of roll out the barrel were a lot of fun.

 

This is a huge weekend and I can't wait for the outdoor game, should be a ton of fun.

[tristarscoop]

I totally won! I admit that I'm bragging, but you have to make 4 shots - one from each of the face off circles, one from the blue line and one from center ice - and I did it in 6 pucks! It's been a week and I'm still proud of myself http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif I've never played hockey and my biggest goal was to not slip on the ice and fall on my behind, so kicking butt was a total bonus!!!

[stoops17]

Anybody else watching channel 87 on charter and having audio cutting in/out issues? Just wondering if it's my setup or not.

 

Otherwise 2-2 after 1st, can't complain, didn't see the first UMD goal, but second was nice. Big series, hope the badgers can get a win in one of the two.

[trwi7]

Just saw the final score on ESPNU bottom line. A 5-2 Bucky win!

 

Edit: Just looking at the box score now. It's really amazing to look at. Even though Duluth had two more power plays, the Badgers outshot them 52-19 including holding them to only five shots in the third period. The Badgers scored two goals and took 20 shots in the third period for a comparison.

[zurch1818]

Anybody else watching channel 87 on charter and having audio cutting in/out issues? Just wondering if it's my setup or not.

 

Otherwise 2-2 after 1st, can't complain, didn't see the first UMD goal, but second was nice. Big series, hope the badgers can get a win in one of the two.

Its probably a little late, but I also had the same problem. My solution to listen to the radio and watch it on tv didn't work out so great because the the radio was easily 10 seconds ahead of the tv. Hopefully tomorrow's game will be better.

[Buckylovesbeer]

Great Game tonight, complete domination. 5-2 win.......Outshoot UMD 52-19......just awesome! I like the fact that the Badgers score an empty netter with just over a minute remaining to make it 4-2, then get another one a few seconds later for good measure.

 

I had the same audio problems, and was frustrated that the video was so far behind the radio. But it was fun none the less. Charter extra channel 87, I guess we cannot complain. I thought it was interesting that the audio sounded like the UMD radio broadcast.....those guys were pretty funny. Calling the act of Davies taking a stick to the face "He should be ashamed" (They thought he was acting, and maybe he was a bit, but still, it was a clean stick blade to the head) was pretty funny. But even the announcers sounded pretty deflated by the Badgers. Same time and channel tomorrow night, hopefully the same results.

 

Props to the State Journal running an article about Gardiner doing other things, and that the scoring will come. He lights up the boards tonight! Great timing!

 

A great night and it could turn into a huge weekend for the Badgers!

[burniebrewer]

Oh well, I see tonight didn't go as well as last night.

 

A road split versus a tough opponent is fine by me. Slightly disappointing after last night's domination, but it's still 2/4 points.

[bthurley19]

Anyone going to the game(s) tomorrow? My brother is a student down there and he got us a couple of student tickets, so we'll be freezing in the 60th row of Section P. Last I heard there were over 50,000 tickets sold, should be a good time.

[Buckylovesbeer]

I will be there, as will needmorefans. It should be a good time, and the weather looks pretty good. Have fun and dont tailgate too hard!

[zurch1818]

No idea where my seats are, but I will also be there.

[lodiness]

There is a warmup area in McClean Center with an NHL Fan experience. Also, the fieldhouse is going to be used as a warmup area with a tailgate starting at 2 going til 4:30 for $25 food, beer and soda, and open during the game for cash concessions. Sorry no beer during the game.

[stoops17]

I'll be at the game with my brother and his friends from college, last I heard he will be wearing a Tigger costume (onesie, actually pretty warm) under a hockey jersey, i'll be next to him most likely, costume-less lol.