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2020 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award to be unveiled Friday

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Abby Roque

Wisconsin women’s hockey senior Abby Roque will find out Friday (today) if she’s the sixth Badger to win the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as USA Hockey announced it will present the highest individual honor in women’s college hockey in a ceremony live on its Facebook and YouTube pages.

Roque, who was named a first-team All-American earlier this week and was named the USCHO Player of the Year on Thursday, is one of three finalists for the award.

Roque helped lead UW to its eighth WCHA regular-season title and a No. 2 ranking in the country.

The senior center recorded a career-high in goals with 26, points with 58 and matched her best assist mark with 32.  She was stellar in the faceoff circle for UW as her 523 faceoff wins led the country while her .656 faceoff clip ranked second.

Roque rewrote the Badgers’ record books this year as she climbed into the top-10 in school history in points (170, 9th), assists (114, 7th), plus/minus (+136, 7th), power play goals (21, 7th) and game-winning goals (15, 8th).

 

Roque named top-three finalist for Patty Kazmaier Award

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Abby Roque

Wisconsin senior forward Abby Roque has been named one of three finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award, given to the best player in women’s college hockey.

Roque is the ninth leading scorer in program history and this year ranks seventh in the country with 57 points, including 25 goals.  Her teammates, Sophie Shirley and Daryl Watts, were top-ten finalists.

Wisconsin has had five Patty Kazmaier Award winners, Sara Bauer in 2006, Jessie Vetter in 2009, Meghan Duggan in 2011, Brianna Decker in 2012 and Ann-Renee Desbiens in 2017.

The Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, native has been clutch for UW as she has five game-winning tallies this year.  As a stellar center in the faceoff circle, Roque’s 494 faceoff wins pace the NCAA while her .663 faceoff clip ranks second in the country.

The 2020 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner will be announced on Saturday, March 21 in Boston.

The Badges head to Minneapolis for the WCHA Final Faceoff.  They’ll play Minnesota-Duluth in the conference semifinals Saturday at 2 p.m.  If they win, they’ll play Minnesota or Ohio State for the WCHA playoff title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Badger women’s hockey wins 8th WCHA regular season title

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UW Womens Hockey – 2019-20 WCHA Regular Season Champions – Photo Courtesy of UW Athletics

The second ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team scored twice in the final minute on Sunday to force a 5-5 tie with No. 9 Minnesota-Duluth and earn the 2019-20 WCHA regular-season title outright.

Senior alternate captain Abby Roque led the charge and finished the battle for Wisconsin (27-4-3, 17-4-3-2 WCHA) posting two goals, while junior Daryl Watts brought up the rear by taking the draw point from Minnesota-Duluth (16-10-6, 11-8-5-3 WCHA).

For the third-straight game, UW found itself in a 1-0 hole after the first period when UMD scored a power-play goal with less than two minutes left in the period.

The Bulldogs looked as if they would pull the upset in the regular season finale, up 5-3 late.  But Wisconsin’s Sophie Shirley tapped in the fourth Badger goal with 58 seconds left on a pass from Watts. [Read more…]

Three Badgers among Patty Kazmaier Top-10 finalists

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Three Wisconsin women’s hockey standouts are among the 10 finalists for the 2020 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.

junior Daryl Watts, senior Abby Roque and sophomore Sophie Shirley, are among the 10 candidates for the top honor in women’s collegiate hockey.

Watts is in her first season with the second ranked Badgers, was the 2018 Patty Kazmaier winner as a freshman at Boston College.  She leads the WCHA and the NCAA with 67 points on 22 goals and a league-and national-best 45 assists.

Shirley is the WCHA’s second-leading scorer with 55 points on a league-leading 26 goals and 29 assists.  She ranks second nationally in goals scored and her point total is tied for third in the NCAA.

Roque has registered 53 points on 23 goals and 30 assists this season to rank third in the league and sixth nationally in scoring.  Roque also leads the WCHA in game-winning goals with five.

Three finalists for the 2020 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award will be announced on Feb. 27, with the winner being revealed on March 21 at the Women’s Frozen Four in Boston.

 

Campbell earns spot on Patty Kazmaier Top-10 list

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Wisconsin women’s hockey goaltender Kristen Campbell has been named a Top-10 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award finalist.

It marks the third-straight year a UW goaltender has been on the list as Ann-Renee Desbiens was a top three finalist in 2015-16 before winning the award during the 2016-17 season.

Campbell leads all NCAA Division 1 netminders in shutouts (11), wins (29), save percentage (.942) and goals-against average (1.15) during her first year with the Badgers after transferring in from North Dakota.

The Brandon, Manitoba, native has a 29-3-2 record in net for the top-ranked Badgers and her winning percentage of .882 leads the country this year.

Campbell was named WCHA Goaltender of the Month three times this year, WCHA Defensive Player of the Week three times and twice was an NCAA Star of the Week.

The Badgers are off this weekend, getting a first round WCHA playoff bye.  They’ll open the tournament with a semifinal game on Saturday, March 3 at Ridder Arena in the Twin Cities.

Desbiens and Pankowski named Patty Kazmaier top-10 finalists

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Wisconsin Badger senior Ann-Renee Desbiens and junior Annie Pankowski have been named top-10 finalists for the 2017 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given to the Player of the Year in women’s college hockey.

It marks the second-consecutive year that both players have been named to the top-10 list.

Desbiens was a 2016 top-three finalist and leads the nation this season in every major goaltending category.  The La Malbaie, Quebec native owns NCAA-leading marks in goals-against average with a 0.74 mark, save percentage with a .961 clip, winning percentage with a .893 rate and shutouts with 13.

Desbiens sports a 6-1-3 record against ranked opponents this and allowed only tow goals during UW’s recent series against No. 2-ranked Minnesota Duluth and No. 4 Minnesota. [Read more…]

Two Badgers among Patty Kazmaier finalists

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Hilary Knight and Brianna Decker of the University of Wisconsin were among

Hilary Knight

the 10 finalists for the 2012 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. 

Knight, who has 28 goals and 28 assists in 36 games, leads the nation this season with eight game-winning goals. 

Decker, who scored in a team-record 32 straight games, leads the nation with 35 goals and ranks second with 77 points.

The winner will be announced on March 8.