WISCONSIN MEN’S HOCKEY 6 NCAA Championships . 16 Conference Championships . 39 All-Americans . 23 Olympians . 78 Badgers in the NHL Feb. 9, 2015 GAMES 25-26: WISCONSIN VS. OHIO STATE 2014–15 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Games 25-26 ................Wisconsin Badgers vs Ohio State (7-15-2, 2-8-0-0 Big Ten) Record: 2-18-4 Dates ......................................Friday-Saturday, Feb. 13-14 | 5:30/6 p.m. CT Big Ten Record: 0-8-2-2 Location .................................Columbus, Ohio | Schottenstein Center (17,500) Ice Surface ............................ 200’ x 85’ Date Opponent Time/Result TV ...............................................Friday: BTN - Dan Kelly, Blake Geoffrion and Lisa Byington; Kendall Hockey Classic, Anchorage, Alaska ....................................................Saturday: ASN - Sam Smith and Joel Goldberg Oct. 10 Alaska L, 0-1 Radio ......................................WIBA AM 1310 — Brian Posick (Play-by-play) and Paul Capobianco (Analyst) Oct 11 at Alaska Anchorage L, 2-4 Video Stream........................ BTN2Go.com/BTN2Go app Oct. 17 vs. Northern Michigan^ L, 0-2 Audio Stream........................ Badgersportsnetwork.com (Free) Oct. 18 vs. Northern Michigan^ L, 1-4 Live Coverage ...................... Live Gameday Blog at UWBadgers.com NOV. 7 #2 NORTH DAKOTA L, 3-4 Social Media ........................ twitter.com/BadgerMHockey | facebook.com/Wisconsinmenshockey NOV. 8 #2 NORTH DAKOTA L, 1-5 All-Time Series ....................UW leads 13-3-0 (leads 4-1-0 in Columbus, Ohio) Nov. 21 at Colorado College L, 2-5 Head Coaches ...................... UW: Mike Eaves (13th season - 257-198-57); Nov. 22 at #10 Denver L, 2-3 ................................................. OSU: Steve Rohlik (2nd season - 25-29-7) NOV. 28 RV FERRIS STATE T, 1-1 (OT) NOV. 29 RV FERRIS STATE W, 5-3 OSU Last Meeting: W, 5-4 (OT) -- The Badgers overcame a 4-2 deficit in the third period to force overtime, then won on DEC. 5 RV PENN STATE L, 2-5 a Mark Zengerle score 7:48 into the first overtime to capture the 2014 Big Ten Tournament at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, DEC. 6 RV PENN STATE L, 2-4 Minnesota. Joel Rumpel made 28 saves in the win. Morgan Zulinick had a goal and an assist in the victory, while Zengerle DEC. 12 U.S. UNDER-18 TEAM (Ex) L, 1-4 potted a goal and two assists. JAN. 2 #5 MICHIGAN TECH L, 1-8 JAN. 3 #5 MICHIGAN TECH W, 2-0 OSU Series Notes: The teams meet for the 17th and 18th times, but just the third and fourth times at Schottenstein Center, JAN. 9 #2 BOSTON UNIVERSITY T, 3-3 (OT) and the sixth and seventh in Columbus, Ohio ... OSU junior forward Tyler Lundey is a Middleton, Wisconsin native, who had JAN. 10 #2 BOSTON UNIVERSITY L, 1-6 a goal and an assist last season in OSU’s 2-1 win over the Badgers in Columbus (2/14/14) ... Ohio State head coach Steve Jan. 16 at #13/16 Minnesota T, 2-2 (2-1 SO) Rohlik was two-time team captain for the Badgers, including the 1990 NCAA championship team. Rohlik had 34 goals and Jan. 17 at #13/16 Minnesota L, 2-5 81 points in 166 games at UW ... UW head coach Mike Eaves spent two years living in Columbus, Ohio, when his dad, Cecil, JAN. 23 #16/RV MICHIGAN L, 4-7 worked on his PhD at Ohio State ... Eaves was a paper boy in the area while there in fi fth and sixth grade JAN. 24 #16/RV MICHIGAN L, 0-6 JAN. 30 RV MINNESOTA L, 5-7 Key Notes to Consider JAN. 31 RV MINNESOTA T, 4-4 (3-2 SO) Wisconsin (2-18-4, 0-6-2-2 Big Ten) takes a trip to Ohio State (7-15-2, 2-8-0-0 Big Feb. 6 at RV Penn State L, 2-5 Ten) looking for its fi rst victory since Jan. 3, as well as its fi rst road win and fi rst Big Ten Feb. 7 at RV Penn State L, 1-4 victory of the season. Feb. 13 at Ohio State 5:30 p.m. Friday’s game airs on BTN, with Saturday’s game on ASN. Feb. 14 at Ohio State 6 p.m. FEB. 20 MICHIGAN STATE 8 p.m. Wisconsin’s women’s hockey team will also spend the weekend at Ohio State, FEB. 21 MICHIGAN STATE 7 p.m. skating against the Buckeyes on Friday at 5 p.m. CT and Saturday at 3 p.m. CT at OSU Ice Feb. 27 at Michigan 6:30 p.m. Arena. Feb. 28 at Michigan 3 p.m. March 6 at Michigan State 6 p.m. Wisconsin was swept on the road last weekend at Penn State, falling 5-2 and 4-1 to March 7 at Michigan State 6 p.m. the Nittany Lions. UW held a 2-1 lead last Friday, before PSU’s tallied four unanswered, MARCH 13 OHIO STATE 7 p.m. including and empty-net goal to seal the contest. Saturday’s game was 2-1 in the third, MARCH 14 OHIO STATE 6 p.m. but after what would have been the tying goal by UW’s Aidan Cavallini was waived off March 19-21 Big Ten Tournament, Detroit because it was touched with a high stick, PSU responded shortly after to make a 3-1 game March 27-29 NCAA Regionals in a 4-1 fi nal. April 9 & 11 NCAA Frozen Four UW has played 14-straight games against teams currently owning winning records and 17 consecutive games against teams with a winning record at the time of the contest. Home games listed in CAPS. Wisconsin’s games this weekend against Ohio State mark the second and third All times are Central. games the entire season that UW’s opponent has a losing record entering the game. The ^ -- Road game at Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis. only other time that has happed this season was UW’s game Nov. 21 at Colorado College, which was 2-7-0 at the time of the contest. UW lost that game, 5-2. UW opponents are a combined 352-226-63 (.598) this season, with 19 of UW’s 24 games taking place against teams currently with a .500 or better record. Wisconsin’s freshmen have accounted for the team’s last four goals, including three by Cameron Hughes (Edmonton, Alberta) and one by Adam Rockwood (Coquitlam, British Columbia). UW rookies have scored fi ve of its last seven goals and six of its last nine tallies, with Hughes, Rockwood, Ryan Wagner (Park Ridge, Illinois) and Jack Dough- erty (Cottage Grove, Minnesota) each contributing. Wisconsin’s large freshmen class appear to be coming into their own on the offensive end of the ice. After accounting for 12 of 24 points the team posted against Minnesota (4 goals, 8 assists), UW’s rookies had four of UW’s eight points at Penn State last weekend. Men’s Hockey Contact: Paul Capobianco . Offi ce: 608-263-1983 . Cell: 608-219-6278 . E-mail: [email protected] Athletic Communications Office . University of Wisconsin . Kellner Hall . 1440 Monroe Street . Madison, WI 53711 UW’s freshmen are averaging 2.46 points per game, which ranks seventh in the WISCONSIN BADGERS’ HISTORY nation. Boston University leads with a 3.62 points-per-game scoring average. Six-Time NCAA Champions The Badgers fi red a season-high 37 shots on goal against Penn State last Friday, eclips- 1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006 ing the 33 shots it had against Boston University on Jan. 10. Three-Time WCHA Regular-Season Champions UW has two games of over 30 shots in its last four contests after having two in its (MacNaughton Cup) fi rst 20 contests and none in the fi rst 14 games. 1977, 1990, 2000 UW, which had scored just two fi rst-period goals through its fi rst 18 games, has eight 12-Time WCHA Playoff Champions fi rst-period goals over its last six contests. The Badgers scored two fi rst-period goals last (Broadmoor Trophy) weekend at Penn State. 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1998, 2013 UW led 2-1 after the fi rst period last Friday at Penn State, marking the third time this Inaugural Big Ten Tournament Champions season UW lead after one period. It was also the third time in as many Fridays as UW did 2014 it for the fi rst time this season on Friday, Jan. 23 against Michigan, then against on Friday, Jan. 30 against Minnesota. Five-Time Big Ten Champions (unoffi cial) (Competed 1969–81) Sophomore Grant Besse (Plymouth, Minnesota) has a four-game point-scoring streak, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978 tying for the longest of his career and tying the second-longest point streak of the season for 78 Badgers in the NHL the Badgers. Besse has two goals and three assists for fi ve points in his current streak. Besse, who has points in seven of his last eight outings, leads the Badgers with nine 23 Badger Olympians goals and 18 points in 24 games this season. Besse had eight goals and 14 points in 36 39 Badger All-Americans games played as a freshman. Freshman forward Cameron Hughes (Edmonton, Alberta) tallied his fi rst career goal in the third period on Saturday, Jan. 31 against Minnesota. He then scored a pair of goals 2014–15 QUICK FACTS in the fi rst period at Penn State last Friday, giving him three consecutive goals scored by Wisconsin. The rookie, who has climbed to fourth on UW’s scoring chart with three goals and 10 Location: Madison, WI 53711 points in 23 games played, was injured in the third period of that same game at Penn State Population: 240,323 last Friday and did not play last Saturday in the series fi nale.