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Roque named top-three finalist for Patty Kazmaier Award

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Abby Roque

Wisconsin senior forward Abby Roque has been named one of three finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award, given to the best player in women’s college hockey.

Roque is the ninth leading scorer in program history and this year ranks seventh in the country with 57 points, including 25 goals.  Her teammates, Sophie Shirley and Daryl Watts, were top-ten finalists.

Wisconsin has had five Patty Kazmaier Award winners, Sara Bauer in 2006, Jessie Vetter in 2009, Meghan Duggan in 2011, Brianna Decker in 2012 and Ann-Renee Desbiens in 2017.

The Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, native has been clutch for UW as she has five game-winning tallies this year.  As a stellar center in the faceoff circle, Roque’s 494 faceoff wins pace the NCAA while her .663 faceoff clip ranks second in the country.

The 2020 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner will be announced on Saturday, March 21 in Boston.

The Badges head to Minneapolis for the WCHA Final Faceoff.  They’ll play Minnesota-Duluth in the conference semifinals Saturday at 2 p.m.  If they win, they’ll play Minnesota or Ohio State for the WCHA playoff title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Four Badgers named to U.S. Women’s Olympic hockey roster

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Former Wisconsin women’s hockey standouts Brianna Decker, Meghan Duggan, Hilary Knight and Alex Rigsby were named to the Team USA roster for the 2018 Winter Olympics on Monday.

Duggan and Knight will make their third appearance at the Olympics in February.  Duggan captained the U.S. squad in 2014.  Decker made her second Olympic team after playing in the 2014 games while Rigsby will make her Olympic debut this year in PyeongChang, South Korea.

The quartet will join the five Badgers, Emily Clark, Ann-Renee Desbiens, Meaghan Mikkelson, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull, selected on Dec. 22 to the Canadian Olympic team in PyeongChang.

The U.S. opens play at the 2018 Winter Olympics on Feb. 11 with a 1:40 a.m. CT game against Finland.

U.S. Men

For the first time since 1972, there are no Badger men’s hockey players on the U.S. Olympic team.  However, the coaching staff has three.

Badger men’s coach Tony Granato will serve as the Head Coach of the U.S. team.  Former Badger defensive great Chris Chelios will serve as an assistant coach and another former Badger, Jim Johannson is Team USA’s general manager.

 

Desbiens wins Kazmaier Award

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Wisconsin Badgers goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens (Photo by David Stluka)

Wisconsin senior goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens was named the winner of the 2017 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given annually to the top player in women’s NCAA Division 1 hockey.

Desbiens is the third goaltender and the fifth player from Wisconsin to win the award.  Other Wisconsin winners of the award included, Sara Bauer (2006), Jessie Vetter (2009), Meghan Duggan (2011) and Brianna Decker (2012).

Desbiens is 29-1-4 with 17 shutouts this season.  Her goals against average is 0.67 and her save percentage is .965.  Desbiens broke the NCAA career mark for shutouts back in November and has been extending that record ever since.  She has 55 career shutouts, 12 more than the previous record.

Desbiens will lead Wisconsin in Sunday’s National Championship game against Clarkson (2 p.m.).

Badger women return to Frozen Four semifinals

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Wisconsin Badgers goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens (Photo by David Stluka)

The top-ranked Wisconsin Badger women’s hockey team is back in the NCAA’s Frozen Four, following their 7-0 win over Robert Morris in Saturday’s quarterfinals at LaBahn Arena.

Freshman MeKenzie Steffan scored two minutes into the game and senior Sarah Nurse added a goal midway through the opening period.

The Badgers then outshot Robert Morris 25-2 in the second period and got goals from Baylee Wellhausen, Maddie Rolfes, Annie Pankowski and Emily Clark.

Clark added a second goal in the third period to cap off the scoring for the Badgers.

Senior Ann-Renee Desbiens earned her 16th shutout of the year and her 10th career postseason shutout for the Badgers (32-2-4).

Wisconsin makes its 10th appearance at the Frozen Four, including their 4th in-a-row.  The Badgers will face Boston College in St. Charles, Missouri on Friday.

 

Desbiens and Pankowski named Patty Kazmaier top-10 finalists

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Wisconsin Badger senior Ann-Renee Desbiens and junior Annie Pankowski have been named top-10 finalists for the 2017 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given to the Player of the Year in women’s college hockey.

It marks the second-consecutive year that both players have been named to the top-10 list.

Desbiens was a 2016 top-three finalist and leads the nation this season in every major goaltending category.  The La Malbaie, Quebec native owns NCAA-leading marks in goals-against average with a 0.74 mark, save percentage with a .961 clip, winning percentage with a .893 rate and shutouts with 13.

Desbiens sports a 6-1-3 record against ranked opponents this and allowed only tow goals during UW’s recent series against No. 2-ranked Minnesota Duluth and No. 4 Minnesota. [Read more…]

Badger women sweep WCHA weekly honors

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After leading the top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team to the WCHA regular season title on Sunday be taking five of six points against No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth, a trio of Badgers received weekly awards from the WCHA on Tuesday.

Junior Baylee Wellhausen was named the WCHA Offensive Player of the Week, senior Ann-Renee Desbiens was named the WCHA Defensive Player of the Week and freshman Abby Roque was named the WCHA Rookie of the Week for the second-straight week.

Wellhausen recorded her first career hat trick in Wisconsin’s 8-0 win over UMD in the series finale on Sunday.  She became the fourth Badger to register a hat trick in a game this year. [Read more…]

Badgers claim second straight WCHA regular season title

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Baylee Wellhausen

For the second-straight year, the top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team wrapped up the WCHA regular season title on Senior Day.  The Badgers wrapped up the 2016-17 league title with a 8-0 shutout win over second-ranked Minnesota-Duluth at LaBahn Arena.

Junior forward Baylee Wellhausen scored her first career collegiate hat trick while fellow junior Annie Pankowski tallied a pair of goals in the win.

Senior An-Renee Desbiens earned her 50th career shutout, making 15 saves to earn her NCAA-leading 12th shutout of the season.

The Badgers (26-2-2, 21-2-2-2 WCHA) also earned a 2-1 shootout victory on Saturday over the Bulldogs (20-4-5, 17-4-4-1 WCHA).

Wisconsin closes out the regular season with a series at fifth-ranked Minnesota this weekend.  Faceoff on both Saturday and Sunday is set for 3 p.m.

AUDIO: Baylee Wellhausen on her first career shutout :14

AUDIO: Coach Mark Johnson says it’s not easy to win a regular season title :17

AUDIO: Mark Johnson on clinching league title on Senior Day :20

 

Desbiens named WCHA Defensive Player of the Month

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Ann-Renee Desbiens (Photo by David Stluka).

Wisconsin women’s hockey goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens was rewarded Friday for her tremendous play in the Badgers’ net, as the senior was named the WCHA Defensive Player of the Month for January.

This marks the first time this year that Desbiens, the reigning WCHA Player of the Year, has collected defensive player of the month honors from the league.

Desbiens started six of UW’s seven games in the month, posting a 6-0-0 record while recording three shutouts, which paced the NCAA during January.

The La Malbaie, Quebec native posted a save percentage of .962 in January (2nd best in the country), while her goals-against average of 0.67 paced the NCAA.  Desbiens’ six wins led the WCHA and ranked second in the NCAA during January.

On the season, Desbiens leads the NCAA in wins (20), save percentage (.958), goals-against average (0.72), winning percentage (.932) and shutouts (11).

Desbiens and the top-ranked Badgers travel to Bemidji, Minnesota, to take on Bemidji State this weekend.

Badger women split with Gophers in early WCHA showdown

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Sarah Nurse

Sarah Nurse

The top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team dropped their series opener against second-ranked Minnesota 2-0 on Saturday.  The Badgers rebounded Sunday with a 8-2 rout over the Gophers before a sold out LaBahn Arena.

Senior forward Sarah Nurse tallied her second hat trick of the season for the Badgers (15-2-1, 11-2-1-1 WCHA).  Nurse scored twice in the opening period.

Junior Baylee Wellhausen recorded her third multi-goal game of the season with a pair of goals.

Senior Ann-Renee Desbiens earned her 12th win of the season, stopping 23 of the 25 shots she faced.

The Gophers (14-2-2, 12-2-2-2) scored both of their goals in the first period and would be shutout for the rest of the afternoon.

Wisconsin hits the road next weekend, traveling to Ohio State to wrap up the 2016 calendar year.

Desbiens breaks NCAA career shutout record

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Ann-Renee Desbiens (Photo by David Stluka).

Ann-Renee Desbiens (Photo by David Stluka).

Wisconsin Badger women’s hockey goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens is no stranger to rewriting the NCAA record books as she broke the NCAA single-season record for shutouts, goals-against average and save percentage last year.

Desbiens made more NCAA history on Sunday, breaking the NCAA career shutout record with her 44th as the top-ranked Badgers topped Bemidji State, 6-0, at LaBahn Arena.

“I’m definitely happy about it,” Desbiens said.  “I’ll stop getting questions about it now that I have it, maybe not. But it’s fun to have especially after this week, which was a little harder. It’s a victory mentally, I would say. It’s nice to be able to do that as a team to show how consistent we’ve been.” [Read more…]