by Bill Scott | Mar 3, 2021
Seven members of the 2nd-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team were honored by the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) on Wednesday. Forwards Sophie Shirley and Daryl Watts along with defenseman Grace Bowlby were named 1st Team All-Conference. Junior...
by Bill Scott | Mar 1, 2021
The WCHA women’s regular season title chase went right down to the wire in Duluth, Mn., on Saturday. The top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers fell to the Bulldogs on Friday and then needing a win, fell behind 3-1 on Saturday before rallying for a 4-3 overtime victory. ...
by Bill Scott | Feb 7, 2021
The top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers and second-ranked Gophers went to overtime for the second straight game, skating to a 2-2 draw in Saturday’s series finale. Sophie Shirley and Maddi Wheeler scored goals for the Badgers (9-2-1, 9-2-1-1-1 WCHA) but were unable to...
by Bill Scott | Feb 6, 2021
The top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period to knock off No. 2 Minnesota, 4-3, in overtime on Friday night at Ridder Arena. Senior Daryl Watts scored twice, including the game-winning goal in OT to lead the...
by Bill Scott | Jan 21, 2021
One of the top scorers in the WCHA’s highest-scoring decade, Wisconsin’s Mark Johnson has been named the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Player of the Decade for the 1970’s. Johnson, who was named to the WCHA’s All-Decade Team earlier...
by Bill Scott | Jan 17, 2021
The second-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team completed a statement sweep of No. 1 Minnesota with a 6-3 win on Saturday afternoon at LaBahn Arena. For the second-straight season, the Badgers (6-2-0, 6-2-0-1 WCHA) earned a series sweep over the golden Gophers...
by Bill Scott | Jan 16, 2021
The second-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team earned a statement win on Friday afternoon, blanking the top-ranked Minnesota Gophers 5-0 at LaBahn Arena. Sophie Shirley, Dara Greig, Britta Curl, Daryl Watts and Makenna Webster each scored for the Badgers...
by Bill Scott | Jan 10, 2021
After earning a victory in the series opener on Friday, the top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team fell to #4 Ohio State 2-1 in overtime on Saturday to split their two-game series with the Buckeyes at LaBahn Arena. Senior Daryl Watts scored the lone Badger...
by Bill Scott | Jan 8, 2021
The top-ranked Wisconsin Badger women’s hockey team scored a pair of third period goals to knock off number-4 Ohio State, 2-1, on Friday afternoon at LaBahn Arena. Senior Daryl Watts and junior Nicole LaMantia scored at 9:29 and 13:39 in the final period to give...
by Bill Scott | Jan 4, 2021
Senior co-captain Brette Pettet’s late third period goal gave the No. 1 Wisconsin women’s hockey team a 1-0 win at Minnesota State on Sunday afternoon, giving the Badgers (3-1-0, 3-1-0-0 WCHA) a sweep of the two-game weekend series. It’s the second...
by Bill Scott | Dec 16, 2020
The Women’s League of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association will open the second half of its 2020-21 schedule Jan. 1-5, 2021. The 2021 portion of the season will run for nine weekends and conclude the weekend of Feb. 26-27. All games will be WCHA league...
by Bill Scott | Dec 4, 2020
The top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team’s two-game series against number-3 Minnesota in the Twin Cities Friday and Saturday has been postponed. The decision was made by UW medical officials after positive COVID-19 tests were found within the Badgers...
by Bill Scott | Nov 16, 2020
Defending regular season champion Wisconsin is the pick among league head coaches to win the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Women’s League 2020-21 regular season title. The Badgers totaled 34 points and four first place votes in preseason polling...
by Bill Scott | Nov 6, 2020
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) will begin the 2020-21 women’s hockey season on Nov. 20 but the University of Wisconsin will have to wait another week for its opener. The Badgers, ranked number-one in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine preseason...
by Bill Scott | Nov 4, 2020
For the sixth time in program history, the Wisconsin women’s hockey team will begin a season ranked No. 1 in the country as the Badgers earned top billing in the preseason USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women’s Poll. UW earned nine of the 19 first-place...
by Bill Scott | Sep 10, 2020
The Women’s League of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association will delay the start of its 2020-21 season. The move comes following approval by the Women’s League Board of Directors. The league is working to develop protocols to allow its teams to return...
by Bill Scott | Jun 4, 2020
Wisconsin women’s hockey senior Abby Roque joined hockey royalty on Wednesday afternoon as the forward became the fifth Badger to be named the Bob Allen Women’s Player of the Year, given to the top American-born women’s player by USA Hockey....
by Bill Scott | Mar 27, 2020
Wisconsin women’s hockey senior Abby Roque will find out Friday (today) if she’s the sixth Badger to win the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as USA Hockey announced it will present the highest individual honor in women’s college hockey in a...
by Bill Scott | Mar 24, 2020
Wisconsin forward Abby Roque was named first team All-American by the 2019-20 CCM/AHCA on Tuesday. Badger teammate Daryl Watts received second-team honors. The AHCA honors are the second for Watts (first team, 2017-18) and the first for Roque. Roque was a top-three...
by Bill Scott | Mar 8, 2020
The second-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team fell short in the WCHA Final FaceOff championship game as No. 5 Ohio State scored in overtime to pull out a 1-0 victory in Minneapolis. The Badgers (28-5-3 overall) came out dominated game play, winning the faceoff...
