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CSCOG OC C 2020–21 SCOREBOARD WISCONSIN hockey Nov. 13 at #20 Notre Dame W, 2-0 Nov. 14 at #20 Notre Dame W, 5-3 6 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS ҋ 16 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS ҋ 40 ALL҃AMERICANS ҋ 25 OLYMPIANS ҋ 86 NHL BADGERS NOV. 19 #6 MICHIGAN L, 5-2 NOV. 20 #6 MICHIGAN L, 2-1 (OT) GAMES 27-28 NOV. 23 #15 PENN STATE W, 6-3 NOV. 24 #15 PENN STATE W, 7-3 #5 WISCONSIN BADGERS VS MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS NOV. 28 RV ARIZONA STATE L, 8-5 17-8-1, 15-6-1 1-1-0 BIG TEN (.705 B1G WIN PERCENTAGE) 7-15-2, 5-14-1-2-1-0 BIG TEN (.275) NOV. 29 RV ARIZONA STATE L, 3-1 Head Coach: Tony Granato Head Coach: Danton Cole Record at Wisconsin: 79-80-13 (5th Season) Record at MSU: 39-60-9 (4th Season) Dec. 3 at #13/14 Ohio State L, 4-2 Overall Record: 79-80-13 (5th Season) Overall: 62-119-21 (7th Season) Dec. 4 at #13/14 Ohio State W, 3-1 Dec. 8 at Michigan State ppd FRI., MARCH 5 • 3 P.M. (CT) • EAST LANSING, MICH. • MUNN ICE ARENA (6,114) • BIG TEN NETWORK+ (STREAM) Dec. 9 at Michigan State ppd SAT., MARCH 6 • 1:30 P.M. (CT) • EAST LANSING, MICH. • MUNN ICE ARENA (6,114) • BIG TEN NETWORK JAN. 9 #1 MINNESOTA W, 3-1 JAN. 10 #1 MINNESOTA L, 5-3 REGULAR-SEASON TITLE IN PLAY AS BADGERS END AT MSU JAN. 15 RV ARIZONA STATE ppd No. 5 Wisconsin men’s hockey (17-8-1, 15-6-1-1-1-0 Big Ten) enters the final week- JAN. 16 RV ARIZONA STATE W, 4-0 end of its 2020-21 regular season with a chance at the Big Ten crown. The Badgers visit Michigan State (7-15-2, 5-14-1-2-1-0 Big Ten) for games on Friday at 5 p.m. CT JAN. 17 RV ARIZONA STATE W, 5-2 and Saturday at 4 p.m. Both will stream on Big Ten Network+ and air on 1310 WIBA Jan. 21 at RV Penn State W, 4-1 and the Badger Sports Network. Jan. 22 at RV Penn State) L, 5-4 The Badgers are locked into one of the top-two spots in the Big Ten, but win the pro- gram’s first regular-season title since 2000 with two wins and a loss by Minnesota. JAN. 29 MICHIGAN STATE W, 6-0 The Big Ten regular-season champion will be determined by winning percentage in JAN. 30 MICHIGAN STATE W, 4-1 Big Ten games, with wins in regulation and overtime counted as wins and shootout Feb. 5 at #2 Minnesota W, 4-1 results counted as ties for the purpose of calculating winning percentages. Feb. 6 at #2 Minnesota W, 8-1 The Badgers won 2-1 in overtime and 7-0 over Ohio State at home last weekend, Sophomore forward Dylan Hol- Feb. 13 at #8 Michigan L, 5-1 while Michigan State dropped a pair of 2-0 home games to Notre Dame. loway posted 17 points (6 goals, 11 assists) during eight games Feb. 14 at #8 Michigan W, 3-2 UW and MSU were originally scheduled to play this series on Dec. 8-9, but the in February. Holloway had 17 games were postponed due to COVID protocols inside the UW program. points (8 goals, 9 assists) in 35 FEB. 19 NOTRE DAME W, 4-2 The dates of the 2021 Big Ten Hockey Tournament have been changed to March games last season as a freshman. FEB. 20 NOTRE DAME T, 5-5 (SO, 0-1) 14-16 at Compton Family Ice Arena in Notre Dame, Indiana. The tournament will FEB. 26 OHIO STATE W, 2-1 (OT) return to the one-site, single-elimination format used during the first four years of Big Ten hockey and will feature all seven conference teams. The tournament will consist of six games, with three FEB. 27 OHIO STATE W, 7-0 games on Sunday (11 a.m., 3 p.m. 7:30 p.m. CT), two games on Monday (3:30/7:30 p.m.) and the championship game March 5 at Michigan State 3 p.m. on Tuesday (7 p.m.). Big Ten Network will air the entire tournament. March 6 at Michigan State 1:30 p.m. KEY NOTES TO CONSIDER Big Ten Tournament Wisconsin’s 3.88 goals per game rank third in the Wisconsin has four hat tricks over the last two sea- March 14 B1G Quarterfinals nation. North Dakota leads at 4.00, while Boston sons. UW’s prior four hat tricks spanned 2010 to March 15 B1G Semifinals College is second at 3.90 goals per game. 2019. March 16 B1G Championship The Badgers lead the nation with 101 goals on the The Badger power play leads the country at 30.9 March 26-28 NCAA Regionals season, the only school to reach the mark so far. percent (25-for-81). It has goals in five consecutive East: Bridgeport, Conn. Northeast: Albany, N.Y. games (6-for-19) and nine of the last 10 games (13- Badgers hold three of the nation’s top four spots in Midwest: Fargo, N.D. scoring with sophomore Cole Caufield leading the for-32). West: Loveland, Colo. country (42 points), senior Linus Weissbach second Sophomore forward Cole Caufield leads the nation April 8 & 10 NCAA Frozen Four (35 points) and sophomore forward Dylan Holloway with 22 goals, 42 points and 1.62 points per game (PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh) sharing fourth (33 points). in 26 games played. Sophomore forward Dylan Home games listed in CAPS. Big Ten First Star of the Week Cole Caufield recorded Holloway is averaging 1.83 points per game in 18 All times are Central. his second hat trick of the season and the third of his games played, but has skated in fewer than the 75 * - Overtimes career last Saturday in UW’s 7-0 win over Ohio State. percent of the Badgers’ games to qualify for the rankings. Home games in BOLD CAPS Caufield became the first Badger since Brad Englehart in 1996–97 to record two hat tricks in a Holloway is the nation’s top-scoring player since Jan. 1 with 31 points, one more than Caufield’s 30, though season. Caufield also became the first Badger since ON THE AIR Jason Zent (1990-94) to post three career hat tricks. Caufield has 16 goals in those 16 games to share the national lead with Army’s Colin Bilek. TV: FRI: NONE BY THE NUMBERS FRI: BIG TEN NETWORK . Online: Bigtennetwork+ RADIO: BADGER SPORTS NETWORK .781 14-3-1 20 1310 WIBA Wisconsin is 12-3-1 since the The Badgers are 14-3-1 with It took Cole Caufield 26 games . Online: TuneIn.com/TuneIn app start of 2021, tied for the fourth- Dylan Holloway in the lineup. That to reach 20 goals this season. highest win percentage in the new coincides with UW having a most- That makes him the quickest to SOCIAL MEDIA: #ONWISCONSIN year behind AIC (8-1-0 - .889), ly full copliment of players, includ- reach the milestone since Gary . Twitter: @BadgerMHockey Minnesota State (11-2-0 - .867) ing senior alternate captains Tarek Shuchuck scored 20 in the first 21 . Instagram: @badgermhockey and North Dakota (11-2-0 - .842). Baker and Ty Pelton-Byce, as games during the 1989-90 season, . Facebook: /WisconsinMensHockey well as junior forwards Dominick on his way to a 41-goal campaign. Mersch and Roman Ahcan, who all missed games due to COVID protocols GAMES 27-28: WISCONSIN VS. MICHIGAN STATE NOTES Holloway’s 17 points in eight games during WISCONSIN HISTORY February are the most in the country, while his 2.12 points-per-game mark in the month is also tops. Six-Time NCAA Champions Caufield’s hat trick last Saturday against Ohio State 1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006 gave him 22 goals in 26 games this season. It also Three-Time WCHA Regular-Season Champions made him the 57th player to score 20 goals as a (MacNaughton Cup) Badger and marked the 95th 20-goal season in 1977, 1990, 2000 program history. 12-Time WCHA Playoff Champions He became the eighth 20-goal scorer dating back (Broadmoor Trophy) to the 1999–2000 season (Luke Kunin, Michael 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1988, Mersch, Blake Geoffrion, Michael Davies, Robbie Earl, Joe Pavelski, Dany Heatley, Steve Reinprecht). 1990, 1995, 1998, 2013 A Wisconsin men’s hockey player has led the NCAA Inaugural Big Ten Tournament Champions in scoring in three of the four months this season so 2014 Wisconsin will wear jersey patches all far including Linus Weissbach in November (5-5- season honoring the late Rob Andringa. The 10 in 8 GP), Cole Caufield in January (8-8-16 in 8 Five-Time Big Ten Champions (unoffi cial) Madison, Wisconsin, native served as a stick GP (tied with Minnesota’s Blake McLaughlin) and (Competed 1969–81) kid for the Badgers in the early 1980s, was Dylan Holloway in February (6-11-17 in 8 GP). 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978 a member of UW’s 1990 NCAA Champion- 86 Badgers in the NHL Wisconsin went 12-3-1 across January and ship, helped broadcast Badger games on February. Only two seasons in team history have TV and on the radio and was among the 25 Badger Olympians had a better record in the months: 1999-2000 program’s greatest supporters.