INSIDE MEN'S HOCKEY BY PAUL CAPOBIANCO @BadgerMHockey
Season opens in Green
iscosnin got its first taste of competition last Saturday, skating to a 5-0 victory over the U.S. Un- der-18 Team (The U.S. team went on to a 1-1 tie the next night at top-10 ranked Notre Dame).
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While the result was posi- tive, UW head coach Mike Eaves saw it for something else. "We've been playing pond hockey for the last few months," Eaves said. "What happens when you play that kind of hockey is bad habits creep in. "We did some very good things, things that we tried to plant in our limited time
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Bay's Resch Center UW looking for 'good habits' to start season
together, but there was a lot of bad habits that went on. "As of today, summer hock- ey is over, and we're going to get right down to basics. We'll be able to, on a day-by- day basis, start forming good habits over the bad habits."
The grass is greener For Badgers fans, the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis., will forever spark mem- ories of Jack Skille's triple- overtime game-winning goal in the 2006 NCAA regional final that propelled the Bad- gers to the 2006 NCAA title. This weekend, the Badgers return to that site to open
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Nov. 16 U.S. Under-18 (Ex.) W, 5-0 vs. N. Michigan Saturday vs. N. Michigan
at Minn. Duluth at Minn. Duluth
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Colorado College 7 p.m. Colorado College 7 p.m. at Minnesota
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the season with two games against Northern Michigan.
Freshmen flash » For three rookies, Saturday was a first taste of college hockey. If first impressions mean anything, all three will make important con- tributions this season. Forward Morgan Zulinick and defenseman Kevin Schulze scored, while defen- seman Eddie Wittchow helped on the back end in the shutout.
