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UPCOMING EVENTS

THIS WEEK - The Wisconsin Badgers (16-9-2 overall, 12-5-1 WCHA) have a NEXT EVENT: at Minnesota week off after sweeping St. Cloud State (5-22-1, 4-13-1). The Badgers return to DATES: Sat.-Sun., Feb. 16-17 league action with a road trip to Minnesota to face the first ranked Golden TIME: 2:05 p.m. Gophers (21-2-5, 14-1-3). The Badgers and Gophers play Saturday and Sunday, SITE: Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis Feb. 16 and 17 at Mariuccci Arena. The puck drops for both games at 2:05 p.m.

UPCOMING EVENT: Ohio State NOTES OF THE DAY DATES: Fri.-Sat., Feb. 22-23 TIME: 7:05 p.m. MISNOMER - While the Badger defenders have kept Badger opponents to the SITE: Capitol Ice Arena second lowest goals against average in the nation (1.52 GAA), they have also 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 fifth 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 ninth among league defenders with 12 points. MacLeod and Engstrom have been coming on of late, with Engstrom hav- Quick Facts ing a four-game scoring streak snapped against St. Cloud on Saturday and MacLeod earning five points on the weekend also against St. Cloud State. THE BADGERS SHUTOUT - Wisconsin went over four games before finally allowing a 2001 Overall Record ...... 16-9-2 against when it claimed its fourth consecutive shutout victory in a 7-0 win at 2001 WCHA Record ...... 12-5-1 Boston College. Wisconsin went 261:35 before allowing a goal at 56 seconds National Rankings USCHO...... 10th of the first period in the following game against Providence. Before the streak, USA Today/Amer. Hockey Mag...... 10th Wisconsin had never posted back-to-back shutouts. Series vs. UM ...... 1-10-1 Last Meetings ...... 11/30-L,4-1. 12/1-L,4-3. BEHIND THE BENCH Head Coach...... Trina Bourget Alma Mater...... New Hampshire, 1994 - Trina Bourget is in her third season Record at UW (Yr.)...... 37-18-7 (2nd) HEAD COACH TRINA BOURGET Career Record (Yr.)...... 63-30-10 (4th) at the University of Wisconsin with her third title. Now head coach, Bourget Assistant Coaches...... Tracey Cornell was interim head coach during the 2000–01 season and an assistant coach ...... Dan Koch during 1999–00. Bourget led the Badgers to a 21-9-5 overall mark, a third- Captain ...... Sis Paulsen, Jr. place WCHA finish and a No. 7 national ranking last year. Assistant Captain ...... Kerry Weiland, Jr. Bourget spent two seasons at Sacred Heart prior to her appointment at Wisconsin and boasts a combined 61-30-10 career mark at both schools. A THE GOPHERS 1994 graduate of New Hampshire with a degree in family and consumer stud- ies, Bourget helped the Wildcats to an ECAC title and a pair of runner-up fin- 2001–02 Overall Record ...... 21-2-5 ishes while a member of the team. 2001–02 WCHA Record ...... 14-1-3 National Rankings USCHO...... 1st ASSISTANT COACHES - Tracey Cornell, a 1997 graduate of Cornell, and USA Today/Amer. Hockey Mag...... 1st Dan Koch, a 1991 Wisconsin graduate, serve the Badgers as assistant Head Coach ...... Laura Halldorson coaches. Cornell is in her third year with the program after spending the pre- Alma Mater...... Princeton, 1985 vious season as head coach of Cushing Academy in Massachusetts. She Record at UM (Yr.)...... 126-28-14 (5th) played four seasons for Cornell and one year professionally in Switzerland. Career Record (Yr.)...185-103-23 (12th) Koch, a 1985 Madison LaFollette High School graduate, came to Home Facility ...... Mariucci Arena Wisconsin after assisting the St. Mary (Minn.) women’s team the previous two seasons. Included among his experiences are three seasons as head coach of the LaCrosse Logan/Central High School boys’ team. WCHA Standings SCOUTING THE OPPONENT School Overall WCHA Pts. Minnesota 21-2-5 14-1-3 31 - Minnesota (21-2-5, 14-1-3 WCHA) holds first place in the WCHA Minnesota-Duluth 17-4-4 12-4-3 27 MINNESOTA Wisconsin 16-9-2 12-5-1 25 league standings with 31 points. Before the Badgers travel to Minnesota the Ohio State 13-9-4 7-8-3 17 Gophers will travel to Ohio State for a pair of games this weekend. The Gophers Bemidji State 10-8-7 5-7-5 15 bring a 22 game unbeaten streak to the series after most recently defeating St. Cloud State 5-22-1 4-13-1 9 Minnesota State 3-0 and 6-1. Minnesota State 4-21-1 1-17-0 2 Six Gophers power the offense and all are within seven points of one another. Last Week’s Schedule Junior Ronda Curtin leads the team with 33 points on seven goals and 26 assists. Frosh Kelly Stephens ranks second with 31 points on 17 goals and 14 assists. February Senior Laura Slominski and Sophomore La Toya Clarke each boast 28 points, 1 Minnesota 3, Minnesota State 0 sharing 3rd place, while Kristy Oonincx and Tracy Engstrom help to pace Minnesota with 26 and 24 points respectively. 2 St. Cloud State 1, Wisconsin 4 Sophomore Roxanne Stang leads the Husky offense with 15 goals and 25 Minnesota 6, Minnesota State 1 points. Junior Abby Cooper ranks second on the SCSU scoring list with 19 points 3 Bemidji State 3, Minnesota-Duluth 3 OT on nine goals and 10 assists. Senior forward Andrea Keller shares second on the St. Cloud State 2, Wisconsin 7 team in goals with nine. Keller boasts 14 points this season. A pair of frosh, Sun Prairie, Wis., native Brenda Reinen and Jody Horak, share the goaltending duties. Reinen has a 8-1-3 record with a 1.37 goals against aver- This Week’s Schedule age and .947 save percentage. Horak is 11-0-2 with a 1.52 goals against average February and .946 save percentage. Horak has started 13 games, while her counterpart 4 Bemidji State at Minnesota-Duluth Reinen has been the goalie in 12 contests. Series Record: Wisconsin trails in the series, 1-10-1, most recently being 8 Minnesota State at Bemidji State swept at home. The Gophers took the games 4-1 and 4-3 in over time. Minnesota at Ohio State Head Coach: Laura Halldorson is in her fourth year with the Gophers. She is 9 Minnesota State at Bemidji State the first and only coach to lead UM. The 2001 WCHA Co-Coach of the Year is a Minnesota at Ohio State 1985 Princeton graduate. She has posted 20-win seasons in each of her four sea- U. of Regina at Minnesota-Duluth sons at Minnesota. Her record at Minnesota currently stands at 126-28-14. Wisconsin Minnesota Overall Record 16-9-2 21-2-5 Career Points Conference Record 12-5-1 14-1-3 Home Record 8-5-1 12-0-3 1. Kendra Antony (99-current) 129 Road Record 8-3-1 9-2-2 2. Meghan Hunter (00-current) 112 Neutral Record 0-1-0 0-0-0 3. Kerry Weiland (99-current) 101 4. Sis Paulsen (99-current) 93 Goals For Average 3.19 3.32 5. Kelly Kegley (99-current) 79 Goals Against Average 1.65 1.57 6. Michelle Sikich (99-current) 63 Leading Scorer Hunter (16-18=34) Curtin (7-26=33) 7. Karen Rickard (00-current) 40 Goal-Scoring Leader Hunter - 15 Slominski - 18 8. Steph Millar (00-current) 34 Power Play 25.6% 28.4% Career Goals Kill 83.3% 88.8%

1. Meghan Hunter (00-current) 58 POTPOURRI 2. Kendra Antony (99-current) 52 3. Kelly Kegley (99-current) 38 ANOTHER 100 - Junior Kerry Weiland became the third Badger and first 4. Sis Paulsen (99-current) 32 defender this season to reach 100 career points when she posted a goal and two 5. Michelle Sikich (99-current) 30 6. Kerry Weiland (99-current) 26 assists against Boston College. The UW assistant captain reached the mark with 7. Karen Rickard (00-current) 23 an assist on a power-play goal in the second period. She added an assist against 8. Steph Millar (00-current) 17 Providence the following day and now has 101 career points. Weiland has 26 goals and 75 assists for her 101 points. Her 75 assists puts her first all-time on the career assist list. Career Assists Earlier this season, junior Kendra Antony (Yorkton, Saskatchewan) and sophomore Meghan Hunter (Oil Springs, Ontario) both surpassed the mile- 1. Kerry Weiland (99-current) 75 stone. They were the first two to ever reach the 100-point plateau. Antony is the 2. Kendra Antony (99-current) 77 3. Sis Paulsen (99-current) 61 all-time leader with 129 points, while Hunter ranks second with 112 points. 4. Meghan Hunter (00-current) 54 5. Kelly Kegley (99-current) 41 IT’S GOOD TO HAVE GOALS - Sophomore forward Meghan Hunter has had 6. Michelle Sikich (99-current) 33 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 for the record. The center scored the game-winning goal to open the contest, then USA Today/American scored three consecutive times in the second period to set the mark. Hunter ranks first in the WCHA in point scoring and on the team with a total of Hockey Magazine 34 points on a team-leading 16 goals and 18 assists. Women's College ADVANTAGE, WISCONSIN - Through 27 games, Wisconsin has outshot its Hockey Poll -- 1/29 opponents 838-521, holding the advantage in 19 of 27 contests. Bucky has had at Last Record least 30 shots in 14 games and has held its opponent to under 22 shots in 17 con- 1. Minnesota, 127 (10) 1 19-2-5 tests. 2. Northeastern, 116 (3) 2 21-2-0 So far, Wisconsin has set a record for fewest shots allowed in a period, holding 3. Minnesota-Duluth, 102 3 17-4-3 Connecticut without a in the first period on Oct. 20. The Badgers held the 4. Dartmouth College, 94 4 14-2-2 5. Niagara, 68 5 17-6-0 Huskies to 10 shots for the game on Oct. 21, equalling their record. One game 6. St. Lawrence, 67 7 15-7-2 later, on Oct. 26 at Ohio State, Wisconsin held the Buckeyes to nine shots for the 7. Brown, 43 10 12-6-1 game. The Badgers improved on that performance on Nov. 9 when they held 8. Ohio State, 38 8 13-9-4 Minnesota State to eight shots. The Badgers then updated the record on Jan. 18 9. Mercyhurst, 33 6 18-7-1 when they held the Mavericks to four shots. 10. Wisconsin, 13 9 14-9-2

Others receiving votes: Providence 8, Princeton 2, BLOODLINES - Meghan Hunter and Kathy Devereaux can point to family his- Harvard 2. tory for insight into their on-ice success. Hunter is the niece of former NHL players Dale, Dave and Mark Hunter. Dale played for the Quebec Nordiques, Washington USCHO.com Div. I Capitals and Colorado Avalanche. Dave won three Stanley Cups with the , while also skating for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Winnipeg Women's Poll Jets. Mark played his NHL career with the Montreal Canadians, St. Louis Blues, January 28, 2001 Calgary Flames (where he won a ), Hartford Whalers and Washington Capitals. Devereaux is the sister of current Detroit Red Wing Boyd Devereaux. Boyd, a Team (First Place) Record Pts. Last former first-round draft pick (sixth overall), has also played with the Edmonton 1 Minnesota (10) 19-2-5 118 1 2 Northeastern (2) 21-2-0 107 2 Oilers. 3 Minnesota-Duluth 17-4-3 97 3 4 Dartmouth 14-2-2 83 4 ALL-AMERICANS - Wisconsin returns a pair of Second-Team All-Americans to 5 Niagara 17-6-0 70 5 its roster - sophomore forward Meghan Hunter (Oil Springs, Ontario) and junior 6 St. Lawrence 15-7-2 62 6 defender Kerry Weiland (Palmer, Alaska). Hunter is the nation’s leading returning 7 Brown 12-6-1 41 9 8 Ohio State 13-9-4 37 8 scorer after posting 42 goals and 78 points last season. Weiland returns as the 9 Mercyhurst 18-7-1 25 7 nation’s leading scorer on defense after collecting 49 points a season ago. 10 Wisconsin 14-9-2 7 10 No other team in the country returns more than one All-American. -- Providence 12-8-3 7 - OH, CANADA - Three Badgers, sophomore forward Meghan Hunter (Oil Others receiving votes: Harvard 3, Princeton 3 Springs, Ontario), frosh forward Jackie Friesen (Regina, Saskatchewan) and frosh defender Carla MacLeod (Calgary, Alberta), played for the Canadian UW in the Polls Under-22 National Team against the Swedish National Team on Oct. 7-9. The Date USCHO USA Today Badgers made significant contributions to Canada’s three-game sweep. In the first Preseason -- 4th game, Hunter scored and Friesen assisted on a goal in Canada’s 3-0 win. In 10/9 -- 4th Canada’s 11-3 game two victory, MacLeod found the net. In the final game of the 10/16 -- 4th 10/23 -- 6th series, Hunter scored once with MacLeod assisting on the tally in Canada’s 3-1 10/29 5th 4th win. 11/5 4th 4th 11/12 4th 4th - Four Badgers, including junior defender Sis Paulsen (Eau 11/19 9th 8th STARS ON ICE 11/26 10th 9th Claire, Wis.), junior defender Kerry Weiland (Palmer, Alaska), junior forward 12/3 RV RV Kendra Antony (Yorkton, Saskatchewan) and sophomore forward Karen 12/10 RV NR Rickard (Bowmanville, Ontario) participated in a game against the U.S. 12/17 NR NR 1/7 RV 9th Women’s National Team for the WCHA All-Stars, Oct. 5 and 6. The team dropped 1/14 8th 8th a 3-0 decision at the Kohl Center in Madison and a 6-1 game at the Xcel Energy 1/21 10th 9th Center in St. Paul, Minn. 1/28 10th -- Weiland earned the only assist on the all-star team’s only goal in the series, while both Weiland and Paulsen started both games on the blue line. WCHA Players COLLEGEHOCKEYSTATS.COM - For complete women’s college hockey of the Week standings and league and national statistics, visit www.collegehockeystats.com. Kendra Antony vs. St. Cloud State 10/15 Meghan Hunter vs. Ohio State 10/29 WCHA WOMEN’S FINAL FIVE - The 2002 WCHA Women’s Final Five takes Sis Paulsen vs. Minnesota State 11/12 place March 7-9 at Fogerty Arena in Blaine, Minn. This is the first season the Jackie MacMillan vs. Minnesota-Duluth 1/9 league is hosting its tournament with just five teams. The first two tournaments Kathy Devereaux vs. Findlay 1/15 involved all seven league members. For more information, see WCHA.COM.