Coming off an up-and-down 2011-’12 campaign, the No. 15 Wisconsin men’s hockey team will kick off a new season this weekend in Green Bay against Northern Michigan.
Coming off a weekend sweep of Lindenwood and winner of three straight contests, the No. 4 Wisconsin women's hockey team (1-0-1-1 WCHA, 3-0-1 overall) embarks on its third consecutive road series this weekend as it travels to Duluth, Minn., to renew their rivalry with WCHA foe Minnesota-Duluth (0-2-0 WCHA, 0-2-0 overall).
Last March in Duluth, Minn., Wisconsin forward Brianna Decker won the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, the Heisman Trophy of women’s hockey. Decker, a junior at the time, was asked almost immediately after winning the award if she thought she would do so again as a senior.
The calendar may only read September, but hockey is in the air in Madison. Men’s hockey head coach Mike Eaves named his team’s captains for the upcoming season on Wednesday, and to the surprise of no one, some familiar faces will be wearing the “C” and “As” on their sweater this winter.
After one of the most prolific careers in Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey history, junior defenseman Justin Schultz has decided to leave the university in order to pursue his NHL future. While this marks the end of Schultz’s time as a Badger, it is only another step in his unique path to the NHL.
Melvin Gordon: Redshirt freshman running back
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1. Badgers beat Spartans in inaugural Big Ten Title Game—December 3, 2011
The other day, as I was perusing around the “Truth and Rumors” portion of Sports Illustrated’s website, I came across a headline that caught my eye: “Harper’s call-up may not last long.”
A little more than six years ago, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team transformed Lambeau Field into a hockey venue, skating to 4-2 win over Ohio State in an outdoor game no one who saw it will soon forget. Then, in 2010, the Badgers moved the Kohl Center’s atmosphere a few blocks up Dayton Street, topping Michigan in the Camp Randall Hockey Classic.
The Wisconsin women’s hockey team added two more skaters for the 2012-’13 season. Forward Erika Sowchuk and goaltender Jorie Walters signed their National Letters of Intent to bring the 2012-’13 recruiting class to a total of six.
Few would argue that the National Hockey League’s postseason isn’t one of the best spectacles in sports. Two full months of all-out, emotionally charged hockey and an uptick in the quality of play certainly makes the games fun to watch, but so far during this year’s playoffs the physical intensity has been amped up even higher.
It’s no secret that the sport of hockey has a concussion problem on its hands. From youth all the way up to professional ranks, the injury is becoming more prevalent as the sport is played at an increasingly faster and more physical pace. That is what hockey fans pay to come to the rink and watch, but at what price?
Wisconsin men’s hockey junior defenseman Justin Schultz made history, becoming only the second two-time All-American blue liner in program history after the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) announced the teams Friday.
Sunday, the mayor of Quebec City announced the construction of a $400 million, 18,000-seat, NHL-caliber arena will begin this September. This news was hardly more than a blip on the sports news radar, but it has the potential to have major ramifications for the National Hockey League in the coming months.
DULUTH, Minn.—The Wisconsin women’s hockey team ended its drive for back-to-back national titles Sunday having played one of its best games of the season, battling back from an early deficit and keeping up in an NCAA final against Minnesota that sped along at break-neck pace.
All things considered, 2011-’12 was a forgettable season for the Wisconsin men’s hockey team.
Over the course of the Wisconsin men’s hockey season, the team’s nine-member 2011-’12 freshmen class has grown up before our eyes, but maybe none more so than freshman forward Brendan Woods.
Encouraged by its results at the end of the regular season the Wisconsin men’s hockey team (11-15-2 WCHA, 16-16-2 overall) heads into it’s road WCHA playoff series with No. 9 Denver (16-8-4, 21-11-4) with what head coach Mike Eaves calls “legitimate” confidence.
MINNEAPOLIS—Playing in an atmosphere with a distinctly postseason feel, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team (11-15-2 WCHA, 16-16-2 overall) continued its push toward the playoffs, earning a confidence-building series split with rival No. 4 Minnesota (20-8-0, 24-12-1) to close out the regular season.
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