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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 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.

 

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.

 

Badger hockey team blanked by No. 20 Michigan State

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The Wisconsin men’s hockey team out-shot Michigan State 12-0 in the first seven minutes of the game but couldn’t take advantage and went on to lose 4-0 in their series opener at the Kohl Center on Friday night.

After a scoreless first period, the Spartans scored once in the second and then broke it open in the third, scoring twice before adding a late empty netter.

Michigan State goaltender John Lethemon held the Badgers scoreless, stopping all 39 shots he faced.

Senior goaltender Jack Berry made his first Kohl Center start since January 5, 2019 and ended with 22 saves on the night.

Wisconsin’s Tarek Baker was awarded a penalty shot after being pulled down on a breakaway in the third period, but was stoned by Lethemon.

The two teams wrap up the two game series on Saturday night at 7 p.m. at the Kohl Center.

Kalynuk named Wisconsin men’s hockey team captain

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Sophomore defenseman Wyatt Kalynuk, who was a second-team All-Big Ten pick last season, will serve as the Wisconsin men’s hockey team’s captain next season.

“We are really excited to have these three lead our program,” Coach Tony Granato said.  “From the second they’ve gotten here they’ve done everything right.  All three have gotten off to great starts in their first two years with our program and they’ve been excellent in the classroom.  They are great leaders and big parts of our program.  We are excited about their leadership and the future of our program.”

Kalynuk will lead the team, while sophomore forwards Tarek Baker and Sean Dhooghe will help as the team’s alternate captains.

Kalynuk posted his second straight 25-point season this past year, and collected nine goals to rank second on the team.  His 25 points were one point off the team lead, while his 116 shots made him the only skater with over 100 shots on goal.

Baker (Verona, Wis.) finished his 2018-19 season with seven goals and 20 points, ranking second on the team with 91 shots on goal.

Dhooghe (Aurora, Ill.) led the Badgers as the only double-digit goal scorer with 15 tallies.  He shared the team lead with 26 points..  He also was tied for third in the Big Ten with eight power-play goals.

 

Badgers rout Nittany Lions, earn series split

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Josh Ess – (Photo by David Stluka)

The Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team dominated No. 19 Penn State from start-to-finish on Saturday night at Pegula Ice Arena, knocking off the Nittany Lions, 7-3, to earn a weekend split in its final road series of the regular season.

Looking to bounce back from Friday’s 8-2 loss, the Badgers got off to a quick start with first period goals from sophomore defenseman Josh Ess and freshman winger Jack Gorniak.

The Badgers added three more goals in the second period, including a short-handed tally from sophomore Tarek Baker and a second goal from Ess.

Penn State scored twice to make it a 5-2 game heading to the third period, but senior forwards Matthew Freytag and Seamus Malone notched the Badgers’ sixth and seventh goals of the night to seal a 7-3 victory over the Nittany Lions.

Freshman goaltender Daniel Lebedeff made 38 saves in the win.

Sophomores Josh Ess and Linus Weissbach each tallied three points in the win.  Ess’ two goals marked the defenseman’s first multi-goal performance of his career. [Read more…]

Badger hockey team sweeps #12 Boston College

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Linus Weissbach

Sophomore forward Linus Weissbach broke a 4-4 tie 6:32 into the third period and the Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team (2-0-0) knocked off 12th ranked Boston College (0-2-0) on Saturday night at the Kohl Center.

The Badgers swept the Eagles after pulling out a 3-0 win on Friday night.

The Badgers scored just 38-seconds into the game on a Sean Dhooghe tally, only to see Boston College tie the game at 1:20 of the first.

The Badgers never trailed in the contest, going on to build a 4-1 lead at one point in the second period before the Eagles rebounded to the game.

Sophomore defenseman Wyatt Kalynuk led the Badgers with two goals and an assist, while sophomore forward Tarek Baker had a goal and two helpers.

Junior goaltender Jack Berry stopped 28 shots for the victory.

Wisconsin will take its first road trip of the season on Friday at Clarkson and Saturday at St. Lawrence in upstate New York.

Badger hockey falls to #1 Notre Dame, top-ranked women win in OT

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The 18th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team fell to number-one Notre Dame, 4-2 in South Bend on Friday night.

The Irish scored three first period goals and led 3-1 after the first period.  The Badgers (11-12-13, 5-8-2-0 Big Ten) crawled to within 3-2 early in the third before the Irish scored an empty-netter in the final minute, extending their win streak to 16-straight games.

Trent Frederic and Tarek Baker scored their 10th goals each for the Badgers, who outshot Notre Dame (19-3-1, 13-0-0-0 Big Ten) 35-29 in the contest.

Senior goaltender Kyle Hayton made 25 saves in the loss.

The two teams wrap up the two-game series on Sunday afternoon (2 p.m.) at the United Center in Chicago.  The game will be televised on the NBC Sports Network.

Badger women win in OT

The top ranked UW women needed overtime to knock off Bemidji State 4-3 on Friday night.

Badger defenseman Mikaela Gardner scored two minutes into the overtime period to help the Badgers escape with their 24th win in 25 games.  They’re 15-0 in the WCHA and wrap up the series this afternoon (3 p.m.).

 

Hockey Badgers fall at Penn State

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Tarek Baker (Photo by David Stluka)

The number-15 Wisconsin men’s hockey team got the new year off to a slow start, falling 5-1 to number-14 Penn State on Friday night at Pegula Ice Arena.

The Badgers (10-10-2, 4-6-1-0 Big Ten) allowed a power-play and short-handed goal in the loss.  Penn State (12-7-2, 5-4-2 Big Ten) outshot the Badgers 32-26.

The Nittany Lions took a 2-0 lead by the 9:00 mark of the first period, scoring one of its goals on the man advantage 1:36 into the game.

Penn State, leading 2-0 after one period, scored 11 seconds into the second period and added a fourth goal before Wisconsin made a change in goal.  Kyle Hayton came on in relief of sophomore Jack Berry.

Hayton made 17 saves the rest of the way and didn’t allow a goal.  Penn State would get its fifth goal into an empty net.

Freshman forward Tarek Baker scored the Badgers’ only tally at the 11:54 mark of the final period.

The two teams close out the series at 6 p.m. (CT) on Saturday night.