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@BadgerExtra sports reporter @madisondotcom & @wistatejournal with a focus on hockey. Editor emeritus @USCHO . Once defeated a future NFL player in badminton.
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Mike Hastings led Minnesota State to a 12-win improvement and the NCAA Tournament in his first year at Minnesota State. Ahead of Hastings' start with the
#Badgers
, I asked players and coaches from that team how it happened.
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The tradition of an emergency vehicle escort back to campus for the
#Badgers
hockey team after winning a national championship continues early this morning. Here's what
@BadgerWHockey
has waiting at the airport.
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Final at the Kohl Center: Wisconsin 2, Michigan 1
A brawl has broken out after the final horn but the Badgers have won six in a row for the first time in nearly 10 years. The record: 9-1 (4-0 B1G).
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Cole Caufield has told
#Badgers
coach Tony Granato that he's planning on returning for a second season at Wisconsin. Story:
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Laval Rocket coach Joël Bouchard says Cole Caufield watched the Hobey Baker show in the coach's office before the game, then he went out and scored twice in a big day for him: "I think he's going to sleep well tonight. He did really well."
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Final in Houghton: Wisconsin 5, No. 17 Michigan Tech 2
The Badgers are 5-1 for the first time in 19 seasons. Up next: the B1G opener at No. 1 Minnesota on Thursday and Friday.
Interested yet?
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Gee, I wonder why Wisconsin is backing
@CanadiensMTL
.
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Cole Caufield and Joel Armia from
@CanadiensMTL
are practicing with
@BadgerMHockey
today. They're out of COVID quarantine after testing positive during a road trip but have to wait a few more days to return to Canada.
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No great surprise here: Cole Caufield was named the Jim Johannson College Player of the Year by USA Hockey.
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Some context for what
@BadgerMHockey
has done in the last 3 weeks:
UW had never before played 4 consecutive games against top-5 teams and won them all.
UW had never before played 6 consecutive games against ranked teams and won them all.
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Cole Caufield wins the 2021 Hobey Baker Award. He's the second
#Badgers
player to win it, joining Blake Geoffrion (2010).
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I'm hearing that the Big Ten will announce its 2020-21 men's hockey scheduling framework this afternoon. Expecting a November start and a full league season.
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Maddie Posick's sister played
@brian_posick
's call of her first
#Badgers
goal for her after the game. "I was just overwhelmed with emotions," she said. "I just teared up right away. I couldn't even look at the video; I just had to hear his voice."
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Final in Duluth:
#Badgers
1, Ohio State 0
Wisconsin is the first team to win seven NCAA championships.
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I believe this is a first for NCAA women's hockey: The NCAA Tournament selection show is on TV instead of only on a webcast. A half-hour show starts at 8 p.m. CT Sunday on ESPNews.
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Yes, that is a UND Fighting Sioux flag on College GameDay in Madison.
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Jack Berry was supposed to get a farewell start on Senior Night.
#Badgers
coach Tony Granato called what the goalie did instead a "sensational gesture." ⬇️
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Christian Fitzgerald scores in overtime and Wisconsin beats Michigan 6-5 after trailing four times.
The Badgers are the first team in the country to reach 20 wins for the season.
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#Badgers
AD Barry Alvarez tells the Athletic Board that it looks like the B1G men's basketball tournament will move from Chicago to Indianapolis and teams that make the NCAA tournament will just stay there afterward.
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Cole Caufield will be the fifth to play in
@NCAAIceHockey
and in the Stanley Cup Final in the same season. What a run for the former
@BadgerMHockey
star.
(Two of the other four also played for the
#Badgers
.)
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Looks like the first two levels at the Kohl Center are full for tonight's Badgers men's hockey game. They only open the third level once that happens.
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The Wisconsin men's hockey team set a record for the longest stretch between stints at No. 1 in the
@USCHO
poll and tied the fastest climb from unranked to the top. The details are here on both Badgers hockey teams being at No. 1.
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The Cole Caufield Hat Trick: Hobey Baker Award, first pro game, first pro goal so far tonight.
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Final: Wisconsin 6, Ohio State 1
It's a sweep for the Badgers, who have reached 18 points one-third of the way through the B1G season. They finished in last place last season with 18 points.
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Cole Caufield says he got a text tonight from Blake Geoffrion, the only other
#Badgers
player to win the Hobey: "It's a special group to be a part of. I thought it was really special for him to reach out. It means a lot to me."
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Final at Mariucci: No. 14 Wisconsin 5, No. 1 Minnesota 2
Is it a signature opening-month victory for Mike Hastings with the Badgers? Time will tell. But it was a comprehensive effort.
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Joël Bouchard says
#Badgers
coaches should be proud of how Cole Caufield has developed in the last two seasons: "I've got to tip my hat to Wisconsin and Tony Granato."
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This tweet apparently didn't send yesterday, but here's
@BadgerMHockey
getting physical in a small-area drill.
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Here's new
#Badgers
men's hockey coach Mike Hastings making his entrance at the Kohl Center.
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Kyle McClellan is the first Wisconsin player to win the Mike Richter Award as the top goalie in Division I men's hockey. The award's namesake, a former Badgers goalie, presented him the award.
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Big stick taps today for
@brian_posick
, who not only called both the
@BadgerWHockey
and
@BadgerMHockey
games for TV, he was emcee of the Mark Johnson jersey retirement ceremony in between. Hope
#Badgers
fans know how good they have it in the play-by-play category.
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Final at Mariucci: No. 14 Wisconsin 3, No. 1 Minnesota 2
Simon Tassy's second goal of the game with 2:31 remaining gives the Badgers only their fifth sweep ever at Mariucci. More to come at
@BadgerExtra
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Since we all missed out on a bucket of mayo being dumped on Paul Chryst's head after the
@DukesMayoBowl
, here's a State Journal simulation of what that would have looked like.
Also, why you don't try to dump mayo on someone's head, I guess.
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#Badgers
coach Tony Granato said defenseman K'Andre Miller and the Rangers have talked. A decision on whether he'll sign is expected soon. I've heard talk that Miller could finish the season with Hartford in the AHL.
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Tony Granato said he will begin treatment for Non-Hodgkin lymphoma this week.
It goes without saying that thousands of people around Madison and the hockey community will be pulling for the former Badgers coach and player.
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Thanks to
@badeutsch
and
@GopherHockey
for remembering our friend Rob this weekend. A classy gesture from classy people. Rob would have loved this Border Battle series between the top two teams in the B1G.
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An incredibly sad piece of news tonight: Former
#Badgers
men's hockey player and broadcaster Rob Andringa has passed away.
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Final at the Kohl Center: No. 5 Wisconsin 5, No. 4 Michigan 4
Goals 29 seconds apart by Simon Tassy and Owen Lindmark late in the third period turned a deficit into a lead. The record: 8-1 (3-0 B1G).
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The Badgers are 7-1 after completing a road sweep of No. 1 Minnesota. The early story is here:
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Cole Caufield is the sixth player to win the
@HobeyBakerAward
and play in the
#StanleyCup
playoffs in the same season.
The only other to get past the second round was Neal Broten, the first Hobey winner in 1981. His North Stars lost to the Islanders in the final.
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Covering my 25th straight Men's Frozen Four, which reminds me of two things:
1. I'm not as young as that 21-year-old kid who was in Anaheim in 1999.
2. I'm the luckiest guy ever.
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Did the linesman's interpretation of things change over time? His hearing was enough to kick the player out of the game but it wasn't solid enough to go beyond that?
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Here's the video of Mark Johnson talking about the 1980 Olympics earlier today. It should be cued up to when that answer starts, but if not, it's at 7:37.
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Final: Wisconsin 3, Colgate 1
The Badgers survive a late push by the Raiders to advance to the title game for the second straight year. It's Wisconsin vs. Ohio State again for the title on Sunday.
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Final: The
#Badgers
win their fifth national championship and first since 2011 with a 2-0 victory over Minnesota.
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The Badgers men's hockey team was 2-8 through 10 games last season. Wisconsin is 9-1 after completing a sweep of Michigan on Saturday. Here's more on how UW has got to this point by winning different kinds of games.
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The
#Badgers
defeat No. 20 Notre Dame 5-3 to earn their first true road sweep in their last 25 tries dating to Feb. 3-4, 2017.
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Cole Caufield (3-1-4 in 2 GP) is the Big Ten's first star for the second straight week and the third time in the last six weeks. It's the
#Badgers
sophomore's fourth first-star award of the season.
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USA Hockey will announce its plans for hosting the IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championship this summer on Monday. From what I'm hearing, it'll be split between LaBahn Arena in Madison and Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena in Middleton.
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#Badgers
' Cole Caufield (player of the year), Ty Emberson (defensive player of the year) and Tony Granato (coach of the year) are among the finalists for Big Ten individual awards.
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The announced attendance for the
#Badgers
men's hockey home opener is 5,703. Tough night to draw people after a home football game earlier in the day but I think it's obvious there's a lot of work to be done to build back the fan base.
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Joe Pavelski is the first former
#Badgers
player and first Wisconsin native to reach 1,000 NHL points. He beat Phil Kessel for the latter; Kessel is at 992.
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Tony Granato said he watched the Hobey Baker Award ceremony on TV with
#Badgers
players in the team locker room. Now the players are going to watch Caufield's AHL debut online.
"I think they should enjoy the celebration as well," Granato said.
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Cole Caufield is the first
#Badgers
player to reach 25 goals in a season since Blake Geoffrion had 28 in his Hobey Baker Award-winning season of 2009-10.
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The announced attendance at the Kohl Center is 12,218, the largest since Jan. 29, 2022, against Michigan. That one was 12,231.
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Going into brain surgery 25 years ago today, Tony Granato thought his playing career was over. By the end of that day, he knew he had a chance to return. So did his wife Linda. Here's their story:
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Another college hockey season in the books. Thanks for following along.
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The
#Badgers
are Big Ten regular-season champions with a 2-1 victory against Michigan State. Two goals from Cole Caufield and a bunch of big saves late from Cameron Rowe.
It's UW's fourth regular-season title and first since it won the WCHA in 2000.
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Darcy Acker, right, celebrates her son Jackson's signing with the
#Badgers
at Verona Area High School.
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Final in South Bend: Wisconsin 7, Notre Dame 4
The Badgers have won 9 in a row for the first time since 1990, with William Gramme making 23 saves after replacing Kyle McClellan when the Irish made it 5-4.
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Eau Claire native, former
#Badgers
assistant coach and all-around good guy Luke Strand is a Clark Cup champion as head coach of Sioux City.
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Britta Curl has won all 10 NCAA Tournament games she has played. What a run for the
#Badgers
captain.
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The
#Badgers
are expanding beer sales beyond the clubs and suites for the first time at the Kohl Center and LaBahn Arena starting this season, we've learned. Here's the developing story and the background:
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Final in State College: Wisconsin 6, Penn State 0
The Badgers pull within one point of Michigan State for first place in the B1G. Two goals each from Cruz Lucius and Mathieu De St. Phalle and a 27-save shutout for Kyle McClellan.
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The treatment given to last night's Border Battle games in this morning's
@StribSports
warms my college hockey-loving heart.
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Paul Capobianco from UW just worked out the math that Wisconsin can finish no lower than fourth place in the Big Ten so the Badgers will host Big Ten postseason hockey at the Kohl Center for the first time.
Here are the standings with 3 weekends left.
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The first NHL goal for Cole Caufield is an OT winner for the Habs.
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Here's what we know about Wisconsin's plan to spend nearly $300 million on a new indoor practice facility for
@BadgerFootball
.
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Cami Kronish is the Frozen Four most outstanding player. She had a 31-save shutout in the championship game.
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The
#Badgers
women's hockey team had about 72 hours to put plans in place to be at the White House. All 23 players made it, including one who cut short a three-week European trip.
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This crowd is by no means large by the "old days" standard but there's some life in the Kohl Center tonight.
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A late rally past Michigan had the Badgers giving a loud crowd at the Kohl Center another reason to think something big is happening. The early story:
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Mathieu De St. Phalle's goal with 6.5 seconds left gave the Badgers their sixth straight win and a 9-1 start to the season. The early story from the Kohl Center:
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Story will be posted soon but the
#Badgers
have hired Mike Hastings as men's hockey coach. He's never won fewer than 21 games in 11 seasons at Minnesota State but he has a rebuilding job to do at Wisconsin like he did when he took over in Mankato.
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The
#Badgers
are going back to the Women's Frozen Four after a 4-2 victory against Colgate in Hamilton, N.Y.
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Our notebook from the Frozen Four championship game is posted. Kristen Campbell, a year removed from a sour finish to the season and two years removed from being uprooted, delivers a championship performance for
@BadgerWHockey
.
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Cole Caufield is the fifth
#Badgers
freshman or sophomore to score 20+ during the 2000s. The others: Dany Heatley, Joe Pavelski, Robbie Earl and Luke Kunin.
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Cole Caufield has multiple points in 13 of his 26 games this season, including the last four and 11 of his last 13.
21-20-41 in 26 games. 15-14-29 in 16 since the World Juniors.
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10,114 is the announced attendance tonight at the Kohl Center for Wisconsin-Michigan.
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I know a penalty is a penalty, no matter the time of the game. But what they called on Minnesota in overtime wasn't a penalty. Ever.
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#Badgers
coach Tony Granato will be named U.S. Olympic men's hockey head coach on Friday. Story:
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Sammy's Pizza after a game in Duluth. Just like Coach Sauer would have advised.
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The announced attendance at the Kohl Center tonight is 13,498, the biggest crowd of the season. That mark will last one night.
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The more I've seen of the Badgers in person (this is only Game 3 for me in that this season), the more I've noticed them being solid on backchecks -- being strong on assignments, finding the trailer, etc.
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Final at LaBahn: Wisconsin 4, St. Lawrence 0
The Badgers are heading to the Frozen Four for the 15th time and the ninth time in the last 10 tournaments.
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Tonight's attendance at the Kohl Center is 10,837, a Big Ten Tournament record. The previous high was 10,774 for the 2022 championship game at Minnesota.
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I know Mark Johnson has wanted a center-hung scoreboard for LaBahn Arena for a while but tonight's event reminds me that a new speaker system probably should be on the list of upgrades too.
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Wisconsin men's hockey coaches have been asking for years for a change to the Kohl Center.
It's happening: The rink will be 200x85 soon. Here are some details and a look at how the change happened across the border.
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