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3 things that stood out in Wisconsin men's hockey's sweep at No. 6 Penn State Oliver Tulk recorded his first two-goal game for the Badgers, who ended the regular season with a sweep for the first time since 2021. Here's what stood out.

The Badgers are going into the postseason on the heels of a road sweep of No. 6 Penn State that massively helped their NCAA Tournament hopes. Here's what stood out.
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NCAA women's hockey tourney update: Yale's win over Cornell in the ECAC semis means:
— Princeton is the ninth team to clinch a spot.
— Minnesota Duluth's hopes rest with the result of the AHA final. If Penn State wins, UMD is in. If Mercyhurst wins, UMD is out.

It's Wisconsin women's hockey and Ohio State for another title, but first a day off The WCHA Final Faceoff has a day between the semifinals and championship game for the first time, and the Badgers get extra time to prepare for the Buckeyes.

The Badgers are in the WCHA playoff championship game for the 17th time. A day off before it is a new element this year. Here's why and what players think about it.
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3 things that stood out in Wisconsin men's hockey's win at Penn State The Badgers scored four times in the third period for a road win against the Nittany Lions. Here's what stood out.

Home ice for the first round of the Big Ten playoffs got delivered to the Badgers while they were playing at Penn State, but they completed perhaps the best third period of the season to secure a win.
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3 things that stood out in Wisconsin women's hockey's runaway WCHA semifinal win Kirsten Simms and Kelly Gorbatenko both scored twice as the Badgers rolled past Minnesota State to earn a spot in the WCHA championship game. Here's what stood out.

The Badgers' four Patty Kazmaier Award finalists all had an impact in a WCHA Final Faceoff semifinal win. Here's what stood out.
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Wisconsin has 4 finalists for Patty Kazmaier Award as best women's hockey player The Badgers put four players on the list of 10 Patty Kazmaier Award finalists for the second consecutive season.

Last year seemed like an outlier with the Badgers having four of the 10 finalists for the Party Kazmaier Award. Then they did it again this season, a reminder of how special this group is.
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Star defender keeps Wisconsin women's hockey's hold on WCHA player of the year award Caroline Harvey became the first player to win the WCHA defender of the year award in three straight years and added a bigger prize.

The WCHA player of the year and coach of the year awards are staying with the Badgers, and Caroline Harvey accomplished something no one else has before.
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'Motivation is at an all-time high' as Wisconsin men's hockey chases NCAA Tournament bid The Badgers play at Penn State to close the Big Ten regular season. Here's where they stand in the NCAA Tournament picture.

Wisconsin men's hockey has won its last five games at Penn State entering the final series of the regular season Thursday and Friday. Extending that streak would help the Badgers' NCAA Tournament hopes.
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Wisconsin's NCAA-leading goalie stops pucks but leaves designing her mask to others Badgers goalie Ava McNaughton turned over design control for her new mask to the team's equipment manager and debuted it in her return from the Olympics last week.

Ava McNaughton stops pucks for the Badgers. Designing a new mask to wear for the playoffs? She's willing to concede that's not in her skill set.

Here's the story behind what she debuted last week.
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These are the scenarios that push Northeastern past Minnesota for fourth:
• Any Minnesota loss PLUS a Northeastern win over UConn.
• A Minnesota win over Minnesota State in the WCHA final PLUS a Northeastern win.
• A Northeastern loss if Minnesota loses to Minnesota State.

We already knew that Minnesota and Northeastern are going to finish fourth and fifth overall in NPI but the order (and hosting rights for finishing fourth) is uncertain. Each team now finishes fourth in 50% of remaining scenarios. (more)

These are the NCAA women's tourney impacts after Northeastern and UConn won Hockey East semis:
• Quinnipiac is the 7th team confirmed in
• Yale makes it in 94% of remaining scenarios (was 80%)
• Princeton makes it in 78% (was 61%)
• Minnesota Duluth makes it in 28% (was 14%)

What has to happen for Wisconsin women's hockey to be top seed in NCAA Tournament The Badgers control their path to the top of the NCAA Tournament bracket entering conference championship week. Here's how things look.

Conference championship week in NCAA women's hockey gets underway Tuesday night. Here's how things line up for the Badgers in the race for the top seed in the NCAA Tournament.
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Wisconsin's Lacey Eden is the WCHA forward of the month for February and goalie Rhyah Stewart is rookie of the month.

This USCHO analysis of the remaining scenarios in D1 women's hockey has six teams locked into the NCAA field, nine teams needing to win their conference tourney, three from ECAC Hockey with at-large AND autobid chances and Minnesota Duluth sweating.
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Inside Wisconsin football’s two-week scramble to onboard 34 transfers additions The start of football's transfer portal moving to January triggered a rapid-fire effort to secure housing, admissions and more for new Badgers players.

The 34 transfers coming into the Badgers football program all needed to address admissions, housing and a lot more in a matter of days. A Wisconsin staffer and her spreadsheet was at the center of it.
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Wisconsin women's hockey earns rest before WCHA Final Faceoff — on the ice, anyway The Badgers avoided having to play an extra day in their WCHA playoff series after Bemidji State forced overtime in Game 2.

The Badgers (mostly) earned a day off Sunday with their Game 2 overtime win over Bemidji State, and that could prove to be valuable this postseason.
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The WCHA site now has Wisconsin-Minnesota State as the early game Thursday.

The WCHA Final Faceoff at Lee and Penny Anderson Arena in St. Paul is set.

Semifinals are 4 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday (the league hasn't confirmed yet what the order is):
Wisconsin vs. Minnesota State
Ohio State vs. Minnesota

Winners play for the championship at 2 p.m. Saturday.

The Badgers will go into the final series of the Big Ten regular season with a 6-point lead over Ohio State for fourth place and home ice in the first round. OSU has the head-to-head tiebreaker. Any UW point at PSU or OSU loss of points vs. Notre Dame wraps up 4th for UW.

3 things that stood out in Wisconsin women's hockey's playoff OT win over Bemidji State Laila Edwards sent the Badgers into the WCHA Final Faceoff with an overtime goal, but they looked disconnected at times. Here's what stood out.

Laila Edwards sent the Badgers to the WCHA Final Faceoff with an overtime goal against Bemidji State but it was a disconnected game for UW. Here's what stood out.
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Hello again from LaBahn Arena, where No. 1 Wisconsin tries to secure a spot in the WCHA Final Faceoff in Game 2 of a first-round series against Bemidji State (3 p.m., B1G+, 1070 AM).

No changes for UW from its 7-0 win Friday. Looks like Ava Hills starts for BSU.

3 things that stood out in Wisconsin women's hockey's playoff shutout of Bemidji State The Badgers' Olympians, who made their return, all contributed to the scoring, even goalie Ava McNaughton with an assist as they opened the playoffs by blanking Bemidji State.

The Badgers' Olympians all had at least one point in a playoff-opening shutout of Bemidji State that got UW to 30 wins for the third straight season. Here's what stood out.
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Hello from LaBahn Arena, where No. 1 Wisconsin plays Bemidji State in Game 1 of a best-of-three WCHA playoff quarterfinal series at 6 p.m. (B1G+, 1070 AM).

The five Badgers Olympians are back in the lineup, with Laila Edwards listed at defense.

7 Wisconsin women's hockey players voted onto on All-WCHA teams The Badgers' Lacey Eden and Caroline Harvey were first-team all-conference selections for the first and third times, respectively.

The Badgers have seven players on the All-WCHA teams, with Lacey Eden and Caroline Harvey leading the way.
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Wisconsin men's hockey's hopes for NCAA Tournament bid improve with series split Here's how the Badgers men's hockey team could fit into the NCAA Tournament picture as things stand.

The Badgers men's hockey team is off this weekend so it can't help itself in the NPI. That doesn't mean it'll still be 13th by the end of Saturday night's games.
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After beating Canada for gold, Wisconsin women's hockey Olympians reset for playoff push The 'last go in college hockey' is a motivator for Badgers players returning after winning Olympic gold medals with Team USA.

Playing Bemidji State won't be the same as playing Canada for Olympic gold, but the Badgers' U.S. Olympians are excited to get right back into playoff hockey.
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Will a WCHA foe come to Wisconsin's LaBahn Arena for an NCAA women's hockey regional? Changes in the rankings that determine seeding for the NCAA Tournament have shaken up how the women's hockey regionals would look if the bracket was set this week.

The NCAA women's hockey Bracketology this week is as straightforward as it can be. Here's how the regionals might look.
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What Wisconsin women's hockey's gold medalists said about their Olympics experience Laila Edwards, Caroline Harvey, Ava McNaughton and Kirsten Simms are back with the Badgers after winning Olympic gold. Here's what they said about the Games and their return.

The Badgers women's hockey team's four Olympic gold medalists shared thoughts on their experiences in Milan. Story and video here.
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