Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey

The Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team is the hockey team that represents the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin.

History

On October 8, 1999, the Bulldogs played the Wisconsin Badgers in the first ever Women's WCHA conference game at the Kohl Center in Madison, WI. It was the highest attended game of the season (3,892) and resulted in an 8-0 defeat of the Badgers.^[1]

In 2006, the Wisconsin Badgers became the first team outside of the state of Minnesota to win the Women's Frozen Four championship. Appropriately, the Badgers defeated the defending Frozen Four champions, the Minnesota Golden Gophers by a score of 3-0 at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota.^[2]

Upon graduating from Wisconsin in 2009, Jessie Vetter held the NCAA records for most goalie wins in a carer with 91, most goalie shutouts in one season with 14 (accomplished in 2008-09) and most shutouts in a career with 39. ^[3]

On January 21 and 22, 2011, team captain Meghan Duggan led the top-ranked Badgers with four scoring points in a win and tie at defending national champion Minnesota Duluth. Duggan registered two goals and two assists against the Bulldogs, recorded nine shots on goal and finished with a +4 plus/minus rating in the two games. She led all players with three points in the January 21 win (4-1). She scored the Badgers first goal of the game (it was the first women’s college hockey goal scored at the Bulldogs new AMSOIL Arena). In the second period, she assisted on a power-play tally to give Wisconsin a 3-0 lead. In the final two minutes, she had an empty net goal. The following day, both clubs skated to a 4-4 tie (Wisconsin prevailed 2-1 in the shootout). Duggan assisted on the Badgers’ second goal of the game and extended her current point streak to 22 games, the longest individual point streak in Wisconsin women’s hockey history. On January 21, she broke the previous mark of 20 games set by Meghan Hunter from Oct. 14, 2000 to Jan. 12, 2001. ^[4]

On January 29, 2011, the top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers set an NCAA women's hockey attendance record in their 3-1 defeat of the Minnesota Golden Gophers.^[5] 10,668 attended the game, eclipsing the previous record of NCAA 8,263 set at the outdoor Camp Randall Hockey classic against Bemidji State.^[6]

Season by season results

Records as of April 10, 2011.

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* Johnson took a one year leave to coach the 2010 US Women's Olympic team.

Frozen Four

• Wisconsin appeared in the Frozen Four championships in the following years:

Notable players

Olympians

• The following Badgers players have participated in Olympic Women's hockey.

2010 U.S. Olympic Team

• Meghan Duggan
• Molly Engstrom
• Angie Keseley
• Hilary Knight
• Erika Lawler
• Jessie Vetter
• Kerry Weiland
• Jinelle Zaugg-Siergiej

2010 Canadian Olympic Team

• Carla MacLeod
• Meaghan Mikkelson

Current roster

Awards and honors

• Sara Bauer, Patty Kazmaier Award
• Sara Bauer, 2007 Wisconsin Badgers Big Ten Medal of Honor ^[8]
• Sara Bauer, NCAA Women's Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player (2007)
• Meghan Duggan, 2011 Patty Kazmaier Award winner^[9]
• Meghan Duggan, NCAA Women's Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player (2011)
• Hilary Knight, 2010 WCHA Pre-Season Player of the Year^[10]
• Hilary Knight, NCAA Women's Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player (2011)
• Carla MacLeod, 2007 Wisconsin Badgers Big Ten Medal of Honor
• Meaghan Mikkelson, Top 10 Finalist for 2007 Patty Kazmaier Award ^[11]
• Jessica Ring, 2006 Wisconsin Badgers Big Ten Medal of Honor
• Becca Ruegsegger, 2011 NCAA Elite 88 Award^[12]
• Kyla Sanders, 2010 Frozen Four Skills Competition participant^[13]
• Jessie Vetter, 2009 Bob Allen Women's Ice Hockey Player of the Year (presented by USA Hockey)^[14]
• Jessie Vetter, 2009 Patty Kazmaier Award^[15]
• Jessie Vetter, NCAA Women's Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player (2006, 2009)^[16]

All-Americans

• Brianna Decker, 2011 Second Team All-America
• Meghan Duggan, 2011 First Team All-America
• Hilary Knight, 2011 First Team All-America^[17]

Badger Award

The Badger Award is a team honour that is known as Most Inspirational Player award.

• 2000: Kerry Weiland
• 2001: Jen Mead
• 2002: Kathy Devereaux
• 2003: Sis Paulsen/Katie Temple
• 2004: Molly Engstrom
• 2005: Sharon Cole
• 2006: Sharon Cole
• 2007: Phoebe Monteleone
• 2008: Erika Lawler^[18]
• 2010: Genna Prough

Frozen Four All-Tournament team

Team captains

References