Sam Cogan

Badger women’s hockey rebounds to win Saturday at Bemidji State

February 3, 2019 By Bill Scott

The Wisconsin women’s hockey team rebounded from a 2-1 loss on Friday night to beat Bemidji State 4-0 on Saturday in Bemidji, Minnnesota.

After a scoreless opening period for the Badgers (24-4-0, 14-4-0-0 WCHA), senior Sam Cogan got things started. Cogan received a feed from freshman Sophie Shirley heading towards the net and sliced the puck past the BSU (10-16-2, 7-9-2-0 WCHA) netminder just a minute into the second period that gave the Badgers the first lead of the day.

Cogan struck again at the 8:39 mark, followed by a goal by Britta Curl. Maddie Rolfes added an empty netter in the third for the final margin.

The Badgers return home to LaBahn Arena to host Minnesota State in a two-game series. The first game is Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. Sunday’s second game is also a 2 p.m. faceoff as UW will celebrate the retirement of head coach Mark Johnson’s jersey by the UW men’s hockey program.

Hockey Badgers blow 2-0 lead, fall to Irish

December 9, 2017 By Bill Scott

The 12th ranked Wisconsin hockey team led 2-0 in the final period before falling to 4th ranked Notre Dame 3-2 in their series opener at the Kohl Center on Friday night.

The Badgers (10-8-2, 4-4-1-0 Big Ten) outshot the Fighting Irish 36-32, but Notre Dame (15-3-1, 9-0-0-0) capitalized on the momentum from six Wisconsin penalty kills to extend their win streak to 12 games.

The Badgers got goals from senior captain Cameron Hughes and freshman forward Tarek Baker.

Notre Dame scored all three of their goals in the third period.

Sophomore goaltender Jack Berry had 29 saves in goal for the Badgers, who outblocked the Irish 23-12. The Badgers finished 1-for-3 on the power play.

The two teams wrap up the series at the Kohl Center tonight (7 p.m.).

Badger women win

Sam Cogan’s first-period goal held up in Wisconsin’s 1-0 win over St. Cloud State. Kristen Campbell finished with 16 saves for the Badgers, who improved to 20-1-0 overall and 12-0-0 in the WCHA.

Badger women’s hockey escapes with shootout win

October 9, 2016 By Bill Scott

Abby Roque

The top ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team skated to a 1-1 tie with Ohio State in regulation, then grabbed the extra point with a shootout win over the Buckeyes at LaBahn Arena.

Badger freshman Abby Roque scored the game winning shootout goal for the Badgers (3-0-1, 3-0-1-1 WCHA), earning two out of a possible three points against the Buckeyes (2-1-1, 0-1-1-0 WCHA).

The Badgers outshot the Buckeyes 38-7 throughout regulation and overtime. Sophomore Sam Cogan scored a late goal for Wisconsin to tie the game and force overtime.

The Badgers will begin non-conference play this upcoming weekend, as they travel to No. 4 Clarkson to take on the Golden Knights.

Desbiens sets Wisconsin record

February 7, 2016 By Bill Scott

Ann-Renee Desbiens (Photo by David Stluka)

Goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens set a Wisconsin record with her 15th shutout of the season as the second-ranked Badger women’s hockey team completed a sweep of Ohio State 2-0 on Saturday.

Desbiens leads the nation with a goals-against average of point-61, a save percentage of point-966 and those 15 shutouts.

Sophomore Baylee Wellhausen and freshman Sam Cogan scored goals for the Badgers (28-1-1, 22-1-1-1 WCHA) who have own 10 games in a row and are at the top of the W-C-H-A standings.

Wisconsin returns home to face Minnesota State-Mankato next weekend.