WISCONSIN Men’s Hockey Release Contact: Paul Capobianco Oct. 29, 2007 Offi ce: 608-263-1983 / Cell: 608-219-6278 E-mail: [email protected] 2007–08 SCHEDULE GAMES 5-6: MICHIGAN TECH Record: 3-1-0 Records: Wisconsin Badgers (3-1-0) vs. Michigan Tech Huskies (4-2-0, 3-1-0 WCHA) WCHA Record: 0-0-0 Dates/Times: Fri.-Sat, Nov. 2-3 at 7 p.m. CT Current Streak: Won 2 (2-0-0) Location: Kohl Center (15,237) Live TV: Friday and Saturday on My Madison TV with Last 5: 4-1-0 Paul Braun and Rob Andringa DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Tape-Delay TV: Friday and Saturday on Wisconsin Lefty McFadden Tournament, Dayton, Ohio Public Television with Robb Vogel and Theran Welsh 0 12 vs. #7/8 Notre Dame W, 4-1 (tape delayed at 10:30 p.m.) 0 13 vs. #19/RV Ohio State L, 3-5 Live Stats: UWBADGERS.COM and O 19 RV/RV ROBERT MORRIS W, 7-2 UWBADGERS.COM/MOBILE (for cell phone users) O 20 RV/RV ROBERT MORRIS W, 8-2 Web: Live audio at UWBADGERS.COM. N 2 #13/14 MICHIGAN TECH 7 P.M. Radio: Wisconsin Radio Network (Brian Posick/Bill N 3 #13/14 MICHIGAN TECH 7 P.M. Howard) ... affiliates throughout Wisconsin, including N 9 NORTH DAKOTA 7 P.M. in Madison on WIBA 1310 AM N 10 NORTH DAKOTA 7 P.M. Polls: UW (USA Today: 9/USCHO: 10); Michigan N 16 at Colorado College 8:30 p.m. Tech (14/13) N 17 at Colorado College 8 p.m. Coaches: Wisconsin’s Mike Eaves (6th year: 110- College Hockey Showcase 79-23); Michigan Tech’s Jamie Russell (5th year: N 23 at Michigan 6:30 p.m. 45-94-20) N 24 at Michigan State 6 p.m. Last Meeting: W, 4-0, Excel Energy Center, St. Paul, N 30 ST. CLOUD STATE 7 P.M. Minn. (2007 WCHA Final Five), 3/15/07 D 1 ST. CLOUD STATE 7 P.M. First Meeting: T, 0-0, Houghton, Mich., 12/29/27 D 7 at Minnesota State 7:30 p.m. Series Records: Wisconsin leads 86-43-7 D 8 at Minnesota State 7 p.m. Home: UW leads 53-16-4 Freshman forward Kyle Turris leads the Badger Hockey Showdown nation with 12 points on five goals and D 28 Bowling Green vs. Northeastern 4 p.m. seven assists in just four game. COLGATE 7 P.M. D 29 Colgate vs. BGSU/NU 4 p.m. BGSU/NORTHEASTERN 7 P.M. J 4 COLORADO COLLEGE 7 P.M. J 5 COLORADO COLLEGE 7 P.M. Key Notes to Consider J 11 at Denver 8:30 p.m. J 12 at Denver 8 p.m. Wisconsin is 21-15-2 in WCHA openers, including 10-8-0 at home. Under Mike Eaves, the J 18 at Alaska Anchorage 10:30 p.m. UW is 1-3-1 in WCHA openers. J 19 at Alaska Anchorage 10 p.m. J 25 MINNESOTA 7 P.M. The Badgers have opened WCHA play against Michigan Tech on 10 occasions, more than J 26 MINNESOTA 7 P.M. against any other WCHA team. The UW is 7-3-0 in WCHA openers when playing the Huskies. F 1 MINNESOTA DULUTH 7 P.M. F 2 MINNESOTA DULUTH 7 P.M. The Badgers will be the last WCHA team to open league play when they fi nally skate F 8 at Michigan Tech^ 6 p.m. against Michigan Tech on Friday. The UW, along with Alaska Anchorage, will also be the fi rst F 9 at Michigan Tech^ 4 p.m. team to complete league play, a week before the other eight WCHA squads. F 15 MINNESOTA STATE 7 P.M. F 16 MINNESOTA STATE 8 P.M. The Badgers have taken the season series against Michigan Tech each year since the F 22 at Minnesota 7 p.m. F 23 at Minnesota 7 p.m. 1998–99 season when the teams went 2-2-0 in head-to-head meetings. Last season, the Badgers F 29 at St. Cloud State 7 p.m. went 3-2-0 against the Huskies, winning the rubber match in the play-in game for the 2007 M 1 at St. Cloud State 7 p.m. WCHA Final Five. M 14-16 WCHA First Round (Campus Sites)& M 20-22 WCHA Final Five (St. Paul, Minn.)# Michigan Tech currently sits in a tie for fi rst place in the WCHA with a 3-1-0 mark and M 29-30 NCAA Midwest Regional (Madison, Wis.) six points. The Huskies are tied with 3-1-0 Minnesota Duluth after splitting with then-No. 1 A 10 & 12 NCAA Frozen Four (Denver) North Dakota last weekend at home in Houghton, Mich. * - Overtimes In the UW’s last action on Saturday, Oct. 20 , 14 of the 19 Badgers who played in the ^ - Winter Carnival game were either freshmen (eight) or sophomores (six) . & - WCHA Playoffs # - WCHA Final Five, Xcel Center, St. Paul, Minn. Athletic Communications • University of Wisconsin • Kellner Hall - 1440 Monroe Street - Madison, WI 53711 CURRENT CAREER LEADERS Offensive Notes The Badgers 15 goals on Oct. 19-20 against Robert Morris were the most in a POINTS weekend since scoring 16 against Colorado College on March 12-13, 1993 in the 1. Kyle Klubertanz 10-47=57 WCHA playoffs. 2. Ben Street 23-17=40 The Badgers own a 5.50 goals per game average to rank fi rst in the WCHA and 3. Matthew Ford 17-14=31 second in the nation in scoring. 4. Michael Davies 13-15=28 5. Davis Drewiske 7-17=24 Wisconsin went 8-for-17 on the power play over the Oct. 19-20 weekend, going 4-for-9 and 4-for-8 in the two games. Prior to the weekend, the UW last tallied four power-play goals in a game on Jan. 14, 2006 at Colorado College in a 4-for-6 perfor- GOALS mance. 1. Ben Street 23 Wisconsin’s defensemen have 5-16=21 through four game this season after 2. Matthew Ford 17 posting 10-49=59 all of last season. 3. Michael Davies 13 4. Kyle Klubertanz 10 Nine Badgers registered goals in the UW last weekend of play. Scoring fi rst career goals were defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Brendan Smith, and forwards 5. Davis Drewiske 7 Podge Turnbull and Patrick Johnson. Assists Sophomore Blake Geoffrion produced a goal and four assists on Saturday, Oct. 20 to go with a goal on Friday. His two goals and four points over that weekend tied 1. Kyle Klubertanz 47 his point total from his entire 2006-07 season in one weekend. 2. Davis Drewiske/Ben Street 17 4. Jamie McBain 16 Six Badgers posted at least four points in the UW’s last weekend (Turris - 8; Geoffrion - 6; P. Johnson - 5; Klubertanz - 5; Street - 5; Smith - 4), while four had a 5. Ford/Davies 14 pair of multi-point efforts (Turris, P. Johnson, Klubertanz, Smith) and eight had at least one multi-point game (Turris, Geoffrion, P. Johnson, Klubertanz, Smith, Turn- bull, Davies, Street). GAME-WINNING GOALS 1. Matthew Ford 3 Freshman forward Kyle Turris collected three goals and fi ve assists for an eight- 2. Ben Street 2 point weekend in the UW’s last action to earn WCHA Offensive Player of the Week honors. With 5-7=12 through four games, it appears Turris has the best four-game 3. Gorowsky/Davies/Geoffrion/Grotting/McBain/Bendickson 1 McDonagh/P. Johnson start to a career in school history, one point better than Mark Johnson who began his 1976-77 season with 4-7=11 in his fi rst four contests. GAMES PLAYED Freshman forward Kyle Turris leads the country with 12 points through four games played. His fi ve goals shares second among all players, while his seven assists 1. Kyle Klubertanz 122 rank second in the nation and his four power-play goals are tied for tops in college 2. Davis Drewiske 116 hockey. 3. Matthew Ford 95 Three UW defensemen rank among the top seven league defensemen in scoring 4. Ben Street 88 with freshman Brendan Smith (1-5=6) tied for fi rst, senior Kyle Klubertanz (2-3=5) sharing fourth and senior Davis Drewiske (0-4=4) tied for seventh. Smith’s 1.50 POWER-PLAY GOALS points-per-game average leads all league defensemen. 1. Kyle Klubertanz 8 Wisconsin returns 47 of its 93 goals from last season (50.5 percent) and 128 of 2. Michael Davies 6 its 244 total points (52.5 percent). Both numbers are greater than what the Badgers 3. Matthew Ford/Jamie McBain/Kyle Turris 4 had returning before the start of the 2006–07 campaign. Junior forward Ben Street is the only returning Badger with at least 10 goals dur- SHOTS ON GOAL ing the past two seasons. Sophomore Michael Davies recorded 11 goals last season to 1. Ben Street 245 lead all returners. Only Street (23 goals), Matthew Ford (17 goals) and Davies (13 goals) and Kyle 2. Kyle Klubertanz 181 Klubertanz (10) have scored double fi gures in goals for their careers. 3. Matthew Ford 173 4. Davis Drewiske 118 Defensive Notes 5. Michael Davies 112 On Oct. 19, Wisconsin killed 12 of 13 Robert Morris power plays to tie the school mark for successful penalty kills in a game. The 13 UW penalty kill attempts PENALTIES are second all-time to the 14 penalty kills the Badgers attempted at Michigan Tech on Oct.