McKenzie Steffen

Mark Johnson – (File Photo by David Stluka)

The second-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team fell short in the WCHA Final FaceOff championship game as No. 5 Ohio State scored in overtime to pull out a 1-0 victory in Minneapolis.

The Badgers (28-5-3 overall) came out dominated game play, winning the faceoff margin 36-24 and out-shooting the Buckeyes 41-26 (24-8-6 overall) to keep the game scoreless through regulation.

The Buckeyes scored the only goal 4:25 into overtime as Tatum Skaggs put the puck into the Badger net for the game winner.

Abby Roque and McKenzie Steffen were named to the all-tournament team for the Badgers.

A familiar opponent awaits Wisconsin in the NCAA quarterfinals, as the Badgers will host Clarkson on [Read more…]

Mark Johnson – (Photo by David Stluka)

The top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team is on quite a roll, improving to 6-0 on the season after sweeping 8th ranked Ohio State 7-3 in Columbus on Saturday night.

The win is the 500th for head coach Mark Johnson with the Badgers. Johnson became the first NCAA national Collegiate women’s ice hockey coach to reach 500 victories.

The Badgers (6-0-0, 2-0-0-0 WCHA) found themselves in an unfamiliar position early on as the Buckeyes (4-2-0, 2-2-0-0) scored an even-strength goal, the first even-strength goal UW has given up in more than nine games, to take a 1-0 lead.

However, Wisconsin would take a 2-1 lead into the first break thanks to a pair of power-play goals. [Read more…]