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Varsity - October 4, 2012

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INSIDE MEN'S HOCKEY BY PAUL CAPOBIANCO @BadgerMHockey SCHEDULE This Week Saturday U.S. Under-18 (Ex.) 8 p.m. Next Five Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Nov. 2 vs. Northern Mich. 7 p.m. vs. Northern Mich. 7 p.m. at Minn. Duluth at Minn. Duluth 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Colorado College 7 p.m. reached the 2010 NCAA champion- ship game. Eaves: Time is now for H ead coach Mike Eaves made his first regular Monday news conference appearance of the year and- said that, after two years of putting an underclass-dom- inated team on the ice, the team is a little more grown up this year with 10 juniors and seven sophomores on the roster. 50 » VARSITY OCTOBER 4, 2012 UW to 'harvest our crop' Badgers return 15 of team's top 16 scorers "These are the two years we need to harvest our crop," Eaves said. Since Eaves came to Wis- consin for the 2002–03 season, it has been a four- year cycle for the Badgers to reach college hockey's upper echelon. The program captured the 2006 NCAA title and then Getting your zzzzzzz » Prior to junior forward Mark Zengerle's arrival at Wisconsin in 2010, only Jason Zent could claim being a letterwinner a last name beginning with the letter "Z." With the addition of freshman forward Morgan Zulinick, Wisconsin will play the 2012-13 season with two student-athletes whose names start with the letter "Z." Interest- ingly enough, both played their ju- nior hockey for the BCHL's Salm- on Arm Silverbacks before coming to UW. Starting Slow » After the Badgers skate at the Kohl Center Saturday for their exhibi- tion against the U.S. Under-18 Team, they won't appear in Madi- son until Nov. 2. That is part of the start of a season that includes two off weekends before mid-Novem- ber. The Badgers will play three of their first four and four of their first six weekends of hockey on the road.

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