INSIDE
MEN'S HOCKEY
BY PAUL CAPOBIANCO
Home, Sweet Home
Badgers look to take advantage of
unprecedented two-month homestand
he scheduling quirks
continue for Wisconsin's 2013–14 inugural
season in the Big Ten. After
three byes in five weeks, Wisconsin gets a huge opportunity
with 12 consecutive games at
the Kohl Center. Beginning this
weekend with UW's inaugural
home Big Ten series against
Penn State, the Badgers go
over two months without
leaving Madison, Wis., to play
games. The 12-game regularseason homestand is the longest in school history. In both
the 1982–83 and 1983–84
seasons, the Badgers played
10 consecutive home games
for the previous long home
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stretches. The Badgers actually played 13-straight home
games from Nov. 25, 1983,
through Jan. 7, 1984, but three
of those 13 games were exhibition contests, including one
game against the West German Nationals and two games
against the U.S. National Team
before the 1984 Olympics. The
Badgers went 9-1-0 during
it's 10-game string in 1982–
83 and 6-4-0 in the 10-game
stretch during the 1983–84
campaign.
TV COVERAGE EXPANDS
● The Badgers announced
the addition of eight live
televised contests on Fox
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SCHEDULE (4-5-1, 0-2-0-0)
LAST TIME OUT
Nov. 29 at Minnesota
Nov. 30 at Minnesota
L, 4-1
L, 4-3
COMING UP
Friday Penn State
7 p.m.
SaturdayPenn State
8 p.m.
Dec. 13 Colorado College 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 14 Colorado College 7 p.m.
Sports Wisconsin. Seven of those eight
games will air on Fox Sports Wisconsin's alternate channel. The games
will also be available on the BTN2Go
mobile app and online at BTN2Go.
com. Tape-delayed broadcasts of each
game will air on Wisconsin Channel
that same night, with a concurrent delayed stream at wpt.org/watch. The
Badgers will now have 24 of its regular-season games live on TV, including
19 of their remaining 24 games. BTN
will also air the 2014 Big Ten Tournament live from St. Paul, Minn.
