NEWS FLASH

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WEST BEND, Wis. -
Feb. 28th, 2006

The great "Miller heist" has taken another weird turn. Police found the semi truck that was carrying the $26,000 worth of Miller Beer products today. The beer was gone. All of it!

- 384 24-packs of Miller Genuine Draft cans

- 560 18-packs of MGD 12-ounce bottles

- 980 18-packs of MGD 12-ounce cans

- 40 24-packs of Miller Light 16-ounce plastic bottles

In what might be a related story. A sheriff's deputy found two Wisconsin Badger Hockey fans in a park amongst a sea of empty Miller beer cans and bottles. The two unidentified fans have yet to make a statement.
Deputy Bert Dahmer said, "When we arrived we found both individuals face down clutching pictures of the UW Badger 2005-2006 Hockey Team photo. The faces of various UW hockey players had been covered by marker or pen. Both posters had the head coach's face deliberately cut out. We also discovered what seems to be a stuffed Goldy Gopher doll under one of the men." Asked further about the doll Dahmer continued, " it seems as though some type of ritual with sexual overtones was going on but I can not elaborate further until lab results are in on the doll."

Police are looking for finger prints to trying and connect these yet unlinked incidents.


Reporting
Red B. Menace.

Potulny For Hobey?

RyPo is coming off a huge weekend and has risen to the top of the Hobey hunt. He has quietly made a nice season for himself. Although he dismisses the recent acknowledgements you know he's thinking about it.

His numbers though 34 games: 29 Goals 21 Assists 1.47 PPGM.

In other ramblings. There is an air of caution going on with Goof fans. Most are of the opinion that the streak that has vaulted them to the top will come to and end this weekend. tUMD netminder has owned the Goofs. I am of the opinion that they sweep tUMD, Alaska in the playoff's and the lose at the X. Just a feeling!

There is an interesting post on SUZE's forum HERE! They are talking about Rookie of the Year in the WCHA. Well, just go read for yourself. Kessel just continues to grow both in defensive skills and making plays. I for one was not that impressed at the start of the season but since coming back from the World tourney he has raised his level of play. Wonder what he thinks NOW about his decision the come to Mecca?

The BADger fans all over forums are ducking for cover. Why? Because all their 1st half talk is coming back to bite them in the arse!

Bu(e)cky9 on GPL is about to get banned for stirring it up because he can't take the heat after his bout of BS.

Here is his BOLD prediction that started it:
"With an 8 point lead, we would have to try and give away the conference title."

CHOKE!

Does "W" stand for CHOKE?

I popped over to Whiner Central to check out the banter. Here is one of the posts.

"Is this the biggest collapse in Badger sports history?
I'm not trying to be overly dramatic, but is the Badger hockey team experiencing the biggest collapse in the history of Badger athletics?

A few short weeks ago the Badgers were 18-2-2. They had been ranked #1 in the country for about 9 weeks in a row, many of them unanomously. A few short weeks later they are 1-7 in there last 8 WCHA games. This weekend's series they got absolutely pummeled by a team that is not in the upper half of the league and that had a losing record.

Has any other Badger team gone from such prosperity to the outhouse so quickly? The one I can think of is the 1977 John Jardine football team that started 5-0 and nationally ranked, to finishing 5-6.

So why such a dramatic collapse?

1. Were the Badgers overchieving that much in the 1st 2/3's of the season?

2. Did the Brian Elliott injury really deflate the team that much because it caused a loss of confidence?

3. Is this team just getting tired?

4. Is there some type of internal strife?

5. Should this have been expected because Eaves' teams have a history of sliding down the stretch?

I think these are all legitimate questions. The Badger defenseman in the 1st 22 games seemed to limit the number of quality shots that Elliott was seeing. Now the opponents seem to be getting more quality scoring opportunities than early in the season. The Badgers haven't lost any defensemen to injury so I'm wondering why their played seems to have slipped.

A few short weeks ago this team seemed destined to be hoisting a NcNaughton Cup, a WCHA Final 5 Championship, and an NCAA championship. Today they seem destined to go down as the team that had the biggest free fall in the history of Badger sports."

No, just their usual end of the year el'foldo!

The cup runneth over!

After a 15 year drought the Golden Gopher capture the MacNaughton Cup. The league championship. 8 weeks ago everybody all but gave the cup to the BADgers. LOL! SWOON! More on that later. After a scoreless first the Goof's opened up and downed the Seadog's 4-0. Rypo had the hattrick. With 5 this weekend he is making a strong statement for a Hobey bid.

I had an interesting exchange on GPL about the significance of winning the cup. One guy said all that matters was the NS$$. Well in the big picture yes. He eluded to Woog winning it but never the big one. Woog was a failure. Plain and simple. tDon has not won it here. He has won 2 NC$$'s. Nice feather in his/their cap.

Meanwhile theBADger continue a meltdown of EPIC proportions! Again! The went to the Landcow's home and GOT SMOKED!!!! For shits and giggles I bopped over to the BADgers forum. All the talk has been wait til Elliot gets back. That's why we are losing. Ha what's the excuse now? The way they are playing they had better watch out or the could lose that overall No.1 seed. I hope they get bounced from the Final Five!

Here's my projected playoff match-ups:

Minne vs. Alaska
DU vs. tUMD
BADgers vs. Tech
NoDakanada vs. Landcows
CC vs. JBSU

Final 5- Minne, DU, BADgers, NoDakanada and JBSU! I'll see you there. Club Level Section 34 Row 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get'er DONE!

The Goof's survive a scare in Alaska. After skating to a 3-3 tie through 2 periods Wheeler redirects a shot from the point and the Goof's make it stick. On Saturday nite they need to come out with fire. This will set the tone for the likely playoff meeting between these two teams at Mecca in a few weeks. It will also enable the Goof's to need only 1 point next weekend to sew up the Cup! That is unless both the BADgers and DU lose again tonight. That will give the Goof's a 6 point lead with two games to go for them both.

We do get a chance to watch the BADger SWOON continue tonight. FSN will air the game at 7PM tonight. Boy the RedMenace chatter has REALLY subsided ALL of the net. USCHO crap is done, Bucky Board is ALL pissy. You see, this is what the BADgers do. CHOKE at the end of the season, ....and they chant GoldenChokers! It's not even likely they will be at the X for the Final Five. Remember Alaska taking them out a while ago? Hobey Elliot? I think NOT! Hobey Potulny?

If you want to watch the internet feed of the Goof's game go HERE!

Drop the PUCK!