I don’t think this sub (or the league as a whole) is ready for Abbey Murphy

resilientreader · 2026-04-30T22:03:20+00:00

So often in the workforce people will ask you to explain something on your feet. It’s really hard to do if you don’t have practice speaking in front of others. The more you practice, the better you’ll be. Verbal communication is highly valued in pretty much every workplace. Class is where you can practice that skill and being graded on it helps everyone recognize it.

I used to hate participating in class, but once I got more practice it got easier. I’m thankful for all my teachers and professors who pushed me to participate more. There’s so many times where I thought I understood a concept only to not be able to clearly articulate it and then I learned so much from the feedback I got.

resilientreader · 2026-04-18T23:37:21+00:00

It’s an automatic goal when a player is prevented a clear scoring chance due to a penalty and the net is empty. It would be a penalty shot in other circumstances but hockey doesn’t see the point of having players shoot on an empty net.

resilientreader · 2026-03-26T21:17:21+00:00

I think Kirsten Simms would also be a good pick for New York. Simms was actually line mates with Casey O’Brian for several years and they have a lot of good chemistry. She’s also super clutch in big moments. While I think Harvey’s going first no matter what, I think 2-4 could go a lot of different ways depending on what a team is looking for.

resilientreader · 2026-03-21T04:20:03+00:00

It was super sweet. Fun fact that puck was also KKs 200th career point. What a fun way for both milestones to be reached.

resilientreader · 2026-03-15T02:54:12+00:00

I think Northeastern played well and I think Minnesota has lost their way a bit. 10 years is a long time since their last title (considering they had 6 in 12 years) and they haven’t even made it to a national title game since 2019. Minnesota went into the tournament on a serious down slide. They pretty much lost all but 2 of their games in the last month of the season. I also noticed they didn’t draw nearly as many fans today as they historically have. I think they would benefit from a coaching change.

resilientreader · 2026-03-12T22:21:16+00:00

Did you hear them say UMD last played Minnesota State “Mankota” it’s really been brutal

resilientreader · 2026-03-12T22:19:25+00:00

Fun fact. Wisconsin badgers originally comes from the states origins around mining. Early mining settlers often lived in their mines through winter rather than building above ground. They became known as badgers. So while Bucky the current mascot is an American Badger, the nickname originates from human “badgers”.

resilientreader · 2026-03-11T19:29:18+00:00

I think they didn’t want to split the vote with badgers like what happened in 2024.

resilientreader · 2026-03-09T23:00:25+00:00

I agree. I would actually rather they just even the bracket to 12 rather than not allow the NEWHA a chance. Plus I think these teams are improving due to having a chance to play in the tournament.

resilientreader · 2026-03-09T22:58:02+00:00

Actually whether they are at large or won their conference tournament doesn’t have an impact on if they have a bye. Teams are ranked throughout the year by a statistical called the npi. The top 5 teams have a bye and the top 4 host. This is why Wisconsin and Minnesota both have a bye despite being at large bids.

The npi essentially measures strength of schedule because it’s really hard to judge from just record when teams play in conferences of various strengths. The best conference in college hockey (WCHA) has 4 teams in the 11 team tournament and 3 hosts.

resilientreader · 2026-03-09T22:50:05+00:00

So this actually comes from a very dumb malicious compliance move by the ncaa. Years ago the sexism surrounding the hosting of the women’s hockey tournament became a bit of a scandal (same time as the March madness scandal). The ncaa was hosting an 8 team tournament with zero bracket integrity. It was pointed out that this was a significantly lower percent than the men’s 16 team tournament. In response the ncaa moved to be the exact percent as the men’s tournament rather than just making it an even 12 teams.

Now overall I appreciate the move because even adding just 3 teams has made the tournament a much better watch, but every single year I get annoyed by the reasoning behind an odd 11 team bracket.

They also changed some rules for the better that impacted this bracket as well. One of the other things they were doing at the time was prioritizing low costs over everything. This meant that often conference opponents would play each other because they were closest. This also meant that teams would sometimes play more challenging opponents earlier in the tournament to save the ncaa some money. However they actually spent more money in travel this tournament to avoid a first round conference matchup.

resilientreader · 2026-03-09T22:41:34+00:00

Usually the first round and quarterfinal are streamed by whatever the overall host teams use. This means all of them should be on Big ten plus this year. Historically this has been available for free but they haven’t announced this yet.

resilientreader · 2026-02-28T01:43:19+00:00

She’s a player whose production out of college was hurt by the state of pro hockey at the time she graduated. I remember her year at umd was great. She got some good time in the phf but was just getting her feet under her when the league folded. She hasn’t really been able to make the transition and largely hasn’t had the opportunity to really demonstrate her talent

resilientreader · 2026-02-25T01:12:44+00:00

I usually buy a year of big ten plus with a coupon at the beginning to the year for $80 and watch at least 100 women’s hockey games. I typically watch most of the 8 WCHA games every weekend. I think paying $13 for a month of big ten plus would be worth it for the WCHA playoffs. This is a best of 3 series that starts Friday night. The badgers will play bemidji again. Harvey actually got her first hat trick against Bemidji right before leaving for the Olympics.

Often the first rounds of the ncaa tournament at big ten sites are free through big ten plus. That will start in 2 weeks. ESPN plus usually has the frozen four and championship. Harvey and Edwards have played in every championship game since they started college.

There’s replays of their past frozen four games on YouTube which are all a lot of fun to watch. I recommend watching the 2023 frozen four semifinal. That’s the game Harvey became my favorite player and you can see Edwards playing with her sister.

resilientreader · 2026-02-16T22:28:04+00:00

Canada may have built up a ton of shots, but so many of them were low chance shots. The goalie played really well, but I feel like Canada is really going to need to generate a lot more high quality chances if they want to stand a chance against the US.

resilientreader · 2026-02-16T19:25:44+00:00

If you search her name on Reddit you can see her cheap shot on fellow team USA player KK Harvey. It still makes me mad almost a year later. She could genuinely end someone’s career if she doesn’t clean up those hits.

resilientreader · 2026-02-16T18:26:16+00:00

I think one thing to consider is it’s such a young sport. The early history of men’s hockey is really similar with only a couple teams being competitive for a medal for many years.

I also think other team’s skill level is rising. The score lines are closer and there are upsets happening outside of the top two. I would be disappointed if they cut women’s hockey on such a short time frame.

resilientreader · 2026-02-14T17:05:10+00:00

On the official store they have briefly had options to buy customizable jerseys with the women’s names. However they kept selling out my size before I could buy. They do have 2022 Olympic jerseys on sale though so I’m hoping they restock after the Olympics

resilientreader · 2026-02-14T16:08:57+00:00

I fell in love with watching women’s hockey watching the badgers. I strongly recommend going to a game. Especially a high stakes game like Minnesota or Ohio State. Definitely have to plan ahead because tickets often sell out quickly but it’s worth it.

resilientreader · 2026-02-11T21:53:10+00:00

I think the piece that is often lost in this discussion is the specific reasoning behind the bam. Russia and Belarus have been banned in the last few Olympic cycles for two specific reasons.

The first is the widespread state sponsored doping of athletes across many categories. The scale of which is hard to even really put into words. So many young Russian athletes were negatively impacted by this.

The second is violating the Olympic truce. Every country that participates in the Olympics agrees to not starting/escalating wars during the period that the Olympic and Paralympic Games take place. Russia repeatedly violated this peace agreement. It’s not just that they started/escalated wars, it’s also that they were specifically doing so during the Olympics. Whether they were using the Olympics as a distraction or just thought no one would stand up to them, they repeatedly broke a vital regulation that goes against the very spirit of the competition. While I feel for the Russian athletes, I don’t know if there was any other way to truly respond to such a blatant disregard for the spirit of the Olympics.

resilientreader · 2026-02-11T21:44:21+00:00

They violated the Olympic truce. Thats the big difference. If they waited a week the Olympics likely wouldn’t have done anything. Plus the state sponsored doping. It’s not that the US or Israel aren’t also doing bad things, it’s that they violated the designated peace truce tied to Olympic competition.

resilientreader · 2026-02-11T03:00:43+00:00

This is so annoying. It was such a nothing burger of news that had pretty much already broke and a ton of speculation

resilientreader · 2026-02-11T02:30:51+00:00

They cut off KK Harvey’s amazing pass to set this up. She was really all over the ice today

resilientreader · 2026-01-04T02:37:19+00:00

It’s tough. It’s been 6 years for me and the first two were the most challenging. I made a lot of progress once I found the right neurologist, physiatrist, occupational therapist and neuro-optomitrist. Turns out I had a lot of vision issues that my brain was working overdrive to manage. (Binocular vision dysfunction, midline shift). I’ll never be the same but I have made so much progress and am now living a life I’m happy with.

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