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Frederic signs deal with Boston Bruins

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Trent Frederic

Wisconsin sophomore forward Trent Frederic will forego his final two years of eligibility and has signed a professional contract with the Boston Bruins.

Frederic signed a three-year entry-level contract that begins with the 2018-19 season.  He will join Boston’s AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins, on an Amateur Tryout Agreement (ATO) for the rest of the 2017-18 season.

The 29th overall pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, Frederic was chosen by Boston in the first round two summers ago.

In his rookie season with the Badgers in 2016-17, Frederic was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year after posting 15 goals, 18 assists and 33 points to help the Badgers to a 20-win season.  That helped him earn selection on the 2017 All-Big Ten Second Team.  He also was named Hockey Commissioners’ Association National Rookie of the Month, when he posted eight goals and 14 points in February.

He returned for his sophomore season in 2017-18 as an alternate captain and recorded a team-leading 17 goals, as well as 15 assists and 32 points to rank second on the team in scoring. [Read more…]

Frederic named Big Ten’s second star

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Wisconsin sophomore forward Trent Frederic was named the Big Ten’s Second Star of the Week for his performance last weekend at Michigan.

Frederic, a first-round draft choice of the Boston Bruins, had a goal and two assists in both games last weekend, scoring the first goal in both contests.

Frederic finished the weekend plus-4 and was on the ice for all seven of Wisconsin’s goals.

Wisconsin’s leader with 14 goals, including six in his last seven games, Frederic ranks second on the Badgers with 27 points.

This marks Frederic’s fourth career Big Ten Star of the Week honor and his second of the season.

The Badgers have four games left in the regular season, starting with their final two regular season home games, against the Minnesota Gophers this Friday and Saturday at the Kohl Center.

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.).

 

Frederic named to U.S. National Junior Team preliminary roster

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Wisconsin hockey star Trent Frederic has been named to USA Hockey’s preliminary roster for this year’s U.S. National Junior Team, which will compete in this years event in Buffalo, New York.

The preliminary roster consists of 28 players.  The group will gather in Columbus, Ohio for training camp Dec. 15-19, then again Dec. 20-23 in Jamestown, New York, where they will play pre-tournament games against Belarus on Dec. 20, and then against Sweden in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 22.

The team will be cut down to 23 player for the 2018 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship.

If Frederic makes the final cut, he would become the 54th Badger all-time to skate in the event, dating back to its official sanctioning in 1978.

The U.S. owns four gold medals, all since 2004, when then UW head coach Mike Eaves led the country to its first gold medal.

The other three gold medals came with Badgers as captains as Luke Kunin (2017), Jake McCabe (2013) and John Ramage (2011) served in the official capacity. [Read more…]

Minnesota picked to win Big Ten hockey title

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Trent Frederic

Four-time Big Ten Champion Minnesota was tabbed the favorite in the 2017-18 Big Ten hockey preseason coaches’ poll, announced on Monday.  The coaches also selected a 17-member Preseason Watch List, including a pair of unanimous honorees.

Last season, Minnesota claimed its fourth consecutive Big Ten Championship with 43 points and a conference record of 14-5-1-0 (23-12-3 overall).  Conference newcomer Notre Dame was selected second in the preseason poll, with Wisconsin capturing third, defending Big Ten Tournament Champion Penn State taking fourth, Ohio State placing fifth, Michigan earning sixth and Michigan State rounding out the poll in seventh.

The Preseason Watch List features 17 standouts due to ties, with a pair of unanimous selections in 2017 Big Ten Player of the Year Tyler Sheehy and Wisconsin’s Trent Frederic.

Wisconsin had two other players on the 17 player watch list.  Forward Cameron Hughes and goaltender Kyle Hayton join Trent Frederic on that list.

 

Granato named Big Ten Coach of the Year

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Tony Granato

Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey coach Tony Granato was named the Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Badgers to a second place finish in the league this season.

Granato’s Badgers are 19-14-1 entering the Big Ten Tournament in Detroit this week.  That’s an 11-win improvement over last season, when the Badgers finished last in the conference.

Granato joins the late Bob Johnson, who was the WCHA’s Coach of the Year in 1977.

The Badgers also had three players named to the all-Big Ten second team, forwards Luke Kunin and Trent Frederic and defenseman Jake Linhart.  Frederic was also named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year.

Kunin leads the Badger in scoring with 21 goals and 36 points.  Frederic is second with 15 goals and 33 points.  Both are first-round NHL draft picks and Kunin served as the Badgers captain in this, his sophomore season.

Minnesota’s Tyler Sheehy, who shared Big Ten scoring honors this season, was named the Big Ten’s Player of the Year.

Wisconsin’s Kunin named Big Ten’s second star

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luke-kuninWisconsin sophomore forward and team captain Luke Kunin was named the Big Ten’s second star after scoring three goals and adding two assists in a pair of road wins over St. Lawrence and Clarkson last weekend.

Kunin is the third Badger to receive the Big Ten’s weekly award, following defenseman Corbin McGuire and forward Trent Frederic.

The Chesterfield, Missouri native scored a pair of goals in Friday night’s 5-2 win over No. 18 St. Lawrence and added a goal and two assists in Wisconsin’s 5-4 victory over Clarkson on Saturday.

Kunin moved into a tie with McGuire for the team lead in goals with four and fourth on the team in points with seven through the first six games.

Kunin was drafted 15th overall by the Minnesota Wild in the 2016 NHL entry draft.

Ohio State’s Matthew Weis was this week’s first star, while the Buckeye’s defenseman Tommy Parran earned third-star honors.

The Badgers return home this weekend to take on the Northern Michigan Wildcats.  The two teams split a two-game series on opening weekend in Green Bay at the Resch Center.

 

Frederic earns Big Ten’s second star

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Trent Frederic

Trent Frederic

For the second time in as many weeks, a Wisconsin men’s hockey player has earned a Big Ten star of the week.  Last week, defenseman Corbin McGuire earned the third star of the week.  This week, freshman forward Trent Frederic was awarded the Big Ten’s second star.

The St. Louis, Missouri native earned second star honors for his four-point performance in Sunday’s series finale against Boston College.  The freshman scored one goal and added three assists in the Badgers 8-5 loss.  He [Read more…]

Badgers rally falls short, split’s with Boston College

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A third period rally came up short for the Wisconsin men’s hockey team (2-2-0, 0-0-0-0 Big Ten) as they dropped the second game of the weekend series 8-5 against Boston College (2-2, 0-0-0-0 Hockey East).

The Badgers fell behind 6-2 in the second period, but rallied to pull within one at 6-5.  But forced to pull their goaltender, the Badgers saw the Eagles score a pair of empty net goals to pull out the win.

The Badgers got third period goals from Cameron Hughes, Grant Besse and Ryan Wagner to pull within a goal.

Wisconsin killed off all six Boston College power plays and didn’t allow a power play goal in the series.  They are now 21-for-23 on the penalty kill, good for a 91 percent efficiency. [Read more…]

Badgers split with NMU, Granato secures first victory

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Tony Granato

Tony Granato

The Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team scored four power-play goals and bounced back from a season opening loss on Friday night to knock off the Northern Michigan Wildcats 6-5 at the Resch Center in Green Bay on Saturday night.

Trent Frederic scored the game-winning goal for Wisconsin (1-1) on the power play at 11:36 to break a 5-5 tie.

Corbin McGuire scored twice for the Badgers.  Luke Kunin and Seamus Malone both had a goal and an assist.  Grant Besse had three assists and JD Greenway tallied two assists.

Robbie Payne had two goals and three assists to lead Northern Michigan (1-1).

The Badgers finished 4-for-8 on the power play, while Northern Michigan went 1-for-4.

Matt Jurusik made 25 saves in goal to help Tony Granato secure his first victory as the head coach of the Badgers.   It’s the first win for Wisconsin against Northern Michigan since 2013.