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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.

 

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.

 

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).

 

Four Badgers named in NHL Central Scouting rankings

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The final NHL Central Scouting rankings were released on Wednesday, prior to this year’s 2020 NHL Draft.  One current and three incoming Badger’s made that list.

Current Badger Dylan Holloway is expected to be one of the first NCAA players to go off the board in the upcoming 2020 NHL Draft.  In the final  NHL Central Scouting rankings for North America, Holloway found himself in the No. 12 spot after a 17-point (8 goals, 9 assists) freshman season.

Three incoming Badgers join Holloway in the rankings, including forward Sam Stange, defenseman Daniel Laatsch and goaltender Cameron Rowe.

The 6’0, 200 pound Stange (RW) spent last year in the USHL playing for the Sioux City Musketeers and the Sioux Falls Stampede.  The Eau Claire native finished No. 110 in the scouting rankings after playing in 48 games, notching 26 goals and 19 assists last season.

Incoming freshmen Laatsch finished this past season with the United States National Team Development [Read more…]