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Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey

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University
  
Wisconsin

Colors
  
Cardinal and White

Arena/Stadium
  
LaBahn Arena

Location
  
Madison, Wisconsin

Fight song
  
On, Wisconsin!

Founded
  
1999

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Head coach
  
Mark Johnson 15th year, 428–78–39

Conference
  
Western Collegiate Hockey Association

The Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team is the hockey team that represents the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin.

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History

On October 8, 1999, the Bulldogs played the Wisconsin Badgers in the first ever Women's WCHA conference game at the Kohl Center in Madison, WI. It was the highest attended game of the season (3,892) and resulted in an 8–1 defeat of the Badgers.

In 2006, the Wisconsin Badgers became the first team outside the state of Minnesota to win the Women's Frozen Four championship. The Badgers defeated the defending champions, the Minnesota Golden Gophers, by a score of 3–0 at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

On January 28, 2012, the Wisconsin Badgers broke the NCAA women's hockey attendance record for the third consecutive year with 12,402 fans in attendance. The game was part of a two-game sweep of the Bemidji State Beavers. The previous record for most fans to watch a women's college hockey game at the Kohl Center was 10,668. That record was set on January 29, 2011.

On November 6, 2016, Ann-Renee Desbiens achieved career shutout number 44, breaking Noora Raty’s record for most NCAA career shutouts.

An 8-2 win on December 4, 2016 against their rivals, the Minnesota Golden Gophers resulted in a career milestone. Playing in front of a sellout crowd at Labahn Arena, Sarah Nurse scored a hat trick, becoming the first player in program history to score a hat trick against Minnesota. It marked the first time that Wisconsin scored eight goals in a game since October 11, 2015 against Ohio State, as five different Badgers scored at least one goal.

* Johnson took a one-year leave to coach the 2010 US Women's Olympic team.

Frozen Four

Wisconsin appeared in the Frozen Four championship in the following years:

WCHA honors

  • Annie Pankowski, 2015 WCHA Rookie of the Year
  • Ann-Renée Desbiens, WCHA Player of the Year

    • WCHA All-Star teams

  • Blayre Turnbull, 2015 All-WCHA First Team
  • Brittany Ammerman, 2015 ALL-WCHA SECOND TEAM
  • Annie Pankowski, 2015 ALL-WCHA SECOND TEAM
  • Courtney Burke, 2015 ALL-WCHA THIRD TEAM
  • Karley Sylvester, 2015 ALL-WCHA THIRD TEAM
  • Ann-Renée Desbiens, 2015 ALL-WCHA THIRD TEAM
  • Emily Clark, 2015 WCHA ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
  • Annie Pankowski, 2015 WCHA ALL-ROOKIE TEAM

    • Badger Award

    The Badger Award is a team honor known as Most Inspirational Player award.

  • 2000: Kerry Weiland
  • 2001: Jen Mead
  • 2002: Kathy Devereaux
  • 2003: Sis Paulsen/Katie Temple
  • 2004: Molly Engstrom
  • 2005: Sharon Cole
  • 2006: Sharon Cole
  • 2007: Phoebe Monteleone
  • 2008: Erika Lawler
  • 2010: Genna Prough

    • Patty Kazmaier Award Winners

    Sara Bauer – 2007 | Jessie Vetter – 2009 | Meghan Duggan – 2011 | Brianna Decker – 2012 | Ann-Renee Desbiens – 2017 |-

    Bob Allen Women's Hockey Player of the Year Winners

    Jessie Vetter – 2009 | Meghan Duggan – 2011 | Hilary Knight – 2014 | Brianna Decker – 2015 |-

    Notable players

  • Sara Bauer- Patty Kazmaier Award winner, 2007 Big Ten Medal of Honor, 2007 NCAA Women's Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player
  • Brianna Decker – 2012 Patty Kazmaier Award winner, 2011 second team All-American, 2011–12 CCM Hockey Women's Division I first team All-American
  • Meghan Duggan – member 2010 U.S. Olympic team, 2011 Patty Kazmaier Award winner, 2011 NCAA Women's Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player, 2011 first team All-American
  • Molly Engstrom – member 2010 U.S. Olympic team
  • Angie Keseley
  • Hilary Knight – member 2010 U.S. Olympic team, 2010 WCHA Pre-Season Player of the Year, 2011 NCAA Women's Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player, 2011 first team All-American
  • Erika Lawler – member 2010 U.S. Olympic team
  • Carla MacLeod – member 2010 Canadian Olympic team, 2007 Wisconsin Badgers Big Ten Medal of Honor
  • Meaghan Mikkelson – member 2010 Canadian Olympic team
  • Jessica Ring – 2006 Big Ten Medal of Honor
  • Becca Ruegsegger, 2011 NCAA Elite 88 Award
  • Jessie Vetter – member 2010 U.S. Olympic team, 2009 Bob Allen Women's Ice Hockey Player of the Year, 2009 Patty Kazmaier Award, 2006, 2009 NCAA Women's Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player
  • Kerry Weiland – member 2010 U.S. Olympic team
  • Jinelle Zaugg-Siergiej – member 2010 U.S. Olympic team

    • References

    Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey Wikipedia
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