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Varsity - December 19, 2013

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INSIDE WOMEN'S HOCKEY BY AJ HARRISON @BADGERWHOCKEY SCHEDULE (14-2-2, 10-2-2-1) COMING UP Jan. 3 at St. Cloud State Jan. 4 at St. Cloud State Jan. 11 #4 North Dakota Jan. 12 #4 North Dakota U.S. and Canada to face off three times before Olympics Six with UW ties look to earn spots on Olympic rosters ith less than 50 days until the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, the United States and Canadian women's hockey teams will play three times in a span of 12 days as both squads look to finalize their rosters before the Olympic games. Five Badgers are currently represented on the U.S. Wom- W 62 // VARSITY December 19, 2013 en's National Team, as UW alums Brianna Decker, Meghan Duggan, Hilary Knight and Jessie Vetter, along with incoming freshman Annie Pankowski, make up over a fifth of the U.S. national team. Meghan Mikkelson is the lone Wisconsin alum on the Canadian squad. The United States is coming off of an impressive 5-1 triumph over Canada last week 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. in Calgary, Alberta, as Duggan, Decker and Knight all lit the lamp for the Red, White and Blue. Decker's goal in the second period turned out to be the gamewinner, and Decker's two points on the night paced the American squad. Vetter stopped 15 of the 16 shots she faced. The U.S. and Canada square off on Friday at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D., in a 7 p.m. contest. The game can be seen live on the NBC Sports Network. The two teams will meet again on Dec. 28 in St. Paul, Minn. in a 3 p.m. contest that will also air on NBCSN before wrapping up the series on Dec. 30 in Toronto. The final U.S. Olympic Women's Hockey team will be announced during the second intermission of the NHL Winter Classic on Jan. 1, 2014, live on NBC. The team, which currently has 23 players on the roster, will be trimmed to 21 players, three of which will be goaltenders. Mikkelson is one of 24 Canadian players that remain in centralization, as Canada will also trim its roster to 21 players before the winter games. In addition to the six players with UW ties, former Wisconsin and Canadian defensemen Carla Macleod, who won two gold medals with Team Canada, will serve as an assistant coach for the Japanese Olympic Team. Team Japan spent a few weeks in the U.S. earlier this year playing exhibition contests against WCHA schools, including Wisconsin who shut out Team Japan 3-0 on Sept. 23.

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