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This Week Friday
at. St. Cloud State W, 6-2 Ohio State Ohio State
Minnesota State W, 7-0 Minnesota State W, 4-0
Saturday WCHA Champ.
vs. Minn. Duluth 4:30 p.m. 7 p.m.
Up Next March 10 NCAA Quarterfinal March 16 NCAA Frozen Four March 18 NCAA Frozen Four
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spot in the NCAA quarterfinals. How- ever, Friday's opponent, Minnesota Duluth, will be playing for it's life all weekend.
Heart of the postseason H
ead coach Mark John- son talks about the year being broken into three seasons, the regular sea- son, WCHA playoffs and the NCAA tournament. The first season came and went and now the Badgers find themselves in the middle of the 'second' season, hav- ing knocked Minnesota State
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has arrived for Badgers It's all 'one and done' now for No. 1 Wisconsin
out of the WCHA playoffs last weekend. While the first- round of the conference play- offs featured a best-of-three matchup, Wisconsin is now left with single-elimination games from here on out. Luckily for the Badgers, a loss this weekend would not bring an end to the season, as they will most likely still get a
The Bulldogs are currently on the outside looking-in with regards to the NCAA selection process, and will most likely need to win the WCHA Final Face-Off to gain a spot in the NCAA quarterfinals. After this weekend, the Badgers will only have a maximum of two weeks left of hockey to play. Wiscon- sin will most likely play at home next weekend in a single-elimination game in hopes of advancing to the Frozen Four for the sixth time in seven years.
Ammerman close to milestone » After netting five goals last week- end against Minnesota State, senior Brooke Ammerman only needs four more to reach 100 career goals. If she can accomplish the feat, she will be just the third Badger in pro- gram history to record both 100 goals and 100 assists.
W, 7-1 L, 4-2
