2003-04 Wisconsin Women's Hockey
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2003-04 Wisconsin Women’s Hockey - Dec. 1 UPCOMING GAMES ALL TIMES CENTRAL This Week’s Day Date Opponent (Rank) Location Time Friday Dec. 5 Minnesota-Duluth (4) Duluth, Minn. 7:05 p.m. Scouting Saturday Dec. 6 Minnesota-Duluth (4) Duluth, Minn. 7:05 p.m. Report -- Winter Break -- Saturday Jan. 10 Northeastern (rv) Long Beach, Calif. 4:00 p.m. Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Sunday Jan. 11 Northeastern (rv) Long Beach, Calif. 4:00 p.m. • Fourth-ranked Minnesota- Duluth split a non- TAKING ON THE DOGS: BADGERS TRAVEL TO DULUTH conference series with The Wisconsin women’s hockey team, now 11-3-0 overall and 7-3-0 (.700) in second-ranked Dartmouth to improve to 8-4-0 overall the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, returns to league play this week- (4-2-0 WCHA) this past end with a road series at fourth-ranked Minnesota-Duluth. weekend. The loss marked The Badgers drop the puck against the three-time defending NCAA cham- the Big Green’s first of the 2003–04 season. pion Bulldogs this Friday and Saturday at 7:05 p.m. Full recaps will be avail- able on uwbadgers.com. • The Bulldogs are led in scoring by sophomore forward Caroline Ouellette with 9-15=24 and senior forward Jenny Potter who’s racked up 12-10=22. SEVEN STRAIGHT WINS: BADGERS SWEEP HUSKIES AT THE NEST Prior to the Badgers’ bye this past weekend, sixth-ranked Wisconsin earned a • Minnesota-Duluth head coach Shannon Miller is two-game series sweep against St. Cloud State with a 4-0 shutout and a 8-1 in her fifth season with the Bulldogs and has win at the Eagle’s Nest in Verona, Wis., Nov. 21-22. compiled a 116-123-13 school record. UW sophomore Nikki Burish, a Madison native, led the Badgers in scoring against the Huskies with two goals and two assists. She was named the Badger Quick Facts WCHA’s Offensive Player of the Week for her four-point performance. All-Time Series vs. Minnesota-Duluth . .5-10-3 Additionally, the sweep move UW to within one point of first-place 2003–04 Overall Record . .11-3-0 2003–04 WCHA Record . .7-3-0 Minnesota in the league standings and the Badgers gained a No. 5 ranking in All-Time Record . .94-45-14 (5 years) the Nov. 25 USA Today/American Hockey Magazine national poll. All-Time WCHA Record . .66-28-11 (5 years) THIS WEEKEND’S SERIES: SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS Home Rinks . .Kohl Center/Eagle’s Nest The Badgers will close out the first half of their season with this weekend’s Capacity . .15,237/1,300 Kohl Center Rink Size . .200’ x 100’ series at Duluth, finishing 16 of their 32 regular-season contests. Kohl Center Press Box Phone . .608-265-4336 Predicted to finish second overall in the WCHA preseason coaches’ poll, Minnesota-Duluth split a non-conference match-up with second-ranked Head Coach . .Mark Johnson (Wisconsin, ‘94) Dartmouth this past weekend, handing the Big Green its first loss of the sea- Overall Career & School Record . .33-11-5 son. However, the Bulldogs suffered two losses to Minnesota State, Oct. 10-11. Asst. Coach . .Tracey Cornell (Cornell, ‘97) Asst. Coach . .Dan Koch (Wisconsin, ‘91) Forwards Caroline Ouellette and Jenny Potter lead UMD in scoring with 9- Vol. Asst. Coach . .Forrest Karr (Notre Dame, ‘99) 15=24 and 12-10=22 respectively, while the Bulldogs have looked to frosh Riitta Schaublin of Basel, Switzerland to lead them in net. Schaublin owns a 5-2-0 School . .University of Wisconsin–Madison overall record this season and 1.95 GAA and .925 save percentage. She is 2-1-0 Location . .Madison,Wis. in the WCHA. Enrollment . .41,595 Nickname . .Badgers Colors . .Cardinal and White BATTLING THE TRIPLE CHAMPS Conference . .WCHA, Big Ten At-Large With 18 games between these two teams, Wisconsin has beaten Minnesota- Division . .NCAA I Duluth just five times and holds a 5-10-3 all-time record against UMD. Web site . .uwbadgers.com The Badgers finished 1-2-1 against the Bulldogs last season with a 3-3 tie on Oct. 26 and a 2-1 win on Jan. 17. Current Badgers Meghan Hunter and Molly Engstrom scored a goal a piece to secure the lone win against the ‘Dogs and the two teams did not meet in last season’s WCHA Final Five. Sports Information Office University of Wisconsin • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, Wisconsin 53711 • Fax: (608) 262-8184 • Web site: uwbadgers.com Contact: Jessica D. Burda • Phone: (608) 262-2255 • Cell: (608) 220-8761 • E-mail: [email protected] WE’VE GOT A THREE-WAY TIE BADGERS With 14 games behind them, three IN THE Badgers are now tied for first on the team in scoring. POLLS Senior Karen Rickard and sopho- more Nikki Burish have each posted USCHO.com Division I Women's Poll six goals and five assists for 11 National Rankings - Dec. 1, 2003 points, while senior assistant captain 03–04 Last Steph Millar has tallied four goals Rk Team (1st Pl.) W-L-T Pts Wk. 1 Minnesota (15) 11-0-1 150 1 and seven assists for her own 11- 2 Dartmouth 8-1-0 129 2 point mark. 3 Harvard 7-0-0 125 3 Wisconsin’s sharpshooters aren’t 4 Minn.-Duluth 8-4-0 104 4 alone at the top though. Three other 5 Wisconsin 11-3-0 86 6 Badgers - Meghan Hunter, Molly 6 St. Lawrence 7-4-1 74 5 Engstrom and Sara Bauer - are clos- 7 Princeton 7-3-0 43 9 ing in on the lead with 10 points 8 N. Hampshire 6-4-2 38 8 each so far this season. 9 Mercyhurst 11-2-1 34 7 10 Providence 4-4-2 18 NR Senior assistant captain Steph Millar, a Hudson, EVERY POINT’S A RECORD NOW Wis., native, is currently tied for first in scoring with four goals and seven assists for 11 points. Receiving votes: Minnesota State 17, Ohio State With her two goals against St. Cloud 5, Brown 1, Northeastern 1 State, senior assistant captain The USCHO.com poll is compiled by U.S. College Hockey Online, Meghan Hunter improved her career scoring totals to 78 goals and 81 asssists and consists of 15 voters, including 11 coaches of Division I for 159 points as a Badger. programs and four women's hockey writers. That 159-point mark ties former Badger Kendra Antony’s school scoring record set last season and now Hunter just needs one point to set the bar and USA Today/American Hockey Mag. start establishing her own record to break in the UW history books. Top 10 Women's Hockey Poll Nov. 25, 2003 GOALTENDERS AMONG THE CONFERENCE LEADERS Now with nine wins between them this season, Wisconsin goaltenders Team (1st Pl.) Pts. Last Week 1. Minnesota (14) 184 1 Meghan Horras and Christine Dufour are leaders in the WCHA stats. 2. Dartmouth (5) 175 2 After blanking St. Cloud State 4-0, Horras’ 1.40 GAA moved her up to first 3. Harvard 153 3 in the WCHA ahead of Minnesota’s Jody Horak with a 1.43, while Dufour isn’t 4. Minn.-Duluth 132 4 far behind at third with her own average of 1.44 goals against. 5. Wisconsin 110 5 Additionally, Dufour, a frosh from Quebec, is second only to Minnesota’s 6. St. Lawrence 97 6 Horak (.944) in winning percentage with .875 in eight games. 7. Mercyhurst 65 8 8. New Hampshire 64 7 NATIONAL TEAM BADGERS 9. Princeton 29 9 Five members of the 2003–04 Wisconsin women’s hockey roster played for the 10. Minn. State 28 NR U.S. and Canadian Under-22 National Teams this past July in a three-game Receiving votes: Providence 4, Northeastern 4. exhibition series that the Americans won 2-0-1. Junior Molly Engstrom skated for Team U.S.A., while juniors Jackie The USA Today/AHM poll is conducted each week in conjunction Friesen and Carla MacLeod joined frosh Meaghan Mikkelson and Bobbi-Jo with the American Hockey Coaches Association and includes input from women’s college hockey coaches, journalists as well Slusar on Team Canada. as composite votes from AHCA officers and American Hockey Magazine. UW’s team captain this season, MacLeod also captained her U-22 team- mates and was recently named to Canada’s Four Nations Cup team, the first step in being selected to her country’s national senior women’s team. Senior Meghan Hunter (Canada U-22) and junior Nicole Uliasz (U.S. Senior and U-22) also earned national team experience in the 2001–02 season. 2003-04 WCHA Coaches Preseason Poll - Oct. 2, 2003 2003-04 WCHA STANDINGS WCHA Overall Rk Team (1st Pl.) Points Pts GP W-L-T Win% GF-GA GP W-L-T Win% GF-GA 1 Minnesota (5) 35 2 Minnesota-Duluth (2) 26 1. Minnesota 15 8 7-0-1 .938 33-9 12 11-0-1 .958 62-15 3 Wisconsin 26 2. Wisconsin 14 10 7-3-0 .700 31-15 14 11-3-0 .786 51-20 4 Ohio State 20 3. Ohio State 10 10 5-5-0 .500 25-27 12 7-5-0 .583 32-29 5 Bemidji State 15 4. Minnesota State 9 8 4-3-1 .562 16-19 12 7-4-1 .625 29-27 6 Minnesota State 13 5. Minnesota-Duluth 8 6 4-2-0 .667 24-11 12 8-4-0 .667 53-24 7 St.