INSIDE
WOMEN'S HOCKEY
BY AJ HARRISON
@BADGERWHOCKEY
SCHEDULE (16-2-2, 12-2-2-1)
LAST WEEK
Jan. 3
at St. Cloud State
Jan. 4
at St. Cloud State
COMING UP
Saturday #4 North Dakota
Sunday #4 North Dakota
Wisconsin, North Dakota
meet in top-five battle
UW looks to extend 16-game unbeaten streak
lthough the team plays
on ice, the No. 2 Wisconsin women's hockey team has been on fire as of
late, riding a nation-leading
16-game unbeaten streak into
this weekend's home series
against No. 4 North Dakota.
UW and UND meet on Saturday at 2 p.m. before wrapping
up the series on Sunday with a
3 p.m. tilt.
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VARSITY January 9, 2014
During the 16-game unbeaten streak, which started
on Oct. 18, the Badgers have
outscored opponents 59-14
and have posted six shutouts
during the streak. UW's special teams have been specatular during the run, converting
on power play opportunities
28.3 percent of the time, while
killing over 91 percent of its
penalities.
W, 3-1
W, 4-0
2 p.m.
3 p.m.
The Badgers also enter this weekend
with another impressive streak as winners of their past 14 home contests. The
streak is not only the longest in LaBahn
Arena history, but is the second-longest
run ever at UW. With a win against UND
on Saturday, the Badgers would tie their
school-record 15-game winning streak
set during the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons.
Wisconsin faces a tough test at home,
as North Dakota is third in the WCHA
standings behind UW and Minnesota,
who are tied at the top of the rundown.
Wisconsin had North Dakota's number in
the last meeting, taking five of six points
on the road during their series Nov. 2223.
U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM ANNOUNCED
● Four former Badgers were named to
the U.S. Olympic team last week: forwards Brianna Decker, Meghan Duggan and Hilary Knight and Jessie Vetter.
It marks the second Olympic Games
for Duggan, Knight and Vetter, while
Decker will make her Olympic debut.
Decker, Duggan and Vetter all won
the Patty Kazmaier Award, given to
the nation's top player, during their
UW careers, while Knight is the alltime leading scorer at UW
The quartet will be joined in the
Games by fellow UW alum Meghan
Mikkelson, who was named to the Canadian Olympic team.
