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[yourout]

Maddening amount of hitting pipes or missing the net completely 

[RedStickBrew]

7 minutes ago, yourout said:

Maddening amount of hitting pipes or missing the net completely 

That was a wide open net. Really frustrating. 

[RedStickBrew]

And another rip off the post

[yourout]

6 minutes ago, RedStickBrew said:

That was a wide open net. Really frustrating. 

These type of games never end well. 

Either give up a softy or a defenseman falls down for a breakaway.

[RedStickBrew]

5 minutes ago, yourout said:

These type of games never end well. 

Either give up a softy or a defenseman falls down for a breakaway.

Yeah it feels like it could be 4-1 right now. 

[yourout]

I do not think they could hit this many pipes if they tried.

[RedStickBrew]

Great pass and goal there!

[yourout]

I don't like all the extra media timeouts.

[RedStickBrew]

4 minutes ago, yourout said:

I don't like all the extra media timeouts.

Not with  lead. Keep that clock ticking

[RedStickBrew]

Starting to find the back of the net now

[yourout]

Heck of a tip by Tassi.

[RedStickBrew]

Pretty early for the empty net

[RedStickBrew]

That’ll probably do it 

[yourout]

1st playoff win since 2010.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Nice to see the Badgers win. I'm a Minnesota State grad, so hoping they can upset WMU tomorrow. 

As a friend said, if you're emotionally invested college hockey playoffs are the most intense sporting experience you can have, save maybe World Cup penalties. All the drama of the NHL playoffs, with single-elimonation stakes.

[Samurai Bucky]

Houser has been Jekyll and Hyde this season.  Some of that is attributed on the defensive play in front of him.  Hopefully, he can stay hot.

[stoutdude04]

6 hours ago, Samurai Bucky said:

Houser has been Jekyll and Hyde this season.  Some of that is attributed on the defensive play in front of him.  Hopefully, he can stay hot.

Yea, that goal last night was pretty soft.

What a draw for Bucky. THAT team was 6th in the nation? They were awful. Slow, generated hardly any chances, and 0 creative play. The only thing they did well was block shots. Game should have been 6/7-0 without any empty netters, honestly.

[stoutdude04]

I see its espn2 on Saturday. Ill have to see if spectrum will cancel my newly purchased bundle that included espnU. Ha

[RedStickBrew]

9 hours ago, Samurai Bucky said:

Houser has been Jekyll and Hyde this season.  Some of that is attributed on the defensive play in front of him.  Hopefully, he can stay hot.

I think the best we can hope for with Hauser is that he gained some confidence playing yesterday and it continues. He did make a couple nice stops yesterday but he didn’t face much pressure from that team.
 

Sparty will be different. MSU has not been playing their best either lately, so hopefully we have a shot to pull out a win. 

[RedStickBrew]

2 hours ago, stoutdude04 said:

I see its espn2 on Saturday. I’ll have to see if spectrum will cancel my newly purchased bundle that included espnU. Ha

Yep,  looks like 3:30 on ESPN 2. It does suck that games are televised on so many different networks throughout the year. 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Should be a fun game against MSU for the Badgers. Fun Final 8.

3 Big Ten teams, plus the old WCHA group of Duluth, Denver, and North Dakota. Throw in Quinnipiac and Western Michigan, and that's a nice mix.

Hockey seems to have come through conference realignment okay, though I absolutely miss the days when every weekend featured Wisconsin-Minnesota or Gophers-St. Cloud State or UMD-Mankato. Hard to beat those atmospheres. 

Bet nobody misses the trips to Alaska, though.

[yourout]

On 3/27/2026 at 9:56 AM, RedStickBrew said:

I think the best we can hope for with Hauser is that he gained some confidence playing yesterday and it continues. He did make a couple nice stops yesterday but he didn’t face much pressure from that team.
 

Sparty will be different. MSU has not been playing their best either lately, so hopefully we have a shot to pull out a win. 

Yeah MSU has a huge advantage between the pipes. Maybe we catch a few lucky bounces.

[Joseph Zarr]

Big Game today, Lads. May the Badgers rise to the occasion!

[RedStickBrew]

Channeling the Sparkle Twins for some physicality that I believe we will need today to get a win. 
 

[RedStickBrew]

Massive snipe for Finley off the face-off.