"Sure," I answered.
It was a good game. UMD beat Wisconsin 2-0 and the loss was first for the Badger women's team in 26 games.
It was enjoyable to do a little hockey again and to see the Kohl Center. It has been awhile since I've had a chance to walk around there and they have some really neat displays about UW athletics through the decades. Including a show of the domination that the Badgers had in collegiate boxing. HERE is an old Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel article that was written in 2001 after the death of Badger Boxing coach John J. Walsh.
John J. Walsh built one of the greatest dynasties in the history of intercollegiate sports, coaching University of Wisconsin boxers to eeight NCAA team championships and 35 individual titles.
Quiet, modest and keenly analytical, Walsh approached his job with a dignity and professionalism that seemed at odds with the brutal nature of the sport.
Walsh, who coached UW boxing teams from 1934-'57, died [November 1] in Madison. He was 89.
"He talked about boxing like a painter talks about paintings," said Bobby Hinds, 71, a heavyweight at Wisconsin from 1951-'55. "I'll tell you, he produced national champions who couldn't have made my club team."
Walsh, a native of Minneapolis, first came to Madison in 1933 as a collegiate boxer for St. Thomas College of St. Paul, Minn. He so impressed George Downer, then the director of Wisconsin's athletic publicity, that Downer hired Walsh to coach the Badgers in '34.
Wisconsin could have used a boxing dual meet to pad their record yesterday. It was a tough day for Bucky.
The men's basketball team lost to Missouri State, women's hockey got beat, and men's hockey lost to Michigan. Ouch.
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