INSIDE MEN'S HOCKEY
BY PAUL CAPOBIANCO
1983 champions return
UW celebtrates 30th anniversary of 4th title
I
t was the first year of Jeff
Sauer's 20-year tenure
as head coach at Wisconsin
and the first year following
legendary head coach Bob
Johnson.
Expectations were tempered with the departure
of major players from
the Badgers' 1981 NCAA
championship team and
the 1982 NCAA runnersup, but after a slow start,
the team picked up steam
in late November.
Winners of 24 0f their
last 30 games, the team
capped the season with a
6-2 national championship
game victory over Harvard
in Grand Forks, N.D.
That was nearly 30 years
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ago, and as part of Wisconsin's season-long celebration of 50 years in the
modern era, those Badgers
are reunited during the
first intermission of Friday's game.
Soldier Field ready
»One is not supposed to
look ahead to the next
game in sports, but that
is difficult to do when an
outdoor game played at
Soldier Field is upcoming. An opening ceremony
took place last week, and
the OfficeMax Hockey City
Classic Winter Festival is
underway in Chicago.
Youth hockey, ice rentals, free skates and other
@BadgerMHockey
SCHEDULE (11-9-6, 8-6-6)
Last Five
Jan. 19 Miami (Ohio)
L, 1-2
Jan. 25 Alaska Anchorage
W, 5-2
Jan. 26 Alaska Anchorage W, 2-1
Feb. 1 at North Dakota T, 1-1 (OT)
Feb. 2 at North Dakota
L, 1-4
This Week
Friday
Bemidji State
Saturday Bemidji State
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
Next Five
Feb. 15 Minnesota
7 p.m.
HOCKEY CITY CLASSIC, CHICAGO
Feb. 17 vs. Minnesota
3:30 p.m.
Feb. 24 Penn State
7 p.m.
Feb. 25 Penn State
7:30 p.m.
Mar. 1 at Nebraska-Omaha 6:30 p.m.
events are taking place leading up
to the OfficeMax Hockey City Classic on Sunday, Feb. 17.
The Badgers take on Minnesota
at 3:30 p.m. that day, after Notre
Dame and Miami meet at noon.
Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com, though a sellout is expected.
