Hockey Badgers earn another weekend split

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...

Granato named Big Ten Coach of the Year

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...

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

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...

Hockey Badgers grab series opener from Merrimack

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...

Badger hockey roundup

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...

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

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...