Hayton to face alma mater when Saints travel to Madison this weekend
It’s homecoming weekend for Kyle Hayton. But instead of going back to college, the senior goaltender’s college is coming to him.
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It’s homecoming weekend for Kyle Hayton. But instead of going back to college, the senior goaltender’s college is coming to him.
Looking back on it, junior Tyler Zelen seemed destined to swim at the University of North Dakota. A third-generation UND athlete, his parents, Dan and Camille, met in the pool at UND and before that, his grandmother was also star in the water for the Fighting Hawks.
In its two years under head coach Tony Granato, Wisconsin has been focused on building an identity for its program. Granato has instilled an identity of confidence and determination — but, mostly, over the last two seasons, Wisconsin has prided itself on forming its identity of unity.
In its only home series of the month, the Wisconsin Badgers continued its winning ways. The women’s hockey team extended its winning streak, and it is now 10-0-0 after a convincing 5-1 victory against the Bemidji State Beavers (1-6-1). It is the second time in team history that the Badgers have started off with 10 straight wins, with the 2015-16 team being the last to do it.
The No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers (9-0-0) took on the Bemidji State Beavers (1-5-1) Friday night in the LaBahn Arena, attempting to stay perfect and become the second Badger team ever to win its first nine games.
The No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers have started the year 4-1 behind victories against the No. 19 and No. 13 teams in the nation — a substantially better start than the last two years in which the Badgers were a cumulative 3-4-3 (0-2-3, 3-2-0) after the first five games of each respective season.
“I don’t know, I feel alright. Obviously I would have liked to play better, play some more. I’m just in a little bit of a drought right now. I’m not playing as well as I would like to.”
Defending a top-10 ranking for the first time since the beginning of the 2014 season, the No. 10 Wisconsin men’s hockey team (1-1-0 Big Ten, 4-1-0 overall) took to the road for the first time in 2017 and rode a strong goaltending performance to a pair of victories over no. 13 Boston College and Merrimack.
This week, the No. 1 ranked Wisconsin Badgers (6-0-0) head to Mankato for a very familiar matchup versus the Minnesota State Mavericks (1-2-1). The two teams have played 83 contests all-time, with Wisconsin holding an impressive lead of 78-2-3. This season, the Badgers are a perfect 2-0-0 on the road, while the Mavericks have a disappointing 0-2-0 record at home.
When the Wisconsin men’s hockey team took the ice for its home season opener just over a year ago, it did so with numerous questions surrounding the program, including relying on a new head coach to rebuild a once-storied program that had fallen on hard times. That night’s 3-1 win over then-No. 6 Boston College didn’t single-handedly undo the damage from the two worst years in program history, but it delivered a message: The Badgers were on their way back.
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In their first away series of the season, the No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers showed no signs of slowing down. The women’s hockey team came away with two wins against the Syracuse Orange (0-3-1), earning them a perfect 6-0-0 record on the season.
After last night’s 3-2 loss to Ohio State, head coach Tony Granato said something intriguing about junior forward Ryan Wagner in relation to the rest of his lineup.
Sometimes the more things change, the more they stay the same.
For the first time this season, the No. 1 University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team is hitting the road. The undefeated Badgers (4-0-0) face the Syracuse Orange (0-1-1) in the Tennity Ice Pavilion in Syracuse, NY at 3 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday.
Hockey is truly a team sport, and, as such, when Wisconsin is preparing for an opponent, it makes itself aware of the strengths and weaknesses of most of the players on the opposing roster. Still, in some cases, when the other team has an elite player, Wisconsin focuses its attention on stopping them individually.
Earlier in the summer, recently named general manager of the USA Olympic hockey team and former Badger hockey player Jim Johannson needed to create a coaching staff to lead the United States during the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
What happens when the deepest top-to-bottom conference in the country adds a top-five team from the year before? The seven teams in the Big Ten will answer that question when they take the ice for a conference season that could be one for the ages.
Who will be the MVP for the Badgers in 2017-'18?
There are 60 teams in college hockey and they will all be chasing Denver this season.