Brian Elliott now has 12 consecutive periods without allowing a goal (photo: Ryan Coleman)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The Hobey Baker Award finalist has picked a great time to make his last-ditch campaign. <\/p>\n
“As far as having three shutouts in a row, I don’t think that I would have ever thought that could happen,” Eaves said. “It’s just one of those moments when Brian is playing terrific and the people in front of him are playing well too.”<\/p>\n
Playing well is an understatement. Heading into the game the Badgers had already moved into the No. 1 spot in the country defensively, allowing just 1.90 goals per game. <\/p>\n
Earlier this year, they had proved to the world that they did not have a defense-first mentality. They can still say that, as they boast 3.42 goals per game themselves, but that defense certainly is coming in handy. <\/p>\n
And Wisconsin put the exclamation point on the success of its defense recently by blocking 20 shots. <\/p>\n
“The guys in front of me have been unreal lately,” Elliott said. “Everybody’s all-out and you can’t say enough about the guys in front of me.” <\/p>\n
Eaves has played and coached in as well as seen a number of great games, and this is just another to add to his list. <\/p>\n
“I think that’s a college game that everybody who was in the building will be talking about for a long time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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