Minnesota Women's Hockey 2016-2017 (aka Season 20)

[joecct]

Everyone will find out what Clarkson's got in the tank 10/14 & 10/15. I'm very looking forward to that series. I'm hoping there will be a way for me to see a game or two on the interweb.

CCT web casts all its home games for free. Start with clarksonathletics.com and follow the multimedia links.

Ditto for SLU(t).

[Timothy A]

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CCT web casts all its home games for free. Start with clarksonathletics.com and follow the multimedia links.

Ditto for SLU(t).

Sweet! How exciting! I love being able to watch opponents that are uncommon for UW to play. Also looking forward to seeing Cornell. Sorry for hijacking the rodent thread.

[Gopho Sapiens]

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Now that Muzerall has been officially announced at OSU....anyone have any inside info on her replacement?

[KTDC]

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Coach Muzerall has been removed from the GWH roster, but noone has yet to be added

[Timothy A]

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What's the buzz on Muzz's replacement? Will it be hard to fill this spot so late in the game or will the "M" be enough to lure anyone away from anywhere? I vote for hard to fill, really hard to fill.

[D2D]

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What's the buzz on Muzz's replacement? Will it be hard to fill this spot so late in the game or will the "M" be enough to lure anyone away from anywhere? I vote for hard to fill, really hard to fill.

Not hard to fill per se, but it will definitely be a challenge to replace her with someone of equal ability, especially given the timing.

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

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Not hard to fill per se, but it will definitely be a challenge to replace her with someone of equal ability, especially given the timing.

Correct...I think they could find someone on short notice who has recently graduated (Bethany Brausen comes to mind) but it will be difficult to replace what Muzerall did for the recruiting process. Having just recently lost out to Wisconsin on players like Britta Curl and Makenna Webster it is important to find someone who can fill that void.

[pokechecker]

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either they want to play for the best or they'll have to settle for one of the pretenders

at this late date, and given next year is an Olympic year, they might be best hiring an interim coach

[ne7minder]

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Correct... (Bethany Brausen comes to mind)

Either a great guess or you have connections. BB it is.

[Timothy A]

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Having just recently lost out to Wisconsin on players like Britta Curl and Makenna Webster it is important to find someone who can fill that void.

If Muzz couldn't beat MJ, some rookie will only do worse. It's ok though, the roster for the next 3 years is pretty much filled for UW. Unless MJ takes a page out of Frosty's playbook and hoards them.

[D2D]

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Unless MJ takes a page out of Frosty's playbook and hoards them.

Not hoarding. Strickly a case of demand outstripping supply, i.e. more girls wanting to play for the two-time defending national champions. Perhaps someday Wisconsin will find itself in a similar position....

[pokechecker]

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If Muzz couldn't beat MJ, some rookie will only do worse.

other than Chicken Little, who says the Gophers lost out? Each school can only get so many, I'd say the Gophers did quite nicely last year, this year , and next year, they rank right up there with the best classes ever, maybe not quite 2012/13, but darn close.

[ne7minder]

Perhaps someday Wisconsin will find itself in a similar position....

That is sweet of you to say but lets not give them unrealistic expectations.

[Eeyore]

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Brausen has the potential to be a really good hire. At least what was expressed publicly while she was a player made it seem like she could be a very good coach if she has a real interest in it, as I assume she does. She has no experience coaching at this level, but Frost and Johnson have plenty to cover while she gets up to speed. She'll have to learn recruiting, but it helps that the Gophers have a large slate of commitments already for coming years.

So, I approve of this hire. Then again, I'm biased, since she was a part of my favorite Gopher class ever.

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

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Either a great guess or you have connections. BB it is.

I'll just call it an educated guess.