INSIDE WOMEN'S HOCKEY BY ROSS LA DUE @BadgerWHockey
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SCHEDULE (8-4-2, 4-4-2-2) at Ohio State
at Ohio State
This Week Friday
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though. With the holiday falling the day
before a weekend series against St. Cloud State, the Badgers will still practice on Thursday, skating in the morning instead of the afternoon. The team then has the remainder
Hockey celebrates F
or most people, the Thanksgiving weekend is
a four to five day event. For the women's hockey team, the Thanksgiving weekend only lasts a little more than 24 hours.
However, one differ-
ence between most people's Thanksgiving and the one for the Badgers is that this
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second Thanksgiving After holiday, Badgers host St. Cloud State
Thursday will be the second Thanksgiving in just more than a month's time for the team.
With six players on the team from Canada, the team was treated to a turkey din- ner at training table for Ca- nadian Thanksgiving on Oct. 8. American Thanksgiving is treated a bit differently,
of the day off, and some of the local student-athletes will opt to return home for the day, generally with a few teammates in tow. The rest of the student-athletes
still in Madison generally congregate for a meal together as a team. On Friday, the Badgers will begin
to arrive at LaBahn Arena around noon for their game against the Hus- kies, drawing a close to the Thanks- giving weekend.
Rigsby sets career-best shutout streak
» Junior goaltender Alex Rigsby
recorded a career-long shutout streak spanning 214:20 minutes. The streak started on Oct. 26 against New Hampshire and lasted until Nov. 16 against Ohio State.
St. Cloud State Saturday St. Cloud State
at Minnesota at Minnesota North Dakota North Dakota Ohio State
W, 4-2 L, 1-3
2 p.m. 2 p.m.
2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m.
