>Not having seen much western college hockey this season, it was great
>being able to see the Wisconsin-Michigan State game tonight on The
>Deuce. Whatta great game!! The first two periods were played intensely
>on both sides and the 3-3 score was a good reflection of the game.
>However, the Badgers were able to use their momentum from the second
>period to dominate in the third and win 5-3.
>One of the players who impressed me the most was Wisconsin's #3
>Rafalski. His defense was extremely solid and his passes were right on.
>Question for Badgers out there: did Rafalski just have a good game or is
>he always that good? What are his season stats?
>later,
>Tony
>GO BU!!!!
Here are the stats of the top four scorers for Wisconsin this year.
Player GP SOG G A Pts Pen PIM PPG
Williams 41 107 25 26 51 21 58 4
Rafalski 41 128 11 30 41 19 46 1
Balkovec 39 119 4 33 37 47 102 2
Spencer 39 98 14 21 35 21 53 4
As you can see Rafalski has be important (statistically) for the Badgers
over the length of the season. He doesn't play that well EVERY game but
usually gets pretty close to his excellent preformance tonight. Some in
the city and WCHA thought Rafalski should/could have been a Hobey canidate.
--eric
and then there were eight... bring on the Wolverines!