WISCONSIN Contact: Jacqueline Boscacci WOMEN’S HOCKEY Offi ce: 608-265-3545 / Cell: 608-279-8653 September 28, 2009 E-mail: [email protected] 2009 SCHEDULE/RESULTS WISCONSIN NORTH DAKOTA DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 0-0-0, 0-0-0 WCHA vs. 1-1-0, 0-0-0 WCHA 9/2 NORTH DAKOTA 7:07 PM 9/3 NORTH DAKOTA 7:07 PM 9/10 Bemidji State 7:07 pm 9/11 Bemidji State 4:07 pm Kohl Center- Madison, Wis.- Friday, Oct. 2 • 7 p.m & Saturday, Oct. 3 • 7 p.m. CT 9/23 OHIO STATE 7:07 PM Live stats and stream: UWBadgers.com 9/23 OHIO STATE 7:07 PM 9/30 MINNESOTA 2:07 PM 10/1 MINNESOTA 2:07 PM WHAT’S AHEAD 10/6 ROBERT MORRIS 2:07 PM 10/7 ROBERT MORRIS 2:07 PM The Wisconsin women’s hockey team opens the season with league play against North 10/12 WAYNE STATE 7:07 PM Dakota on Oct. 2-3 at the Kohl Center. The season-opener will also be the unveiling of the 10/13 WAYNE STATE 2:07 pm 2009 national championship banner, as the Badgers look to make its fifth consecutive 10/20 St. Cloud State 2:07 pm trip to the NCAA Tournament. Wisconsin is 8-2 in when opening the season and 6-4 in 10/21 St. Cloud State 2:07 pm 10/27 Providence College 7:00 pm conference openers. 10/28 Providence College 7:00 pm 12/4 MINNESOTA DULUTH 2:07 PM LAST TIME OUT 12/6 MINNESOTA DULUTH 2:07 PM The Badgers swept North Dakota with a 7-2 victory in its last matchup of the 2008- 12/11 Minnesota State 7:07 pm 09 season in front of a season-high crowd of 2,983 at the Kohl Center. 12/12 Minnesota State 3:07 pm 1/5 TEAM USA* 7:07 PM Wisconsin opened the game with three goals in the first period. North Dakota 1/8 North Dakota 7:37 pm responded early in the second period with its first goal, but UW quickly posted two more 1/9 North Dakota 7:37 pm to make it 5-1 by the end of the second. The Badgers expanded their lead to 7-1 within 1/16 Minnesota Duluth 7:07 pm 1/17 Minnesota Duluth 4:07 pm the first half of the third period, and UND found the net again late in the third to seal 1/22 ST. CLOUD STATE 2:07 PM off scoring at 7-2. Seven different Badgers scored as UW outshot UND 32-27, while both 1/23 ST. CLOUD STATE 2:07 PM Jessie Vetter and Stephanie Ney recorded 25 saves. 1/29 Ohio State 7:07 pm 1/30 Ohio State 3:07 pm 2/6 BEMIDJI STATE 2 PM BADGER NOTES 2/7 BEMIDJI STATE 2:07PM The 2009 national champions look to repeat in the 2009-10 season. With head coach 2/12 MINNESOTA STATE 2:07PM Mark Johnson taking a year off to guide the 2010 U.S. Olympic Team, assistant coach 2/14 MINNESOTA STATE 2:07PM 2/19-20 Minnesota 6:07/4:07pm Tracey DeKeyser will step in to lead the defending champs. 2/26-28 WCHA Playoffs Campus Sites DeKeyser is no stranger to the program, she has been with UW since its inception 3/6-7 WCHA Tourn. Minneapolis and has been at the helm of the program twice before as a co-coach with former assis- 3/12-14 NCAA Quarterfinals Campus Sites tant Dan Koch. DeKeyser will enlist in the help of UW alums, Peter Johnson and Jackie 3/19/21 NCAA Frozen Four Minneapolis * indicates exhibition game; red indicates the Culver’s Friesen, to assist the Badgers in the 2009-10 season. Camp Randall Hockey Classic; All times are local to site Three seniors will lead the UW squad, Jasmine Giles will be the team captain and will 2009 QUICK FACTS be assisted by Kyla Sanders and Emily Kranz. All three Badgers are first-time captains but 2009 Overall Record 0-0-0 have plenty of experience, suiting up for every game in their three-year career. 2008 Overall Record 34-2-5 With it being an Olympic year, junior Hilary Knight and senior Meghan Duggan will 2008 WCHA Record/Finish 21-2-5/2nd sit out a season to train for the 2010 Olympic Team. Knight led the nation in goals and points while setting three new UW season records with 83 points, 45 goals and 16 power- All-time record 272-73-31 play goals in her sophomore campaign. The reigning WCHA Player of the Year and first- NCAA tournament appearances 5 team All-American had 24 multi-point games and finished the season ranked 10th in UW’s NCAA tournament record 11-2-0 career points list with two years of eligibility remaining. Letterwinners Returning/Lost 15/8 Duggan, a third-team All-WCHA selection and 2008-09 assistant captain, became Head Coach Mark Johnson Wisconsin’s all-time NCAA tournament points leader totaling three goals and 11 assists in Career Record/Years 210-39-22/7 seasons her last three appearances. Interim Head Coach Tracey DeKeyser In preparation for the Olympics, USA Hockey hosted a National Festival Camp, which Assistant Coach Peter Johnson included 11 former and current Badgers on the 41-player roster. Included on the ros- Assistant Coach Jackie Friesen ter were current student-athletes, Duggan, Knight, sophomore Brooke Ammerman and incoming freshman Brianna Decker. National Championships: 3 (2006, 2007, 2009) NCAA Appearances: 5 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) NCAA Frozen Four Appearances: 4 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) WCHA Regular Season Championships: 2 (2006, 2007) The Kelter twins, Alev and Derya, come to UW as multi-sport THE MATCHUP athletes. They signed with soccer, which means they will miss at Wisconsin vs. North Dakota least one month of hockey competition before being eligible to play. The UW schedule is highlighted by the first-ever women’s out- Wisconsin 2008-09 Statistics UND 2008-09 Statistics Overall Record. .34-2-5 Overall Record. .13-19-4 door game. Wisconsin will host Bemidji State out on Camp Randall WCHA Record . .21-2-5 WCHA Record . .9-16-3 Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 6. Wisconsin will also go up against Home Record. .18-0-2 Home Record. .7-7-2 two teams from the NCAA Frozen Four, Minnesota and Minnesota- Road Record . .8-2-3 Road Record . 5-12-1 Duluth. Wisconsin will also host an exhibition game against Neutral Record . .8-0-0 Neutral Record . .1-0-1 Johnson’s Team USA on Jan. 5 at the Kohl Center. Goals/Game . 5.0 Goals/Game . 2.3 Goals Allowed/Game. 1.3 Goals Allowed/Game. 3.3 Shots/Game . 36.1 Shots/Game . 28.0 SCOUTING THE OPPONENT Shots Allowed/Game. 21.8 Shots Allowed/Game. 31.6 Power Play. 30 % (67-219) Power Play. 10.3 % (24-232) North Dakota (1-1-0) Penalty Kill . 93.3 % (182-195) Penalty Kill . 80.5 % (161-200) North Dakota was picked to finish sixth in the WCHA preseason USCHO.com Poll . 1 coaches’ poll. Last season the Fighting Sioux finished tied for fifth in USA Today/USA Hockey . 1 the conference with a 9-16-3 WCHA record. Returning Leading Scorers: Returning Leading Scorers: Alyssa Wiebe, So., F, 13-15=28 UND enters the weekend after a series split with Manitoba. Brooke Ammerman, So., F, Sara Dagenais, So., F, 10-9=19 The Fighting Sioux started the season with a 3-1 win at the Ralph 27-27=54 Kelly Lewis, Jr. D, 7-12=19 Engelstad Arena before dropping a 3-2 decision the following night. Jasmine Giles, Sr., F, 16-29=45 Mallory Deluce, Jr., F, 12-20=32 Returning Top Goalies: Stephanie Roy had a goal and two assists over the weekend as Brittany Kirkham, Sr.., 7-9-3, the Sioux played without returning leading scorers Alyssa Wiebe and Returning Goalie: 3.15 GAA, .892 save %, 1 SO Kelly Lewis the opening night due to the WCHA All-Star game. Five Alannah McCready, So., 1-0-0, Stephanie Ney, So., 6-10-1, different Sioux scored over the weekend. 0.00 GAA, .909 save %, 0 SO 3.10 GAA, .907 save %, 2 SO Newcomers and former Minnesota Gophers, Monique and Head Coach: Tracey DeKeyser Head Coach: Brian Idalski Jocelyne Lamoureux, will sit the season out while competing with the U.S. National Team. Beyond losing Knight and Duggan, Wisconsin graduated six seniors from last year’s title squad that no doubt made a presence ABOUT THE SERIES in the Badger lines. The class of 2009 brought home three NCAA The Badgers have never dropped or tied a game to the Fighting titles in four years, while tallying the most wins in the NCAA since Sioux. In 24 matchups, UW has won all of them. UW outscored 2005-06 with 135. North Dakota 22-9 last season. The Badgers return six forwards that scored over 20 points last season; Brooke Ammerman, Jasmine Giles, Mallory Deluce, BADGERS PICKED AS PRESEASON FAVORITES Kyla Sanders, Carolyne Prevost and Kelly Nash. The defending national champions are the coaches’ preseason Ammerman, a WCHA All-Rookie and Third-Team selection, pick to win the WCHA women’s title. earned a spot on the WCHA Final Face-off All-Tournament Team The Badgers collected six first-place votes and 48 points in a and led UW in shot percentage.