I listened to both games, and had family at both games. So those are the sources of my observations. Wisconsin didn't come to play Saturday afternoon. Although the penalties and power plays were one sided, (2 5x3's in one period? in a non chippy game?) the Badgers got whipped and deserved to. Sunday afternoon's game was a different story, but with the same first and last chapter. Wisconsin came to play this game, jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead on a goal by freshman T.R. Moreau C.C. then scored 4 unanswered goals, one of whick was a short-handed tally, to finish out the first period. The Badgers rallied for 2 goals (Siren, Haley) in the second to pull within a goal. The 3rd period was very exciting, but CC's Eric Rud scored a PP goal with less that 4 minutes remaining. Wisconsin got a PP goal by Moreau (his 2nd of the night) to pull within one goal, but were unable to send the game into overtime. NOTES: The Badger freshman are very good. And the junior class is getting the job done overall. Kirk Daubenspeck didn't have a very good weekend. Granted he didn't get a lot of help, from his team, or the ref's either. And it seems that there is some animosity building up between Wisconsin and C.C. The Badgers fall to 5-5, good for 5th place in the W.C.H.A. The tough part of Wisconsin's schedule will be over in a month. Next weekend, Minnesota-Duluth comes to Madison for a Friday/Saturday series. Thanksgiving weekend features the College Hockey Showcase, and then UW goes up to Anchorage before the semester/christmas break. Over that period, Wisconsin should go 3-1 vs. the league, and hopefully beat one of the Michigan teams. So, after getting the road trips to Colorado and Alaska over with early, the schedule works in Wisconsin's favor the rest of the season, just in time for the Badgers annual 2nd half surge! Terry E. Tuschen Jr. ****************************************************************************** University of Wisconsin-Madison WISCONSIN BADGERS Space Science and Engineering NCAA DIV. 1 Mens Ice Hockey Champions McIDAS Archive 1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 1997?! [log in to unmask] "A great day for hockey!" http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~terryt/ssec.html ****************************************************************************** HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.