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WISCONSIN HOCKEY 6 NCAA Championships . 16 Conference Championships . 39 All-Americans . 23 Olympians . 80 Badgers in the NHL March 7, 2016 WISCONSIN (7-17-8, 2-12-4-2 BIG TEN) VS. MINNESOTA (18-15-0, 13-5-0-0 BIG TEN) 2015–16 SCHEDULE/RESULTS FRIDAY, MARCH 11/SATURDAY, MARCH 12 . 7 P.M.(CT) . MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. MARIUCCI ARENA Record: 7-17-8, 2-12-4-2 Big Ten Location ........................ Minneapolis, Minn. WISCONSIN BADGERS Site ....................................... Mariucci Arena Rankings (USCHO/USA TODAY)...............NR/NR Date Opponent Time/Result Capacity ............................................10,000 Record (Big Ten) .....................7-17-8 (2-12-4-2) OCT. 9 NORTHERN MICHIGAN T, 2-2 (1-2 SO) Ice Surface .................................200’ x 100’ Head Coach .......................................Mike Eaves OCT. 10 NORTHERN MICHIGAN T, 3-3 (0-2 SO) TV ......................................Friday: ESPNEWS Record at UW (Years) ............266-223-66 (14th) Oct. 16 at #3/4 Boston College L, 6-0 ................................................ Saturday: BTN Oct. 17 at #6 Boston University L, 4-1 MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS Video Stream ............Friday: WatchESPN Rankings (USCHO/USA TODAY)................19/RV Oct. 23 at Ferris State T, 5-5 (OT) ..................................... Saturday: BTN2Go Record (Big Ten) ...................18-15-0 (13-5-0-0) Oct. 24 at Ferris State L, 2-1 Radio ......................Friday: WTSO-AM 1070 Head Coach .........................................Don Lucia OCT. 30 ARIZONA STATE W, 5-1 .............................. Saturday: WIBA-AM 1310 Record at Minnesota (Years) ..413-217-68 (16th) OCT. 31 ARIZONA STATE W, 2-1 ................... Brian Posick & Paul Capobianco Nov. 6 at #1 North Dakota W, 3-1 Audio Stream .... Badgersportsnetwork.com Nov. 7 at #1 North Dakota L, 3-1 All-Time Series .....UW trails 90-163-23 NOV. 20 #9 DENVER T, 3-3 (1-0 SO) In Minneapolis ..........UW trails 28-91-9 NOV. 21 #9 DENVER L, 6-2 Dec. 4 at #11/12 Michigan L, 6-4 Last Meeting: L, 9-2 -- Grant Besse had a goal and an assist, and Cameron Hughes scored a goal, but the Badgers were Dec. 5 at #11/12 Michigan T, 6-6 (0-2 SO) swamped by Minnesota as UM defenseman Michael Brodzinski had a hat trick in the third period to help put the Jan. 23 game Dec. 11 at Michigan State L, 4-3 away. That followed a day after Minnesota blanked the Badgers, 4-0, though UW outshot the Gophers 29-25 for the contest. Dec. 12 at Michigan State W, 3-0 JAN. 1 TRINITY WESTERN (Ex) W, 1-0 Minnesota Series Notes: The teams meet for the 277th and 278th time, according to UW records, the most-played series JAN. 8 OHIO STATE L, 2-0 in UW history ... Wisconsin sits 17-30-9 against Minnesota under head coach Mike Eaves, and is 15-21-8 since the start of JAN. 9 OHIO STATE T, 4-4 (1-0 SO) the 2005–06 season ... UW went 0-2-2 against Minnesota last season, winning a pair of shootouts ... the Badgers are 0-5-2 Jan. 15 at #15 Penn State L, 4-3 (OT) against Minnesota in Minneapolis since a 4-1 victory on March 2, 2012 ... UW did win a shootout at Mariucci Arena on Jan. Jan. 16 at #15 Penn State L, 4-1 16, 2015 ... Wisconsin has seven Minnesota natives on its roster (Barnes, Besse, Breon, Freytag, Hurley, Schulze, Wittchow) JAN. 22 RV MINNESOTA L, 4-0 JAN. 23 RV MINNESOTA L, 9-2 Key Notes to Consider JAN. 29 ALASKA W, 4-3 Wisconsin (7-17-8, 2-12-4-2 Big Ten) fi nishes up the regular season with a trip to JAN. 30 ALASKA W, 5-2 fi rst-place Minnesota (18-15-0, 13-5-0 Big Ten) for a Friday-Saturday series at Mariucci FEB. 12 #6 MICHIGAN L, 4-1 Arena in Minneapolis. Both games begin at 7 p.m. FEB. 13 #6 MICHIGAN T, 4-4 (0-1 SO) Friday’s game airs live on ESPNEWS, with Saturday’s game live on BTN. FEB. 19 MICHIGAN STATE L, 4-3 FEB. 20 MICHIGAN STATE L, 3-1 Last week, Wisconsin split with then-No. 14 Penn State, dropping a 2-1 contest last Feb. 26 at Ohio State T, 4-4 (1-0 SO) Friday, before grabbing a 4-3 victory last Saturday at the Kohl Center. Feb. 27 at Ohio State L, 6-5 Minnesota also split, winning 4-2 last Friday at Michigan State, before losing a 5-0 MARCH 4 #14 PENN STATE L, 2-1 decision last Saturday. MARCH 5 $14 PENN STATE W, 4-3 March 11 at Minnesota 7 p.m. Junior forward Grant Besse (Plymouth, Minnesota) has been at his best during his March 12 at Minnesota 7 p.m. career when skating against Minnesota, his home-state team. After going pointless in Big Ten Tournament, St. Paul, Minn. his fi rst three career games against Minnesota Besse owns seven goals, three assists and March 17-19 TBD 10 points, as well as four multi-point games over the last seven meetings. In six of those seven games, Besse has at least one goal. He is also 2-for-2 against Minnesota in shoot- March 25-27 NCAA Regionals (East-Albany, N.Y; West-St. outs, including a shootout winner on Jan. 16, 2015. Paul, Minn.; Northeast-Worcester, Mass.; Besse leads the Badgers with 22 assists and 30 points in 32 games, setting career Midwest-Cincinnati) highs in both categories. Besse collected 11 assists and 22 points last season for his previ- April 7 & 9 NCAA Frozen Four, Tampa, Fla.^ ous bests. Besse’s 30 points have him ranked 10th in Big Ten scoring in all games, while his Home games listed in CAPS. All times are Central. 22 assists rank fourth among Big Ten skaters. ^ - UW serves as the host institution. Freshman forward Luke Kunin (Chesterfi eld, Missouri) scored a goal last Friday TWITTER: #BADGERS against Penn State, his sixth goal in six games. He failed to score last Saturday, but picked up an assist to give him a career-long,, four-game point streak and give him points in six . Official Account ....................................... @BadgerMHockey of his last seven contests. Kunin has six goals and nine points in his last seven games and ranks second on the Badgers with 28 points in 31 games played, two behind team-leading MOBILE APP: BADGER GAMEDAY junior Grant Besse. Re-launched for the 2015 season, the all-new Badger Kunin leads the Badgers with 16 goals, which ranks third among Big Ten rookies Gameday app for iOS and Android devices offers everything and shares sixth among all Big Ten skaters. fans need to keep up with the Badgers, whether at home or Kunin is the fi rst Wisconsin freshman to reach double fi gures in goals since Nic in their seat at Camp Randall Stadium. In addition to the lat- Kerdiles tallied 11 goals in 32 games as a rookie in 2011–12. Kunin has 16 goals through est news, videos and photos from UWBadgers.com, the app 31 contests. gives fans access to in-game video highlights and the ability Kunin’s 16 goals as a freshman is the most for a UW rookie since Joe Pavelski had to upgrade their gameday experience right from their phone. 16 during the 2004–05 season. Kunin is the eighth Badger freshman in the Eaves’ Era (2002-present) to reach Men’s Hockey Contact: Paul Capobianco . Offi ce: 608-263-1983 . Cell: 608-219-6278 . E-mail: [email protected] Athletic Communications Office . University of Wisconsin . Kellner Hall . 1440 Monroe Street . Madison, WI 53711 double fi gures in goals. The others? Kyle Turris had 11 goals as a rookie in 2007–08, Michael WISCONSIN BADGERS’ HISTORY Davies scored 11 times during the 2006–07 season, Jack Skille (13) and Ben Street (10) reached double fi gures as freshmen in 2005–06, Joe Pavelski struck 16 times as a rookie in Six-Time NCAA Champions 2004–05, Robbie Earl tallied 14 times in 2003–04 and Ryan MacMurchy scored 10 goals in 1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006 2002–03. Three-Time WCHA Regular-Season Champions The last Badger freshman to lead a team in goals was Dany Heatley in 1999–2000. (MacNaughton Cup) Heatley scored 28 times that year. The last UW rookie to lead the team in points for a season 1977, 1990, 2000 was Turris, when he had 35 points in 36 games. 12-Time WCHA Playoff Champions UW had two players end long scoring droughts last Saturday, with junior Jedd Sole- (Broadmoor Trophy) way (Vernon, British Columbia) scoring his fi fth of the season, but fi rst in 18 games, while 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1995, sophomore Jason Ford scored (Waunakee, Wisconsin) his fi rst goal in 52 games. Ford’s last 1998, 2013 goal came Nov. 21, 2014 at Colorado College. Inaugural Big Ten Tournament Champions The Badgers are 3-0-2 when Soleway scores a goal. 2014 Part-time defenseman Corbin McGuire (Ridgefi eld, Connecticut) scored his fi rst- Five-Time Big Ten Champions (unoffi cial) career, game-winning goal last Saturday against No. 14 Penn State. Scoring at 5:40 of the (Competed 1969–81) second period, McGuire’s goal gave UW a 4-1 lead in a game they eventually won, 4-3. 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978 For McGuire, it marked his sixth game playing defense. He has two of his three goals 80 Badgers in the NHL and points this season while playing on the blue line. He has fi ve goals and seven points in 62 career games.