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Badger women’s hockey picked to win WCHA

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Ann-Renee Desbiens (Photo by David Stluka)

Ann-Renee Desbiens (Photo by David Stluka)

The Wisconsin women’s hockey team was picked to win the WCHA in a preseason poll of the league’s coaches.

The defending WCHA regular season and tournament champions, UW earned 48 points and six first-place votes, while Minnesota collected 44 points and a pair of first-place votes to finish second.

North Dakota and Minnesota-Duluth were picked to finish third and fourth respectively.

Wisconsin won the WCHA last season for the fifth time in program history, finishing 24-3-1-1 in league play.  The Badgers went on to win the WCHA tournament title for a second-straight season before bowing out in the semifinals of the 2016 NCAA Frozen Four in Durham, New Hampshire.

Senior goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens, the 2016 USCHO Player of the Year, was selected as the conference’s preseason player of the year after winning the WCHA Player of the Year honor last year.

Wisconsin opens the 2016-17 season on the road at St. Cloud State on Sept. 23-24.

 

Wisconsin’s Desbiens named USCHO Player of the Year

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Ann-Renee Desbiens

Ann-Renee Desbiens

After a record-breaking season in goal for the Wisconsin women’s hockey team, junior Ann-Renee Desbiens was named the USCHO Player of the Year.

A Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award top-three finalist, Desbiens rewrote the NCAA record books this season.  She ended the season with a .960 save percentage, a 0.76 goals-against average and 21 shutouts, all NCAA Division-one single-season records for both men’s and women’s hockey.

Last fall, Desbiens set an NCAA record with a scoreless streak of 543:33 over a span of 10 games, which included eight shutouts.

In the postseason, Desbiens posted five shutouts in six games for the Cardinal and White while recording [Read more…]

Badgers fall to Gophers in OT at Frozen Four

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Bucky Badger logoThe Wisconsin women’s hockey team saw its season come to an end, falling to the rival Minnesota Gophers for the third-straight year in the NCAA Frozen Four.

The Badgers fell 3-2 in overtime in Durham, New Hampshire.

Ann-Renee Desbiens had a career high 38 saves in goal for the Badgers, who got goals from freshman Sophia Shaver and sophomore Emily Clark in the loss.

Wisconsin (35-4-1) outshot Minnesota (34-3-1) 6-to-4 in the overtime period but Minnesota’s Sarah Potomak was able to steal the puck and put the puck past Desbiens for the victory.

The Minnesota victory gave them a split in the season series with the Badgers (3 wins apiece), but its the Badgers going home and the Gophers advancing to the NCAA Frozen Four Championship game on Sunday.

Badger women’s hockey team headed to Frozen Four

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Bucky Badger logoFor the ninth time in 11 years, the Wisconsin women’s hockey team is heading to the NCAA Frozen Four as the No. 2 Badgers blanked Mercyhurst, 6-0, in the NCAA quarterfinals at a sold out LaBahn Arena in Madison.

Junior goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens, a Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award top-three finalist, made 22 saves to earn her 21st shutout of the season, as Wisconsin (35-3-1) outshot the Lakers (19-11-5) 41-22 through the contest.  Desbiens continues to lead the nation in goals-against average (0.71) and save percentage (.962).

Saturday’s win marked the 25th-straight win for the Badgers, as UW ends its home slate a perfect 21-0-0.  Twelve of UW’s 21 home games were sellouts, a program record.

The Badgers got goals from Sam Cogan, Jenny Ryan, Sydney McKibbon, Emily Clark, Sarah Nurse and Baylee Wellhausen.

Wisconsin will meet Minnesota for the third-straight year in the NCAA Frozen Four semifinals, squaring off March 18 at 6 p.m. in Durham, New Hampshire.  It’s the sixth time this year the two teams have met with the Badgers holding a 3-2 advantage.

Badger women win WCHA title

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Courtney Burke - Photo: Courtesy David Stluka

Courtney Burke – Photo: Courtesy David Stluka

The second-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team scored six goals in the third period to crush Minnesota State 8-1 to win their fifth WCHA regular-season title and first since 2012.

Courtney Burke scored a first period goal and added four assists for the Badgers, becoming the third Badger forward to reach 100 points in her career.

Wisconsin (30-1-1, 24-1-1-1) goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens stopped 10 shots to earn her NCAA-leading 28th win of the year.

The Badgers close out the regular season with a two-game series at Minnesota this weekend against the Gophers.

AUDIO: Courtney Burke on winning the WCHA title :13

AUDIO: Emily Clark on winning the WCHA title :11

 

Desbiens sets Wisconsin record

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Ann-Renee Desbiens (Photo by David Stluka)

Ann-Renee Desbiens (Photo by David Stluka)

Goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens set a Wisconsin record with her 15th shutout of the season as the second-ranked Badger women’s hockey team completed a sweep of Ohio State 2-0 on Saturday.

Desbiens leads the nation with a goals-against average of point-61, a save percentage of point-966 and those 15 shutouts.

Sophomore Baylee Wellhausen and freshman Sam Cogan scored goals for the Badgers (28-1-1, 22-1-1-1 WCHA) who have own 10 games in a row and are at the top of the W-C-H-A standings.

Wisconsin returns home to face Minnesota State-Mankato next weekend.

Desbiens leads Badgers to another shutout win

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Ann-Renee Desbiens

Ann-Renee Desbiens

Emily Clark scored twice and Ann-Renee Desbiens’ posted her 14th shutout of the season to lead the second-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team to their 20th-consecutive home win on Sunday, topping St. Cloud State, 3-0, at LaBahn Arena.

Desbiens tied the school record for shutouts in a season, making 13 saves to earn her 24th win of the season for the Badgers (21-1-1, 20-1-1-1 WCHA).

The La Malbaie, Quebec, native now has 31 career shutouts to pass former UW netminder Alex Ribsby and former New Hampshire goaltender Melissa Bourdon for third on the NCAA all-time list. [Read more…]

Badger hockey roundup

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Ann-Renee Desbiens

Ann-Renee Desbiens

The second-ranked Wisconsin Badgers got a first period goal from junior defenseman Jenny Ryan held up in Friday’s 1-0 win over 6th-ranked Bemidji State at the Sanford Center in Bemidji.

Junior goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens stopped all 28 shots she faced to earn her 11th shutout of the season, which leads the NCAA.  She leads the country in goals-against average (0.67) and save percentage (.962), while her 19 wins are tied for the most in the country.

The Badgers improved to 21-1-1 overall.  The two teams will close out the 2-game series this afternoon.

Badger men fall in OT

The Wisconsin men’s hockey team put together two separate third period comebacks, forcing overtime.  But the Penn State Nittany Lions scored just 44 seconds into the overtime session, pulling out a 4-3 win over the Badgers. [Read more…]

Top-ranked Badger women sweep Gophers

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Annie Pankowski

Annie Pankowski

The number-one ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team will stay that way for another week after sweeping third ranked Minnesota.

The Badgers completed the two-game sweep with a 3-1 win over the Gophers on Saturday afternoon, the first time the Gophers have been swept in a series in five years.

The Badgers (18-0) got strong play in goal from Ann-Renee Desbiens, who stopped 23 shots.

Sophomore Annie Pankowski scored twice for the Badgers and Sarah Nurse added an empty net goal in the closing seconds.

Minnesota came in as the defending national champions and the top scoring team in the country.

Wisconsin hits the road Friday to play a weekend series against North Dakota in Grand Forks.

Badger women’s hockey team rolls on

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Motion WAnother game and another shutout for the top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team.  The Badgers (11-0) blanked Minnesota-Duluth 3-0 in Duluth on Friday afternoon.

The Badgers out-shot the Bulldogs 37-17.

Junior goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens broke the N-C-A-A record with the shutout, now going more than 500 minutes without allowing a goal.

The two teams wrap up the weekend series on Saturday.