This is Wisconsin Women’s Hockey 2011-12 Season Review 2012 WCHA Regular Season Champions WISCONSIN Contact: Ross LaDue WOMEN’S HOCKEY Office: 608-262-2255 / Cell: 608-279-8641 2011-12 Season Review E-mail: [email protected] Key notes to consider 2011-12 SCHEDULE/RESULTS u After nearly duplicating last year’s success in the WCHA regular season, Wisconsin Record: 33-5-2 (33-5-2, 23-3-2-1 WCHA) fell in the 2012 Frozen Four final to Minnesota by a score of WCHA: 23-3-2-1 4-2. DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Sept. 23 LINDENWOOD W, 11-0 u Brianna Decker was named the 15th recipient of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Sept. 25 LINDENWOOD W, 13-0 Award. She is the fourth Badger to win the award, joining Sara Bauer (2006), Jessie Oct. 8 No. 6 NORTH DAKOTA* W, 5-2 Vetter (2009) and Meghan Duggan (2011). It also marks the third award in four years to Oct. 9 No. 6 NORTH DAKOTA* W, 3-2 (OT) go to Wisconsin. Oct. 14 No. 3 MINNESOTA* W, 3-2 Oct. 16 No. 3 MINNESOTA* L, 2-3 u Wisconsin played in its sixth national title game, and has an all-time record of 4-2 in Oct. 21 at No. 5/6 Minnesota Duluth* W, 4-3 Frozen Four finals. The Badgers have played for the national championship six out of the Oct. 22 at No. 5/6 Minnesota Duluth* W, 6-3 past seven years. Oct. 28 No. 4/5 BOSTON UNIVERSITY W, 3-0 u Hilary Knight ended her storied career at UW as the program’s points leader with Oct. 29 No. 4/5 BOSTON UNIVERSITY W, 6-1 262 points. Her 161 goals is also the most scored by a single Badger in the both men’s and Nov. 4 at Ohio State* W, 3-1 women’s hockey at Wisconsin. Nov. 5 at Ohio State* W, 2-0 Nov. 18 at Rensselaer W, 4-3 Last time out: 2012 Frozen Four Nov. 19 at Rensselaer W, 8-2 u The Badgers and Gophers scored a combined five goals in the first period to open Nov. 25 ST. CLOUD State* W, 5-0 the 2012 national championship game. Wisconsin was on the short end of the opening Nov. 27 ST. CLOUD State* W, 6-1 frame and started the second period with a 3-2 deficit. Both team's defenses buckled- Dec. 2 at Minnesota State* W, 4-0 down in the second as neither team could find the back of the net. In the third period the Dec. 3 at Minnesota State* W, 5-1 Badgers out-shot the Gophers 20-9. However, Minnesota would be the one to tally a goal, Dec. 9 at No. 7 Bemidji State* W, 3-1 as the Gophers went on to win their third national championship with a 4-2 win over the Dec. 10 at No. 7 Bemidji State* W, 6-1 Badgers. Jan. 6 at No. 2 Minnesota* T, 3-3 (1-0) Jan. 7 at No. 2 Minnesota* L, 0-1 u After a 2-0 deficit, Stefanie McKeough scored on the power play to start a mid- Jan. 14 at No. 6 North Dakota* W, 8-2 period rally for the Badgers. Brooke Ammerman scored a tying goal less than two minutes Jan. 15 at No. 6 North Dakota* T, 4-4 (2-1) later to bring the score to 2-2. However, a late period breakaway would lead to the Jan. 20 No. 8 MINNESOTA DULUTH* W, 2-0 Gophers drawing a penalty shot and Emily West scored the go-ahead goal to make it 3-2. Jan. 21 No. 8 MINNESOTA DULUTH* W, 4-3 (OT) Alex Rigsby made 21-of-25 stops in the game. Jan. 27 BEMIDJI State* W, 3-2 (OT) u Jan. 28 BEMIDJI State* W, 1-0 In the semifinal versus Boston College, Wisconsin used five unanswered goals to Feb. 3 MINNESOTA State* W, 5-2 defeat BC by a score of 6-2. The Eagles opened the scoring within the first minute of the game, but Brittany Ammerman and Carolyne Prévost responded for the Badgers, Feb. 5 MINNESOTA State* W, 6-0 both scoring before the end of the period making it 2-1 UW. Prévost’s goal was her first Feb. 10 at St. Cloud State* W, 5-0 shorthanded goal of the season and the Badgers’ 10th. Hilary Knight scored twice and Feb. 11 at St. Cloud State* W, 6-2 Brittany Ammerman tallied another giving her two for the evening. A total of 10 Badgers Feb. 17 OHIO State* W, 7-1 recorded a point in the contest and Alex Rigsby made 22 saves. Feb. 18 OHIO State* L, 2-4 Feb. 24 Minnesota State # W, 7-0 Frozen Four notes Feb. 25 Minnesota State # W, 4-0 u Four Frozen Four records were updated in the two games that Wisconsin March 2 Minnesota Duluth % L, 1-3 participated in while at the 2012 Frozen Four in Duluth, Minn. March 10 No. 6 MERCYHURST ^ W, 3-1 March 16 No. 4 Boston College $ W, 6-2 u In the first game against Boston College, BC’s Emily Field scored the third fastest March 18 No. 2 Minnesota $ L, 2-4 goal to open a game, scoring at the 57 second mark. The Badgers ended up beating Boston College by a score of 6-2, which made Wisconsin the fourth team to score six goals in a All times Central. Home games in BOLD CAPS played at the Kohl Center. single game, just one less than the record. * Denotes Western Collegiate Hockey Association game # WCHA First Round Playoffs (Eagles Nest, Verona, Wis.) u In the final against Minnesota, a combined five goals were scored in the first period, % WCHA Final Face-Off (Duluth, Minn.) breaking the record for most combined goals scored in a single period in the national ^ NCAA Quarterfinal (Madison, Wis.) championship game. $ NCAA Frozen Four (Duluth, Minn.) u Minnesota’s penalty-shot goal was also the first penalty shot in a national championship game, which also became the first game-winning goal in a final to be scored off a penalty shot. Athletic Communications Office • University of Wisconsin • Kellner Hall • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, WI 53711 u The six goals scored by the Badgers was the most scored by a Wisconsin team at a 2011-12 WCHA STANDINGS Frozen Four. The previous mark by the Badgers was five goals in both the semifinal and WCHA Overall final of the 2009 Frozen Four in Boston. Team Pts W-L-T-SW GP GF-GA W-L-T GF-GA 1 Wisconsin 72 23-3-2-1 28 113-44 33-5-2 181-60 u The win against BC also marked the Badgers 10th all-time win at the NCAA Women’s 2 Minnesota 66 21-5-2-1 28 113-43 34-5-2 181-54 Frozen Four. 3 North Dakota 53 16-9-3-2 28 116-75 22-12-3 156-94 4 Minn. Duluth 47 15-12-1-1 28 91-61 21-14-1 121-79 Decker wins Patty Kaz 5 Ohio State 41 13-14-1-1 28 75-96 16-16-4 99-115 u Junior forward Brianna Decker became the fourth Badger to receive the Patty 6 Bemidji State 35 11-15-2-0 28 70-73 17-17-3 101-85 Kazmaier Memorial Award. Sara Bauer was Wisconsin’s first honoree in 2006, Jessie 7 St. Cloud State 12 4-24-0-0 28 32-150 5-29-2 44-177 Vetter took home the award in 2009 and Meghan Duggan won last year in 2011. 8 Minn. State 10 3-24-1-0 28 37-105 7-28-1 64-133 u Decker finished the season tied with Jocelyne Lamoureux for the national points USCHO.COM DIV. I WOMEN’S POLL leader at 82 points (37G, 45A). Her 37 goals also led the nation, marking back-to-back March 19, 2012 years where a Wisconsin forward has led the nation in goals. Rk Team (1st place) Record Pts Last Rank 1 Minnesota (15) 34- 5-2 150 2 u For the sixth time, Wisconsin had a multiple student-athletes among the top-10 2 Wisconsin 33- 5-2 135 1 finalists for the award, as Hilary Knight was named a top-10 finalist for the third time in 3 Cornell 30- 5-0 119 3 her career (2009, 2011, 2012). Goaltender Alex Rigsby also received attention as a nomiee 4 Boston College 24-10-3 102 4 for this year’s award. 5 Boston University 23-14-1 79 5 6 North Dakota 22-12-3 72 6 Knight rewrites UW’s record book 7 St. Lawrence 24-10-4 55 7 u Hilary Knight’s name will remain in the UW record book for a long time to come. 8 Mercyhurst 23- 8-3 54 8 Knight owns eight separate career records: points (262), goals (161), game-winning goals 9 Northeastern 22- 7-4 28 9 (30), power-play goals (37), short-handed goals (8), shots (986), plus/minus (+167) and 10 Minnesota Duluth 21-14-1 20 10 hat tricks (9). Also receiving votes: Harvard 9, Providence 2. u She is also the only player in program history to score five goals in a single game, USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY POLL doing so on Sept. 27, 2008 against Quinnipiac. March 20, 2012 Rk Team (1st place) Pts Last Rank Record u Additionally, Knight owns four single-season records: goals (47 in 2010-11), power- 1 Minnesota (19) 190 2 34- 5-2 play goals (16 in 2008-09), short-handed goals (4 in 2011-12), and shots (311 in 2011-12).