MADISON, Wis.<\/b> — Mark Johnson coached Wisconsin to victory for the 350th time Sunday as the host Badgers upended Clarkson 4-0.<\/p>\n
“It’s not about me; it’s about the kids in the locker room,” Johnson said. “That’s the reason we’re in the business, to try to help those kids.”<\/p>\n
Freshman Annie Pankowski fired her second hat trick for the Badgers (19-4-3, 14-4-2-0 WCHA).<\/p>\n
“I think our team was rolling on all cylinders, so I was just kind of the person that was there to finish them,” she said.<\/p>\n
Senior Karley Sylvester added a goal for Wisconsin and goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens made sure that was more than enough as she turned in a 24-save shutout, her eighth of the year.<\/p>\n
“I think our defense stepped up this weekend and made sure I always was able to see the puck,” Desbiens said.<\/p>\n
Freshman Shea Tiley made 34 stops for the Golden Knights (15-7-3, 9-2-2 ECAC).<\/p>\n
“They put us on our heels right off the bat, and it took us a little while to kind of recover from that,” Clarkson coach Matt Desrosiers said.<\/p>\n
The Badgers were stalled in a stalemate and needed someone to step up and make something happen, and Pankowski did twice in the second period.<\/p>\n
“She made a couple of nice shots, especially the first one,” Johnson said.<\/p>\n
First, she weaved her way around the offensive zone and snapped a high shot inside the left post. Brittany Ammerman and Emily Clark assisted on the goal at 3:25.<\/p>\n
“We were able to take a little bit of a breath after we got that first one,” Pankowski said.<\/p>\n
Next, she picked up the puck in an exchange from Jenny Ryan and sniped a low dart at 14:10, with Katy Josephs also getting a helper.<\/p>\n
Desbiens said that her team discussed during the second intermission what a relief it was to have a couple of pucks go into the net after being held to one goal in regulation time in five straight contests.<\/p>\n
“The big thing is to not get frustrated,” Johnson said. “Eventually, the puck is going to go in.”<\/p>\n
A minute and a half into the third period, Blayre Turnbull took the puck from Kim Drake and put a shot off of Tiley’s far pad and Sylvester deposited the rebound.<\/p>\n
“Probably not going to score from that area, but if you put it in a certain area, you create a rebound off that,” Johnson said. “Those are good things to see.”<\/p>\n
At 3:45, Courtney Burke stepped around a defender at the point and fed Pankowski, who completed her hat trick.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin held a 14-5 shot advantage in the opening period, but Clarkson had a couple of better scoring chances.<\/p>\n
“The second half of the first period was a little better for us,” Desrosiers said. “I thought we got off to a little bit of a slow start. We were on our heels a little bit. I want to say fatigue played a little bit into that. We expended a lot of energy yesterday, with the flight and everything. It’s definitely no excuse for us to not be ready to come out and play against a top-quality team like this.”<\/p>\n
The Golden Knights forwards were able to create some problems for the Wisconsin defense.<\/p>\n
“Very big, especially their top line,” Johnson said. “When they got the puck below our goal line, we had trouble containing them.”<\/p>\n
Clarkson returns to ECAC action by hosting Yale on Friday, while the Badgers visit Minnesota State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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