INSIDE
MEN'S HOCKEY
BY PAUL CAPOBIANCO
'We talkin' about practice'
Badgers getting a lot of it early this season
n college hockey, the six
schools from the Ivy League,
who belong to the ECAC in
the sport, are always the last
to open the season.
This year, two weeks after most other schools made
their season debuts, the Ivy
League began official games.
If you look at the game totals
early in the season, Wisconsin
might be considered the "Harvard of the Midwest" (maybe
the "Cornell of the Midwest"
because of the school colors ―
UW has beaten both in NCAA
title runs).
The Badgers have skated
in six games so far, the same
amount of games as the Ivy
League schools. Only two
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schools in the country ―
American International and
Connecticut ― have played in
fewer games. The Badgers return to action this weekend
after playing just two games
since Oct. 19.
Eighth-ranked Miami is the
challenge as UW makes its
first-ever visit to Oxford, Ohio.
UW and Miami met last season
at the Kohl Center, splitting a
pair of low-scoring affairs (1-0
for UW; 2-1 for Miami).
The Badgers will take another weekend off next week before Wisconsin enters a more
consistent schedule for the
rest of the season. UW has taken advantage of all that practice time, getting in plenty of
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SCHEDULE (3-2-1, 0-0-0)
LAST TIME OUT
Nov. 1 Lake Superior State T, 3-3*
Nov. 2 Lake Superior State W, 8-1
COMING UP
Friday at #8 Miami (Ohio) 5:30 p.m.
Saturday at #8 Miami (Ohio) 5:30 p.m.
Nov. 29 at Minnesota
4 p.m.
Nov. 30 at Minnesota
5 p.m.
systems work. It has also allowed junior
goaltender Joel Rumpel ample time to
heal an injured leg that has forced him to
miss four of the team's first six contests.
OFFENSIVE LEADERS
● There is a small sample size, but the
team's offensive numbers are comparitively outstanding. UW's offense
ranks ninth in the country (3.83 goals
per game), its defense is the nation's
top-scoring blue line group on average (3.33 points per game), while its
senior class is the nation's fifth highest-scoring group (5.17 points per
game). UW's power play also ranks
12th (24.0 percent).
