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Badgers tie Notre Dame, take 4 of 6 points on the weekend

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Ty Pelton-Byce scored the game tying goal with 26.8 seconds left in regulation as the 5th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team (15-8-1, 13-6-0-0-1-1 Big Ten) skated to a 5-5 overtime tie against Notre Dame (11-12-1, 8-10-1-2-2-1 Big Ten).  The Fighting Irish claimed the extra point in the shootout.

The Badgers blew a 3-1 lead before eventually settling for the overtime tie.

Wisconsin got two goals and two assists from Pelton-Byce.  Cole Caufield, Linus Weissbach and Roman Ahcan also added scoring tallies for the Badgers.  Caufield’s goal is his 19th of the season, which leads the nation.

Wisconsin is now 13-0-1 when leading after two periods.

The Badgers beat the Irish 4-2 on Friday and grabbed four-points on the weekend.

The Badgers wrap up their home stand next weekend with a series against Ohio State on Feb. 26-27.  Games are scheduled for 7 p.m. CT on Friday and 4 p.m. CT on Saturday.

 

Wisconsin hockey earns series split with Michigan

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After a 5-1 loss on Saturday, the 7th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team (14-8-0, 12-6-0 0-1-0 Big Ten) rebounded with a 3-2 win over 8th ranked Michigan (11-7-0, 9-7-0 1-0-0) on Sunday in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Dylan Holloway and Roman Ahcan both had a goal and an assist and Dominick Mersch scored what proved to be the game-winner :28 into the third period.

Michigan pulled their goaltender with under three minutes left in the game and Brendan Brisson scored with the extra attacker, cutting Wisconsin’s lead to 3-2.

The Badgers closed out the game from there with the help of a late power-play opportunity and a couple of big saves from freshman goaltender Cameron Rowe.  Rowe finished with 24 saves in picking up the win.

Holloway had his eighth multi-point game in the last nine games as the Badgers snapped a six-game losing streak against the Wolverines.

The Badgers went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill and 1-for-4 on the power play.  The Badgers closed the weekend, trailing Minnesota by two-points for the Big Ten Conference lead with six games left in the regular season.

UW returns home to host Notre Dame on Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 4 p.m. at LaBahn Arena.

Wisconsin sweeps Minnesota, moves into first place in Big Ten

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The 11th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team (13-7-0, 11-5-0 0-1-0 Big Ten) swept the Minnesota Golden Gophers (15-5-0, 11-5-0 0-0-0 Big Ten), pulling out a 8-1 win in their series finale in Minneapolis on Saturday night.  The win pushes the Badgers into first place in the Big Ten standings, one-point better than the Gophers.

Six different Badgers scored goals as UW outscored Minnesota 12-2 in the two-game weekend series.

The Badgers went on the power play just four minutes into the game and quickly found the net when Roman Ahcan tipped a Cole Caufield shot past Jack LaFontaine for an early 1-0 lead.  Dylan Holloway also scored on the power-play at 8:25 of the first period to put the Badgers up 2-0.

After Minnesota cut the lead to 2-1, Ty Emberson put the Badgers up by two again with his first goal of the season.

Ty Pelton-Byce scored a quick goal just 42 seconds into the second period to put the Badgers up 4-1.  Roman Ahcan added his second goal of the game a short time later and Jack Gorniak finished the second period scoring, giving the [Read more…]

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.

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…]