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UPCOMING EVENTS

THIS WEEK - The Wisconsin Badgers (16-9-2 overall, 12-5-1 WCHA) return to league action after a week off with a road trip to Minnesota to face the first ranked NEXT EVENT: at Minnesota Golden Gophers (23-2-5, 16-1-3). The Badgers and Gophers play Saturday and DATES: Sat.-Sun., Feb. 16-17 Sunday, Feb. 16 and 17 at Mariuccci Arena. The puck drops for both games at TIME: 2:05 p.m. 2:05 p.m. SITE: Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis NOTES OF THE DAY UPCOMING EVENT: Ohio State DATES: Fri.-Sat., Feb. 22-23 MISNOMER - While the Badger defenders have kept Badger opponents to the TIME: 7:05 p.m. second lowest goals against average in the nation (1.52 GAA), they have also SITE: Capitol Ice Arena been an important piece of the UW offense. Wisconsin’s top four defenders all rank within the top-10 scorers among WCHA blue liners. Juniors Sis Paulsen (Eau Claire, Wis.) and Kerry Weiland (Palmer, Alaska) share the sixth place ranking in the league each with 17 points. Frosh Carla MacLeod (Calgary, Alberta) sits right behind Paulsen and Weiland with 16 points. Another Frosh, Molly Engstrom (Siren, Wis.) shares 10th among league defenders with 12 points. MacLeod and Engstrom have been coming on of late, with Engstrom hav- ing a four-game scoring streak snapped against St. Cloud, and MacLeod earning Quick Facts five points on the weekend also against St. Cloud State. THE BADGERS WCHA SHARP SHOOTER - Last week, sophomore Meghan Hunter (Oil 2001 Overall Record ...... 16-9-2 Springs, Ont.) was named the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Player 2001 WCHA Record ...... 12-5-1 of the Week for the second time this season for her play in the series against National Rankings St. Cloud State. USCHO...... 10th The Badger forward collected five points in a Badger home sweep over the USA Today/Amer. Hockey Mag...... 10th Huskies. Hunter opened the scoring in the first contest with a early in Series vs. UM ...... 1-10-1 the first period. She would later assist on a Badger goal in the UW’s 4-1 win. Last Meetings ...... 11/30-L,4-1. 12/1-L,4-3. Head Coach...... Trina Bourget The forward then scored the game-winning goal on the power play in the sec- Alma Mater...... New Hampshire, 1994 ond contest’s 7-2 victory over the Huskies. Hunter finished the game with Record at UW (Yr.)...... 37-18-7 (2nd) two goals and an assist to give Wisconsin its ninth win in its last 10 games. Career Record (Yr.)...... 63-30-10 (4th) Hunter's five points gives her 16 goals, 18 assists and 34 points on the Assistant Coaches...... Tracey Cornell season. Her point total has her sharing the position for scoring leader...... Dan Koch Captain ...... Sis Paulsen, Jr. BEHIND THE BENCH Assistant Captain ...... Kerry Weiland, Jr.

THE GOPHERS HEAD COACH TRINA BOURGET - Trina Bourget is in her third season at the University of Wisconsin with her third title. Now head coach, Bourget 2001–02 Overall Record ...... 23-2-5 was interim head coach during the 2000–01 season and an assistant coach 2001–02 WCHA Record ...... 16-1-3 during 1999–00. Bourget led the Badgers to a 21-9-5 overall mark, a third- National Rankings place WCHA finish and a No. 7 national ranking last year. USCHO...... 1st Bourget spent two seasons at Sacred Heart prior to her appointment at USA Today/Amer. Hockey Mag...... 1st Wisconsin and boasts a combined 61-30-10 career mark at both schools. A Head Coach ...... Laura Halldorson Alma Mater...... Princeton, 1985 1994 graduate of New Hampshire with a degree in family and consumer stud- Record at UM (Yr.)...... 128-28-14 (5th) ies, Bourget helped the Wildcats to an ECAC title and a pair of runner-up fin- Career Record (Yr.)...187-103-23 (12th) ishes while a member of the team. Home Facility ...... Mariucci Arena ASSISTANT COACHES - Tracey Cornell, a 1997 graduate of Cornell, and Dan Koch, a 1991 Wisconsin graduate, serve the Badgers as assistant coaches. Cornell is in her third year with the program after spending the previ- WCHA Standings ous season as head coach of Cushing Academy in Massachusetts. She played four seasons for Cornell and one year professionally in Switzerland. School Overall WCHA Pts. Koch, a 1985 Madison LaFollette High School graduate, came to Wisconsin Minnesota 23-2-5 16-1-3 35 after assisting the St. Mary (Minn.) women’s team the previous two seasons. Minnesota-Duluth 18-4-4 13-4-3 29 Included among his experiences are three seasons as head coach of the Wisconsin 16-9-2 12-5-1 25 Bemidji State 11-9-8 6-8-6 18 LaCrosse Logan/Central High School boys’ team. Ohio State 13-11-4 7-10-3 17 St. Cloud State 5-22-1 4-13-1 9 Minnesota State 4-22-2 1-18-0 3 SCOUTING THE OPPONENT

Last Week’s Schedule MINNESOTA- Minnesota (23-2-5, 16-1-3 WCHA) holds first place in the WCHA league standings with 35 points. Before the Badgers travel to Minnesota the February Gophers will travel to Ohio State for a pair of games this weekend. The Gophers 8 Minnesota State 1, Bemidji State 5 Minnesota 5, Ohio State 0 bring a 24 game unbeaten streak to the series after most recently defeating Ohio U. of Regina 2, Minnesota-Duluth 6 - Exh. State 5-0 and 2-1. Six Gophers power the offense and all are within 10 points of one another. 9 Minnesota State 2, Bemidji State 2 Junior Ronda Curtin leads the team with 36 points on nine goals and 27 assists. Minnesota 2, Ohio State 1 Frosh Kelly Stephens ranks second with 33 points on 17 goals and 16 assists. This Week’s Schedule Sophomore La Toya Clarke boasts 31 points on 11 goals and 20 assists for 3rd place. Senior Laura Slominski follows with 30 points. While Kristy Oonincx and February Tracy Engstrom help to pace Minnesota with 29 and 26 points respectively. 15 Bemidji State at St. Cloud State A pair of frosh, Sun Prairie, Wis., native Brenda Reinen and Jody Horak, share Minnesota State at Ohio State the goaltending duties. Reinen has a 9-1-3 record with a 1.34 goals against aver- age and .948 save percentage. Horak is 12-0-2 with a 1.41 goals against average 16 Bemidji State at St. Cloud State Minnesota State at Ohio State and .950 save percentage. Horak has started 14 games, while her counterpart Wisconsin at Minnesota Reinen has been the goalie in 13 contests. Series Record: Wisconsin trails in the series, 1-10-1, most recently being 17 Wisconsin at Minnesota swept at home. The Gophers took the games 4-1 and 4-3 in over time. Head Coach: Laura Halldorson is in her fourth year with the Gophers. She is Career Points the first and only coach to lead UM. The 2001 WCHA Co-Coach of the Year is a 1985 Princeton graduate. She has posted 20-win seasons in each of her four sea- 1. Kendra Antony (99-current) 129 sons at Minnesota. Her record at Minnesota currently stands at 128-28-14. 2. Meghan Hunter (00-current) 112 Wisconsin Minnesota 3. Kerry Weiland (99-current) 101 4. Sis Paulsen (99-current) 93 Overall Record 16-9-2 23-2-5 5. Kelly Kegley (99-current) 79 Conference Record 12-5-1 16-1-3 6. Michelle Sikich (99-current) 63 Home Record 8-5-1 12-0-3 7. Karen Rickard (00-current) 40 Road Record 8-3-1 11-2-2 8. Steph Millar (00-current) 34 Neutral Record 0-1-0 0-0-0 Goals For Average 3.19 3.33 Career Goals Goals Against Average 1.65 1.50 Leading Scorer Hunter (16-18=34) Curtin (9-27=36) 1. Meghan Hunter (00-current) 58 Goal-Scoring Leader Hunter - 11 Slominski- 13 2. Kendra Antony (99-current) 52 Power Play 25.6% 26.9% 3. Kelly Kegley (99-current) 38 4. Sis Paulsen (99-current) 32 Kill 83.3% 79.7% 5. Michelle Sikich (99-current) 30 6. Kerry Weiland (99-current) 26 7. Karen Rickard (00-current) 23 POTPOURRI 8. Steph Millar (00-current) 17 ANOTHER 100 - Junior Kerry Weiland became the third Badger and first defender this season to reach 100 career points when she posted a goal and two assists against Boston College. The UW assistant captain reached the mark with Career Assists an assist on a power-play goal in the second period. She added an assist against Providence the following day and now has 101 career points. 1. Kerry Weiland (99-current) 75 Weiland has 26 goals and 75 assists for her 101 points. Her 75 assists puts her 2. Kendra Antony (99-current) 77 first all-time on the career assist list. 3. Sis Paulsen (99-current) 61 4. Meghan Hunter (00-current) 54 Earlier this season, junior Kendra Antony (Yorkton, Saskatchewan) and 5. Kelly Kegley (99-current) 41 sophomore Meghan Hunter (Oil Springs, Ontario) both surpassed the mile- 6. Michelle Sikich (99-current) 33 stone. They were the first two to ever reach the 100-point plateau. Antony is the all-time leader with 129 points, while Hunter ranks second with 112 points.

IT’S GOOD TO HAVE GOALS - Sophomore forward Meghan Hunter has had a short, but active, career with the Badgers thus far. The Badger single-season record holder in almost every offensive category, she staked her claim to single- game record in the contest against Boston College. Hunter had the Badgers’ first four-goal game after 16 prior three-goal games in school history set the standard USA Today/American for the record. The center scored the game-winning goal to open the contest, then scored three consecutive times in the second period to set the mark. Hockey Magazine Hunter ranks third in the WCHA in point scoring and on the team with a total of Women's College 34 points on a team-leading 16 goals and 18 assists.

Hockey Poll -- 2/5 ADVANTAGE, WISCONSIN - Through 27 games, Wisconsin has outshot its Last Record opponents 838-521, holding the advantage in 19 of 27 contests. Bucky has had at 1. Minnesota, 129 (12) 1 21-2-5 least 30 shots in 14 games and has held its opponent to under 22 shots in 17 con- 2. Northeastern, 117 (1) 2 23-2-0 tests. 3. Minnesota-Duluth, 102 3 18-4-4 So far, Wisconsin has set a record for fewest shots allowed in a period, holding 4. Niagara, 82 5 19-6-0 5. Dartmouth, 80 4 15-3-2 Connecticut without a in the first period on Oct. 20. The Badgers held the 6. St. Lawrence, 73 6 17-7-2 Huskies to 10 shots for the game on Oct. 21, equalling their record. One game 7. Brown, 48 7 13-6-2 later, on Oct. 26 at Ohio State, Wisconsin held the Buckeyes to nine shots for the 8. Ohio State, 36 8 13-9-4 game. The Badgers improved on that performance on Nov. 9 when they held 9. Mercyhurst, 26 9 20-7-1 Minnesota State to eight shots. The Badgers then updated the record on Jan. 18 10. Wisconsin, 10 10 16-9-2 when they held the Mavericks to four shots. Others receiving votes: New Hampshire 9, Harvard 1, Princeton 1, Providence 1. BLOODLINES - Meghan Hunter and Kathy Devereaux can point to family his- tory for insight into their on-ice success. Hunter is the niece of former NHL players USCHO.com Div. I Dale, Dave and Mark Hunter. Dale played for the , and Colorado Avalanche. Dave won three Stanley Cups with the Women's Poll , while also skating for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Winnipeg February 5, 2002 Jets. Mark played his NHL career with the Montreal Canadians, St. Louis Blues, (where he won a ), and Washington Team (First Place) Record Pts. Last Capitals. 1 Minnesota (11) 19-2-5 118 1 Devereaux is the sister of current Detroit Red Wing Boyd Devereaux. Boyd, a 2 Northeastern (1) 21-2-0 107 2 former first-round draft pick (sixth overall), has also played with the Edmonton 3 Minnesota-Duluth 17-4-3 97 3 4 Niagara 14-2-2 83 5 Oilers. 5 Dartmouth 17-6-0 70 4 6 St. Lawrence 15-7-2 62 6 ALL-AMERICANS - Wisconsin returns a pair of Second-Team All-Americans to 7 Brown 12-6-1 41 7 its roster - sophomore forward Meghan Hunter (Oil Springs, Ontario) and junior 8 Ohio State 13-9-4 37 8 defender Kerry Weiland (Palmer, Alaska). Hunter is the nation’s leading returning 9 Mercyhurst 18-7-1 25 9 scorer after posting 42 goals and 78 points last season. Weiland returns as the 10 Wisconsin 14-9-2 7 10 nation’s leading scorer on defense after collecting 49 points a season ago. Others receiving votes: New Hampshire 4, No other team in the country returns more than one All-American. Princeton 4, Providence 3, Harvard 1. OH, CANADA - Three Badgers, sophomore forward Meghan Hunter (Oil UW in the Polls Springs, Ontario), frosh forward Jackie Friesen (Regina, Saskatchewan) and frosh defender Carla MacLeod (Calgary, Alberta), played for the Canadian Date USCHO USA Today Preseason -- 4th Under-22 National Team against the Swedish National Team on Oct. 7-9. The 10/9 -- 4th Badgers made significant contributions to Canada’s three-game sweep. In the first 10/16 -- 4th game, Hunter scored and Friesen assisted on a goal in Canada’s 3-0 win. In 10/23 -- 6th 10/29 5th 4th Canada’s 11-3 game two victory, MacLeod found the net. In the final game of the 11/5 4th 4th series, Hunter scored once with MacLeod assisting in Canada’s 3-1 win. 11/12 4th 4th 11/19 9th 8th STARS ON ICE - Four Badgers, including junior defender Sis Paulsen (Eau 11/26 10th 9th 12/3 RV RV Claire, Wis.), junior defender Kerry Weiland (Palmer, Alaska), junior forward 12/10 RV NR Kendra Antony (Yorkton, Saskatchewan) and sophomore forward Karen 12/17 NR NR Rickard (Bowmanville, Ontario) participated in a game against the U.S. 1/7 RV 9th Women’s National Team for the WCHA All-Stars, Oct. 5 and 6. The team dropped 1/14 8th 8th 1/21 10th 9th a 3-0 decision at the Kohl Center in Madison and a 6-1 game at the Xcel Energy 1/28 10th 10th Center in St. Paul, Minn. 2/4 10th 10th Weiland earned the only assist on the all-star team’s only goal in the series, WCHA Players while both Weiland and Paulsen started both games on the blue line.

of the Week COLLEGEHOCKEYSTATS.COM - For complete women’s college hockey Kendra Antony vs. St. Cloud State 10/15 standings and league and national statistics, visit www.collegehockeystats.com. Meghan Hunter vs. Ohio State 10/29 Sis Paulsen vs. Minnesota State 11/12 WCHA WOMEN’S FINAL FIVE - The 2002 WCHA Women’s Final Five takes Jackie MacMillan vs. Minnesota-Duluth 1/9 place March 7-9 at Fogerty Arena in Blaine, Minn. This is the first season the Kathy Devereaux vs. Findlay 1/15 league is hosting its tournament with just five teams. The first two tournaments Meghan Hunter vs. St. Cloud State 2/2 involved all seven league members. For more information, see WCHA.COM.