6 NCAA Championships ▪ 16 Conference Championships ▪ 40 All-Americans ▪ 23 Olympians ▪ 82 Badgers in the NHL #10/12 WISCONSIN 100 VS. RV/19 OHIO STATE 000 2017҄18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 3 OCT. 67, 2017 ▪ 7/5 P.M. CT ▪ MADISON, WIS. ▪ KOHL CENTER 15,359 1-0-0, 0-0-0-0 Big Ten WISCONSIN BADGERS OHIO STATE Date Opponent Time/Result Head Coach: Tony Granato BUCKEYES OCT. 1 MICHIGAN TECH (HOF) W, 3-2 Record at WIS: 21-15-1 (2nd Year) Head Coach: Steve Rohlik OCT. 6 OHIO STATE 7 P.M. Overall: 21-15-1 (2nd Year) Record at OSU: 67-63-18 (5th Year) OCT. 7 OHIO STATE 5 P.M. GAME 2 Overall: 67-63-18 (5th Year) Oct. 13 at Boston College 6 p.m. Oct. 14 at Merrimack 6 p.m. Oct. 20 vs. Northern Michigan^ 7 p.m. BIG TEN PLAY OPENS AT THE KOHL CENTER Oct. 21 vs. Northern Michigan^ 5 p.m. No. 10/12 Wisconsin (1-0-0, 0-0-0 Big Ten) opens its conference season on Friday and OCT. 27 ST. LAWRENCE 7 P.M. Saturday when No. 19 Ohio State (0-0-0, 0-0-0 Big Ten) visits the Kohl Center. Friday’s game OCT. 28 ST. LAWRENCE 7 P.M. begins at 7 p.m., while Saturday’s contest is a 5 p.m. puck drop. NOV. 3 NORTH DAKOTA 7 P.M. NOV. 4 NORTH DAKOTA 7 P.M. The Badgers are 17-9-3 all-time against Ohio State after taking three of five games last season. Nov. 10 at Michigan State 6 p.m. This year’s Big Ten opener marks the earliest the Conference has began intraleague play. UW Nov. 11 at Michigan State 6 p.m. opened the inaugural Big Ten season in 2013–14 with a contest on Nov. 29 at Minnesota for NOV. 17 MICHIGAN 7 P.M. NOV. 18 MICHIGAN 7 P.M. the previous early start. The last three Big Ten seasons didn’t start until December. NOV. 25 MERCYHURST 7 P.M. The coaching staffs of Wisconsin and Ohio State boast many connections. UW associate head NOV. 26 MERCYHURST 5 P.M. coach Mark Osiecki spent three seasons (2010–13) as the Buckeyes’ head coach, while UW Dec. 1 at Minnesota 7 p.m. associate head coach Mark Strobel spent the last two seasons in a similar capacity for OSU. Dec. 2 at Minnesota 7 p.m. OSU assistant coach JB Bittner served as a UW assistant coach during the 2015–16 campaign. DEC. 8 NOTRE DAME 8 P.M. Finally, OSU head coach Steve Rohlik is a Wisconsin alum, having captained the Badgers to DEC. 9 NOTRE DAME 7 P.M. their 1990 NCAA championship as a teammate of Osiecki. Jan. 5 at Penn State 6 p.m. Jan. 6 at Penn State 6 p.m. JAN. 12 MICHIGAN STATE 7 P.M. KEY NOTES TO CONSIDER JAN. 13 MICHIGAN STATE 7 P.M. Wisconsin boasts eight newcomers, including All-American graduate transfer goaltender Kyle Jan. 19 at Notre Dame 6:30 p.m. Hayton, as well as seven freshmen (Tarek Baker, F; Jason Dhooghe, F; Sean Dhooghe, F; Josh Jan. 21 vs Notre Dame (Location TBA) 2 p.m. Ess, D; Tyler Inamoto, D; Wyatt Kalynuk, D; Linus Weissbach, F). Hayton and six of the seven JAN. 26 PENN STATE 8 P.M. freshmen made their first Badger appearance last Sunday against Michigan Tech. JAN. 27 PENN STATE 7 P.M. Feb. 2 at Michigan 6:30 p.m. Wisconsin head coach and 2017 Big Ten Coach of the Year Tony Granato was named head Feb. 3 at Michigan 6:30 p.m. coach of the U.S. Olympic Team for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games set for PyeongChang, FEB. 9 MINNESOTA 8 P.M. South Korea. The games take place Feb. 9-25, 2018. He is expected to miss four or six FEB. 10 MINNESOTA 7 P.M. Wisconsin games because of the position. Feb. 23 at Ohio State 7 p.m. Feb. 24 at Ohio State 7 p.m. Senior forward Cameron Hughes will captain the Badgers, with the help from four teammates. March 2-4 Big Ten First Round Playoffs* Assistant captains include seniors Ryan Wagner and Jake Linhart, junior Seamus Malone and March 9-10 Big Ten Semifinal* sophomore Trent Frederic. The five captains are the most in UW history. March 16-17 Big Ten Championship Game* March 23-25 NCAA Regionals ABOUT LAST WEEK (East: Bridgeport, Conn.; West: Sioux Falls, S.D.; Wisconsin won its first season-opening game since the 2013–14 season, and just its second in Midwest: Allentown, Pa.; 10 seasons. UW had been 1-7-1 in the previous nine season openers beginning with 2008–09. Northeast: Worcester, Mass. The win helped UW improve to 5-1-0 all-time in U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Games. April 5 & 7 NCAA Frozen Four All-American graduate transfer goaltender Kyle Hayton made his Wisconsin debut and stopped (Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minn.) 20 shots in UW’s 3-2 victory over Michigan Tech. It was his 55th career collegiate victory (54 Home games listed in CAPS. All ঞ mes are Central. at St. Lawrence). HOF - U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game Junior forward Will Johnson scored UW’s first goal of the season, just 5:51 into the year. ^ - Resch Center, Green Bay, Wis. Three Badgers opened with multi-point games, including freshman forward Linus Weissbach (2 * - Campus Sites goals), Will Johnson (1 goal, 1 assist) and sophomore forward Trent Frederic (2 assists). TV: FRI: FOX SPORTS WISCONSIN SAT: NONE . Play-by-Play .................................................Brian Posick . Analyst ........................................................Adam Burish 211+5. Rinkside ..........................................................Bill Brophy Freshman forward Linus Sophomore forward Trent Wisconsin outshot Michigan . Online: FRI. – BTN2GO Weissbach scored two goals Frederic recorded his 11th Tech by five shots, 27-22, SAT. - BTN Plus (at BTN2Go.com) in his debut last Sunday career multi-point game last in the opener, continuing against Michigan Tech to Sunday in his 31st career a trend started last season RADIO: BADGER SPORTS NETWORK become the first Badger game, one shy of current when UW outshot its oppo- 1310 WIBA FRI./1070 WTSO SAT. since Michael Davies on Oct. program leaders Cameron nent in 24 of 36 contests. Play-by-Play ....Robb Vogel (Fri.)/Brian Posick (Sat.) 6, 2006 to scored two goals Hughes (103 GP) and Seamus . Analyst ............................................................. Ian Perrin in his UW debut. Malone (71 GP). Online: BadgerSportsNetwork.com . Mobile App: iHeartRadio (search WIBA/WTSO) Hockey Contact: Paul Capobianco . Offi ce: 608-263-1983 . Cell: 608-219-6278 . E-mail: phc@athle cs.wisc.edu Athletic Communications Office . University of Wisconsin . Kellner Hall . 1440 Monroe Street . Madison, WI 53711 GAME 23: WISCONSIN VS. OHIO STATE GAME NOTES Weissbach’s two-goal game made him the in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in WISCONSIN HISTORY first freshman to debut with a two-goal Pyeongchang, South Korea. game since Michael Davies tallied twice in As a player, Granato represented Team a 3-0 victory over Northern Michigan on USA in the 1988 Winter Games. He Oct. 6, 2006. Six-Time NCAA Champions also served as an assistant coach for the 1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006 Six freshmen made their collegiate debut’s Americans at the 2014 Olympics. last Sunday against Michigan Tech, includ- Three-Time WCHA Regular-Season Champions ing defensemen Wyatt Kalynuk, Tyler Joining Granato on the bench as an (MacNaughton Cup) Inamoto and Josh Ess, as well as forwards assistant coach will be former UW defen- 1977, 1990, 2000 Linus Weissbach, Tarek Baker and Sean seman Chris Chelios, as well as general 12-Time WCHA Playoff Champions Dhooghe. manager for Team USA Jim Johannson, (Broadmoor Trophy) who played with Granato at Wisconsin 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1988, SPECIAL TEAMS and on the 1988 Olympic team. 1990, 1995, 1998, 2013 Three of the five goals last Sunday in the Granato joins Peter Laviole e, John Garrison, Jack Riley and Herb Brooks on Inaugural Big Ten Tournament Champions UW-MTU game were tallied on the power a short list of coaches who have played 2014 play, with Wisconsin scoring once on two chances and Michigan Tech succeeded in the Olympics for Team USA and later Five-Time Big Ten Champions (unoffi cial) twice on four opportunities. coached the American squad in the (Competed 1969–81) Wisconsin was +15 on special teams last Games. 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978 season, but -9 at even strength. UW is Granato joins Bob Johnson, who guided 82 Badgers in the NHL already +2 at even strength this year. the Americans in 1976, as Wisconsin men’s coaches who have been tabbed to coach 23 Badger Olympians HEY, HAYTON Team USA. 40 Badger All-Americans Goaltender Kyle Hayton joins the Badgers as a graduate transfer from St. Lawrence ALLLEAGUE RETURNS University, where he was named the ECAC The Badgers welcome the return of a pair SOCIAL MEDIA: #BADGERS Goaltender of the Year and a second-team of 2017 Second-Team All-Big Ten skat- . Twitter .................................... @BadgerMHockey All-American in 2016-17. ers in senior defenseman Jake Linhart and . Instagram ................................. BadgerMHockey Hayton, a native of Denver, was one of 10 sophomore forward Trent Frederic, as well . Facebook ................................. wisconsinmenshockey semifinalists for the Mike Richter Award. as a pair of honorable men on All-Big Ten . Snapchat .................................. officialbadgers He started 35 of the Saints’ 37 contests players in junior defenseman Peter Tischke . YouTube .................................. WisconsinBadgers while posting a .929 save percentage and and sophomore goaltender Jack Berry.