Wisconsin Badgers 2010-2011, The next generation.

[solovsfett]

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nice win, though I'm ****ed Time Warner wasn't showing the game (in milwaukee anyway). Now come out tomorrow and get the SWEEP!

[burd]

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I for one am looking to pound some Beaver tonight.

I'll bet tomorrow will be the first time you've had that chance two nights in a row.

[Gurtholfin]

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I'll bet tomorrow will be the first time you've had that chance two nights in a row.

It'll be the first time in a long time that I've pounded the SAME beaver two nights in a row.

How's your mom doing by the way?

[MadCityRich]

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I'll bet tomorrow will be the first time you've had that chance two nights in a row.

Hey, how did you know....Oh you were talking to Gurt.

[Gurtholfin]

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Can someone explain the thinking behind the double jeopardy power play rule. Why would they think that a team should get two goals out of one penalty. I know it's a new rule, but how does this make sense?

[WeWantMore]

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Can someone explain the thinking behind the double jeopardy power play rule. Why would they think that a team should get two goals out of one penalty. I know it's a new rule, but how does this make sense?

I think a lot of it was as simple as wanting to see more goals.

[solovsfett]

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I heard Derek Lee is in the doghouse? a poor play last night? or poor practice habits?

[dvgmacdonald]

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I don't know why Solovsfett, but Podge played great in Lee's normal slot, and the 4th line looked pretty darn good, too. Sort of like last year when he disappeared from the lineup, I didn't miss Lee much.

[WeWantMore]

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They briefly mentioned it on the replay of the broadcast from last night that I saw. Combination of Eaves trying to shake things up/send a message about effort is what they made it sound like.

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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Just in case anyone is curious, or if anyone actually thinks that our attendance records are a big deal:

The Big Chill at The Big House isn't a huge threat to our streak of having the best average attendance in the nation. After 9 home games (including today), Michigan has had 165,389 fans at their games. They have 9 more home games on their schedule. Using Yost's capacity of 6,637, that means that they will have 59,733 fans at their final 9 home games (assuming sellouts). That gives them a total of 225,122 fans for the season, or an average of a little over 12,500 per game.

We're a pretty safe bet to have a higher per game average AND we have 4 more home dates than they do, so by both accounts, we're probably still going to lead the nation in attendance. Again.

[bucky15]

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It is nice to wake up and see a Badger sweep!!! Also, that the 2nd and 3rd lines showed up on the box score and from previous comments that the 4th line played well. Nice shutout for Goody. Now we need to take care of these four non-conference games.


Side note: How is St. Cloud doing so poorly they really didn't lose that many people last year? I wish we played them in the first half before this team wakes up.

[Gandalf the Red]

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I heard Derek Lee is in the doghouse? a poor play last night? or poor practice habits?

This should have happened a long time ago. I like Lee, but when you center the second scoring line, you can't play weak, and avoid the tough jobs in the corner and fighting for the puck. He is a talented player, but still needs to get stronger, or play stronger. Jefferson Dahl isn't any bigger than Lee and plays tough in the corners.

Turnbull had a nice weekend, I like that line going forward. He'll make dumb mistake and take a few bonehead penalties in the 2nd half, but he needs to be out there, he adds offense and grit.

Goody is #1 in the WCHA (during conference play) in save % at 0.930.

[Crainer]

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Great sweep, especially coming back from such a bad start on Friday. Goody is playing some of the best goal of his career, great to see.

I'm hoping that Eaves possibly experiments with having Z center Smith and Murray, just to see if Z is better at faceoffs then Smith. Being their Friday, I remember Smith winning exactly 2 facesoffs the whole evening. Offensively, you can't argue with what he is doing, but when we need to win a faceoff, and the other team puts out their best guy, Smith gets owned.

All worked out this weekend, but if that 1st line could win some more faceoffs, they would be even better then they have already started.

[solovsfett]

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This should have happened a long time ago. I like Lee, but when you center the second scoring line, you can't play weak, and avoid the tough jobs in the corner and fighting for the puck. He is a talented player, but still needs to get stronger, or play stronger. Jefferson Dahl isn't any bigger than Lee and plays tough in the corners.

Turnbull had a nice weekend, I like that line going forward. He'll make dumb mistake and take a few bonehead penalties in the 2nd half, but he needs to be out there, he adds offense and grit.

Goody is #1 in the WCHA (during conference play) in save % at 0.930.

Well I hope he gets the msg then and works harder, and works toward building more strength.

Last night some of the unheralded guys played great as has been mentioned, Turnbull, Clark, Dahl

I'm not sure why Faust is sitting in favor of Springer...It appears there is still some hesitation on break-outs from our D-core and that's got to stop. the good teams will destroy UW if that continues

Gudmanson looked great last night.

...and it was nice to see some of the roundball kids show up for the game.

3-1 now on this stretch, hopefully on the way to at least 6-2, or REALLY optimistically 7-1

[Timothy A]

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I am a big Lee fan too (love those BCHL scoring machines), but he just seems invisible out there. He's made a few hits here and there in games I have seen, but he's largely MIA when he's on the ice. Hopefully Eaves doesn't go Goro or Bearson on him.

Great to see Goody bounce back with 2 great games after the UMD game.