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Badger women’s hockey team picked to win WCHA

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Badger women’s hockey coach Mark Johnson (Photo by David Stluka)

The Wisconsin women’s hockey team is picked to win the WCHA for the fourth-straight year.

The Badgers earned 33 points and four first-place votes in a vote by the league’s coaches.  Minnesota also received 33 points and three first-place votes,  The two rivals battle it out on two separate occasions this season with a two-game series in Madison on Oct. 27-28 and another two-game series in Minneapolis on Jan. 18-19.

Senior forwards Emily Clark and Annie Pankowski were named to the Preseason All-WCHA Team in addition to senior defenseman Mikaela Gardner.

The WCHA poll and preseason honors announcement comes a day after UW checked in at No. 2 in the preseason USCHO.Com National Poll.

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.

 

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.

 

Badger women break their own NCAA hockey attendance mark (AUDIO)

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Badger Head Coach Mark Johnson (Photo by David Stluka)

The top ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team set a new NCAA single game attendance mark in their 2-0 win over St. Cloud State on Saturday afternoon at the Kohl Center.

The Badgers blanked the Huskies 9-0 in the series opener the night before at LaBahn Arena.

The program offered fans $1 tickets and the opportunity to donate non-perishable food items to a local charity and 15,359 of them came out to watch the best women’s team in the country do their thing.

The new record broke the one that the Badgers and Minnesota Gophers set in 2014 at the Kohl Center when 13,573 fans were on hand. [Read more…]

Wisconsin’s Clark receives WCHA honor

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Emily Clark

Wisconsin Badger women’s hockey junior Emily Clark was named the WCHA Offensive Player of the Month on Thursday.

It is Clark’s first time being named the league’s player of the month.  She’s received WCHA Offensive Player of the Week honors on Dec. 13.

After recording an assist in UW’s 8-2 win over the Minnesota Gophers on Dec. 4, Clark had a breakout weekend against the Ohio State Buckeyes, scoring seven points.  She had a career-high five points in UW’s 7-0 win at Ohio State on Dec. 9, collecting a goal and four assists.  Clark continued her hot streak into UW’s 5-0 win the next day, tallying a pair of assists.

The Saskatoon, Saskatchewan native capped off her month playing on the Canadian senior national team in a series against the U.S. on Dec. 19 and 21 before heading to Germany with the Canadian development team for the Nations Cup this week.

The top ranked Badgers wrap up non-conference play this weekend (Friday-Saturday) with a series at Lindenwood.

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 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 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…]

Wisconsin’s Clark is WCHA’s Offensive Player of the Week

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Emily Clark

Emily Clark

For the second time this year, Wisconsin women’s hockey sophomore Emily Clark was named the WCHA Offensive Player of the Week.

Clark played a big role in the second-ranked Badgers’ sweep of then-number-6 Bemidji State, as Clark assisted on Jenny Ryan’s game winner in UW’s 1-0 win over the Beavers on Friday before tallying two goals and an assist in Wisconsin’s 7-1 win on Saturday.  Clark’s first goal on Saturday proved to be the game winner, her third game-winning tally of the year.

For the season, Clark has 14 goals, which ranks third on the team, and 12 assists for 26 points.

This is Clark’s second WCHA weekly award this season and the third of her career.

The Badgers take on 8th-ranked North Dakota in a home series at LaBahn Arena this weekend.  The first game of the two-game series faces off Saturday at 2 p.m.

Badger hockey update

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Motion WThree goals in the second period gave the Wisconsin men’s hockey team a two-goal lead, but Denver fired right back with two scores of its own to salvage a 3-3 tie with the Badgers.

Matthew Freytag, Jedd Soleway and Luke Kunin scored the three Badger goals while Freshman goaltender matt Jurusik had 21 saves as the Badgers moved to 3-4-4 on the season.

The two teams wrap up their two-game series tonight.

Women extend win streak to 13

The top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team opened a six-game homestand with a 5-1 win over Lindenwood at LaBahn Arena on Friday afternoon.

Emily Clark scored a pair of goals to lead the Badgers to their 13th straight win.

An assist extends sophomore Annie Pankowski’s scoring streak to 16 straight games.

The two teams wrap up their weekend series tomorrow (Sunday) at LaBahn Arena (2 p.m.).