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Big Ten suspends Wisconsin’s Ahcan

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The Big Ten Conference has suspended Wisconsin Badger hockey forward Roman Ahcan for one game for an incident that occurred in the second game of a two-game series against Arizona State on Sunday night.

Ahcan received a five minute major and game misconduct for contact to the head when he took a run at former Badger and current Arizona State forward Sean Dhooghe.

Ahcan will have to sit out Thursday night’s Big Ten series opener at Penn State.  Ahcan has a goal and five assists in 10 games for the Badgers this season.

 

12th ranked Wisconsin sweeps Arizona State

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Linus Weissbach

The 12th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team completed a two-game sweep of Arizona State with a 5-2 victory on Sunday night at LaBahn Arena.

Linus Weissbach and Cole Caufield scored power play goals in the first period and Mike Vorlicky lit the lamp in the second for a 3-1 lead.

The Sun Devils scored during a delayed 5-minute major penalty against Roman Ahcan with just over seven minutes left to play, but the Badgers killed off the penalty thanks in large part to freshman goaltender Cameron Rowe, who made 11 of his 23 saves in the third period.

Jason Dhooge and Brock Caufield added empty net goals to finish off the win and sweep of the Sun Devils, who seven weeks ago, swept the Badgers.

Wisconsin went 2-for-3 on the power play, ending a three-game drought and an 0-for-7 stretch.

The Badgers (8-6-0, 6-4-0-0-1-0 Big Ten) resume Big Ten play this Thursday and Friday at Penn State.

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.

 

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.

 

Caufield named Big Ten men’s hockey Freshman of the Year

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Cole Caufield – Photo Courtesy of UW Athletics

Wisconsin men’s hockey standout Cole Caufield was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year on Monday.  Caufield and defenseman Wyatt Kalynuk were named first-team All-Big Ten, and forward Roman Ahcan and defenseman K’Andre Miller were named to the honorable mention team for men’s hockey.

Caufield, who won the Big Ten scoring title with 24 points in Big Ten play, was also named to the All-Freshman Team.

The 15th overall pick by the Montreal Canadians in the 2019 NHL Draft, Caufield led the Badgers and the Big Ten in all games, and shared the national lead among freshmen with 19 goals, while leading the Badgers and ranking second among Big Ten players with 36 overall points.  His 36 points shared third in [Read more…]

Pair of Badgers named Big Ten Hockey Stars

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Two Wisconsin hockey players were named Big Ten Conference hockey stars after the Badgers swept a two-game series against Arizona State last weekend.

Sophomore forward Roman Ahcan (Savage, Minnesota) was named the Big Ten’s number-1 star after scoring a pair of game winning goals and recorded six points in Wisconsin’s two wins over 9th ranked Arizona State.

Ahcan notched his first career hat trick and five-point game in Friday’s 7-6 victory.

Freshman forward Alex Turcotte recorded a five point weekend and was named the Big Ten’s number-three star.  Turcotte matched his career-high three points in Friday’s win, collecting two goals and an assist.

Turcotte added two more assists in Saturday’s 6-2 win.

Hockey Badgers drop Big Ten opener

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The 7th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team (4-3-0, 0-1-0 Big Ten) dropped its Big Ten-opening matchup on Thursday night, falling at 12th ranked Penn State (5-1-0, 1-0-0 Big Ten) 6-1 on Thursday night.

Freshman Cole Caufield scored the Badgers only goal, his national-leading eighth goal of the season with only seven seconds left in the first period.

Penn State, which was picked in the preseason to win the Big Ten title, scored four power play goals against the Badgers.

Wisconsin has now dropped two of their three series openers so far this season, but in all three series, the Badgers have come back stronger in game two and prevailed.  They’ll be looking to do the same Friday night when the two teams wrap up their 2-game series in University Parik.

The Badgers won’t have forward Roman Ahcan for tonight’s game.  He was ejected from last nights game and has drawn a one-game suspension from the Big Ten Conference for tonight.  Ahcan received a major penalty for interference and a game misconduct in Thursday night’s series opener.

 

Badgers rout Merrimack to split opening weekend

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The Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team pulled out their first win of the season, rolling to a 11-5 win over Merrimack in North Andover, Massachusetts on Saturday night.

After falling 5-3 to Boston College on Friday night, Wisconsin racked up double-digit goals with three Badgers netting two goals each.

Freshman Cole Caufield scored twice, after netting two goals on Friday as well.  Alex Turcott and K’Andre Miller also scored a pair of Badger goals.

Wisconsin started show in the first, but picked up the pace with a six-goal second period.  The other Badger goal scorers included Tyler Inamoto, Dylan Holloway, Mick Messner, Roman Ahcan and Ty Pelton-Byce.

Fifteen different Badgers scored points in Saturday’s win.  Cole Caufield, Ahcan and Turcotte each had three.

The last time Wisconsin scored 11 or more goals came against Northern Michigan in 1992.

The Badgers return Madison for their home opener next weekend.  The Badgers will face two-time defending National Champion Minnesota-Duluth in a two-game series starting Friday night at the Kohl Center.

 

Badgers skate to 2-2 draw at United Center

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The Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team skated to a 2-2 tie with 12th ranked Notre Dame at the United Center in Chicago on Sunday night.  But it was the Irish who gained the extra point in the Big Ten standings, beating the Badgers in 3-on-3 overtime.

Freshmen linemates Roman Ahcan and Dominick Mersch scored Wisconsin’s (8-10-4, 4-4-4-1 Big Ten) two goals in the first period, with Ahcan’s tally coming with just half a second left on the clock.

The Badgers had plenty of offensive chances in the second and third periods but couldn’t convert.  The Irish (13-8-2, 6-6-1-1 Big Ten) scored the equalizer at the 10:35 mark of the second period to send the game to overtime.

After a scoreless overtime period, the Badgers and the Fighting Irish settled for a tie, but Notre Dame’s Spencer Stastney scored during the 3-on-3 overtime to give the Irish the extra point in the league standings.

Wisconsin finished 0-for-5 on the power play, while Notre Dame was 1-for-2.  Junior goaltender Jack Berry made 27 saves in-goal for the Badgers.

The Badgers dropped the series opener 6-4 on Friday night at the Kohl Center in Madison.  The Badgers will travel to Minnesota to take on the Golden Gophers at Mariucci Arena.

Freshmen shine in Badgers hockey exhibition

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Badger coach Tony Granato

Six freshmen tallied points as the Wisconsin men’s hockey team routed the University of Victoria, 8-2, in an exhibition game Sunday night at the Kohl Center.

The Badgers jumped in front early in the first period on power-play goals from sophomore defenseman Wyatt Kalynuk and junior forward Max Zimmer.

Victoria answered with a pair of quick goals midway through the first period, but freshman forward Dominick Mersch buried the puck at the 15-minute mark of the period to start a six-goal outburst.

Three other freshmen scored goals for the Badgers, Roman Ahcan, Brock Caufield and Mick Messner.

Wisconsin outshot Victoria 72-15, with the Badgers holding the Vikings to single-digit shots in each of the three periods.