After winning the 2025 NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey National Championship, a pair of Wisconsin Badgers had their sights set on their next step: the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
Top-ranked Wisconsin went into the NCAA Frozen Four in Minnesota’s Ridder Arena this weekend with lofty expectations, seeking their 8th national championship. For many, it was championship or bust. The Badgers had to come from behind in both games, but emerged as national champions.
MINNEAPOLIS — With just three minutes into overtime, a deflected puck off of Ohio State’s Amanda Thiele landed right in front of Kirsten Simms. Without hesitating, the Badger forward nailed the puck into the back of the net.
The Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey team is set to take on familiar foe and defending national champion the Ohio State Buckeyes at 3 p.m. in Minneapolis Sunday afternoon.
The Wisconsin women’s hockey team played their last game at LaBahn Arena this season, defeating the Clarkson University Golden Knights 4-1 with a trip to Minneapolis and a return to the NCAA Frozen Four on the line.
The No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers defeated No. 4 Minnesota Golden Gophers in a 4-3 thriller in Duluth on Saturday to secure their 11th WCHA Tournament championship.
The No.1 Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey team hasn’t struggled much this season, but a playoff matchup against Minnesota-Duluth caused some concern.
The No. 1 Wisconsin women’s hockey team started their WCHA Tournament run last weekend by toppling last-place Bemidji State in two games in LaBahn Arena.
The Wisconsin women’s hockey team earned its 10th WCHA regular season title after defeating the Minnesota Golden Gophers 8-2 at Labahn Arena on Feb. 8. Winning is a tradition for this program, as the team holds the second most titles in conference history.
Last year’s championship face-off against the Ohio State Buckeyes ended the Wisconsin women’s hockey team’s hopes of winning their eighth ever NCAA title quite bluntly with a 1-0 loss.
Wisconsin women’s hockey (25-1-2) is on top of the WCHA and NCAA. They finished their regular season this weekend with two wins against Bemidji State. The WCHA playoffs start on Feb. 28 in a best-of-three first round.
BEMIDJI, Minn. — In a program record-breaking sweep, the No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey team (31-1-2) snagged a second 6-1 win to close out their series against the Bemidji State Beavers (6-28-1) Saturday afternoon.
BEMIDJI, Minn. — The No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey team’s (30-1-2) slow start against the Bemidji State Beavers (6-27-1) steamrolled into an eventful 6-1 win at the Sanford Center Friday afternoon.
The Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey team celebrated their seniors this past weekend, a fact that possibly overshadowed that they clinched their 10th WCHA regular season title.
The No. 1 Wisconsin women’s hockey team traveled to Duluth, Minnesota, to take on the No. 6 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs last weekend. The Badgers took home a pair of low-scoring wins against their conference foes.
The No. 1 Wisconsin women’s hockey team swept the St. Thomas Tommies in dominant fashion this past weekend, winning 6-1 on Saturday and 11-1 on Sunday. Junior forward Laila Edwards scored five goals over the weekend, logging the Badgers’ first hat trick of the season.
Although men and women’s hockey had differing starts to the season, the end goal is the same: make a strong playoff push. Rankings don’t mean much of anything if you can get past the first round of the Big Ten or WCHA playoffs, but both teams are looking for wins to close out the season that is ending in just over a month.
The No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers women's hockey team (14-1-1) suited up to face No. 2 Ohio State (8-5-3) at Chicago’s Wrigley Field as a part of the first-ever Frozen Confines: Big Ten Hockey Series.
Read on Issuu
Solutions by The State News
