Badger Hockey

[tristarscoop]

Bought our tickets for Saturday's playoff game. Very excited and hopeful that last weekend's debacle got all that crap out of their system.

[paul253]

Hopefully Brett Bennett doesn't see the ice anymore this season. The Badgers dominated AA before and can hopefully do it again. I'm really excited about this team. They can play with anyone. I think anything short of the Frozen Four is a disappointment.

[trwi7]

Badgers beat UAA in game one, 4-1. Scored three goals in the 2nd including a shorty. Didn't give up a goal until there was less than a minute left in the game.

[Buckylovesbeer]

Yep.....a pretty good start to the playoffs. Although in the paper this morning, it sounds like the players were pretty mad for going 0-8 on the power play. I expect them to win again tonight and move on.

 

Hopefully our guys stay away from #9 and #16. Those two are a pair of goons who were trying to start fights the entire game, and we dont need anyone (Blake G!) getting suspended for next weekend

[Buckylovesbeer]

SATURDAY UPDATE

 

Badgers complete the sweep of AA with a 7-2 win. Great game, great win. On to the WCHA final five

[trwi7]

Watching the game, this Clark guy for UAA is a goon.

[logan82]

So apparently we have at least 2 good players on our team. Two Hobey finalists.

[trwi7]

Badgers are playing Denver in the WCHA third place game right now and up 3-0 about 12 minutes in.

 

If they hold on, I wonder how this would effect the PWR. Wisconsin would be 2-0-1 against Denver this year.

[trwi7]

Just a little side note. Jamie McBain

with .9 seconds left in overtime to lift the Hurricanes over the Penguins.

[Diskono]

Here ya go

 

If they hold on, they potentially knock DU out of #1 overall, but are pretty much locked into the 3rd #1 seed. Denver still has a big edge in RPI, record v top 25, and record v common opponents.

[trwi7]

So chances are we probably have to go out East? That sucks. Denver will probably get the West bracket in Minneapolis and Miami will probably get the Midwest bracket in Fort Wayne. That leaves Albany or Worcester for Wisconsin.

[tdeggie]

#1 seed in the west. Play Vermont (4 seed) at 8pm local time on ESPNU from St. Paul, MN. St. Cloud St. and N. Michigan are the 2 and 3 seeds in the West.

[trwi7]

Wow! I didn't think they would get the West. Since Denver was ahead, I figured they would get the West and we would get the East or Northeast.

 

Don't know much about Northern Michigan, but St. Cloud State scares me. So go Northern Michigan, assuming the Badgers can get past Vermont of course.

 

Also, if the Badgers win their bracket, they would get the winner of the East bracket for the first Frozen Four game which will be either Denver, RIT, Cornell or New Hampshire.

[NeedMoreFans]

Yeah, I was not too thrilled when I saw they had St. Cloud in their bracket...not to mention that if they meet in the Regional Final, it's in St. Paul, which will be a home game for St. Cloud.

[Buckylovesbeer]

St. Clouds best player got hurt very bad against Wisconsin Friday........just a note

[berniebrewer4life]

St. Clouds best player got hurt very bad against Wisconsin Friday........just a note

Sad to hear, but a nice break for the badgers.

[Diskono]

His (Garrett Roe) injury ended up being just a stiff neck, was a game time decision not to play in the WCHA final. Coach said he expects him back next weekend.

 

That all said, we're still 0-forever in the NCAA tournament...you might be better off worrying about Northern Michigan.

[berniebrewer4life]

That all said, we're still 0-forever in the NCAA tournament...you might be better off worrying about Northern Michigan.

SCSU has a really good team this year, and could easily get to the title game, if they play up to potential. Sure they lost to some bad teams, but that's gonna happen. I fully expect SCSU and UW to meet in the regional Final, and it should be a real good game.

[danzig6767]

That all said, we're still 0-forever in the NCAA tournament...you might be better off worrying about Northern Michigan.

SCSU has a really good team this year, and could easily get to the title game, if they play up to potential. Sure they lost to some bad teams, but that's gonna happen. I fully expect SCSU and UW to meet in the regional Final, and it should be a real good game.

Even the Vermont game scares me a bit simply because any one and done format in college hockey is dangerous. It's a low scoring game usually and a hot goalie any given day can steal a win for an inferior team. Have one of those say 42 to 21 shots on goal advantages, but still lose 2-1.

 

That said, a UW vs SCSU sure looks to be the most likely scenario and we should be the favorite. My biggest worry about advancing to the Finals or winning the title is goalie. Gudmanson is a solid goalie, but he's not skilled enough that he's going to steal a game for UW often if the offense struggles to put pucks in the net.

[thevaccinator27]

Got tix for Friday's game. I'll likely be at Eagle Street Bar & Pub before the game with a bunch of WAA folks.

[paul253]

After a season of such pitiful tv coverage, including the Final Five, it's refreshing to be able to actually watch the game on TV on Friday.

[trwi7]

The Final Five was on TV.

[paul253]

Really? I thought the first game (Thursday) was on and the championship game was on, but only as a tape delay at like 10:30 at night or something?

[trwi7]

Actually, that Badger game might have only been on FS North. The third place game was definitely on live, that took place a few hours before the championship game on FS Wisconsin.

[Buckylovesbeer]

If your in the Madison Area with Charter Cable, ESPNU is channel 310 - I just found it and have it! GO Bucky!