The Wisconsin athletic board met Friday afternoon and approved the contract renewals of women’s coach Mark Johnson and men’s coach Tony Granato. Johnson’s five-year contract was renewed through June 30, 2023, as was Granato’s. Last season, Johnson led the Badgers to a 31-5-2 overall mark (20-2-2 WCHA) and a national tournament semifinal berth, while Granato … Read more
Wisconsin sophomore forward Trent Frederic will forego his final two years of eligibility and has signed a professional contract with the Boston Bruins (photo: Dan and Margaret Hickling).
The IIHF has announced its Hall of Fame Class of 2018 and among the players to be inducted include two former NCAA standouts. Defensemen Rob Blake (Bowling Green, 1987-90) and Chris Chelios (Wisconsin, 1981-83) have been selected to be enshrined. “Chris is one of the greatest players to ever wear a Team USA jersey” said … Read more
Four-time Big Ten champion Minnesota was tabbed the favorite in the 2017-18 Big Ten preseason coaches’ poll, the conference announced on Monday. The coaches also selected a 17-member Preseason Watch List, including a pair of unanimous honorees in Wisconsin forward Trent Frederic and Minnesota forward Tyler Sheehy. Last season, Minnesota claimed its fourth consecutive Big … Read more
Legendary Maine assistant coach Grant Standbrook will be induced into the UMaine Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2017 on Sept. 8. Standbrook spent 21 seasons behind the bench at Maine, serving as an assistant coach on Maine’s 1993 and 1999 national championship teams. The 1993 team will also be inducted into the hall of … Read more
Robert Morris has added Luke Regner to the men’s hockey staff in the role of hockey operations coordinator. Regner comes to the Colonials after serving as student assistant for four seasons with the men’s hockey program at Wisconsin. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in May 2017. Regner also worked in the … Read more
After first reported by the Wisconsin State Journal last month, St. Lawrence and Wisconsin made it official Friday by announcing that All-American goaltender Kyle Hayton has completed his bachelor’s degree at SLU and will continue his education by enrolling in a graduate MBA program at Wisconsin. Hayton will also use his remaining NCAA eligibility as … Read more
The Sioux City Musketeers acquired the USHL rights to goaltender Matt Jurusik from the Bloomington Thunder on Monday morning. Jurusik spent the last two seasons playing at Wisconsin, but according to the Musketeers, will be joining the USHL for the 2017-18 season. “Our team picked up an experienced collegiate goaltender that is very competitive and … Read more
Michigan Tech assistant coach Gary Shuchuk has been named head coach of the NAHL’s Janesville Jets. Shuchuk spent two years as an assistant at MTU, where he helped the Huskies win the 2016 McNaughton Cup as WCHA regular-season champions, and a 2017 Broadmoor Cup as WCHA playoff champions. He served five seasons as assistant coach … Read more
Mark Strobel has been named the new associate head coach at Wisconsin. Strobel had previously been in the same role at Ohio State since the summer of 2015. “[Wisconsin is] where my heart has always been,” Strobel said in a news release. Strobel fills the void created June 13 when Don Granato left to become … Read more
Three former Wisconsin hockey standouts are among 10 former Badgers that will be inducted into the University of Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 29 at Union South. The hockey players include Sara Bauer, Brian Elliott and Bob Suter. One of the most honored women’s hockey players in program history, Bauer was the first … Read more
Wisconsin associate head coach Don Granato has accepted an offer to become an NHL assistant coach with the Chicago Blackhawks. Granato was hired prior to the 2016-17 season. “We came here with three head coaches and there’s only one head coach on each bench,” UW head coach Tony Granato said in a news release. “The … Read more
Lake Superior State provost David R. Finley announced early Sunday morning that school president Thomas Pleger, Ph.D, has passed away. Pleger’s wife, Teresa, posted the following message on her Facebook page. Tonight another bright light shines in the sky. I am numb. Tom was so special, smart, cute as a button, witty, but most of … Read more
The award honors the memory of Hines, a former Army West Point player who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2005.
The Minnesota Wild announced Thursday the signing of Wisconsin sophomore forward Luke Kunin to a three-year, entry-level contract starting with the 2017-18 season. He will report to the Iowa Wild of the AHL on an amateur tryout agreement for the remainder of this season. Kunin totaled 38 points (22 goals, 16 assists) and 30 penalty … Read more
The Big Ten announced Monday the hockey All-Big Ten teams and individual award winners as selected by the conference’s coaches and a media panel. Minnesota’s Tyler Sheehy was named Big Ten Player of the Year, while also earning co-Scoring Champion honors with Ohio State’s Mason Jobst. Minnesota’s Eric Schierhorn was named the Goaltender of the … Read more
Northeastern senior forward Zach Aston-Reese has been named the Hockey Commissioners’ Association National Division I Player of the Month for February 2017, while the HCA National Rookie of the Month for February is Wisconsin’s Trent Frederic. Aston-Reese is the second consecutive Husky to earn the distinction after junior forward Dylan Sikura was so honored in … Read more
A celebration of Jeff Sauer’s life will be held Thursday, March 9 at 6 p.m. CDT at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Sauer passed away Feb. 2 in Madison at the age of 73 after courageously battling a brief illness. The Sauer family will greet visitors from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. preceding the … Read more
Former Wisconsin coach Jeff Sauer, who led the Badgers to two national championships, died Thursday morning. He was 73. Sauer had been suffering from pancreatic cancer, said Dan Brennan, the director of sled and inline national teams for USA Hockey. Sauer coached the Badgers from 1982 to 2002, winning NCAA titles in 1983 and 1990 … Read more
Representatives of the Autonomy Five conferences met in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, Jan. 20, to take additional action to “improve the experiences of students who play sports,” according to a press release sent out Friday by the Big Ten. Over the last three years, the Autonomy Five conferences have passed significant reforms to help student-athletes … Read more