The Badgers were extremely lucky to have won this game. The first two periods, it looked like the Gophers had a continuous power-play. All the Badgers would do when they got the puck was dump it into center-ice. I think if Bucky didn't get the first goal of the game, it may have been a Minnesota romp. This was not the same DeBus that shut out the Badgers, 5-0 in January. He seemed to have problems with his angles, couldn't control rebounds, didn't know where the puck was at points, and just had an off-night. Bucky capitialized on a lot of Gopher mistakes, including a lot of odd-man rushes. One goal I can remember to the contrary was (I think) by Mike Strobel, who put a rocket past DeBus in the second period (although, DeBus was actually off his angle again). Badger goalie Kirk Daubenspeck stood on his head again for the Cardinal and White, making 48 saves, even though, as someone mentioned, most were either right in his chest or pads. One save that sticks out in my head was in the second period, when the Gophers had a lot of pressure right in front of the Badger net. The puck got loose right in front of the empty net, because Dauber was on his back after making a couple of saves, when the Minnesota shooter (unexplainably) put the puck toward the net on the ice. Dauber put his stick on the ice right before the puck hit it, and the defense cleared the puck. Which brings up another point. The Badgers have started to play more like a team on defense. They still let a lot of rebounds get away, but they have finally learned that clearing the puck into the corner is OK. Nice to see things coming together right before the playoffs. With about 1:30 left in the game, a major scuffle broke out right in front of the Gopher bench, after Bucky had made the score 6-2 on a Rick Enrico goal. What I didn't particularly like about it was that the Gopher bench had to get their shots in on the Badger player. What also didn't make sense to me was why Minnesota came out with the power play from this. The Gophers had 2 guys DQed, and we had 1. After a couple more penalty calls on the Badgers, Bonin got a garbage goal, to make the score 6-3. The Badgers will play the first round of the WCHA playoffs on the road, but I'd hate to be the team that has to play them. Todd D. Milewski [log in to unmask] "U-Rah-Rah Wisconsin!" HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.