The next time, if there is a next time, University of Wisconsin men's hockey coach Mike Eaves will not make the same scheduling mistake.
The looming holiday break means final semester exams. Eaves had individual meetings with his players this week and came away "amazed" at the academic workloads they were carrying. One veteran, senior winger Nick Licari, didn't play this night due to a high volume of schoolwork.
"I don't know that I'd ever do this again in terms of scheduling," Eaves said of the exhibition, played before an announced crowd of 11,733. "One of the last things on their mind was playing hockey."
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We played the Gophers right before our finals week... does that mean we can use finals as an excuse too?!? They seriously almost lost to high schools... maybe they aren't as high and mighty as everyone seems to think they are.
And sorry... I realize this isn't all that Sioux related.