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Hockey Badgers clinch a top-two seed in Big Ten Tournament

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The 5th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team clinched a top-two seed and a first round bye in the upcoming Big Ten men’s hockey tournament.

Mark Zengerle scored the game clinching goal with 20.3 seconds left as the Badgers won their fifth straight game.  The Badgers
(21-9-2 overall, 13-5-1 Big Ten) have an outside chance of winning the inaugural Big Ten title.  For that to happen, the Badgers must both of its games at Michigan State on the final weekend of regular league play and Minnesota must lose both of its games at Michigan.  The Gophers currently have 42 points while the Badgers have 37.  Three points are awarded for each league victory.

The Badgers improved to 12-3-1 on Saturdays and 15-0-1 when leading after two periods.

The Badgers were out-shot 43-29 in the contest, but goaltender Joel Rumpel had 41 saves to pull out another win.

Hockey Badgers open 2013-14 season tonight

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The 3rd ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team opens its season tonight against

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Mark Zengerle

Northern Michigan at the Kohl Center.

The Badgers are favored to win the inaugural Big Ten title and they’ll have plenty of experience to see that through.

Mike Eaves has nine seniors and seven juniors to lead an experienced team that has five players who have played in 100 or more games.

Wisconsin is solid in the nets again as well.  Joel Rumpel posted the second-best single-season marks for save percentage (.929) and goals-against average (1.96) in program history last season, which ended in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.  Landon Peterson posted the No. 3 marks this season.

The Badgers started last season 1-7-2 and Wisconsin will be prepared to make sure that doesn’t happen again.

AUDIO: Mike Eaves says they can’t start 1-7-2 like last year :12

AUDIO: C Mark Zengerle said the Badgers have high expectations :19

Badgers tabbed as Big Ten hockey favorites

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Wisconsin has been chosen as the preseason favorite for the inaugural season of Big

Michael Mersch

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Ten hockey as voted on by the coaches.

The Badgers won 22 games last season and advanced to the NCAA tournament, finishing up its time as a member of the WCHA by capturing the 2013 WCHA Final Five.  The Badgers return nine seniors and six juniors, the most upperclassmen on their roster since the 2009-10 squad that reached the 2010 NCAA Championship game.  The Badgers also return 81.3% of their goal scoring (91 of 112 goals) and 78.9% of their points (239 of 303 points) for the 2013-14 campaign. [Read more…]

Hockey Badgers open final WCHA season with a victory

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The Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team will be shifting to the Big Ten Conference next season.  They opened their final WCHA

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campaign last night with a 2-0 win over Minnesota-Duluth at Amsoil Arena in Duluth last night.

Wisconsin junior center Mark Zengerle assisted on a goal by junior right-winger Tyler Barnes in the first period, then scored on a power play in the second for the only two goals of the game. 

Sophomore goaltender Joel Rumpel kept the Bulldogs from scoring in a 29-save effort.  Rumpel recorded his 4th career shutout for Mike Eaves Badgers, who improved to 1-2 on the season and 1-0 in the WCHA.

The final game of the 2-game series is tonight in Duluth.

Hockey Badgers open regular season tonight

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The 15th ranked Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team opens up the regular

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season with a pair of non-conference games against the Northern Michigan Wildcats tonight at the Resch Center in Green Bay.

The Badgers beat the U.S. Under-18 Team 5-0 in an exhibition last week in Madison. 

UW returns 15 of its top 16 scorers from last season, and more than 83 percent of its scoring as it heads into the 2012-13 season.  Among the returnees is junior forward Mark Zengerle who led UW in points (50) and assists (37) and was third in goals (13).  He is the top returning scorer in college hockey. [Read more…]

Schultz & Zengerle honored by WCHA

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Wisconsin Badger Junior defenseman Justin Schultz became the third player

Justin Schultz

in WCHA history to win two WCHA Defensive Player of the Year awards.

This is only the third time in the history of the award that started in 1991 that a player has won it twice.  Colorado College defenseman Eric Rud won the award in both 1995-96 and 1996-97 while Minnesota defenseman Jordan Leopold earned the honor in both 2000-01 and 2001-02.

Schultz also earned All-WCHA First Team honors for the second straight season. 

The nation’s, and the WCHA’s, top point-producing defenseman, Schultz is averaging 1.24 points per game through 34 games this season.  Schultz has tallied 15 goals and 27 assists for a total of 42-points.

Wisconsin sophomore forward Mark Zengerle, who ranks fourth in the nation with 49 points and shares the national lead with 37 assists, earned his first year-end league honor.  The reigning WCHA Offensive Player of the Week finished in a tie for fifth in the league scoring race in WCHA games with 36 points, one point shy of second.

Zengerle was one of eight Badgers named to the 2012 Academic All-WCHA team.

The Badgers open the WCHA playoffs this weekend with a best 2 of 3 series at Denver starting tonight.

 

Badger hockey weekly honors

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Wisconsin Badger sophomore forward Mark Zengerle and freshman

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goaltender Joel Rumpel were recognized as the WCHA Offensive and Rookie of the Week, respectively.

Zengerle, who wins his first WCHA Offensive Player of the Week honor, factored in on all five Wisconsin goals in the weekend series against Minnesota, including all four in the team’s 4-1 victory last Friday. 

Zengerle, in the midst of a five-game scoring streak, shares the national lead with 37 assists and a 1.09 assists-per-game average, while ranking 4th in the nation with 49 points.

Rumpel stopped 56 of 59 shots on goal for a .949 save percentage and posted four shutout periods. 

Rumpel came within 1:02 of a shutout last Friday, stopping 26 of 27 shots in UW’s 4-1 win on Friday night.

 

Badger men upset Gophers at Mariucci

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The Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team (16-15-2, 11-14-2 WCHA) played the spoiler on Friday night, upsetting #4 Minnesota 4-1 at Mariucci Arena. 

The win is the fourth in a row for the Badgers and 3rd straight on the road.

Wisconsin’s Tyler Barnes broke a scoreless tie in the first period with a rebound goal.  The Badgers then took command with three more goals in the second period, scores from Ryan Little, Michael Mersch and Mark Zengerle.  Wisconsin went into the locker room with a 4-0 lead after two periods. 

Despite the UW victory, Minnesota clinched the No. 1 seed for the WCHA playoffs and a share of the MacNaughton Cup after Minnesota Duluth fell at St. Cloud State.

The Badgers will go for their fifth-straight victory and fight for a sweep over the Gophers on Saturday night at 7pm.