66 // VARSITY May 15, 2014
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MEN'S HOCKEY
BY PAUL CAPOBIANCO @BADGERMHOCKEY
Old rivals, big challenges
lie ahead in 2014-15
Nine home series and exhibition on the docket
I
t is an exciting time for the
Badger men's hockey team.
With 10 newcomers cur-
rently in the fold for next sea-
son and just 15 skaters return-
ing, new stars will be born.
Those stars will emerge
against a tough schedule that
includes 20 Big Ten games,
with four each against 2014
NCAA runner-up and Big Ten
regular-season champion
Minnesota, Michigan, Mich-
gan State, Ohio State and Penn
State.
Many other familiar names
dot the non-conference sched-
ule with six former WCHA
rivals on the slate. North
Dakota, which ended UW's
2013–14 campaign, and Mich-
igan Tech visit the Kohl Center.
On the road, the Badgers will
take on Denver, Colorado Col-
lege, Alaska Anchorage and Northern
Michigan, with the NMU series taking
place at the Resch Center in Green Bay.
The Wildcats departed the WCHA in the
early 1990s. Add in 2014 WCHA regular-
season champion Ferris State, tradition-
al power Boston University, as well as
Alaska in its home state, and you've got
yourself a gauntlet of tough teams and a
steep learning curve for a young, but tal-
ented team.
Season tickets go on sale May 23.
CH-CH-CH-CHANGES
● Three returning Badgers will wear
new jersey numbers when the team
returns to the ice in 2014–15, with
Grant Besse going from 21 to 12, Jedd
Soleway changing from 22 to 24 and
Morgan Zulinick moving from 15 to 9.
SCHEDULE
COMING UP
Kendall Hockey Classic
Oct. 10 vs. Alaska
Oct. 11 at Alaska Anchorage
Resch Center, Green Bay, Wis.
Oct. 17 vs. Northern Michigan
Oct. 18 vs. Northern Michigan
Nov. 7 North Dakota
Nov. 8 North Dakota
Nov. 21 at Colorado College
Nov. 22 at Denver
Nov. 28 Ferris State
Nov. 29 Ferris State
Dec. 12 U.S. Under-18 Team (Exh)
Jan. 2 Michigan Tech
Jan. 3 Michigan Tech
Jan. 9 Boston University
Jan. 10 Boston University
*Big Ten schedule not yet released,
but UW will play Minnesota, Michigan,
Ohio State, Michigan State and Penn
State at the Kohl Center
UW will look for new
leaders in 2014-15
with just 15 retuners.
