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Hockey Badgers blow 2-0 lead, fall to Irish

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The 12th ranked Wisconsin hockey team led 2-0 in the final period before falling to 4th ranked Notre Dame 3-2 in their series opener at the Kohl Center on Friday night.

The Badgers (10-8-2, 4-4-1-0 Big Ten) outshot the Fighting Irish 36-32, but Notre Dame (15-3-1, 9-0-0-0) capitalized on the momentum from six Wisconsin penalty kills to extend their win streak to 12 games.

The Badgers got goals from senior captain Cameron Hughes and freshman forward Tarek Baker.

Notre Dame scored all three of their goals in the third period.

Sophomore goaltender Jack Berry had 29 saves in goal for the Badgers, who outblocked the Irish 23-12.  The Badgers finished 1-for-3 on the power play.

The two teams wrap up the series at the Kohl Center tonight (7 p.m.).

Badger women win

Sam Cogan’s first-period goal held up in Wisconsin’s 1-0 win over St. Cloud State.  Kristen Campbell finished with 16 saves for the Badgers, who improved to 20-1-0 overall and 12-0-0 in the WCHA.

Minnesota picked to win Big Ten hockey title

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Trent Frederic

Four-time Big Ten Champion Minnesota was tabbed the favorite in the 2017-18 Big Ten hockey preseason coaches’ poll, announced on Monday.  The coaches also selected a 17-member Preseason Watch List, including a pair of unanimous honorees.

Last season, Minnesota claimed its fourth consecutive Big Ten Championship with 43 points and a conference record of 14-5-1-0 (23-12-3 overall).  Conference newcomer Notre Dame was selected second in the preseason poll, with Wisconsin capturing third, defending Big Ten Tournament Champion Penn State taking fourth, Ohio State placing fifth, Michigan earning sixth and Michigan State rounding out the poll in seventh.

The Preseason Watch List features 17 standouts due to ties, with a pair of unanimous selections in 2017 Big Ten Player of the Year Tyler Sheehy and Wisconsin’s Trent Frederic.

Wisconsin had two other players on the 17 player watch list.  Forward Cameron Hughes and goaltender Kyle Hayton join Trent Frederic on that list.

 

Hughes named 2017-18 men’s hockey captain

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Cameron Hughes

Cameron Hughes finished third in scoring for the Wisconsin men’s hockey team last season, tallying 32 points in 36 games.

Hughes had a team-best 25 assists and chipped in seven goals while serving as an alternate captain.

Wednesday, Hughes was named Wisconsin’s captain, heading into next season.

Hughes is done with finals and is headed home to Edmonton, Alberta for a little time off.  But he’ll be back in Madison in June to start preparing for the 2017-18 campaign and is already looking forward to next season.

AUDIO: Cameron Hughes says being a captain in hockey is a big deal :11

AUDIO: Cameron Hughes says he’ll be a lead by example captain :10

 

 

Hughes, Freytag named Big Ten’s top two stars

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Wisconsin Badger forwards Cameron Hughes and Matthew Freytag were named the Big Ten’s first and second stars respectively on Tuesday.

Hughes (Jr. F Edmonton, Alberta) had a goal and two assists for the Badgers in their two-game sweep over previously 8th-ranked Ohio State over the weekend.  Hughes netted the game-winning overtime goal on Saturday at Madison Square Garden.

Hughes is on a career-high six-game point streak, scoring three goals and registering four assists for seven points.  He earned his second career weekly award and first of the season.

Freytag (Soph. F Wayzata, Minnesota) netted the game-winning goal on Thursday night against Ohio State in Columbus.  He also registered a goal on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in the third period.

Freytag led the conference with nine shots on the weekend, earning his first career weekly award.

The Badgers take their three-game win streak into East Lansing this weekend to face last place Michigan State in a two-game series starting Friday night.

 

Berry backstops Badgers to shutout win

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Jack Berry

Jack Berry

Freshman goalie Jack Berry, making his first career start, stopped all 22 shots he faced, leading the Wisconsin Badgers to a 2-0 win over the Northern Michigan Wildcats on Saturday night at the Kohl Center.

The Holly, Michigan native came on in relief in Friday night’s 5-2 loss to NMU and stopped all six shots he faced in a period and a half of play.  Head coach Tony Granato gave him the start on Saturday night. [Read more…]

Badgers rally falls short, split’s with Boston College

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Trent Frederic

Trent Frederic

A third period rally came up short for the Wisconsin men’s hockey team (2-2-0, 0-0-0-0 Big Ten) as they dropped the second game of the weekend series 8-5 against Boston College (2-2, 0-0-0-0 Hockey East).

The Badgers fell behind 6-2 in the second period, but rallied to pull within one at 6-5.  But forced to pull their goaltender, the Badgers saw the Eagles score a pair of empty net goals to pull out the win.

The Badgers got third period goals from Cameron Hughes, Grant Besse and Ryan Wagner to pull within a goal.

Wisconsin killed off all six Boston College power plays and didn’t allow a power play goal in the series.  They are now 21-for-23 on the penalty kill, good for a 91 percent efficiency. [Read more…]

Wisconsin men’s hockey announces captains

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Luke Kunin

Luke Kunin

Wisconsin men’s hockey head coach Tony Granato announced that sophomore forward Luke Kunin will serve as team captain, while senior forward Grant Besse and junior forward Cameron Hughes will serve as alternate captains for the 2016-17 season.

Kunin is no stranger to the role, having captained the U.S. National Team Development Program’s Under-18 Team for the 2014-15 campaign.

The Chesterfield, Missouri, native returns to the Badgers for his sophomore season after getting chosen 15th overall by the Minnesota Wild in this past summer’s NHL draft.  He paced the Badgers last season with 19 goals.  His 32 points ranked second on the squad and helped him earn a spot on the 2016 Big Ten All-Rookie Team. [Read more…]

Two Badgers selected in NHL Draft

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Cameron Hughes

Cameron Hughes

Two Wisconsin Badgers were selected in the 2015 NHL Draft over the weekend.

Freshman goaltender Luke Opilka went in the fifth round, 146th overall, to his home town St. Louis Blues.

Opilka is the first drafted goaltender on its roster since Brett Bennett wrapped up his UW career in 2011.  All-time, 12 Badger goaltenders have been selected in NHL drafts, though that number increases to 13 when the old NHL supplemental draft is included.  Seven Badger goaltenders have played in the NHL, including current St. Louis Blues goalie Brian Elliott.

Opilka played last season for the U.S. Under-18 Team as part of the U.S. National Team Development Program in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  He went 25-7-0 with a 2.77 goals-against average, .833 save percentage and three shutouts.  One of those victories included a 4-1 victory over the Badgers at the Kohl Center last December.

Wisconsin Sophomore forward Cameron Hughes, tied for the Badgers’ freshman scoring lead last season, posting 3 goals and 13 points in 34 games.  He was selected in the 6th round by the Boston Bruins.

Hughes is just the second Badger to get picked by the Bruins, joining 1985 11th-round pick John Byce, who went 220th to Boston.

With the picks of Opilka and Hughes, 151 Badgers have now been chosen in the NHL draft.

Hockey Badgers miss out on first Big Ten win

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The Wisconsin Badgers scored a goal nine seconds into the game, but allowed a goal with two seconds left in regulation and settled for a 4-4 tie against the rival Minnesota Gophers at the Kohl Center on Saturday night.

Grant Besse

Grant Besse

The Badgers (2-16-4, 0-6-2-2 Big Ten) grabbed an extra point in the Big Ten standings with the shootout victory, outscoring Minnesota 3-2 in seven rounds.  But they remain without a victory in Big Ten play.

Freshman Ryan Wagner scored the first goal of the game, nine seconds in.  It was his first career goal and it tied Gary Winchester (1973) and Steve Reinprecht (1999) for the fastest goal to start a game for UW.

Freshman Cameron Hughes also scored his first career goal, giving the Badgers a 4-3 lead with a power-play goal at 18:47 of the third period.

Sophomore Grant Besse scored his fifth goal in four games against Minnesota this season.

Badger goaltender Joel Rumpel made 42 saves, while succeeding on five of seven shots in the shootout.

The Badgers will play four of their next five games on the road, beginning with a 2-game series next weekend at Penn State.