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UNIVERSITYBULLDOGS OF MINNESOTA WOMEN’S HOCKEY Athletic Communications, Women’s Hockey • Kelly Grgas-Wheeler University of Minnesota Duluth • Duluth, MN 55812-2496 • (218) 726-8937 • Fax: (218) 726-6529 THE MATCH-UP Game 37 BULLDOGS FACE NO. 3 WISCONSIN IN WCHA FINAL FACE-OFF SEMIFINAL SATURDAY UMD vs. No. 3 Wisconsin March 2, 2016 Date: March 5, 2:07 p.m. Saturday The University of Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey team will make a tri- Site: Ridder Arena -- Minneapolis, Minn. umphiant return to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association’s Final Face- Record: UMD: .............15-20-1 (10-17-1 WCHA, 6th) Off after a one-year hiatus. The Bulldogs will face the No. 3 University of Wisconsin: .....32-3-1 (24-3-1 WCHA, 1st) Wisconsin Saturday at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. in the first of two semifinal games scheduled. UMD and the top-seeded Badgers will get under- Video Feed: http://www.wcha.com/women/index.php Audio Feed (UW’s feed): http://www.iheart.com/live/the- way at 2:07 p.m. For ticket information, go to http://www.gophersports.com/ mic-921-2665/ sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/2016-final-faceoff.html. Live Stats: USCHO RANKING: UMD-- N/A, Wisconsin-- No. 3 USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY MAG: UMD-- Rec. Votes, Wisconsin-- No. 3 2015-2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Time THE SERIES: All-time, the Badgers hold a 29-38-12 record against UMD. 9/26/2015 Lindenwood Wentzville, MO 4-3 W, OT The Bulldogs are winless in their last five games against UW, including a 0-4 9/27/2015 Lindenwood Wentzville, MO 4-1, W regular season record this past year. The Badgers outscored the Bulldogs 10/2/2015 No. 2 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 1-4, L 10/3/2015 No. 2 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 2-4, L. 15-4 in those four outings. 10/9/2015 No. 9 Bemidji State Bemidji, MN 0-2, L 10/10/2015 No. 9 Bemidji State Bemidji, MN 1-2, L OT In their last head-to-head series back on Jan. 8 & 10 in Madison, Wisc., 10/16/2015 Minnesota State Duluth, MN 4-2, W UMD was without head coach Maura Crowell (due to U-18 USA World 10/17/2015 Minnesota State Duluth, MN 4-0, W Championship coaching responsibilites) and senior goaltender Kayla Black 10/23/2015 No. 1 Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 2-5, L for the entire series. The Bulldogs were also without Lara Stalder, Maria 10/24/2015 No. 1 Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 1-6, L Lindh and Linnea Hedin because of the Nations Cup. 11/13/2015 No. 1 Wisconsin Duluth, MN 0-3, L 11/14/2015 No. 1 Wisconsin Duluth, MN 2-4, L 11/20/2015 No. 7 North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 3-4, L On Jan. 8, the heavily depleted Bulldog roster suffered a 5-1 setback and 11/21/2015 No. 7 North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 1-0, W surrendered four first period goals, including three between the 5:41 and 11/27/2015 No. 8 Harvard Duluth, MN 4-2, W 9:29 marks to put the Bulldogs in a hole they couldn’t recover from. Senior 11/28/2015 No. 8 Harvard Duluth, MN 1-4, L goaltender Karissa Grapp made a career-high 38 saves on 39 shots after 12/4/2015 St. Cloud State Duluth, MN 2-2, T OT entering the game for the final 40 minutes. 12/5/2015 St. Cloud State Duluth, MN 4-0, W 12/11/2015 Ohio State Columbus, OH 4-2, W Two days later, on Jan. 10, UMD allowed two goals in the second period, 12/12/2015 Ohio State Columbus, OH 5-2, W including one power play tally, and fell behind 3-0 after two periods of play. 1/8/2016 No. 2 Wisconsin Madison, WI 1-5, L 1/10/2016 No. 2 Wisconsin Madison, WI 1-3, L Blueliner Sidney Morin put the Bulldogs on the board at 15:32 of the third 1/15/2016 No. 8/9 North Dakota Duluth, MN 1-2, L period, and UMD outshot the Badgers 9-8 in the final staza, but the Bulldogs 1/16/2016 No. 8/9 North Dakota Duluth, MN 3-4, L OT would come no closer. Grapp made 29 saves for a grand total of 67 saves 1/22/2016 No. 7 Bemidji State Duluth, MN 2-3, L. posted in five periods of play. UMD was 0-of-3 on the power play and 1-of-7 1/23/2016 No. 7 Bemidji State Duluth, MN 0-2, L in the series against the Badgers. 1/29/2016 Ohio State Duluth, MN 4-6, L 1/30/2016 Ohio State Duluth, MN 4-3, W The Bulldogs and Badgers have skated in 23 overtime games between 2/5/2016 Minnesota State Mankato, MN 3-2, W OT them. 2/6/2016 Minnesota State Mankato, MN 5-2, W 2/12/2016 No. 3 Minnesota Duluth, MN 3-7, L 2/13/2016 No. 3 Minnesota Duluth, MN 2-6, L 2/19/2016 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, MN 2-3, L UMD vs. Wisconsin Last 10 Games ( 29-38-12 All-Time) 2/20/2016 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, MN 3-2, W 2/26/2016 No. 7 Bemidji State (WCHA 1st Rd) Bemidji, MN 5-1, W Jan. 10, 2016 1-3 L oss Away Feb. 6, 2015 0-0 Tie OT (1-2 SOL) Away 2/27/2016 No. 7 Bemidji State (WCHA 1st Rd) Bemidji, MN 2-1, W Jan. 8, 2016 1-5 Loss Away Oct. 4, 2014 2-6 Loss Home 3/5/2016 No. 3 Wisconsin (WCHA Semi) Minnapolis, MN 2:07 p.m. Nov. 14, 2015 2-4 Loss Home Oct. 3, 2014 1-4 Loss Home 3/6/2016 WCHA Final Face-Off TBA TBA Nov. 13, 2015 0-3 Loss Home Jan. 26, 2014 0-2 Loss Away 3/11/2016 NCAA Regionals TBA TBA Feb. 7, 2015 0-5 Loss Away Jan. 25, 2014 1-3 Loss Away Five-Time NCAA Champions 2010 • 2008 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 BY THE NUMBERS - ABOUT WISCONSIN: Head Coach -- Mark Johnson -- 13th Season BULLDOGS VS. BADGERS 32-3-1 Current Season -- Johnson’s Overall Record -- 392-74-35 Overall Record Sophomore Annie Pankowski leads the Badgers with 55 points (21g, 34a) in 36 games ... Junior 15-20-1 32-3-1 goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens has an NCAA-best 0.77 GAA, .958 saves percentage and 18 Scoring Offense (G/Gm) shutouts ... Wisconsin is coming off a home sweep of Minnesota State last weekend by scores of 2.50 3.89 4-0 and 6-0 ... The Badgers were the regular season WCHA champions. UMD AND WISCONSIN IN POSTSEA- UMD WCHA POSTSEASON HISTORY: Scoring Defense (G/Gm) SON PLAY: The Bulldogs and Badgers After the Bulldogs sweep of Bemidji State 2.89 0.72 have played in 10 postseason games in University last weekend, UMD is now 21-6 their storied history, including six in the all-time in the first round of the WCHA Scoring Margin WCHA playoff semifinals. UMD is 3-3 in playoffs, and 35-15 in overall WCHA -0.39 +3.17 those encounters, with two of those con- postseason play. The Bulldogs are 7-7 in tests having gone into overtime. WCHA semifinal action over their program Shots on Goal (SOG/Gm) history. 28.6 41.7 The last time the Bulldogs and Badgers met in the postseason was back on UMD’s last WCHA semifinal game was Penalty Minutes Per Game March 2, 2012 in the WCHA Final Face- against the University of Minnesota on 6.7 6.6 Off semifinals held at AMSOIL Arena in March, 2014, a 1-4 loss (that included Duluth, Minn. Wisconsin was also the an empty-netter) at the neutral site of the Power Play top-seed, but UMD upended the Badgers Sanford Center in Bemidji, Minn. Just 15/106 (14.2) 27/125 (21.6) 3-1 with a goal in each period, including eight players remain on the roster from the a shorthanded tally by then freshman that squad, and no current players have Penalty Kill Brigette Lacquette with 18 seconds left in participated in the tournament when it has 66/100 (66.0) 98/104 (94.2) the contest to ice the game. been held at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. Record vs. Top-10 Teams UMD and UW have met twice in the 4-18-0 6-3-1 NCAA Frozen Four championship game In all, the Bulldogs own five WCHA playoff (2008 and 2007), with each earning a title crowns, with the last one won in 2010. Point Leaders from the other (UMD in 2008, Wisconsin (The other were won in 2008, 2003, 2001 Brykaliuk (47) Pankowski (55) in 2007). The two also met in a NCAA and 2000. Stalder (41) Clark (41) Frozen Four semfinal game back in 2009, a controversial game that ended 5-1 in LAST TIME OUT: UMD pulled off an upset Goals Scored favor of the Badgers, and also in an NCAA of No. 7 Bemidji State in Bemidji, Minn. Cava (19) Nurse (23) Regional quarterfinal on March 12, 2011, a in the WCHA’s opening first round of the Brykaliuk (18) Clark (22) 2-1 win for Wisconsin in Madison. playoffs last the weekend, stunning the THE LAST TIME... Overtime Game: Feb. 27 2016 -- UMD 2, Bemidji State State 1, in Bemidji, Minn.