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Wisconsin hockey has a big weekend

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The top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team got goals from Alexis Mauermann, Claudia Kepler and Maddie Rolfes on Sunday as the Badgers held off St. Cloud State 3-2 at LaBahn Arena.

The Badgers extended their unbeaten streak to 11 straight games and improved to 26-1-1 on the season.  UW moved to within one win of its third straight WCHA regular season title.

The Badgers can secure the title when they face Ohio State in Columbus, OH this weekend.

Badger men knock off Penn State

After scoring three goals in the third period to win on Friday night, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team rallied from two goals down three times on Saturday to earn a shootout victory over Penn State at the Kohl Center.

In the finale, Wisconsin faced off against cancer, paid tribute to those searching for a cure and welcomed back 1990 National Champion Rob Andringa, who learned last month he has stage four Colon Cancer.

By taking five of six points, the Badgers vaulted into third place in the Big Ten and visit Michigan this weekend.

AUDIO: Tony Granato on Rob Andringa :16

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.).

 

Top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey continues to roll

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The top-ranked Wisconsin Badger women’s hockey team improved to 23-1 after knocking off Minnesota State 4-0, sweeping the two-game weekend series.

The Badgers had won the series opener 6-0 on Saturday.

Senior co-captain Claudia Kepler scored two goals in Sunday’s victory for Mark Johnson’s club.

Badger men split

After a disappointing 2-0 loss to Michigan State on Friday night, the Badger men improved to 11-11-3 with Saturday’s 5-2 victory over the Spartans.

Tony Granato’s Badgers visit top ranked Notre Dame on Friday night in South Bend before playing the series finale at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the United Center in Chicago.

 

Top-ranked Wisconsin earns sweep over rival Minnesota in women’s hockey

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Baylee Wellhausen

Senior co-captain Baylee Wellhausen scored 1:32 into overtime to lead the number-1 ranked Wisconsin Badger women’s hockey team to a 2-1 victory over number-6 Minnesota on Sunday at Ridder Arena.

Wellhausen scored her second goal of the weekend and of the season for Wisconsin (12-0-0, 6-0-0 WCHA), firing the puck over the shoulder of Minnesota (5-4-1, 4-3-1-0 WCHA) goaltender Sydney Peters.

The two teams were scoreless in the first period.  The Badgers capitalized on a 2-on-1 situation in the second as junior Sam Cogan slotted the puck onto the stick of sophomore Alexis Mauermann who put it past Peters to give the Badgers a 1-0 lead.

The Gophers scored a short time later on a power-play to send the game tied 1-1 into the third period.

Wisconsin completed its first sweep at Minnesota since the 2006-07 season and only its fourth road sweep of the Golden Gophers in school history.

The Badgers outshot Minnesota 27-17, marking the 11th time this year UW has outshot its opponent.

Wisconsin returns home to face No. 4 Ohio State in a Saturday-Sunday series at LaBahn Arena.  Saturday’s game, which is sold out, begins at 2 p.m. while Sunday’s game starts at noon.

AUDIO: Baylee Wellhausen says great game, good result :18

AUDIO: Mark Johnson says it’s a good win for his team :14

 

Hockey Badgers earn weekend road sweep

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The Wisconsin men’s hockey team earned a pair of road victories on the weekend, capping things off Saturday night with a 4-1 victory over Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts.

The Badgers (4-1-0, 1-1-0-0 Big Ten) outshot the Warriors (0-2-1) 42-34.

Senior goaltender Kyle Hayton made a season-high 41 saves in the victory, back stopping the team to his fourth win between the pipes at Wisconsin.

Junior Jason Ford put the Badgers on the board just one minute, 38 seconds into the first period with his first goal of the year.

Merrimack would tie the score in the second period before the Badgers would answer and take the lead for good.  Junior Seamus Malone scored on the power play and sophomore Max Zimmer added a goal just 14 seconds later to make it 3-1.  Senior Ryan Wagner made it 4-1 Badgers with a goal a short time later.

Ford, Peter Tischke and Tim Davison each recorded two points in the win and the Badgers have now scored their first goal in all five of their games this [Read more…]

Top-ranked Badger women’s hockey secures road win

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Badger women’s hockey (File Photo) (Photo by David Stluka)

Junior forward Sophia Shaver scored the game-winning goal with 13 minutes left in the third period to lead the top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team to a 3-2 win over Minnesota State in Mankato, Minn., on Friday night.

Sophomore forward Abby Roque scored the Badgers first goal just 50 seconds into the game to give Wisconsin (7-0-0, 1-0-0-0 WCHA) the early lead.

The Mavericks (1-3-1, 0-1-0-0 WCHA) scored twice in the middle period to take a 2-1 lead.

The Badgers scored twice in the third.  Presley Norby scored her third goal of the season to tie the game at two,  Shaver scored two minutes later to give the Badgers the lead and subsequent win.

Wisconsin has won its last five WCHA openers dating back to the 2013-14 season.  UW is now 13-5-1 in its WCHA opening games.

The two teams wrap up their series at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Verizon Wireless Center.

Wisconsin women’s hockey team picked second in WCHA

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Wisconsin Badgers Head Coach Mark Johnson (Photo by David Stluka)

The Wisconsin women’s hockey team was picked to finish behind Minnesota in the 2017-18 WCHA race.

Four of the league coaches picked the Gophers to win the league this season.  The other three picked the Badgers, who have won the last two regular-season championships.

Minnesota-Duluth and Ohio State tied for third place, followed by Bemidji State, St. Cloud State and Minnesota State.

Ohio State goalie Kassidy Sauve was picked as the league’s preseason player of the year, receiving a total of six votes.  Wisconsin sophomore forward Abby Roque received the other vote.

The Badgers open the season on Saturday with an exhibition against the South Korean national team at LaBahn Arena.  They’ll host Lindenwood to open the regular season on Sept. 22.

Hockey Badgers open season with U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game

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The Wisconsin men’s hockey team will open its 2017-18 season with the United States Hockey Hall of Fame game in Madison on Sunday, Oct. 1 against Michigan Tech.

The first regular-season game comes quickly for the Badgers, who officially begin practice just one day earlier, Sept. 30.  Last season, Wisconsin opened with an exhibition against Victoria.

Michigan Tech finished second in the WCHA during the regular season and won the Broadmoor Trophy, the WCHA’s conference title, by defeating Bowling Green in double overtime to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.  The Huskies fell to eventual national champions, Denver, 5-2, in the opening round of the national tournament.

The two teams are former WCHA opponents, having met 156 times.  The Badgers own a 99-47-10 advantage and a 61-18-6 record in Madison.  The two teams split their last series, in early January of 2015.

The U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game is an exempt game which means both schools can play one additional game above and beyond the NCAA maximum normally allowed in a season.

Wisconsin falls short of NCAA Frozen Four title

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Badger women’s coach Mark Johnson

The Wisconsin women’s hockey team fell short in its attempt to go wire-to-wire as the nation’s top-ranked women’s  hockey team.  The Badgers lost to Clarkson 3-0 on Sunday in the NCAA Division 1 championship game in St. Charles, Missouri.

It was the fourth straight trip to the Frozen Four for the Badgers.  They failed to make it out of the semifinals the last three years, but blanked Boston College 1-0 on Friday night to advance to the title game.

Wisconsin, with the nation’s leading offense heading into the Frozen Four (4.03 goals per game), managed just one goal on 77 shots in two games. [Read more…]

Nurse receives WCHA weekly honor

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Sarah Nurse

Wisconsin senior hockey standout Sarah Nurse was named the WCHA’s Offensive Player of the Week for the fourth time in her career.

Nurse tallied the game-winning assist in Wisconsin’s 2-1 win over North Dakota in Saturday’s WCHA Final Face-Off semifinal before recording a goal and two assists in Sunday’s 4-1 victory over Minnesota Duluth to help the Badgers clinch their third straight WCHA Final Face-Off championship.

Nurse (Hamilton, Ontario) is tied for the team lead in goals with 24 and is second in points with 52.

Nurse and the top-ranked Badgers will host Robert Morris at LaBahn Arena on Saturday afternoon in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals.  The 2 p.m. faceoff is sold-out.