NuxFan09 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Labate went scoreless with 2 shots on net and an even rating for Wisconsin in the last game of the regular season, a 3-2 win over St. Cloud State. Joseph Labate's regular season stats: 35 GP, 7 goals, 11 assists, 18 points, 39 PIMS, +9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wshdrvvn Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 a little sophomore slump but he came on towards the end of the season. I hope he becomes a leader for the team next season and steps it up for them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuxFan09 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 The 1st round match-ups are set for the WCHA playoffs. Labate's #4 Wisconsin will take on #9 Minnesota Duluth. Game 1 goes Friday March 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred65 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I wonder how much ice time he gets or if maybe he would be better to turn Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucklax Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I wonder how much ice time he gets or if maybe he would be better to turn Pro. Top 6 minutes consistently with even some time on the top line I believe. I think turning pro after this year would be to rush him a bit. It was a bad year for wisconsin but you can be sure they will be working hard to make sure it doesn't happen again. Let him get a little more experience as he'll probably be a top line player with a letter next year and then parlay that to a contract at the end of next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Heyman Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Top 6 minutes consistently with even some time on the top line I believe. I think turning pro after this year would be to rush him a bit. It was a bad year for wisconsin but you can be sure they will be working hard to make sure it doesn't happen again. Let him get a little more experience as he'll probably be a top line player with a letter next year and then parlay that to a contract at the end of next season Yeah, he's consistently top-line for Wisconsin. He turned it on in the second half of the season after a sort of Sophomore slump. He's a player who will develop more from playing 3 or 4 years in college, add on to that taking full advantage of the superior college weight rooms and he'll probably come out of NCAA hockey ready for the AHL and about 6'4 215lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossram Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Labate wil get an even bigger opportunity to produce next year. I'm happy with his development thus far and he projects as a decent 3rd liner in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I'm happy with what we have here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuxFan09 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Wisconsin defeated Minnesota Duluth 3-1 today in Game 1 of their 1st round playoff series. Labate finished with no points, 3 shots on goal and an even rating in the win. Game 2 goes tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuxFan09 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Wisconsin defeated Minnesota Duluth 4-1 on Saturday to sweep the 1st round series and advance to the WCHA Final Five starting March 21. Labate assisted on the game winning goal scored by Michael Mersch and finished with 2 PIMS, 4 shots on goal and a +1 rating. Wisconsin will face #5 Minnesota State on Thursday March 21. BTW, does anyone know why they call it the "Final Five" when there are actually 6 teams left? Still trying to learn the NCAA structure here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Wisconsin defeated Minnesota Duluth 4-1 on Saturday to sweep the 1st round series and advance to the WCHA Final Five starting March 21. Labate assisted on the game winning goal scored by Michael Mersch and finished with 2 PIMS, 4 shots on goal and a +1 rating. Wisconsin will face #5 Minnesota State on Thursday March 21. BTW, does anyone know why they call it the "Final Five" when there are actually 6 teams left? Still trying to learn the NCAA structure here. That means he'll going head to head with CDC favorite Nick Bjugstad. Should be interesting to see how they measure up. Hopefully they'll be part of the same organization in the not too distant future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wshdrvvn Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 That means he'll going head to head with CDC favorite Nick Bjugstad. Should be interesting to see how they measure up. Hopefully they'll be part of the same organization in the not too distant future. bjugstad is on minnesota, not minn state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 bjugstad is on minnesota, not minn state. Wow, that's confusing. I didn't realize there's 3 minesota teams. So they just beat minnesota-duluth, now they play minn state. With a chance to face Minnesota still. Alright then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kruger Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Wisconsin defeated Minnesota Duluth 4-1 on Saturday to sweep the 1st round series and advance to the WCHA Final Five starting March 21. Labate assisted on the game winning goal scored by Michael Mersch and finished with 2 PIMS, 4 shots on goal and a +1 rating. Wisconsin will face #5 Minnesota State on Thursday March 21. BTW, does anyone know why they call it the "Final Five" when there are actually 6 teams left? Still trying to learn the NCAA structure here. I think its because of the 5 games. 2 on Thurs. 2 on Friday and the final on Saturday, Only guess I can think of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuxFan09 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Wisconsin defeated Minnesota State 7-2 today to advance to the WCHA semifinals. Labate scored a goal and finished with 4 PIMS, 1 shot on net and a +1 rating. Wisconsin will face the #1 team in the WCHA St. Cloud State tomorrow in the first semifinal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Nice to hear he is producing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEAN HARNETT Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Awesome : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wshdrvvn Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Wisconsin defeated Minnesota State 7-2 today to advance to the WCHA semifinals. Labate scored a goal and finished with 4 PIMS, 1 shot on net and a +1 rating. Wisconsin will face the #1 team in the WCHA St. Cloud State tomorrow in the first semifinal. Another Minnesota team, Deniro. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Are the playoffs single knockout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuxFan09 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Are the playoffs single knockout? Looks like they are after the 1st round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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