Versus River Falls - 12/5
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In the second game last weekend the C team played much better against the
defending champions from River Falls.  We got out to a 2-0 lead but that
was cut to 2-1 by the end of the first period.  During the second period
River Falls tied the game and it remained tied until around the 5 minute
to go mark in the third.
 
At that point, Wisconsin nearly converted to gain the lead, but it was ruled
no goal and in retrospect it was hard to tell from the tape whether the
puck crossed the line or not (however, the camera was on the other end of
the ice).  Shortly after that River Falls was able to take the lead.  They
then added one more goal to come away with a 4-2 victory, but we felt much
better about our level of play than after the 7-1 thrashing the night before.
 
 
Versus Valley Girls - 12/10
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This was a game of strange things happening off of the ice before we even
got to skate.  We had three vans going to the game, and only about 20
minutes outside of town the van I was in hit a deer causing the van to be
undrivable.  Thankfully no one was hurt, and we were ablr to get another van
from the school and get back on the road.  We were also able to get in
touch with the team and inform them of the situation and were told they would
try to delay the start.
 
We finally arrived, and the game had started, since they decided that since
there were enough skaters they would play.  Some of the latecomers dressed
quickly (since they had been put on the game roster already) and were
able to play part of the second period and all of the third.  I personaly
wound up wearing someone else's gear, since she had no choice but to wear
mine since we were in different vans than our stuff.  The worst part of
course was the skates, but what are you going to do?
 
We won the game 8-0 and credited the first goal by a woman from the late
van to be for the deer.  What a night.
 
 
Versus St. Cloud State - 12/11
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We actually all made it to this game on time, after having the day
to play in the cities, a nice break from studies (at least for those
of us who didn't go to the library).
 
We played a tough game and had the puck in our zone a lot, but just
couldn't convert.  It was very frustrating, and we wound up losing 3-0.
 
We are 2-4-1 now for the season, which gives us more wins than at the end
of last year.
 
 
Inexperienced Team
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The inexperienced team did not play this past weekend, and also lost the
second game of their series the previous weekend.
 
 
 
Wendy Istvanick
Go Badgers!!!