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Badgers sweep Ohio State, stay in Big Ten title picture

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Hobey Baker Award candidate Cole Caufield notched a hat trick to lead the 5th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team (17-8-1, 15-6-1 1-1-0 Big Ten) to a 7-0 win over the Ohio State Buckeyes (6-17-1, 6-17-1 0-2-0 Big Ten) in the Badgers regular season home finale.

Ty Pelton-Byce also scored twice for the Badgers, who also got single tallies from Ty Emberson and Dylan Holloway.

Freshman goaltender Cameron Rowe stopped all 21 shots he faced for his second career shutout.  Rowe leads all freshmen goalies with a .939 save percentage.

Linus Weissbach, Pelton-Byce, Tarek Baker, Jason Dhooghe, Josh Ess and Robbie Beydoun make up Wisconsin’s senior class.

The hat trick for Caufield is his second of the season and third in his two-year career.

The Badgers kept the heat on the Minnesota Gophers.  With two games left, Wisconsin needs to win twice at Michigan State and get Minnesota to lose once to Michigan for the Badgers to clinch their first regular season league title in 21 years.

 

Badgers climb to within two-points of Big Ten hockey lead

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The 11th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team (12-7-0, 10-5-0 0-1-0 Big Ten) moved within two points of the Big Ten Conference lead, knocking off league leader and second-ranked Minnesota (15-4-0, 11-4-0 0-0-0 Big Ten) 4-1 on Friday night in 3M Arena at Mariucci.

Cole Caufield put the Badgers on the board just a minute into the first period, taking a pass from Ty Pelton-Byce on a breakaway to give UW a 1-0 lead.

The Gophers tied the game 1-1 at 8:01 of the second period on a goal by Sammy Walker.

Cole Caufield put the Badgers ahead again at 13:00 in the third period on assists from Pelton-Byce and Linus Weissbach.

Just 42 second later, Dylan Holloway got one past Minnesota goaltender Jack LaFontaine while he was being hooked by a Minnesota defender.  The Badgers then scored again on the ensuing power play when a Holloway shot bounced off of Roman Ahcan’s head and landed in the net for a 4-1 Badger lead. [Read more…]

Hockey Badgers shutout Spartans

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The Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team (10-7-0, 8-5-0-0-1-0 Big Ten) put together its best performance of the season, blanking the Michigan State Spartans (6-9-2, 5-9-1-2-1-0) 6-0 on Friday night at LaBahn Arena.

Wisconsin’s leading scorer Cole Caufield put the Badgers on the board with a power-play goal just 54 seconds into the game.  Brock Caufield put the Badgers up 2-0 with his seventh goal of the season while Dylan Holloway added a goal to close out the first period scoring, giving the Badgers a 3-0 lead.

The Badgers defense held the Spartans to just three shots on goal in the second period and scored twice on goals from Cole Caufield and a power play tally from Roam Ahcan.

Holloway added his second goal of the game at 8:45 of the third period to close out the scoring.

Cole Caufield and Holloway both tallied two goals.  Caufield added an assist, extending his point scoring streak to nine games.  Holloway also added a pair of assists and now has three goals and seven points in the last two games.

Senior goaltender Robbie Beydoun got the start in goal and stopped 19 shots for his second shutout of the season.

The Badgers outshot the Spartans 50-19 for the game.

The Badgers will shoot for the sweep on Saturday afternoon with a 3 p.m. faceoff at LaBahn Arena.

Badgers fall to top-ranked Minnesota, split with the Gophers

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The 12th-ranked Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team (6-6-0, 6-3-0-1 Big Ten) split its home series against No. 1 Minnesota (11-1-0, 9-1-0-0 Big Ten) after coming up short in Sunday’s matchup.  The Gophers claimed game two, 5-3, after the Badgers handed them their first loss of the season a day earlier.

After the Gophers scored the first goal of the game just 1:21 into the first period, the Badgers even the score when freshman Sam Stange scored on a deflection at the 13:41 mark.  It’s the fifth of the season for Stange, who leads all Badger freshmen in goals scored.

Brock Caufield gave the Badgers a 2-1 lead at 11:58 of the second period on assists to Roman Ahcan and Jesper Peltonen.  But the Gophers answered with a pair of goals to head into the locker room for the second intermission with a 3-2 lead.

The Gophers scored a power play goal early in the third to make it 4-2, but Wisconsin’s Cole Caufield made it 4-3 at 4:12 of the third on assists from Ty Pelton-Byce and Linus Weissbach.

The Gophers made it a two-goal lead at 17:43 of the third period and that’s the way the game would end.

Senior goaltender Robbie Beydoun finished with 19 saves in goal in taking the loss.

The Badgers remain home for a two-game series against Arizona State on Jan. 15-16 with both games facing off at 7 p.m. at LaBahn Arena.  It’ll be the second meeting between the two teams this season, with the Sun Devils sweeping the Badgers 8-5 and 3-1.

 

Badgers upset top-ranked Gophers in hockey series opener

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The Wisconsin men’s hockey team (6-5-0, 6-3-0-0-1-0 Big Ten) scored first and knocked off top-ranked Minnesota (10-1-0, 8-1-0-0-0-0 Big Ten), 3-1, on Saturday at LaBahn Arena, handing the Gophers their first loss of the season.

Linus Weissbach put the Badgers on the board midway through the second period at 10:44 on assists from Tarek Baker and Cole Caufield to make it 1-0 Wisconsin.

Baker put the Badgers up 2-0 just 1:59 into the third period, scoring his second goal of the season on a feed from Sam Stange and Ty Emberson.

The Gophers finally answered at 7:50 of the third period with a power-play goal from Sampo Ranta to make it 2-1 Wisconsin.

The Badgers closed out the scoring with a short-handed empty-net goal at 19:06 in the third period from Owen Lindmark to make it 3-1.

Badger goaltender Robbie Beydoun made 35 saves in goal to get the win for the Badgers.  Wisconsin has now won three straight games against Minnesota when the Gophers were No. 1, winning a pair of games on Feb. 6-7, 2014 at the Kohl Center.

The two teams close out the 2-game series on Sunday afternoon (4 p.m. CT / Fox Sports Wisconsin) at LaBahn Arena.

 

Wisconsin hockey falls to Ohio State

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The Wisconsin men’s hockey team (4-5-0, 4-3-0-0-1-0 Big Ten) fell behind 4-0 in the first period and their comeback effort fell short, falling to the Ohio State Buckeyes 4-2 in their series opener in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday.

Starting his 9th game in 21 days, goaltender Robbie Beydoun surrendered all for first period goals before he was replaced by freshman Cameron Rowe, who didn’t allow a goal for the rest of the game.

Senior Jason Dhooghe scored his first goal of the season on a back-hander to put the Badgers on the board in the second period.  Sophomore Cole Caufield knocked in his own rebound a minute later to cut the deficit to 4-2, but that’s all the closer Wisconsin would get with both teams going scoreless in the third period.

The series with the Buckeyes is now tied 20-20-4 with the rematch coming Friday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. CT in Columbus.

Hockey Badgers swept by ASU

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On Friday, we learned that because of COVID, four forwards would be unavailable to the Wisconsin (4-4-0, 4-3-0-0-1-0 Big Ten) men’s hockey team for it’s weekend series against Arizona State and the Sun Devils (2-3-1) took advantage and beat the shorthanded Badgers 8-5 and 3-1 at LaBahn Arena.

Roman Ahcan, Tarek Baker, Dominic Mersch and Ty Pelton-Byce were held out of the series.  One player reportedly tested positive while the others didn’t play because of contact tracing.

According to Big Ten protocols, a player who tests positive must sit out 21 days.  Those in close contact can’t play or practice for 14 days.

Wisconsin’s lone goal on Sunday was a ricochet off of Sam Stange’s skate in the second period.  It was Stange’s fourth goal and fourth point of the season.

Senior goaltender Robbie Beydoun made 25 saves in goal on the night.

The Badgers head to Columbus for an away series against Ohio State on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 3-4 at 4:30 p.m.  Friday’s game will air on ESPNU.

 

Caufield scores hat trick, leads Badgers to sweep of Penn State

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Cole Caufield

After going without a goal in the first four games of the season, sophomore forward Cole Caufield lit the lamp four times to help the Wisconsin men’s hockey team sweep Penn State at LaBahn Arena.

Caufield scored a hat trick on Tuesday night to lead the Badgers to a 7-3 win over the Nittany Lions in the series finale.

Caufield was the Big Ten freshman of the year last season, scoring 19 goals to lead the Big Ten.

Tarek Baker’s shorthanded goal late in the second period proved to be the game winner and Robbie Beydoun made 35 saves in goal as both he and the Badgers improved to 4-2.

Wisconsin’s power play improved to 6-20 (30%), scoring a power play goal for the sixth straight game.

The Badgers next, face Arizona State on Saturday (7pm) and Sunday (4pm) at LaBahn Arena.

Caufield named Big Ten’s #1 Star

Badger forward Cole Caufield was named the Big Ten’s first star, leading the nation with six points last week.  He recorded his second career hat trick in Tuesday’s 7-3 win over Penn State.

It’s Caufield’s second career weekly award and first since Oct. 15, 2019.

 

Badgers make their shots count

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The 14th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team was outshot 52-20 but they made those 20 shots count, knocking off the Penn State Nittany Lions 6-3 in their Big Ten series opener at LaBahn Arena on Monday night.

Freshman Sam Stange notched his first two collegiate goals for the Badgers (3-2-0, 3-2-0-0-1-0 Big Ten).  Jack Gorniak, Linus Weissbach and Brock and Cole Caufield also scored goals for the Badgers.

Wisconsin’s power play improved to 5-for-17 (29.4%) for the season after the Badgers scored a power-play goal for the fifth straight game.

Goaltender Robbie Beydoun earned his third win in goal, collecting a career high 49 saves in goal.

Penn State (0-3-0, 0-3-0-0-0-0 Big Ten) remains winless on the season.

The two teams wrap up their two-game series at LaBahn Arena on Tuesday night (5 p.m. – BTN).

 

Hockey Badgers fall to Wolverines in overtime

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The 14th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team was looking to earn a split with 6th ranked Michigan on Friday night, but fell 2-1 in 3-on-3 overtime at LaBahn Arena.

The game was scoreless after one period before Wisconsin (2-2-0, 2-2-0-0-1-0 Big Ten) junior Roman Ahcan notched his first goal of the season just two minutes into the second period on the power play.  Ahcan got a perfect cross ice feed from senior Tarek Baker.

The Wolverines (4-0-0, 2-0-0-1-0-0 Big Ten) tied the game 1-1 with six minutes left in the second period.

The two teams were scoreless in the third before the Wolverines scored the overtime game winner with 26.6 seconds left in OT.

UW goaltender Robbie Beydoun stopped 34 of 36 shots on goal in the loss.

Badger sophomore Cole Caufield is still looking for his first goal of the season after leading the Big Ten in that category last year, but he dished out his fourth assist of the season, one in each of the teams four games.

Wisconsin has a quick turn-a-round on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 23-24 with a pre-Thanksgiving series against No. 10 Penn State.