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12th ranked Wisconsin sweeps Arizona State

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Linus Weissbach

The 12th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team completed a two-game sweep of Arizona State with a 5-2 victory on Sunday night at LaBahn Arena.

Linus Weissbach and Cole Caufield scored power play goals in the first period and Mike Vorlicky lit the lamp in the second for a 3-1 lead.

The Sun Devils scored during a delayed 5-minute major penalty against Roman Ahcan with just over seven minutes left to play, but the Badgers killed off the penalty thanks in large part to freshman goaltender Cameron Rowe, who made 11 of his 23 saves in the third period.

Jason Dhooge and Brock Caufield added empty net goals to finish off the win and sweep of the Sun Devils, who seven weeks ago, swept the Badgers.

Wisconsin went 2-for-3 on the power play, ending a three-game drought and an 0-for-7 stretch.

The Badgers (8-6-0, 6-4-0-0-1-0 Big Ten) resume Big Ten play this Thursday and Friday at Penn State.

Badgers break open a close game to beat Rutgers

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File Photo – D’Mitrik Trice(Photo by David Stluka)

Aleem Ford and Brad Davison scored 14 points each and D’Mitrik Trice added 13 points to lead the 9th ranked Wisconsin Badgers to a 60-54 Big Ten Conference road victory over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in Big Ten action on Friday night in Piscataway, New Jersey.

Trice scored eight points and assisted on another basket during a 12-0 Wisconsin run to give the Badgers a 54-44 lead and create some separation from what was a back and forth struggle in the second half.

Wisconsin (11-3, 5-2 Big Ten) shot just 35% from the field and hit just 6 of 25 (24%) from behind the three-point line for the game.  Rutgers (7-5, 3-5) shot 37% from the field and made just 2 of 19 (10.5%) from three-point distance.

The Badgers let by as many as 10 points in the first half, but the Scarlet Knights cut the lead to one (33-32) at halftime.

Jacob Young led Rutgers with a game-high 17 points and the Scarlet Knights won the rebound battle 50-35.  But the Badgers made 16 of 21 (76.2%) free throw attempts, while Rutgers attempted just seven free throws for the game, making just 2 of 7 (28.6%).

It was a good bounce back win for the Badgers, after their blowout loss at Michigan on Tuesday.

The Badgers return to action on Wednesday night against Northwestern in Madison.  Rutgers is at Penn State on Thursday.

 

Wisconsin’s hockey game vs. ASU Friday night postponed

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The Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey game against Arizona State on Friday night is being postponed.  The decision was mutually agreed upon by both teams due to health and safety concerns in the ASU program.

The Badgers practiced on Friday morning at LaBahn Arena.

Saturday’s game against the Sun Devils is still set to be played at 7 p.m. CT at LaBahn Arena and will air on Fox Sports Wisconsin.

 

Big Ten dominates the college wrestling world

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For the first time in college wrestling history, the Big Ten Conference has 12 of its 14 teams ranked with Illinois and Michigan State entering this week’s NWCA Division 1 Wrestling Coaches Poll, released on Tuesday.

Previously, the conference had 11 teams ranked on 17 different occasions, all since 2014 with the first occurrence happening on December 16, 2014.

The Big Ten has five teams ranked in the top seven, led by Iowa (0-0) at number one, Penn State (0-0) at number two and Michigan (2-0) at number three.

Nebraska is ranked sixth this week, Ohio State seventh, Minnesota 14th, Rutgers 15th, Purdue is 16th, Wisconsin is 21st, Northwestern is 22nd, Illinois is 24th and Michigan State 25th.

 

Badgers lose physical battle with Michigan (AUDIO)

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Greg Gard

Fifth-ranked Michigan held number-9 Wisconsin scoreless for the final 6:18 of the first half and cruised to a 77-54 win over the Badgers at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor.

The Wolverines led by 17 at halftime and by as many as 40 points in the second half, holding the Badgers to just 30.8% from the field.

The Badgers (10-3, 4-2 Big Ten) fell into fourth place in the Big Ten standings, while the Wolverines (11-0, 6-0) retained sole possession of first place, a game up on Iowa (11-2, 5-1).

D’Mitrik Trice had 20 points on 7 of 13 shooting from the field, but Micah Potter was the only other Badgers to score in double figures, finishing with 12 points and adding six rebounds.

After Trice and Potter, Aleem Ford had six points, Tyler Wahl had five and big man Nate Reuvers had just 4 points on 2 of 9 shooting. [Read more…]

Badgers fall to top-ranked Minnesota, split with the Gophers

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The 12th-ranked Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team (6-6-0, 6-3-0-1 Big Ten) split its home series against No. 1 Minnesota (11-1-0, 9-1-0-0 Big Ten) after coming up short in Sunday’s matchup.  The Gophers claimed game two, 5-3, after the Badgers handed them their first loss of the season a day earlier.

After the Gophers scored the first goal of the game just 1:21 into the first period, the Badgers even the score when freshman Sam Stange scored on a deflection at the 13:41 mark.  It’s the fifth of the season for Stange, who leads all Badger freshmen in goals scored.

Brock Caufield gave the Badgers a 2-1 lead at 11:58 of the second period on assists to Roman Ahcan and Jesper Peltonen.  But the Gophers answered with a pair of goals to head into the locker room for the second intermission with a 3-2 lead.

The Gophers scored a power play goal early in the third to make it 4-2, but Wisconsin’s Cole Caufield made it 4-3 at 4:12 of the third on assists from Ty Pelton-Byce and Linus Weissbach.

The Gophers made it a two-goal lead at 17:43 of the third period and that’s the way the game would end.

Senior goaltender Robbie Beydoun finished with 19 saves in goal in taking the loss.

The Badgers remain home for a two-game series against Arizona State on Jan. 15-16 with both games facing off at 7 p.m. at LaBahn Arena.  It’ll be the second meeting between the two teams this season, with the Sun Devils sweeping the Badgers 8-5 and 3-1.

 

Badgers upset top-ranked Gophers in hockey series opener

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The Wisconsin men’s hockey team (6-5-0, 6-3-0-0-1-0 Big Ten) scored first and knocked off top-ranked Minnesota (10-1-0, 8-1-0-0-0-0 Big Ten), 3-1, on Saturday at LaBahn Arena, handing the Gophers their first loss of the season.

Linus Weissbach put the Badgers on the board midway through the second period at 10:44 on assists from Tarek Baker and Cole Caufield to make it 1-0 Wisconsin.

Baker put the Badgers up 2-0 just 1:59 into the third period, scoring his second goal of the season on a feed from Sam Stange and Ty Emberson.

The Gophers finally answered at 7:50 of the third period with a power-play goal from Sampo Ranta to make it 2-1 Wisconsin.

The Badgers closed out the scoring with a short-handed empty-net goal at 19:06 in the third period from Owen Lindmark to make it 3-1.

Badger goaltender Robbie Beydoun made 35 saves in goal to get the win for the Badgers.  Wisconsin has now won three straight games against Minnesota when the Gophers were No. 1, winning a pair of games on Feb. 6-7, 2014 at the Kohl Center.

The two teams close out the 2-game series on Sunday afternoon (4 p.m. CT / Fox Sports Wisconsin) at LaBahn Arena.

 

Badgers hold off Indiana in double overtime (AUDIO)

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File Photo – D’Mitrik Trice(Photo by David Stluka)

Tyler Wahl made back-to-back threes in double-overtime to help 8th ranked Wisconsin hold off the Indiana Hoosiers 80-73 on Thursday night at the Kohl Center.  Wahl finished with a career high 12 points for the Badgers (10-2, 4-1 Big Ten).

Senior point guard D’Mitrik Trice had 21 points and seven assists to lead the Badgers.  Eleven of his 21 came in the final 1:03 and the two overtimes.  Nate Reuvers added 14 points and Micah Potter had 10 as Wisconsin won for the seventh time in the last eight games.

Wahl had been 2 of 9 on 3-point field goal attempts before Thursday as the Badgers extended their Kohl Center winning streak against the Hoosiers to 18 games.

Badger freshman guard Jonathan Davis had six points but matched his career high with eight rebounds and a career-best three steals while playing a career-high 41 minutes.

Indiana (7-5, 2-3) was led by Trayce Jackson-Davis, who scored 23 points on 10-of-16 shooting.  Jackson-Davis had 16 points in the second half, but just one point in the two overtimes.  He came into the game averaging 20.3 points a game [Read more…]

Fox Sports Wisconsin to carry 12 more Wisconsin men’s hockey games

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After over five weeks off, the No. 12/14 Wisconsin men’s hockey team is set to return to the ice this weekend in a Border Battle clash against No. 1 Minnesota as the second half of the season gets underway.

Like the first half of the season, all of UW’s home contests will air live on television from LaBahn Arena.

Fox Sports Wisconsin or Fox Sports Wisconsin PLUS is scheduled to air all 10 Badger home games.  Fox Sports Wisconsin PLUS will also carry the Badgers games at Minnesota on Feb. 5-6.

This weekend’s games with the Gophers are set to air at 4 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday.

Fox Sports Wisconsin TV schedule

Saturday, Jan.   9    Minnesota       4 p.m.      Fox Sports Wisconsin
Sunday, Jan.    10   Minnesota       4 p.m.      Fox Sports Wisconsin
Friday, Jan. 15        Arizona State   7 p.m.      Fox Sports Wisconsin PLUS
Saturday, Jan. 16   Arizona State    7 p.m.      Fox Sports Wisconsin
Friday, Jan. 29       Michigan St.      7 p.m.      Fox Sports Wisconsin PLUS
Saturday, Jan. 30   Michigan St.      3 p.m.      Fox Sports Wisconsin
Friday, Feb.   5       at Minnesota    7 p.m.      Fox Sports Wisconsin PLUS
Saturday, Feb.  6   at Minnesota     7 p.m.      Fox Sports Wisconsin PLUS
Friday, Feb. 19      Notre Dame      7 p.m.      Fox Sports Wisconsin PLUS
Saturday, Feb. 20  Notre Dame      4 p.m.      Fox Sports Wisconsin
Friday, Feb. 26      Ohio State         7 p.m.      Fox Sports Wisconsin
Saturday, Feb. 27  Ohio State         TBA         Fox Sports Wisconsin

 

U.S. blanks Canada to win World Junior Championship

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Alex Turcotte – Photo Courtesy of USA Hockey

The U.S. National Junior hockey team knocked off host Canada 2-0 to capture the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton, Alberta on Tuesday night.  It is the fifth gold medal for the United States in the tournament and fifth medal overall in the last six years for the Americans.

Former Wisconsin Badger forward Alex Turcotte’s first-period goal turned out to be the game winner for the U.S.  Turcotte and current Badger Cole Caufield are the 11th and 12th Badgers to win gold medals in the tournament.  Current Badger Dylan Holloway captured a silver medal with the Canadians.

Goaltender Spencer Knight made 34 saves in the shutout for the Americans.  He stopped all 15 shots he faced from the Canadians in the final period.  Trevor Zegras scored the games other goal just :32 into the second period.

Turcotte, Caufield and Holloway return to Madison and will rejoin the Badgers when they return to the ice in the second half of the Big Ten season against top ranked Minnesota at LaBahn Arena this weekend.