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Hockey Badgers earn another weekend split

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Seamus Malone

After falling behind early, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team rebounded to knock off Mercyhurst (5-5-2, 2-2-2 Atlantic Hockey) on Sunday at the Kohl Center.

Wisconsin (9-6-2, 3-2-1 Big Ten) outshot the Lakers 45-26 while recording 21 blocks to MU’s 14.

It was the Badgers’ first comeback victory this season, as the Lakers opened the scoring at the 16:23 mark of the first period.  Mercyhurst took a 1-0 lead into the first period intermission.

Badger freshman forward Sean Dhooghe scored his second career goal at 1:31 of the second period on the power play.  Dhooghe was crashing the net and jammed home a rebound to tie the game 1-1.

Wisconsin took the lead for good late in the second period when junior Seamus Malone picked up his own rebound and found the back of the net to make it 2-1.

Will Johnson and Jake Linhart scored third period goals for the Badgers to close out the scoring.

Malone ended with a goal and two assists, ending the weekend with four points.

Sophomore goaltender Jack Berry recorded 24 saves for his second win of the season.

The Badgers lost 3-2 to the Lakers on Saturday.  They return to Big Ten play this weekend, heading to Minneapolis for Friday-Saturday games against the rival Gophers.

Granato named Big Ten Coach of the Year

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Tony Granato

Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey coach Tony Granato was named the Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Badgers to a second place finish in the league this season.

Granato’s Badgers are 19-14-1 entering the Big Ten Tournament in Detroit this week.  That’s an 11-win improvement over last season, when the Badgers finished last in the conference.

Granato joins the late Bob Johnson, who was the WCHA’s Coach of the Year in 1977.

The Badgers also had three players named to the all-Big Ten second team, forwards Luke Kunin and Trent Frederic and defenseman Jake Linhart.  Frederic was also named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year.

Kunin leads the Badger in scoring with 21 goals and 36 points.  Frederic is second with 15 goals and 33 points.  Both are first-round NHL draft picks and Kunin served as the Badgers captain in this, his sophomore season.

Minnesota’s Tyler Sheehy, who shared Big Ten scoring honors this season, was named the Big Ten’s Player of the Year.

Badgers split with Gophers, remain 3-points out of first

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Luke Kunin

The 19th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team fell just short in their attempt to sweep the rival Minnesota Gophers in Big Ten hockey action at Mariucci Arena on Saturday night.

The Badgers fell to the 4th ranked Gophers 3-2.  Wisconsin fell behind 2-0 before scoring Luke Kunin and Jake Linhart goals tied the game.

Minnesota’s Justin Kloos scored the game-winner with 5:06 left in the third period to win it for the Gophers (21-9-2, 12-4-0-0 Big Ten).

Wisconsin (18-11-1, 11-5-0-0) remains three points behind Minnesota and in second place in the Big Ten Conference with four games left to play.  The Badgers play a weekend series at Penn State this weekend.

AUDIO: Tony Granato said it was a heck of a series :18

Hockey Badgers grab series opener from Merrimack

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Jake Linhart

Jake Linhart

Jake Linhart and Max Zimmer scored their first goals of the season to help the Wisconsin men’s hockey team (6-3-0, 0-0-0-0 Big Ten) knock off the Merrimack Warriors (4-6-3, 0-2-3-0 Hockey East) by a score of 3-2 on Friday night.

Luke Kunin scored the other goal for the Badgers, just 21 seconds into the game on an assist from Ryan Wagner.

Jack Berry saved 17 of the 19 shots he faced on the night to earn his second win in as many starts.

The Badgers outshot Merrimack 36-19.  The Badgers will play for the sweep over the Warriors when the two teams close out their series at the Kohl Center 7 p.m.

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…]

Besse’s late goal gives Badgers a tie with Northern Michigan

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Grant Besse

Grant Besse

Wisconsin’s Grant Besse scored the game tying goal with 42-seconds left as the Badgers forged a 2-2 tie with Northern Michigan in the season opener at the Kohl Center.

Wisconsin pulled goaltender Adam Miller with a minute to play, before Besse found the back of the net.

The Badgers found the net again in the closing seconds, but an official review showed the whistle blew before the puck crossed the line.  Neither team scored in the overtime.

Miller had 19 saves in the final period to keep the Badgers in the game.  He finished with 32 saves.  Sophomore Jake Linhart scored Wisconsin’s first goal in the second period.

Seamus Malone and Kevin Schulze each had two assists.

The Badgers and Wildcats will wrap up their two-game series at the Kohl Center tonight.