WISCONSIN Men’s Hockey Release Contact: Paul Capobianco Feb. 18, 2008 Offi ce: 608-263-1983 / Cell: 608-219-6278 E-mail: [email protected]
2007–08 SCHEDULE GAMES 33-34: AT MINNESOTA
Record: 14-12-6 Records: Wisconsin Badgers (14-12-6, 10-10-4 WCHA) vs. Minnesota (12-13-7, 6-11-5 WCHA) WCHA Record: 10-10-4 Dates/Times: Fri.-Sat, Feb. 22-23 at 7 p.m. CT Current Streak: Won 1 (1-0-0) Location: Mariucci Arena (10,000) Live TV: Friday on Big Ten Network with Matt Rosen Last 5: 2-2-1 and Rob Andringa. Saturday on FSN Minnesota with DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Frank Mazzocco and Doug Woog Lefty McFadden Tournament, Dayton, Ohio Tape-Delay TV: Saturday game on FSN Wisconsin on 0 12 vs. #7/8 Notre Dame W, 4-1 Sunday at 1 p.m. 0 13 vs. #19/RV Ohio State L, 3-5 Live Stats: www.gophersports.com O 19 RV/RV ROBERT MORRIS W, 7-2 Web: Live pay audio at UWBADGERS.COM. Live gameday O 20 RV/RV ROBERT MORRIS W, 8-2 blog at UWBADGERS.COM. N 2 #13/14 MICHIGAN TECH L, 4-2 Radio: Wisconsin Radio Network (Brian Posick/Bill N 3 #13/14 MICHIGAN TECH W, 4-2 Howard) ... affiliates throughout Wisconsin, including N 9 #3/4 NORTH DAKOTA W, 4-0 in Madison on WIBA 1310 AM N 10 #3/4 NORTH DAKOTA L, 1-3 Polls: UW (USA Today: 12/USCHO: 10); Minnesota N 16 at #7 Colorado College L, 3-4 (NR/RV) N 17 at #7 Colorado College L, 1-6 Coaches: Wisconsin’s Mike Eaves (6th year: 121-90- College Hockey Showcase 29); Minnesota’s Don Lucia (9th year at UM: 232- N 23 at #2 Michigan L, 2-3 109-36; 21st year: 511-264-65) N 24 at #5/6 Michigan State T, 4-4* Last Meeting: T, 2-2*, Madison, Wis., 1/26/08 Sophomore defenseman Jaime McBain N 30 #10 ST. CLOUD STATE W, 3-2 First Meeting: L, 0-3, Madison, Wis., 1/20/22 has points in fi ve of his last seven games. D 1 #10 ST. CLOUD STATE W, 4-3 Series Records: Wisconsin trails 80-148-16 D 7 at NR/RV Minnesota State L, 1-3 At UM: UW trails 23-84-5 D 8 at NR/RV Minnesota State T, 1-1* Badger Hockey Showdown D 28 COLGATE T, 2-2* D 29 #19/NR BOWLING GREEN W, 5-3 J 4 #4 COLORADO COLLEGE L, 0-2 Key Notes to Consider J 5 #4 COLORADO COLLEGE L, 1-3 J 11 at #2/3 Denver L, 2-3 Wisconsin (14-12-6, 10-10-4 WCHA) hits the road for the last two weeks of its regular J 12 at #2/3 Denver W, 7-2 season, beginning this week at Minnesota (12-13-7, 6-11-5 WCHA). J 18 at Alaska Anchorage W, 2-1 J 19 at Alaska Anchorage T, 4-4* J 25 #17/RV MINNESOTA W, 3-1 The Badgers sit in a tie for fourth place in the WCHA standings with 24 points. The Bad- J 26 #17/RV MINNESOTA T, 2-2* gers trail third-place Denver by three points, are tied with Minnesota State and hold a three- F 1 #12/12 MINNESOTA DULUTH W, 3-1 point cushion over sixth-place Minnesota Duluth. F 2 #12/12 MINNESOTA DULUTH L, 1-2* F 8 at RV/NR Michigan Tech^ T, 1-1* With three weeks left in the WCHA’s regular season, Wisconsin can still fi nish anywhere F 9 at RV/NR Michigan Tech^ W, 4-1 from third to ninth place. F 15 #13 MINNESOTA STATE L, 0-3 F 16 #13 MINNESOTA STATE W, 4-2 The Badgers took three of four points from the Gophers at the Kohl Center on Jan. 25-26 F 22 at RV/NR Minnesota 7 p.m. with a 3-1 victory and a 2-2 tie, but the UW is 80-148-16 all-time against Minnesota, including F 23 at RV/NR Minnesota 7 p.m. 23-84-5 in Minneapolis. F 29 at St. Cloud State 7 p.m. M 1 at St. Cloud State 7 p.m. The Badgers are 2-2-0 in their last two trips to Mariucci Arena, getting swept last season, M 14-16 WCHA First Round (Campus Sites)& but sweeping the Gophers during 2005–06. M 20-22 WCHA Final Five (St. Paul, Minn.)# M 29-30 NCAA Midwest Regional (Madison, Wis.) A 10 & 12 NCAA Frozen Four (Denver) Wisconsin is 12th in the pairwise rankings after splitting at home against Minnesota State last weekend. The pairwise rankings mimic the selection process for the 16-team NCAA * - Overtimes tournament. ^ - Winter Carnival If the season ended today, seven teams from the WCHA ranks (Colorado College, North & - WCHA Playoffs Dakota, Denver, Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota State, Wisconsin, St. Cloud State) would all be # - WCHA Final Five, Xcel Center, St. Paul, Minn. in the NCAA tournament, according to the USCHO.com pairwise rankings.