Wisconsin Continues Road Swing
Nov. 6, 2000
THIS WEEK: The University of Wisconsin (6-2-0, 3-1-0 WCHA) continues its road swing with a pair of conference games at Ohio State (3-4-0, 2-2-0). The Badgers and Buckeyes take to the ice at OSU Ice Arena in Columbus, Ohio on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10-11 at 6:05 p.m. CST.
BADGER RANKINGS: The Badgers climbed to their highest ranking to date when the 10 NCAA Division I coaches taking part in the U.S. College Hockey Online Poll voted Wisconsin No. 5 in the country this week. Wisconsin garnered 52 points after defeating then-No. 5 Harvard and falling to then-No. 4 Brown. Dartmouth is the unanimous No. 1, with Brown now ranked No. 2 in the country. Minnesota dropped from No. 2 to a share of No. 3 with Minnesota-Duluth.
The Badgers rank No. 6 in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll released last week.
GOOD WILL HUNTING: Frosh Meghan Hunter (Oil Springs, Ont.) set up a pair of goals, including the game-winner, in the Badgers' 3-1 win over then-No. 5 Harvard on Saturday. Hunter had her goal-scoring string snapped at six games , but extended her point-scoring string to eight games with her 12th goal of the season against then-No. 4 Brown.
With three points over the weekend, Hunter now leads the WCHA and the country in goals (12), power-play goals (5), and freshman scoring (12-6=18), and ranks second in points (18) and power-play points (5-2=7). In strictly WCHA contests, she shares the lead in goals (8) and power-play goals (4), ranks second in frosh scoring (8-4=12), fourth in overall points (12) and shares fourth in power-play points (4-1=5).
A POINT A DAY: Sophomore Kendra Antony (Yorkton, Sask.) had an assist in each game during the Badgers' two-game tour of the ECAC this past weekend, extending her scoring streak to eight games. Antony set up Kerry Weiland's power-play goal to open the scoring against Harvard. She set up Meghan Hunter's goal against Brown on Sunday to up her team-leading assist total to nine.
The Badgers' top scorer as a frosh, Antony ranks second on the squad and shares fifth in the conference with 14 points. The wing ranks third in the conference with nine assists and shares seventh with five goals.
POINT! WISCONSIN: Totalling a goal and three assists against No. 5 Harvard and No. 4 Brown over the weekend, defenseman Kerry Weiland (Palmer, Alaska) led all Badgers in scoring. The sophomore scored the opening goal in the Badgers' 3-1 win over Harvard, while assisting on the game-winner and the insurance marker. On Sunday against Brown, Weiland set up the UW's third goal of the contest.
Weiland climbed to a share of second in scoring among WCHA defenders with 10 points and a share of fourth overall with eight assists. She also shares third with six points on the power-play.
PUMP UP THE VOLUME: After registering just two assists in the Badgers' first six games, the UW's leading goal scorer from 1999-00 notched two goals and an assist for Wisconsin over the weekend. Kelly Kegley (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) tallied the game-winning goal with a power-play tally during the second period against then-No. 5 Harvard. Kegley deflected a point shot past the Harvard goaltender for the score.
Kegley scored a goal on Sunday and set up another against Brown to up her season point total to five and give her two goals on the year.
FIRST THINGS FIRST: The Badgers continue to jump out to leads and have now scored the first goal in each of their first eight contests. Kerry Weiland kept the streak in tact when she tallied 15:43 into the first period against Harvard last Saturday. Karen Rickard (Bowmanville, Ont.) became the fifth Badger to score first with a goal 13 seconds into the UW's game at Brown on Sunday. Kendra Antony scored the first goal in both games this against St. Cloud State on Oct. 27 and 28. Meghan Hunter did the same against Minnesota-Duluth the second series of the season as well as in the Badgers' first game of the season against Mercyhurst. Steph Millar (Hudson, Wis.) scored the first UW goal in the Badgers' other game against Mercyhurst.
SCOUTING OHIO STATE: The Ohio State University enters this week's series with Wisconsin at 3-4-0, 2-2-0 WCHA. The Buckeyes split a conference series with Bemidji State last weekend, falling 2-1 before rebounding for a 5-2 win. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for OSU. The Buckeyes previous win was a 4-2 victory over then No. 2 Minnesota.
Shana Frost paces OSU scorers with four goals and four assists for eight points. Corinne Rosen follows with three goals and four assists. A pair of frosh defenders, Kelli Halcisak (6 points) and Emma Laaksonen (5 points), along with frosh forward Jeanne Chapple (5 points), round out the top scorers.
In goal, April Stojak has seen all the action for OSU and sports a 2.87 goals against average and .841 save percentage this year.
Jacki Barto (Providence, 1984) is in her second year with OSU after leading the Buckeyes to a 8-26-3 mark in the first year of the program during the 1999-00 season.
BADGERS AGAINST THE BUCKEYES: The Badgers lead the Buckeyes, 3-1-1, in the all-time series. Wisconsin earned its first program win against OSU on Oct. 15, 1999 when Michelle Sikich (Apple Valley, Minn.) broke a 1-1 tie to give the UW its 2-1 victory. Ohio State avoided the sweep with a 1-1 tie in the second game of that weekend. The Badgers swept the Buckeyes, 6-2 and 3-2, in the season's second weekend series between the two teams, but fell 4-2 at the WCHA Tournament in the season's final contest.
Kerry Weiland led the Badgers against the Buckeyes last season with five goals and four assists in five games. Kelly Kegley was equally as impressive despite only playing in three of the five meetings. Kegley registered a hat trick against OSU and finished the season with four goals and two assists when the two teams met. Sis Paulsen (Eau Claire, Wis.) showed strength in the series with a goal and five assists in five games.
Head coach trina bourget: Trina Bourget takes over the reigns for the second-year Badgers as interim head coach after spending the UW's inaugural campaign as the team's top assistant. The Shrewsbury, Mass., native arrived in Madison in the summer of 1999 after a successful two-year stay as head coach of Division III Sacred Heart University. Named the 1998*99 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference/Koho Coach of the Year, she led the Pioneers, in their third year of existence, to a No. 8 national ranking. Their 15-4-3 record during the 1998*99 season, good for second in the ECAC, earned Bourget American Women's Hockey Coaches Association Coach of the Year Runner-up honors.
Bourget's most recent coaching experience came this past summer when she joined the coaching ranks of USA Hockey. She served as co-coach of the USA Hockey Junior Olympic Development Camp in Lake Placid, N.Y.
A 1994 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Bourget owns a bachelor of science degree in family and consumer studies. Bourget competed as a forward and defenseman for the University of New Hampshire women's hockey team where she helped the Wildcats to the ECAC Division I Championship in 1991, and runners-up finishes 1992 and 1993.
A former referee, Bourget brings a great understanding of all aspects of the game. She spent over 11 years in the official's stripes and received her *B* Pool license from the International Ice Hockey Federation. She also achieved the status of a USA Hockey Level 4 official. Bourget worked games involving the U.S. National Team, the Norwegian Women's National Team, as well as three U.S. Girls' and Women's National Tournaments from 1997-99. At the 1996 Women's Select Officials Camp held in Lake Placid, N.Y., Bourget earned Most Dedicated Official as voted on by her peers.
The Leaders of the pack: After spending the 1999-00 season with a rotating captain system, the Badgers have settled on junior forward Michelle Sikich and sophomore forward Sis Paulsen as team co-captains. Sikich is the only three-year college player on the Wisconsin roster, while Paulsen was the 1999-00 team MVP and one of the two Badger representatives on last season's All-WCHA First Team.
Important websites: Check out www.collegehockeystats.com for the latest box scores and statistics in women's ice hockey from around the country. The Badgers have launched their new website at www.uwbadgers.com. The WCHA will soon be unveiling a new website design at www.wcha.com.
UPCOMING: The Badgers finish a three-week road trip with games at WCHA-foe Bemidji State. Wisconsin will travel to Bemidji, Minn., for games on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 17 and 18 at 7:05 p.m.
The Badgers finally return home Thanksgiving weekend when they play host to No. 3 and defending national champion Minnesota. The Nov. 24-25 games will be played on Friday and Saturday at the Capitol Ice Arena in Middleton, Wis., beginning at 7:05 p.m.
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