The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) has announced its 2005-06 award winners. Sara Bauer Wisconsin’s Sara Bauer has been named the 2005-06 WCHA Player of the Year. Bauer, a junior forward from St. Catharines, Ont., ranked second in the league scoring race with 38 points in 28 league games. She was third in goal scoring … Read more
Brian Elliott’s year had been straight out of a storybook — until his injury. Now, the junior netminder appears set to lead Wisconsin back to its early-season form in the WCHA playoffs.
Back to the basics, back to square one. That was the message during a 20-minute players-only meeting following Wisconsin’s Feb. 25’s 7-3 loss to Minnesota State. And that was the message through all of this week’s practices. And despite a mediocre Wednesday practice, the Badgers finished a refreshing week Thursday — one that harkened back … Read more
Boston resident and Wisconsin alum Nicholas Jon Wood took in two of college hockey’s seminal events — the Beanpot and the Frozen Tundra Classic — in a weeklong trek covering thousands of miles. He’s here to tell the tale.
A month and a half ago, Wisconsin was on top of the world. Now the Badgers find themselves trying to dig their way out of a hole.
Northern Michigan University will host the Wisconsin Badgers for a two-game series on Oct. 6-7 at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis. Tickets for Northern Michigan fans will go on sale Monday, NMU athletic director Ken Godfrey said, if the system can be finalized by TicketStar in Green Bay. Tickets will be $15 for … Read more
Regardless of what happens this weekend, Wisconsin will finish atop the WCHA standings for the first time in the history of the program. However, the road to the summit has been far from easy for the Badgers, and Ohio State ranks among the teams to throw a scare into the Badgers along the way. Last … Read more
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey team, already beset once by an injury to a key player this season, now find themselves without their most consistent forward. The team found out Monday that junior Andrew Joudrey will miss the next three to four weeks with a left knee injury. Joudrey’s injury occurred Saturday night against Michigan … Read more
There’s no question that last weekend was a special one for Wisconsin. Now the challenge for the Badgers will be to try and carry the energy from the victory at Green Bay back into WCHA play.
No. 2 Wisconsin seeks to clinch its first WCHA title as it hosts No. 5 Minnesota in Saturday’s broadcast.
This storied venue has seen frigid weather and jarring weather over the course of nearly 50 years, but not until Saturday does it truly become the “frozen tundra.” Lambeau Field, one of the most venerable sites in sports, plays host to its first hockey game ever when the Badger men’s hockey team meets Ohio State … Read more
With the Frozen Tundra Classic fast approaching, Todd D. Milewski and Paula C. Weston get Wisconsin and Ohio State’s takes on the game at Lambeau.
The NFL’s Lambeau Field hosts a milestone game when Wisconsin travels to Green Bay for the Frozen Tundra Hockey Classic against Ohio State on Saturday.
Wisconsin may be in first place, but it’s not the kind of edge the Badgers had hoped for after a set with Minnesota-Duluth.
While the Wisconsin men’s hockey team continues to try to build up confidence in freshman goalie Shane Connelly, junior standout Brian Elliott is on the mend ahead of schedule, UW head coach Mike Eaves said Tuesday.
Wisconsin goaltender Brian Elliott will be out for three to four weeks after being injured during the team’s practice Wednesday. Elliott, the nation’s winningest goaltender this season at 18-2-2, appeared to injure his left leg when a teammate slid into him during a drill. He was helped to the team’s training room and later left … Read more
New No. 1 Wisconsin faces No. 4 New Hampshire in a November game with a March feel. Broadcast starts Sunday 1 p.m. ET.
First things first: • Emotions ran high after Wisconsin’s Adam Burish hit Colorado College’s Scott Thauwald at the horn at the end of last Saturday’s game. It’s too bad, too, because that incident overshadowed a series of skill and tenacity. • On paper, it seems like a different Minnesota State team out there the last … Read more
Three-time NCAA champion No. 4 UMD visits WCHA rival co-No. 1 Wisconsin in Sunday’s 3 p.m. ET broadcast.
Mike Eaves’ fourth Wisconsin team is getting its share of attention because of what it didn’t lose rather than what it did. The Badgers return 98 percent of their scoring from last season and are primed to make their name as a scoring team rather than a defensive one if they can get their offensive … Read more