Minnesota is the overwhelming favorite to win it all this year. They're number 1 overall and, obviously, number 1 in the WCHA.
Coming into last night, many a Badger fan was nervous as to how bad a bloodbath we would endure.
Wisconsin has proved a distinct inability to stop the power play and an inability to put goals away, meaning this could have been a long and painful night.
Instead, Wisconsin excelled on both ends of the power play, with Ross Carlson scoring two power play goals.
In addition to being spectacular and totally unexpected, the win was the University of Wisconsin's 1000th as a program.
From a JSOnline.com article:
"Everyone is back and it feels good to look around the locker room and see all the faces," said Skille, one of three UW players who missed the last four games while playing for Team USA in the World Junior Championship. "We didn't even play our best tonight."
That is a sobering possibility for the Gophers and the rest of the WCHA.
UW is just 7-7-1 in the WCHA and 10-11-2 overall. However, the Badgers are 6-2-0 in their last eight games and handed Minnesota (19-2-3, 11-1-3) its first loss since the season opener against Maine on Oct. 6.
To say I'm excited about this win would be an understatement. I have the full game on DVR and will be watching it tonight, since tonight's game doesn't appear to be on. The boyfriend will be going to the game with the boys from work. I'm not jealous at all!
All I can say is "let's go red!"
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