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Last Week Sept. 29 at Minnesota State W, 3-2 Oct. 5 Oct. 6
at Lindenwood at Lindenwood
Oct. 13 Oct. 14
This Week Friday Bemidji State Sunday Bemidji State
W, 7-2 W, 9-1
at Minnesota Duluth L, 0-2 at Minnesota Duluth L, 0-1
7 p.m. 2 p.m.
Next Five Oct. 26 New Hampshire 7 p.m. Oct. 28 New Hampshire 2 p.m. Nov. 2 Nov. 3 Nov. 16
Minnesota State 2 p.m. Minnesota State 2 p.m. at Ohio State
on top of everything else, Friday's grand opening game at LaBahn Are- na also marks the program's 500th game.
While last weekend's results were
not ideal, the Badgers have still been performing well; playing soundly on defense and creating numerous scor- ing chances.
Badgers excited for
gers will finally get to play a home game when they open LaBahn Arena with Bemidji State on Friday night. The Badgers have been
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in some unfamiliar territory the past month, as the team has never before started a season with three straight road series.
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fter three straight weeks on the road, the Bad-
home opener UW finally home after long road stretch
Wisconsin has only start-
ed the season on the road twice before, but both times the team was at home for the following series. So to say the team is excited to finally play at LaBahn Arena may be an understatement. Adding to the homesick- ness, the Badgers haven't started the season off as well as they may have hoped, and
Wisconsin welcomes Bemidji State for another historic game; as the two teams have played each other in last year's Fill the Bowl and the Camp Randall Hockey Classic. While the start of the season in the
WCHA has been unpredictable so far, one thing is for certain, come this Friday the Badgers will be more than ready to open LaBahn Arena.
Alumni return to open new rink
» Representatives from the four NCAA title teams will be on the ice before Friday's game to pay hom- age to the history of success the women's hockey team has experi- enced. Other notable alumni will also be making the return to Madi- son for this historic event.
1 p.m.
