Wisconsin goalie goes down

[Dpperk29]

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2006/01/19_elliott.php

not that this really affects cornell, but it's still a shame to see a good goalie go down.

[KeithK]

This is a really big deal for the #1 team in the country.  Their backup is a freshman who's only game experience with the Badgers is one against the US Under-18 Team.  I guess we'll see how good he is.

This is also a big opportunity for the defending national champs.  Denver plays two against Wisconsin this weekend and a big series against the freshman could help jump start the Pioneers so far mediocre year.

[billhoward]

A reminder of how key Cornells No. 1 netminder is. Our No. 2 is not exactly battle-tested either.

[Rita]

bad things happen when teammates and adverbs are in the wrong place at the wrong time.  ::twitch::
Rita


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ELLIOTT OUT 3-4 WEEKS
http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2006/01/19_elliott.php

Wisconsin goaltender Brian Elliott, a leading candidate for the Hobey
Baker Award, will miss 3-4 weeks, according to a school spokesperson,
after injuring his leg during practice on Wednesday.


Elliott was injured when a mistakenly teammate slid into him during
practice.


At 18-2-2, Elliott has played every game for the Badgers this
season, on a team that leads the nation in winning percentage and is atop
every poll and ranking.

Read the rest:
http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2006/01/19_elliott.php

[cth95]

[Q]Wisconsin goaltender Brian Elliott, a leading candidate for the Hobey
Baker Award, will miss 3-4 weeks, according to a school spokesperson,
after injuring his leg during practice on Wednesday.[/Q]

Along the lines of Rita's post, I wonder how the school spokesperson injured his leg and what he was practicing when he did.  :-)

[DL]

Wisconsin gets something of a break, however small...

"Denver's Ryan Dingle got a game disqualification along with his penalty last Saturday, meaning the Pioneers' leading goalscorer will have to sit out Friday's game at Wisconsin."

[pfm10]

I'm still chuckling to myself about a goalie going down.  ::laugh:: I guess even college hockey has to have its share of sex scandals.

Sorry.

[Robb]

[quote pfm10]I'm still chuckling to myself about a goalie going down.  ::laugh:: I guess even college hockey has to have its share of sex scandals.

Sorry.[/quote]
heh.  I was thinking, "...and Topher lifts it top shelf and SCORES!!!!!"

[Rita]

[quote cth95]
Along the lines of Rita's post, I wonder how the school spokesperson injured his leg and what he was practicing when he did.  :-)[/quote]

maybe some sort of "gopher-stomping" dance?  ::nut::

English teachers can use this article as an example of where not to put your adverbs and why you need to check how you place your prepositional phrases.

I usually don't catch these types of errors, but at work it is "conference abstract submission time", so I'm a bit more alert to these things... at least for this week.;-)

[Josh '99]

[quote Rita]bad things happen when teammates and adverbs are in the wrong place at the wrong time.  ::twitch::
Rita


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ELLIOTT OUT 3-4 WEEKS
http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2006/01/19_elliott.php

Wisconsin goaltender Brian Elliott, a leading candidate for the Hobey
Baker Award, will miss 3-4 weeks, according to a school spokesperson,
after injuring his leg during practice on Wednesday.

Elliott was injured when a mistakenly teammate slid into him during
practice.

At 18-2-2, Elliott has played every game for the Badgers this
season, on a team that leads the nation in winning percentage and is atop
every poll and ranking.

Read the rest:
http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2006/01/19_elliott.php[/quote]Is anyone else a bit peeved about Elliott being considered "a leading candidate for the Hobey Baker Award", when looking at his numbers in comparison with McKee's last year or Lenny's three years ago?

[Chris \'03]

[quote jmh30]Is anyone else a bit peeved about Elliott being considered "a leading candidate for the Hobey Baker Award", when looking at his numbers in comparison with McKee's last year or Lenny's three years ago?[/quote]

Obligatory USCHO style reply: Please, Josh, Elliott plays in the mighty WCHA. He faces only the best every night, not the weak EZAC schedule that produced Lenny's NCAA record year. If Lenny played in the WCHA his GAA would be more like 3.50 with a save percentage of .860. Oh, and the argument about Cornell goalies being a prodcut of the system doesn't hold for Wisconsin because... well... Bucky is in the WCHA! If no WCHA forward is going to score 60 goals, the award should just go to the best WCHA goalie. It's only fair.  ::nut::

[cth95]

No wonder girls always seem to like goalies.  They go down over-and-over again every night. ;-)

[Nostradamus]

WCHA fan here ... I'm predicting that Elliot or not, Wisconsin falls to CORNELL in the NCAA regionals.  Wisconsin has been beating offensive minded teams such as CC and Minnesota all season ... I don't think they've had to deal much with another tight checking team with good goaltending.  Cornell plays a very similar game to Wisconsin, and I think would be well suited to pulling off the upset.  I just had a premonition that this would happen .. McKee will get hot for you guys and you will beat a Badgers team that will be hyped as an invincible juggernaut.

[Chris 02]

[quote Nostradamus]WCHA fan here ... I'm predicting that Elliot or not, Wisconsin falls to CORNELL in the NCAA regionals.  Wisconsin has been beating offensive minded teams such as CC and Minnesota all season ... I don't think they've had to deal much with another tight checking team with good goaltending.  Cornell plays a very similar game to Wisconsin, and I think would be well suited to pulling off the upset.  I just had a premonition that this would happen .. McKee will get hot for you guys and you will beat a Badgers team that will be hyped as an invincible juggernaut.[/quote]

Just a general WCHA fan or any particular team?  (like a ticked off CC or Minny fan)

[Nostradamus]

[quote Chris 02][quote Nostradamus]WCHA fan here ... I'm predicting that Elliot or not, Wisconsin falls to CORNELL in the NCAA regionals.  Wisconsin has been beating offensive minded teams such as CC and Minnesota all season ... I don't think they've had to deal much with another tight checking team with good goaltending.  Cornell plays a very similar game to Wisconsin, and I think would be well suited to pulling off the upset.  I just had a premonition that this would happen .. McKee will get hot for you guys and you will beat a Badgers team that will be hyped as an invincible juggernaut.[/quote]

Just a general WCHA fan or any particular team?  (like a ticked off CC or Minny fan)[/quote]

A Minnesota fan who is more resigned to the fact that the Gophers are not as good as the Badgers this year than ticked off.  I think that a patient, disciplined team that sticks to a system like a "left wing lock," or a team that excels at grinding along the boards in the offensive zone, may have better success against Wisconsin than teams such as MN or CC.  That may or may not describe the Big Red this year, but I'm hoping that someone can take down Bucky this year when it counts.