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The Badger women have moved on to Lake Placid by the skin of their teeth. Jinelle Zaugg's goal in the 4th overtime propelled the Badgers past Harvard 1-0 in front of 5,000+ at the Kohl Center - the second highest crowd in women's hockey history. The women's team has really generated a lot of enthus...
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February 16, 2008
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2007-08 Schedule Released
The Badgers released their schedule yesterday, and although it's a little bit easier than last year's, next year's schedule also has some hard points.The Badgers open at the difficult Lefty McFadden Tournament in Dayton, Ohio on October 12 and 13, where they'll play 2 out of 3 of Notre Dame, Mercyhur...
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February 11, 2008
Preliminary Lines
The Badgers had their first full team practice earlier this week, and Capital Times beat writer Todd Milewski was there to tell us what the lines were.The forward lines were:Street-Turris-TurnbullEngel-Bendickson-DaviesMitchell-Geoffrion-FordJohnson-Dolan-GorowskyBearson-Bohmbach-GrottingObviously, t...
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February 10, 2008
Elliott Signs With Sens; Piskula Leaves For Kings
Senior goalie Brian Elliott, who ended his UW career a few days ago, has signed a contract with the Ottawa Senators who held his rights. Elliott was drafted in the 9th round in 2003, and was the 291st pick overall - meaning that the Sens got a pretty good bargain for a Hobey Baker finalist and two ti...
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February 10, 2008
Wisconsin 4, Michigan Tech 0
With the season on the line, the Badgers responded with a 4-0 win over Michigan Tech at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Badgers struck only 1:45 into the game when Blake Geoffrion scored only his second goal of the season unassisted. It appeared (from my limited angle) that Geoff...
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February 10, 2008
Skille Signs With Blackhawks
Badger sophomore forward Jack Skille, who was drafted by Chicago in the 1st round of the NHL draft, has unsurprisingly signed a contract with the Blackhawks and will forego his final two seasons of eligibility. Skille and Blackhawks management had made it pretty clear that this would be Skille's fin...
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February 05, 2008
Season's Over
For the first time since 2002-03, the Badgers will be watching the NCAA Tournament on TV. A late surge sent the Badgers over .500 to finish the season, and they moved up to 16th in the Pairwise rankings which means that they were just out of the field. The season effectively ended Friday night with a...
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January 30, 2008
2007-08 Season Preview: Defense
The 2006-07 Badgers had by far the best defense in the WCHA last season. Backstopped by senior goaltender Brian Elliott (who made 27 saves while winning his NHL debut the other night), and with a skilled and experienced defensive corps, the Badgers did better than any other team in the league at kee...
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January 29, 2008
Badgers Ranked High in NHL Scout Rankings
The Badgers' incoming 2007 recruiting class had a number of players ranked extremely highly in the NHL CSB rankings. Kyle Turris was ranked #1 overall for North American skaters. Defenseman Ryan McDonagh was ranked #11 overall. Defenseman Brendan Smith was ranked #68. Forward Josh Turnbull came i...
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January 26, 2008
Halfway There
The Badgers got halfway to the Final Five last night with a dramatic 3-2 win on the road against Denver. The Badgers staked themselves a 2-0 lead by the end of the first period on goals by Ben Street and Joe Piskula. Then, they gave it back in the second period. Headed into the third, the game was...
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January 26, 2008
Unofficial Practices Begin
Classes began in Madison yesterday, but early September means more than just the start of school - it means the start of unofficial hockey practice. We're currently a little bit over a month from the start of the season, but the coaches are allowed to start working with players in small groups.One p...
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January 25, 2008
College Hockey Showcase
The Badgers will take on #2 Michigan and defending NCAA champion #5 Michigan State this weekend, in the annual College Hockey Showcase that features a split series between those two teams, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.Both games will be "televised" on tape delay on BTN (for those few who get it). For th...
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January 18, 2008
So much defense, so little offense...
So, the play-in game for the WCHA Final Five is tomorrow, between two pretty evenly matched teams who finished exactly tied in the standings. The outcome might not be certain, but the thing that we can all count on is that it will be a low scoring affair. Michigan Tech, with the 7th best offense in...
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January 17, 2008
Independence Day Post: 3 first round picks and an ESPY nod
This post is a bit late on both counts, but both the men's team and women's team received some accolades in the past couple of weeks. The men joined a very short list of college teams that have had 3 players drafted in the first round when Kyle Turris (#3 to Phoenix), Ryan McDonagh (#12 to Montreal)...
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January 17, 2008
Badgers in the NHL
I realize the season's not quite over yet (and one of the more famous Badgers is still playing), but one of the things that I always like to do is recap the former Badgers now playing in the NHL and take a look at what they did over the season.Rene Bourque, Chicago Blackhawks (Badgers 2000-2004) - Re...
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January 05, 2008
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