Jennifer; John,
 
I do think the Badgers are chippier and much more aggressive too - which
I like.  It seems that when the team starts worrying about penalties,
they loose their edge, which I don't like.
 
I have never liked the style of referee Adam....I don't think Jeff Sauer
has either.  Did you know that Adam has been selected to ref in the
Olympics?!  "My God, Magnum!"  He is the last WCHA ref that I have seen
in action who should be in Nagano (sp?) Jee Whiz.
 
 
 
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>From:  Jennifer Iwen[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Tuesday, December 09, 1997 1:22 PM
>Subject:       Re: NoDak / UW recap?
>
>At 9:32 AM -0600 12/9/97, John Perkins wrote:
>
>>Somewhere in the second period Adam started flipping coins on whether or not
>>to call a penalty.  As usual, the home team was victimized by the ref more
>>often than the visiting team (I estimate by 3:1).  A very marginal penalty
>>in
>>the third period lead to the first power play goal by NoDak; at that point
>>Wisconsin was starting to look weak.  The second goal was a defensive
>>breakdown from the cardinal and white.  Our offense had a few good shots
>>that
>>just weren't quite on net.
>
>>
>>In short, I think the score would have turned out to be 2-1 NoDak had Adam
>>not
>>been there to screw things up.  Then again, that's typical WCHA officiating,
>>isn't it?  Judging by the number of times the crowd outright boo'ed the refs
>>after blowing the whistle, I'm not the only one who thought the zebras
>>screwed
>>up.
>
>Has anyone else noticed that the Badgers seem much chippier this season? I
>don't think it's my imagination.. but I can't remember, as a team, taking
>this many penalties.. they seem to be killing off penalites every 5
>minutes. I'm not sure it's the refs "bad calls".. there were a couple dumb
>penalties by Wisconsin, (Raygor's slash especially .. I'd expect more
>composure from the captain)  The last thing we need is a team of Sean Hills
>and Jason Zents, without the scoring ability... just an opinion.  You can't
>score from the penalty box, boys.
>
>---
>"Our doubts are traitors, And makes us lose the good we oft might win, by
>fearing to attempt."
>Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
>
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