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WISCONSIN Women’s Hockey Release Athletic Communications • Contact: Adam Augustine Office: (608) 262-2255 • Cell: (608) 215-4391 Feb. 26, 2007 E-mail: [email protected] UPCOMING EVENTS STORYLINES No. 1 Wisconsin will attempt to Sat.-Sun., March 3-4 defend its WCHA Playoff crown March 3-4 when it heads to Ridder Arena in WCHA Playoff Championship Minneapolis for the WCHA Playoff Ridder Arena • Minneapolis Championship. UW will open the weekend against No. 10 Ohio State with the winner advancing to the championship game at Semifinals - March 3 - 1:07/4:07 p.m. 1:07 p.m. on Sunday. #1 Wisconsin vs. #4 Ohio State #2 Minnesota Duluth vs. #3 Minnesota The top-seeded Badgers advanced to Championship - March 4 - 1:07 p.m. the WCHA Playoff Championship by sweeping a best-of-three opening round • All Games Webcast on USCHO.com series with North Dakota Feb. 23-24 at the Eagle’s Nest in Verona. The top-seeded Badgers will look to repeat as WCHA Playoff champi- The Badgers posted a pair of shutouts ons when they play fourth-seeded over UND, 4-0 and 3-0, to extend their Ohio State in the first WCHA Playoff unbeaten streak to 21 games (18-0-3 in Sophomore Rachel Bible recorded her first semifinal March 3 at Ridder Arena in career multi-point game with a goal and an that stretch). assist against North Dakota last Saturday. Minneapolis. The winner of the Wisconsin has recorded four straight old record of 13 set in each of the last two Wisconsin/Ohio State game will shutouts and has not allowed a goal in seasons. advance to the WCHA Playoff cham- 247 minutes and 13 seconds of action, a pionship game against the winner of stretch that dates back the third period of In 16 games since Jan. 1, Wisconsin Saturday’s other semifinal between a 3-2 win over Ohio State on Feb. 11. The has out-scored its opponents 65-8 while second-seeded Minnesota Duluth Badgers also recorded four consecutive posting 10 shutouts. and third-seeded Minnesota. shutouts from Jan. 6-19, matching the Wisconsin is the defending school record. The Badgers have allowed just 34 WCHA Playoff champion after claim- goals in 36 games this season, an average ing the school’s first playoff title in Wisconsin has now posted four of 0.94 goals against per game. The NCAA 2006. shutout streaks of longer than 220 min- record for fewest goals allowed per game is The winner of the WCHA utes this season: Nov. 24-Dec. 8 (239:56), 1.14 by both Mercyhurst in 2004-05 and Playoffs will receive the conference’s Jan. 5-20 (311:17), Jan. 20-Feb. 2 New Hampshire in 2005-06. automatic bid to the NCAA tourna- (224:52) and Feb. 11-present (247:13). ment, which begins with quarterfinal Senior Christine Dufour is poised to action at campus sites March 9-11. The two shutouts against North break five NCAA single season and career The field for the 2007 NCAA tourna- Dakota broke the school record for records: single season records for save ment will be announced at 5 p.m. on shutouts in a season. UW has recorded 15 percentage, goals against average, and Sunday, March 4 on CSTV. shutouts this season, two more than the winning percentage as well as career 2006-07 Quick Facts 2006–07 WCHA STANDINGS Overall Record: 31-1-4 WCHA Record: 23-1-4 Conference Overall Current Streak: 18-0-3 in last 21 Rk Team Pts GP Record PCT. GF-GA GP Record PCT. GF-GA Last 5/10: 5-0-0/9-0-1 1 Wisconsin* 50 28 23- 1- 4 .893 112- 33 36 31- 1- 4 .917 150- 34 Head Coach: Mark Johnson 2 Minnesota Duluth 41 28 19- 6- 3 .732 102- 38 35 22- 9- 4 .686 118- 56 UW Record: 142-28-14 3 Minnesota 35 28 17-10- 1 .625 85- 66 34 22-11- 1 .662 111- 80 (5th season) 4 Ohio State 30 28 13-11- 4 .536 79- 70 36 20-12- 4 .611 112- 83 Assistant Coaches: 5 Minnesota State 26 28 12-14- 2 .464 78- 91 35 16-17- 2 .486 108-106 Tracey Cornell, Dan Koch Volunteer Assistant Coach: 6 Bemidji State 22 28 9-15- 4 .393 53- 85 36 11-20- 5 .375 66-110 Jeff Sanger 7 St. Cloud State 19 28 7-16- 5 .339 66- 94 37 12-18- 7 .419 99-110 Undergraduate Assistant Coaches: 8 North Dakota 1 28 0-27- 1 .018 24-122 36 3-31- 2 .111 39-142 Sharon Cole, Molly Engstrom, Carla MacLeod * Regular Season Champion Athletic Communications Office • University of Wisconsin • Kellner Hall • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, WI 53711 records for goals against aver- 44 points (11 goals, 33 assists). age and winning percentage. Mikkelson ranks fifth among all Division I players in assists. Dufour’s current career goals against average of 1.09 With her goal against would shatter the old mark of North Dakota on Saturday, 1.47 held by former sophomore defenseman Rachel Mercyhurst goalie Desirae Bible snapped a 53-game goal- Clark. less drought that dated back to Jan. 6, 2006. The goal was the Dufour is also set to second of Bible’s career. become the first goalie in NCAA history to finish a season with Since head coach Mark a goals against average below Johnson took over the program 1.00 while seeing significant in 2002-03, the Badgers are time in the net. Dufour’s cur- 36-3-1 in the month of rent goals against average for February for a winning per- the season is 0.87. centage of .913. 2006-07 WCHA Regular Season Champions As of Feb. 27, UW has 18 first-place votes in the USA Senior Sara Bauer contin- In the last two seasons, been ranked in 120 consecutive Today/USA Hockey Magazine ues to rank third in the nation Wisconsin is 36-2-1 in the sec- USA Today/USA Hockey poll. with 63 points and second in ond half of the season for a Magazine polls and 114 the country with 40 assists. winning percentage of .936. USCHO.com polls. Immediately following the Bauer leads all WCHA players season, Mark Johnson will in assists and ranks second in After going 7-0-1 in Wisconsin opened the year serve as the head coach of the goals behind linemate Jinelle February, the Badgers have as the preseason No. 1 team in U.S. Women's National Team at Zaugg. recorded five months without a the country for the second con- the 2007 IIHF Women's World loss: September (2-0-0), secutive season. The Badgers Championship April 3-10 in Senior defenseman October (7-0-1), December (2- received 12 of 15 first-place Manitoba, Canada. Meaghan Mikkelson leads all 0-2), January (8-0-0) and votes in the preseason defensemen in the nation with February. USCHO.com poll and swept all THE MATCHUP Minnesota Duluth Minnesota Ohio State vs. Wisconsin OSU 2006-07 Statistics UW 2006-07 Statistics UMD 2006-07 Statistics UM 2006-07 Statistics Overall Record . .20-12-4 31-1-4 . .Overall Record Overall Record . .22-9-4 22-11-1 . .Overall Record WCHA Record . .13-11-4 23-1-4 . .WCHA Record WCHA Record . .19-6-3 17-10-1 . .WCHA Record Home Record . .12-5-3 18-1-1 . .Home Record Home Record . .12-4-3 15-5-0 . .Home Record Road Record . .8-7-1 13-0-3 . .Road Record Road Record . .10-5-1 7-6-1 . .Road Record Neutral Record . .0-0-0 0-0-0 . .Neutral Record Neutral Record . .0-0-0 0-0-0 . .Neutral Record Goals/Game . .3.11 4.17 . .Goals/Game Goals/Game . .3.37 3.26 . .Goals/Game Goals Allowed/Game . .2.31 0.94 . .Goals Allowed/Game Goals Allowed/Game . .1.60 2.35 . .Goals Allowed/Game Shots/Game . .30.0 34.6 . .Shots/Game Shots/Game . .31.0 31.8 . .Shots/Game Shots Allowed/Game . .28.0 18.4 . .Shots Allowed/Game Shots Allowed/Game . .26.2 23.1 . .Shots Allowed/Game Power Play . .21.5 % (40/186) 28.3 % (47-166) . .Power Play Power Play . .17.9 % (39/218) 23.0 % (41-178) . .Power Play Penalty Kill .84.0 % (184/219) 92.4 % (133-144) Penalty Kill Penalty Kill .88.7 % (189/213) 87.2 % (156-179) Penalty Kill USCHO.com Poll . .10 1 . .USCHO.com Poll USCHO.com Poll . .7 9 . .USCHO.com Poll USA Today/USA Hockey . .10 1 . .USA Today/USA Hockey USA Today/USA Hockey . .7 9 . .USA Today/USA Hockey Leading Scorers: Leading Scorers: Leading Scorers: Leading Scorers: Erin Keys, Jr., F, 22-26=48 Sara Bauer, Sr., F, 23-40=63 Noemie Marin, Sr., F, 23-25=48 Gigi Marvin, So., F, 17-20=37 Amber Bowman, Sr., D, 9-29=38 Meghan Duggan, Fr., F, 22-23=45 Saara Tuominen, Fr., F, 11-24=35 Bobbi- Ross, Jr., F, 18-15=33 Lisa Chesson, Jr., D, 13-24=37 Meaghan Mikkelson, Sr., D, 11-33=44 Jessica Koizumi, Sr., F, 17-17=34 Brittany Francis, Fr., F, 9-19=28 Top Goalies: Top Goalies: Top Goalies: Top Goalies: Erika Vanderveer, Sr., 18-9-3, Christine Dufour, Sr., 15-0-1, Kim Martin, Fr., 11-5-2, 1.38 Kim Hanlon, So., 10-6-0, 2.39 2.13 GAA, .922 save %, 4 SO 0.87 GAA, .955 save %, 7 SO GAA, .950 save %, 3 SO GAA, .900 save %, 3 SO Liana Bonanno, So., 2-3-1, Jessie Vetter, So., 16-1-3, Riita Schaublin, So., 11-4-2, Brittony Chartier, So., 12-5-1, 2.64 GAA, .907 save % 1.00 GAA, .942 save %, 7 SO 1.75 GAA, .929 save %, 4 SO 2.24 GAA, .899 save %, 1 SO Head Coach: Jackie Barto Head Coach: Mark Johnson Head Coach: Shannon Miller Head Coach: Laura Halldorson SERIES NOTES SERIES NOTES Wisconsin is 27-3-5 all-time against the Buckeyes, including 4-0- UW is 13-17-6 all-time against Minnesota Duluth, including 2-1-1 0 this season … three of the Badgers’ four wins this year came in this season and 2-2-0 in the WCHA Playoffs.