It's Friday, I'm in Love

Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love

BADGER MEN v. bemidji state: FRI / SAT 7PM

We definitely want to get the crowd into it right away and let them know that this is a tough place to play and somewhere that they are going to hate to come back to. - Sean Dolan

[The Beavers] are hard workers. It’s going to be a challenge and we have to match that on our end. - Sean Dolan

We are 4-6-2 in our league and that’s just not going to cut it. Hopefully we can get two wins here this weekend and get on a roll. - Jake Gardiner [Henson]

I think we have more energy - I don’t want to say we’ve had more of a commitment to defense because if you take a look all year, we’ve played a lot of good games and still lost. Some things just probably went our way and we were tough to play against. - Tom Serratore.

The keys to the game for sure is do the right things, the small things the whole game. We’ve got to go into Wisconsin. It’s a tough arena to play in, and we have to go out there in the first 10 minutes and establish our game and establish how tough we are on pucks and how smart we can play with the puck … Hopefully we win all those little battles and at the end of the game we come out victorious. - Matt Read [Stromgren]

UW: 4-6-2 WCHA, 8-7-3 overall (last weekend 1-2, 3-1 @ uaa)
bsu: 4-7-1 WCHA, 5-8-1 overall (last weekend 3-0, 3-1 v. uno)


Gameday Links
TV:
- Friday: live - TVW, Charter Extra, Time Warner Sports; tape delay - Wisconsin Channel (11PM Fri and 12PM Sat)
- Saturday: live - FSN Wisconsin; tape delay - Wisconsin Channel (10PM Sat and 12PM Sun)
Radio: Friday/Saturday WIBA 1310
Audio webstream: insideBADGERSPORTS ($9.95/mo), beaverradionetwork (free)
Video webstream:
- live: Friday only, outside WI only - insideBADGERSPORTS ($9.95/mo)
- delay: Friday 11PM/Sat 12PM & Sat 10PM/Sun 12PM - The Wisconsin Channel (free)
Live stats: CBSSports GameTracker - Friday, Saturday
Live blog: none
Live tweetcast: CHN

Weekly Shooutout Winner
This week, THE DANGEROUS JORDY MURRAY won the shootout over his linemates, 1st-star Zengerle and Craig Smith. What fun!

Previous Winners:
12/2 Tyler Barnes
11/25 Hobey Mersch
11/18 Jordy Murray
11/11 Justin Schultz
11/04 Scott Gudmandson
10/28 Ryan Little
10/21 Jefferson Dahl
10/14 Keegan Meuer

(Thanks again to Paul Capobianco.)


Badger Lines
Per Baggot, Eaves made a couple of changes in the lineup to send a message. Here's how things looked on Wednesday, with Eaves indicating that things may (or may not) change again this weekend. (Baggot hasn't yet posted yesterday's lines.) The top two forward lines are what we've been accustomed to, but the other two are a bit different, with Podge Turbull and Ryan Little switching lines. Gavin Hartzog, who made the trip to Anchorage last weekend but did not play, replaces Jason Clark on the 4th line

Jordy Murray - Craig Smith - Mark Zengerle
Michael Mersch - Derek Lee - Tyler Barnes
Patrick Johnson - Sean Dolan - Podge Turnbull
Gavin Hartzog - Jefferson Dahl - Ryan Little

Jake Gardiner - Justin Schultz
Craig Johnson - John Ramage
Frankie Simonelli - Eric Springer

Scott Gudumandson
Brett Bennett

Baggot didn't say anything about the D or G positions, so I'm assuming the D pairings remain the same and that Goody will start tonight.


beaver lines
Sorry, I don't have 'em.


Series Previews
uwbadgers: preview, game notes
bsubeavers: preview, game notes
Baggot (WSJ): UW men's hockey vs. bemidji state university (no link yet, the last time he had a preview with opponent's lines was Nov 19/20 v. UMD, *sigh*)
Baggot (WSJ): Eaves sends a message
Sternberg/Evans (Daily Cardinal): Ryan, Eaves look for improvement over break
Henson (Badger Herald): New WCHA foe Bemidji St. visits Kohl
Stromgren (Bemidji Pioneer): Bemidji State men's hockey team faces Wisconsin in first-half finale


Other Articles/Links
Baggot (WSJ): Badgers look for more balance on their attack

The Usual Suspects
CHN: Tale of the Tape, Team of the Week: Bemidji State
USCHO: This Week in the WCHA (Spisak), WCHA Picks (Spisak/Buckentine), Weekend of (Spisak), Bakala, Thompson, Gron earn USCHO 3 Stars for Dec. 8 (staff)
INCH: WCHA notebook, Friday Four-cast, First Shift (Bakala is Player of the Week)
WCHA: This Week in the WCHA Radio Show, CC’s Schwartz, BSU’s Bakala, MSU’s Cook, DU’s Zucker Named Red Baron® WCHA Players of the Week
Goon's World: Weekend Match-ups (Sioux 7)

Has anyone noticed that USCHO's This Week in the WCHA is starting to strongly resemble INCH's WCHA notebook in that it only really talks about a couple of teams in the WCHA? Back in the day (miss ya, Todd & Eric), it actually talked about the entire league. *sigh*


The WCHA's Finest

- Just because I look so stupid that Badger fans would recognize me anywhere . . . umm, well, ... umm . .. - Todd Anderson

- I'm telling you Mike, if we take the time to make the right call each time, we'll never finish this game. Sometimes ya just gotta make a call and move on, we wanna get out of here to make our reservation at Red Lobster. - Don Adam

- Mike, I thought you knew, we just make this **** up as we go along. Really, you didn't know? (Oh crap, Derek told me to keep that to myself. I hope he doesn't call Dad!) - Brad Shepherd

Referees
3-Derek Shepherd; 4-Todd Anderson; 5-Justin Brown; 7-Don Adam; 8-Tom Sterns; 9-C.J. Beaurline; 10-Peter Friesema; 11-Tim Walsh; 12-Butch Mousseaux (R-L); 14- Brian Thul; 15-Marco Hunt; 17-Craig Welker; 18-Max Battimo; 20-Brad Albers; 21-Paul Depyudt; 22-Bill Mason; 23-Matt Ulwelling (R-L); 24-Jon Campion; 25-Mike McCreary; 27-Jonathan Morrison; 29-Scott Bokal; 31-Brett Klosowski; 33-Brad Shepherd.

Linesmen (at UW)
34-Ed Moberg; 38-Dan Carey; 42-Dan Dineen; 51-Mike Gulenchyn; 65-Matt Gerlach; 87-Brad Roethlisberger.


GreatPotowotamiChief says . . .
"Me'skwak Msuguk wisnuk muk...kogannish winsIsen" . . . "RedBadger eat-up beaver...Get two pelts."

HatchetJoe says . . .
"3 pts." (come on Joe, The Chief says 2 W's, what's your problem?)

ToT says . . .
"Bring another round of bluegills . . ." (Hmm, I'm pretty sure this was actually said by HatchetJoe . . .)

It's Friday, I'm in Love

I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's gray and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday, I'm in love

BADGER MEN @ uaa : FRI / SAT 10PM

The freshmen definitely have some confidence. They’re learning a lot from Eaver, they’re soaking everything in, which is good, and it’s showing on the ice. We’re getting back to the things we were doing at the very start of the year. - Justin Schultz

Sometimes you can get a little too comfortable in your own rink. We’ve been playing really good on the road too. We’ve played some of our best games on the road, so I think it will be nice to get on the road with the boys and get some wins. - 1st-Star Zengerle [Henson]

It is a process with a young team. Our hand is firmly in the back of our players moving them forward and we're getting there, we're starting to see the things in practice that we need to see with more regularity, and that will translate into game experience. - Mike Eaves

Once you get the ball rolling it tends to keep going in the same direction. So hopefully we can keep pushing it this weekend. It's a long trip up there. But in the end those are just excuses. When we get up there we have to be in the mindset of being ready to go and ready to play. - Tyler Barnes

It's a cool place to go, but you're up at the North Pole pretty much. - Sean Dolan [Evans]

UW: 3-5-2 WCHA, 7-6-3 overall (last weekend 4-4 v. Michigan, 4-1 v. MSU)
uaa: 3-6-1 WCHA, 4-8-2 overall (last weekend 4-3 (OT), 0-2 @ CC)


Gameday Links
TV: Friday only, tape-delay (Sat 11AM) - NHL Network
Radio: Friday/Saturday WIBA 1310
Audio webstream: insideBADGERSPORTS ($9.95/mo),
Video webstream: goseawolves
Live stats: goseawolves
Live blog: Capobianco (uwbadgers)


Weekly Shooutout Winner
This week, TYLER BARNES won the shootout over Joe Faust.

Previous Winners:
11/25 Hobey Mersch
11/18 Jordy Murray
11/11 Justin Schultz
11/04 Scott Gudmandson
10/28 Ryan Little
10/21 Jefferson Dahl
10/14 Keegan Meuer

(Thanks again to Paul Capobianco.)


Badger Lines
Per Baggot, lines look the same as last Saturday:

Jordy Murray - Craig Smith - Mark Zengerle
Patrick Johnson - Sean Dolan - Ryan Little
Michael Mersch - Derek Lee - Tyler Barnes
Jason Clark - Jefferson Dahl - Podge Turnbull

Jake Gardiner - Justin Schultz
Craig Johnson - John Ramage
Frankie Simonelli - Eric Springer

Scott Gudumandson
Brett Bennett

Extra skaters making the trip include Joe Faust (Ma 60 says hi!) and Gavin Hartzog (who had previously been out of action with an ankle injury).

uaa lines
Baggot's preview isn't up yet, but I'm assuming it'll be posted later today and will include this.

Series Previews
uwbadgers: preview, game notes
goseawolves: preview
Chuck: I See Russia! Alaska Anchorage Week
Baggot (WSJ): UW men's hockey vs. university of alaska-anchorage (no link yet, *sigh*)
Baggot (WSJ): Anchorage as an oasis
Evans (Daily Cardinal): Badgers make long trip to Alaska in search of league wins
Henson (Badger Herald): Badgers head west to Anchorage

(You know, I really like Baggot's series previews, as they usually include opponents' lines, players to watch, "you should know", etc. I just wish he did them every week at that they were posted earlier in the morning.)

Other Articles/Links
Baggot (WSJ): Schultz is the power in Badgers' power play
Baggot (WSJ): Five good minutes with Ryan Little
Baggot (WSJ): Freshmen making presence felt
Baggot (WSJ): After string of tough games, Badgers hope to improve their ranking
uwbadgers: Gardiner, Schultz earn WCHA accolades
Woody (Anchorage Daily News): Seawolves goalie playing splendidly
uaafanblog: Thoughts going into Friday
uaafanblog: Justin Bourne drops F bomb on Wisconsin (hilarious!)
uaafanblog: Who are the Badgers this year?
uaafanblog: Novermber 4th, 2006 is last win versus Badgers


The Usual Suspects
CHN: Tale of the Tape
USCHO: This Week in the WCHA (Spisak), WCHA Picks (Spisak/Buckentine), Weekend of Nov 26-27 (Spisak)
INCH: WCHA notebook, Friday Four-cast, First Shift
WCHA: This Week in the WCHA Radio Show
Goon's World: Weekend Match-ups (Sioux 7)

Has anyone noticed that USCHO's This Week in the WCHA is starting to strongly resemble INCH's WCHA notebook in that it only really talks about a couple of teams in the WCHA? Back in the day (miss ya, Todd & Eric), it actually talked about the entire league. *sigh*


Who's going to lose control of this weekend's games?
Referees
3-Derek Shepherd; 4-Todd Anderson; 5-Justin Brown; 7-Don Adam; 8-Tom Sterns; 9-C.J. Beaurline; 10-Peter Friesema; 11-Tim Walsh; 12-Butch Mousseaux (R-L); 14- Brian Thul; 15-Marco Hunt; 17-Craig Welker; 18-Max Battimo; 20-Brad Albers; 21-Paul Depyudt; 22-Bill Mason; 23-Matt Ulwelling (R-L); 24-Jon Campion; 25-Mike McCreary; 27-Jonathan Morrison; 29-Scott Bokal; 31-Brett Klosowski; 33-Brad Shepherd.

Linesmen (at uaa)
36-Kent Asplund; 73-Scott Sivulich; 74-Steve Glines; 75-Travis Jackson


GreatPotowotamiChief says . . .
(apparently not back from deer camp yet . . .)

HatchetJoe says . . .
Mersch for Hobey 2014 . . .

It's Friday, I'm in Love

You can never get enough
Enough of this stuff
It's Friday, I'm in love

BADGER MEN v minnesota-duluth: FRI / SAT 7PM

We want to fix our mistakes. There are a lot of things we did wrong. - Craig Smith [Baggot]

Anytime you're playing the number one team in the nation you get the chance to come out and make a statement, especially after last week. We weren't happy with our efforts, but this weekend we'll see a different team out there for us. - Podge Turnbull [Evans]

That’s the whole message the whole week, we need to compete before we do anything else. - Mike Eaves

[UMD is] way different than NoDak also; they’re more skilled, but we don’t think they work as hard. We watched a lot of video on them this week, and we broke down their game. If we outwork them — which is what we plan to do — and get after their D and get after their smaller forwards. We match up good against these guys. - Jordy Murray

[We did] a lot of hard work in practice this week, doing battle drills, getting dirty in the areas near the net and by the crease. - Michael Mersch [Holt]

The screwing of the pooch begins [tonight]. - ExileOnDaytonStreet

UW: 3-3-2 WCHA, 6-4-2 overall (last weekend v. 0-1, 2-4 v. und)
umd: 6-1-1 WCHA, 9-1-2 overall (last weekend 5-3, 4-2 v. mtu)


Gameday Links
TV:
- Friday: live - FSN Wisconsin; tape delay (11PM) - Wisconsin Channel
- Saturday : live - WISC, Charter Xtra, Time Warner Sports; tape delay (10PM) - Wisconsin Channel
Radio: Friday/Saturday WIBA 1310
Audio webstream: insideBADGERSPORTS ($9.95/mo)
Video webstream:
- Friday: tape delay (11PM) - wpt.com (free)
- Saturday: live (outside of WI) - insideBADGERSPORTS ($9.95/mo); tape delay (10PM) - wpt.org (free)
Live stats: CBSsports - Friday, Saturday
Live blog: Capobianco (uwbadgers)
Tweetcast: CHN


Weekly Shooutout Winner
This week, JORDY MURRAY won the shootout. (Glad to have you back Jordy, we missed you last week.)

Previous Winners:
11/11 Justin Schultz
11/04 Scott Gudmandson
10/28 Ryan Little
10/21 Jefferson Dahl
10/14 Keegan Meuer

(Thanks again to Paul Capobianco.)


Badger Lines
Baggot mentioned some line changes this week, so here's what things should look like tonight.

Jordy Murray - Mark Zengerle - Tyler Barnes
Patrick Johnson - Sean Dolan - Ryan Little
Michael Mersch - Craig Smith - Derek Lee
Jason Clark - Jefferson Dahl - Sean Little

Jake Gardiner - Justin Schultz
Craig Johnson - John Ramage
Eric Springer - Frankie Simonelli

Scott Gudumandson (8 GP, .928 SV%, 2.12 GAA)
Brett Bennett (4 GP, .940S V%, 1.47 GAA)

Jordy Murray is back, and so Keegan Meuer is out. Podge Turnbull is also out, with Sean Little making his Badger debut. Per Baggot, Eaves said he earned a spot with his effort level in practice and competitive nature.

On the top line, 1st-Star Zengerle has been moved from right wing to center, and the move makes a lot of sense. I'm looking forward to seeing him at C, and I'm also looking forward to seeing Barnes get a shot on that line. Smith will now be centering a line with Mersch and Lee, and his presence improves the look of that line, should be fun.

Gavin Hartzog is out with an ankle injury.

On D, Joe Faust is out (sorry, Ma60) and Eric Springer is back in. In goal, Scott Gudmandson gets the nod on Friday, and as usual we'll have to wait to see on Saturday.


bulldog lines
Courtesy of Kevin Pates:

Mike Connolly - Jack Connolly - Justin Fontaine
Kyle Schmidt - Travis Oleksuk - J.T. Brown
Dan DeLisle - Keegan Flaherty - Mike Seidel
Joe Basaraba - Jake Hendrickson - David Grun

Mike Montgomery - Drew Olson
Wade Bergman - Brady Lamb
Dylan Olsen - Justin Faulk

Aaron Crandall (5 GP, .920 SV%, 1.78 GAA)
Kenny Reiter (7 GP, .899 SV%, 2.50 GAA)

Looks like Crandall and Reiter have been splitting time as of the 3rd series of the seaon, with each playing one game per series. FWIW, Reiter's stats are skewed by a horrible outing v. Lake State.

(See, Hatchet Joe, I told you Crandall plays for the dogs, I don't know why you never believe me. For those who don't follow recruiting (Hi, Ma!), Crandall was originally a Badger recruit but there were concerns about his development. Long story short, he ended up in Duluth.)

(Another note to Ma60 - I don't want you to waste your time trying to catch a glimpse of Badger alum Steve Rohlik, as he's no longer an assistant at duluth - you'll have to catch an Ohio State game to see him.)

Series Previews
uwbadgers: preview, game notes
umdbulldogs: preview, game notes
Chuck: Duluth Week
Baggot (WSJ): UW men's hockey vs. minnesota-duluth (no link yet, *sigh*)
Baggot (WSJ): A week later, Badgers look to recharge but face another challenge
Baggot (WSJ): Little brothers part of revised lineup
Evans (Daily Cardinal): UW welcomes high-octane bulldogs to the Kohl Center
Holt (Badger Herald): Top-ranked duluth next for Wisconsin
Pates (Duluth News Tribune): Series at a glance
Ciskie (The Ciskie Blog): Rowdy Kohl Center awaits bulldogs
Pates (Rink&Run): Game Day: umd at Wisconsin

(You know, I really like Baggot's series previews, as they usually include opponents' lines, players to watch, "you should know", etc. I just wish he did them every week at that they were posted earlier in the morning.)

Other Articles/Links
Baggot (WSJ): Five good minutes with Craig Johnson
uwbadgers: Mike Eaves' weekly presser
Pates (Duluth News Tribune): Defense plays large role in UMD's success
Pates (Rink&Run): No.. 1 in 1979
Pates (Duluth News Tribune): Being No. 1 motivates bulldogs
Buckentine (uscho): minnesota-duluth hopes No. 1 ranking doesn't change anything
umdbulldogs: Surging bulldogs take over No. 1 spot in uscho.com and USA Today polls
umdbulldogs: Jack Connolly collars WCHA Offensive Player of the Week Award


The Usual Suspects
CHN: Tale of the Tape
USCHO: This Week in the WCHA (Buckentine), WCHA picks (Spisak/Buckentine), Weekend of Nov 12-13 (Spisak)
INCH: WCHA notebook, Friday Four-cast, First Shift
WCHA: This Week in the WCHA Radio Show
Goon's World: Weekend Match-ups (Sioux 7)


Who's going to lose control of this weekend's games?
Referees
3-Derek Shepherd; 4-Todd Anderson; 5-Justin Brown; 7-Don Adam; 8-Tom Sterns; 9-C.J. Beaurline; 10-Peter Friesema; 11-Tim Walsh; 12-Butch Mousseaux (R-L); 14- Brian Thul; 15-Marco Hunt; 17-Craig Welker; 18-Max Battimo; 20-Brad Albers; 21-Paul Depyudt; 22-Bill Mason; 23-Matt Ulwelling (R-L); 24-Jon Campion; 25-Mike McCreary; 27-Jonathan Morrison; 29-Scott Bokal; 31-Brett Klosowski; 33-Brad Shepherd.

Linesmen (at UW)
34-Ed Moberg; 38-Dan Carey; 42-Dan Dineen; 51-Mike Gulenchyn; 65-Matt Gerlach; 87-Brad Roethlisberger.


HatchetJoe says . . .
"I say we score alot more goals than last wknd & sweep these f'ers..."

GreatPotowotamiChief says . . .
"ndaw myanIt dup...Me'skwak msuguk weshk Itange numoshuk" . . . "I got bad hangover...RedBadger split with mixed breed dog."

TOT says . . .
"[Bleep] you, Scotty".

It's Friday, I'm in Love

Saturday, wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday, never hesitate...

BADGER MEN v north dakota: FRI / SAT 7PM

• Ote co pketin we'tase Souix megatkiw'n mbozo shkote'tyabyan minnesota odanuk Wisconsin.....De'bwe nikan pkamakinMSUGUK winishkon mje'sh SchlitzMaltLiquor.....Lakotas kiwani nish. . . .
  
  Rough translation - This may be last time they let Brave Sioux Warrior ride team train thru shithole land of many little swampholes where yellow rat lives to land of Mighty Waters where RedBadger live.....Tell friend tomahawkBADGER have lots of SchlitzMaltLiquor ready.....Dakotas lose two. - Hatchet Joe's good friend, Great Potawatami Chief
  

• Let's get hostile, let's get abusive. - Chuck Schwartz

UW: 3-1-2 WCHA, 6-2-2 overall (last weekend 6-o, 3-3 (OT) @ mtu)
und: 4-2-0 WCHA, 5-4-1 overall (last weekend 4-2, 2-3 (OT) @ umd)


Gameday Links
TV:
- Friday: live - FSN Wisconsin; tape delay (11PM) - Wisconsin Channel
- Saturday : live - TVW, Charter Xtra, Time Warner Sports; tape delay (10PM) - Wisconsin Channel
Radio: Friday/Saturday WIBA 1310
Audio webstream: insideBADGERSPORTS ($9.95/mo)
Video webstream:
- Friday: tape delay (11PM) - wpt.com (free)
- Saturday: live (outside of WI) - insideBADGERSPORTS ($9.95/mo); tape delay (10PM) - wpt.org (free)
Live stats: CBSsports - Friday, Saturday
Live blog: - Capobianco (uwbadgers)


Weekly Shooutout Winner
This week, JUSTIN SCHULTZ won the shootout over Jake Gardiner

Previous Winners:
11/04 Scott Gudmandson
10/28 Ryan Little
10/21 Jefferson Dahl
10/14 Keegan Meuer

(Thanks to Paul Capobianco for posting the winners each week.)


MSUGUK Lines
EDIT: the link on madison.com now correctly leads to a preview of this weekend's hockey series rather than Tuesday's basketball matchup, and so I now have the lines. The Badger lines (as expected) look the same as last weekend.

Jordy Murray - Craig Smith - Mark Zengerle
Patrick Johnson - Sean Dolan - Ryan Little
Tyler Barnes - Derek Lee - Michael Mersch
Podge Turnbull - Jefferson Dahl - Jason Clark

Jake Gardiner - Justin Schultz
Craig Johnson - John Ramage
Joe Faust - Frankie Simonelli

Scott Gudumandson
Brett Bennett

Gavin Hartzog is out with an ankle injury.


disorderly conduct lines
Per Schlossman, Derek Forbort, Andrew MacWilliam, and Carter Rowney are still out, while Joe Gleason and Dillon Simpson are expected back.

Goon was nice enough to chime in with this expected lineup (now confirmed by Baggot) :

17 Jason Gregoire–10 Corban Knight–26 Brett Hextall
7 Danny Kristo–22 Brad Malone–21 Matt Frattin
19 Evan Trupp–29 Brock Nelson–11 Derek Rodwell
9 Mario Lamoureux–8 Mike Cichy–13 Brett Bruneteau

24 Ben Blood–5 Chay Genoway
3 Derrick LaPoint–25 Jake Marto
18 Dillon Simpson–20 Joe Gleason

32 Aaron Dell
31 Brad Eidsness

Series Previews
uwbadgers: preview, game notes
fighting sioux: preview, game notes
No Alibis, No Regrets: North Dakota Week (Chuck), What I want to see (Tex)
Goon's world: Weekend Match-ups (Sioux 7), sioux and Badgers week (Goon)
Baggot (WSJ): UW men's hockey vs. North Dakota
Adams (Daily Cardinal): Badgers set to renew North Dakota rivalry
Henson (Badger Herald): Men's hockey hosts deep North Dakota
Augustoviz (StarTribune): WCHA prognosticators keep picking even if gophers are idle
Berger (SiouxSports): UND at Wisconsin


Other Articles/Links
Lucas (uwbadgers): Hard-working Murray making most of opportunity
Baggot (WSJ): Mersch's plan for hockey is working fine so far
Baggot (WSJ): Five good minutes with Podge Turnbull
Holt (Badger Herald): Faust, Simonelli making impact on blue line
uwbadgers: Mike Eaves' weekly presser
uwbadgers: Zengerle named WCHA Rookie of the Week
Baggot (WSJ): Badgers will be tested in six-game homestand
Buckentine (USCHO): Wisconsin has options between the pipes
Schlossman (GF Herald): Four questions with Chay Genoway
Schlossman (GF Herald): Early signings a hot topic
Schlossman (GF Herald): Blue-collar attitude suits Rodwell
fightingsioux: Travel blog
fightingsioux: Inside Fighting Sioux Hockey


The Usual Suspects
CHN: Tale of the Tape
USCHO: This Week in the WCHA (Spisak), Weekend of Nov 5-6 (Spisak)
INCH: WCHA notebook, Friday Four-cast, First Shift
WCHA: This Week in the WCHA radio show


Who's going to lose control of this weekend's games?
Referees
3-Derek Shepherd; 4-Todd Anderson; 5-Justin Brown; 7-Don Adam; 8-Tom Sterns; 9-C.J. Beaurline; 10-Peter Friesema; 11-Tim Walsh; 12-Butch Mousseaux (R-L); 14- Brian Thul; 15-Marco Hunt; 17-Craig Welker; 18-Max Battimo; 20-Brad Albers; 21-Paul Depyudt; 22-Bill Mason; 23-Matt Ulwelling (R-L); 24-Jon Campion; 25-Mike McCreary; 27-Jonathan Morrison; 29-Scott Bokal; 31-Brett Klosowski; 33-Brad Shepherd.

Linesmen (at UW)
34-Ed Moberg; 38-Dan Carey; 42-Dan Dineen; 51-Mike Gulenchyn; 65-Matt Gerlach; 87-Brad Roethlisberger.

It's Friday, I'm in Love

Monday, you can hold your head
Tuesday, Wednesday stay in bed
Or Thursday - watch the walls instead
It's Friday, I'm in love

BADGER MEN @ minnesota: FRI / SAT 7PM

There is a lot of history and these are two teams that don't like each other, in any sport. There is a little hatred but that is the way hockey should be played. -- Jordy Murray

These weekends that we have this month are going to be big series, definitely the strongest month of our season. So if we can start it off with a sweep right here it would be huge. We're looking at it like four points we need to have on the road, and we won't be satisfied unless we get all four. -- Sean Dolan [Evans]

UW: 2-1-1 WCHA, 5-2-1 overall (last weekend 5-2, 4-1 v. mtu)
minn: 3-3-0 WCHA, 5-3-0 overall (last weekend 4-1, 9-4 @ cc)

Gameday Links
TV: Friday - FSN Wisconsin, FSN North; Saturday - BigTen Network
Radio: Friday/Saturday WIBA 1310
Audio webstream: insideBADGERSPORTS ($9.95/mo)
Video webstream: none
Live stats: gophersports
Live blog: - Capobianco (uwbadgers)

Weekly Shooutout Winner
This week, SCOTT GUDMANDSON won the shootout.

Previous Winners:
10/28 Ryan Little
10/21 Jefferson Dahl
10/14 Keegan Meuer

Badger Lines
Jordy Murray - Craig Smith - Mark Zengerle
Patrick Johnson - Sean Dolan - Ryan Little
Michael Mersch - Derek Lee - Tyler Barnes
Jason Clark - Jefferson Dahl - Podge Turnbull

Jake Gardiner - Justin Schultz
Craig Johnson - John Ramage
Joe Faust - Frankie Simonelli

Scott Gudumandson
Brett Bennett

gopher lines
Usually I get the opposing team's lines from Baggot, but the link on madison.com for the UW-minn preview yields nothing more than game time, TV coverage, and radio coverage. If I have time before I go to work, I'll try to find this info elsewhere, otherwise if anyone else wants to add them in, please feel free.

Series Previews
uwbadgers: preview, game notes
gophersports: preview, game notes
Baggot (WSJ): New lineup ready for shorthanded gophers
Evans (Daily Cardinal): Latest installment of Border Battle features many Minnesota connections
Holt (Badger Herald): Badgers head west for border battle
Augustoviz (StarTribune): Wisconsin at Gophers
Augustoviz (Star Tribune): Facing off against new challenger this week in five WCHA series
Augustoviz (Star Tribune): On Gophers' series with Wisconsin, injuries and illnesses
Magill (CNH): Now and Always . . . Rivals


Other Articles/Links
Baggot (WSJ): With a Gardiner on each team, Minnesota series will feature true sibling rivalry

The Usual Suspects
CHN: Tale of the Tape
USCHO: This Week in the WCHA (Buckentine), Weekend of Oct 29-30 (Spisak)
INCH: WCHA notebook, Friday Four-cast, First Shift

HatchetJoe says . . .
Michael Mersch for Hobey . . .
(In a stunning development, HatchetJoe refused to accept a case of Schlitz in exchange for a different quote. I figure he's planning on stealing the Schlitz from me later while I'm not paying attention. (Although "planning" might be a strong term, as I'm not sure HatchetJoe is really the planning type.))

It's Friday, I'm in Love

I don't care if Mondays black
Tuesday, Wednesday - heart attack
Thursday, never looking back
It's Friday, I'm in love

BADGER MEN v Michigan Tech: FRI / SAT 7PM

I think Friday was kind of an eye-opener for a lot of guys, for a lot of the freshmen, just seeing how hard the WCHA is going to be. I think the guys saw how quickly points can slip away on Saturday. - Scott Gudmanson

Coming out of Denver with a point is okay, but we’re not real satisfied with that, we felt we let a couple games slip there. - Podge Turnbull

We know that we need four points this weekend, that’s our goal for this weekend. - Sean Dolan [Holt]

We’d like to know a little more about both these teams, so what better way to find out than by having them playing each other in Madison this weekend? The Badgers have dominated lesser opponents Holy Cross and Alabama-Huntsville, but are 0-2-1 against ranked foes Boston College and Denver. A better showing against a quality team would give Wisconsin a boost. The question surrounding Michigan Tech is, are the Huskies a quality team? Off to a 3-0-2 start, Tech is, at worst, vastly improved, and has been scoring goals (24 of ‘em) in bunches. That said, the combined record of the teams they’ve played to date is an underwhelming 3-9-5. The trip to Mad Town will provide a measuring stick. - Mike Eidelbes [INCH]

UW: 0-1-1 WCHA, 3-2-1 overall (last weekend 2-4 and 2-2 @ DU)
MTU: 1-0-1 WCHA, 3-0-2 overall (last weekend 5-2 and 5-5 v Mankato)

Gameday Links
TV:
- Friday (none)
- Saturday: live - WISC, Charter Xtra, Time Warner Sports; tape delay (11PM) - Wisconsin Channel
Radio: Friday/Saturday WIBA 1310
Audio webstream: insideBADGERSPORTS ($9.95/mo), Pasty.net (free)
Video webstream
- Friday: insideBADGERSPORTS ($9.95/mo)
- Saturday: for those outside Wisconsin - insideBADGERSPORTS ($9.95/mo)
Live stats: uwbadgers - Fri, Sat
Live blog: - Capobianco (uwbadgers), Worgull (BN)?

Weekly Shooutout Winner
This week, RYAN LITTLE won the shootout.

Previous Winners:
10/21 Jefferson Dahl
10/14 Keegan Meuer

Badger Lines
Jordy Murray - Craig Smith - Mark Zengerle
Tyler Barnes - Derek Lee - Podge Turnbull
Patrick Johnson - Sean Dolan - Ryan Little
Michael Mersch - Jefferson Dahl - Gavin Hartzog

Jake Gardiner - John Ramage
Justin Schultz - Frankie Simonelli
Craig Johnson - Joe Faust

Scott Gudumandson
Brett Bennett

Just one change on the forward lines, flip-flopping Mike Mersch and Tyler Barnes, with Barnes getting a chance on the second line. On D, Joe Faust is in and Eric Springer is out, and the pairings have been switched up a bit. Gardiner remains with Ramage, but Schultz and Johnson have been separated so that each is paired with a freshman. Goody gets the start in net on Friday, and your guess is as good as mine as to who we'll see on Sat.

Husky lines
Bennett Royer - Brett Olson - Milos Gordic
Ryan Furne - Eric Kattelus - Jacob Johnstone
Aaron Pietila - Daniel Holmberg - Alex MacLeod
Mikael Lickteig - Patrick McCadden - Dennis Rix

Deron Cousens - Carl Nielsen
Daniel Sova - Steve Seigo
Tommy Brown - Ricky Doriott

Kevin Genoe
Josh Robinson

Jordan Baker and Anthony Schooley are out with injuries.

Keep an eye #16 Brett Olson. A junior from Superior, WI, he's centering the top line and he's fun to watch until he scores against your team. It sounds like sophomore D Steve Seigo, senior F Eric Kattelus, senior F Bennett Royer, and freshman F Milos Gordic are also playing well so far.

The Huskies have 9 freshman on the roster and, like the Badgers, have 7 freshmen in tonight's lineup. Baggot tells us that they're big, and that's not really a surprise; Tech has always liked the big players.

The Huskies have a tendency to start the season strong, having a better first-half of the season than the second-half. But this year they're starting stronger than usual, as they're undefeated in their first 5 games, giving them their best start since 1978. Despite not having faced any top teams yet, that's a pretty darn good start.

Series Previews
uwbadgers: preview, game notes
michigantechhuskies: preview, game notes
Baggot (WSJ): Lineup for Tech has some new wrinkles
Evans (Daily Cardinal): Wisconsin to open WCHA home slate
Holt (Badger Herald): Badgers hope to hand Huskies 1st loss
Warvie (Daily Mining Gazette): Scoring balance key to start
Erickson (Michigan Tech Lode): Hockey huskies ready for challenge in Madison against Badgers

Other Articles/Links
uwbadgers: Mike Eaves' weekly presser
Lucas (uwbadgers): Zengerle makes instant impact
Baggot (WSJ): Off to a hot start, Zengerle is compared to Davies
Baggot (WSJ): Five good minutes with Frankie Simonelli
Henson (Badger Herald): Johnson finally finding role as a senior

The Usual Suspects
CHN: Tale of the Tape
USCHO: This week in the WCHA (Spisak), Weekend of Oct 22-24 (Spisak)
INCH: WCHA notebook, Friday Four-cast, First Shift

HatchetJoe says . . .
Michael Mersch for Hobey . . .
(Once again, I unsuccessfully tried to get HatchetJoe to mix it up a bit and give me a different quote. Next time, I'm going to offer him a case of Schlitz and see if that helps.)

It's Friday, I'm In Love

Saturday, wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday, never hesitate . . .

BADGER MEN @ Denver: FRI 8:30 PM / SAT 8PM

The WCHA is such a league, it doesn’t matter if it’s Denver, Mankato, Alaska, you’re going to get a war right away -- Mike Eaves [Holt]

They are similar to us in that they want to come out and prove themselves. This will be a huge series. WCHA games are always exciting, and every conference win counts. We hope to come out firing right away on Friday, get that first win, and keep it going into Saturday. -- Jordy Murray [Evans]

We have to come out hard. They just got swept by Boston College, so they are going to be hungry for a couple wins especially on their home ice. -- Justin Schultz [Evans]

UW: 0-0-0 WCHA, 3-1-0 overall (last weekend 7-0 and 5-2 v. UAH)
DU: 0-0-0 WCHA, 1-2-1 overall (last weekend 2-6 and 0-3 v. BC)

Gameday Links
TV: Friday only - FSN Wisconsin, FSN Rocky Mountain
Radio: Friday - WIBA 1310; Sat - WTSO 1070
Audio webstream: insideBADGERSPORTS ($9.95/mo),
Video webstream: Saturday only - denverpioneers.com ($8.95/mo)
Live stats: denverpioneers.com
Live blog: - Capobianco (uwbadgers), Worgull (BN)?

Weekly Shooutout Winner
This week, JEFFERSON DAHL won the shootout.

Previous Winners:
10/14 Keegan Meuer

Badger Lines
Jordy Murray - Craig Smith - Mark Zengerle
Ryan Little - Derek Lee - Tyler Barnes
Michael Mersch - Sean Dolan - Podge Turnbull
Jason Clark - Jefferson Dahl - Gavin Hartzog

Jake Gardiner - John Ramage
Craig Johnson - Justin Schultz
Eric Springer - Frankie Simonelli

Scott Gudmandson
Brett Bennett

Looks like Eaves has made a couple of changes on the forward lines. Ryan Little and Podge Turnbull have swapped lines. Freshmen Jason Clark, Jefferson Dahl, and Gavin Hartzog all make tonight's lineup, as Michael Mersch has been bumped up to Sean Dolan's line to replace the injured Patrick Johnson.

The defensive lines remain the same. Assuming Joe Faust made the trip, I'd expect to see him tomorrow night.

In goal, Scott Gudmandson gets the start tonight, and I'd expect to see Brett Bennett tomorrow.

As far as extra skaters who made the trip, I know that PJ made the trip and is listed as "questionable" for the weekend. I'm assuming that defenseman Joe Faust also made the trip, but I haven't seen this listed anywhere.

Pio lines
Jason Zucker-Drew Shore-Chris Knowlton
Beau Bennett - Anthony Maiani - Shawn Ostrow
Kyle Ostrow - Jesse Martin - Luke Salazar
Jerrod Memis - Dan Olszewski - Nate Dewhurst

Matt Donovan - Chris Nutini
John Ryder - David Makowski
Paul Phillips - John Lee

Sam Brittain

Baggot had sophomore Adam Murray starting in goal, but Mike Chambers indicates that Murray is injured and that freshman Sam Brittain will get the start both nights.

Series Previews
uwbadgers: preview, game notes
uahchargers: preview, game notes
Baggot (WSJ): UW vs. Denver
Baggot (WSJ): Like looking in a mirror
Evans (Daily Cardinal): Young teams collide as UW begins WCHA competition
Holt (Badger Herald): Men's hockey heads west for WCHA test
Chambers (Denver Post): Murray injured, DU will go with true freshman goalie against Badgers
Coulter (DU Clarion): Hockey swept at home, WCHA play looms

Other Articles/Links
Baggot (WSJ): For Murray, plenty of goals await
Baggot (WSJ): WCHA team-by-team capsules
Baggot (WSJ): With two new teams, WCHA is a dirty dozen


The Usual Suspects
CHN: Tale of the Tape
USCHO: This Week in the WCHA (Buckentine), UND crashes Bemidji's party; nonconference struggles (Buckentine), Weekend of Oct 15-17 (Spisak)
INCH: Nebraska-Omaha makes early statement (WCHA notebook) Friday Four-cast, First Shift (national notebooks)


HatchetJoe says . . .
Michael Mersch for Hobey . . .
(Honestly, I tried to get a different quote, but the man is insistent on sharing his views on this matter. And if you've ever talked to HatchetJoe, you know how difficult it is to change the topic of conversation, ya just gotta go with the flow.)

It's Friday, I'm in Love

Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Oh, Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love

I've had this song in my head all week. I'm not gonna lie; I love this song and I'm gonna listen to it the entire time I write this post. It's Friday, Badger Hockey is back at the Kohl, and I'm in Love. Go RED!


BADGER MEN v. Alabama-Huntsville: FRI 7 PM / Sun 1 PM

UW: 1-1-0 overall (last weekend 3-4 loss to BU and 6-0 win over Holy Cross
UAH: 1-1-0 overall (last weekend 4-2 win over and 1-4 loss to Ferris State)

Gameday Links
Sunday Tailgate
TV:
- Friday - FSN (live), The Wisconsin Channel (tape-delay 11PM)
- Sat - Big Ten Network (tape-delay Oct 19 @ 3PM)
Radio: Friday - WIBA 1310; Sat - WTSO 1070
Audio webstream: insideBADGERSPORTS ($9.95/mo),
Video webstream: Friday - none; Sunday - bigtennetwork.com ($7.95/mo)
Live stats: CBSSports Gametracker - Friday, Sunday
Live blog: - Capobianco (uwbadgers)?, Worgull (BN)? (Capo usually only does road games so I don't really expect one, but the game notes have a live blog listed. I don't know for sure if Worgull is doing a blog, but he always did last year. If he does, a link will be on the front page of BN at gametime.)

Weekly Shooutout Winner
This week, KEEGAN MEUER won the shootout.

Badger Lines
I don't see tonight's line-up posted yet. If I see it later, I'll go ahead and edit. In the meantime (per Baggot), here are the lines that were used in practice on Wednesday. (I'm assuming Goody gets the start Friday (Bennett on Sunday) and that the 5th F line and 4th D pairing sit tonight (with changes made Sunday).)

Jordy Murray - Craig Smith - Mark Zengerle
Patrick Johnson - Sean Dolan - Ryan Little
Podge Turnbull - Derek Lee - Tyler Barnes
Michael Mersch - Jefferson Dahl - Gavin Hartzog
Jason Clark - Keegan Meuer - Sean Little

Jake Gardiner - John Ramage
Craig Johnson - Justin Schultz
Eric Springer - Frankie Simonelli
Chase Drake - Joe Faust

Scott Gudmandson
Brett Bennett

Charger lines
I don't see them listed anywhere yet, but hopefully Geof will put them up on his UAHhockey blog sometime today. Keep an eye out for a couple of Geoffrion brothers - freshman Brice wears #5 and sophomore Sebastian wears #22 - and for Wisconsinite Justin Cester (sophomore, #26).

Here's what Mike Eaves said in his weekly presser about the Geoffrion boys: "Well, they play with great energy. They’re energy guys. They play physically hard, a lot like Blake was a freshman with us, he played with great energy and hit everything that moved. They play with that same type of energy."

About Sebastian, Brett Bennett said, "I played with Sebastian in juniors. He was our fighter on our team. He was like a [New York Rangers forward Sean] Avery-type if you can compare him to anyone in the NHL." [Gabriel]


Series Previews
uwbadgers: preview, game notes
uahchargers: (nothing yet)
Baggot (WSJ): Either I can't use the internet, madison.com sucks and doesn't have things posted right, or Baggot didn't write an article today. *shrug*
Gabriel (Daily Cardinal): Wisconsin readies the home ice as team prepares for UA-Huntsville
Henson (Badger Herald): Eaves' "junkyard dogs" ready for home debut
Powers (HF): Alabama-Huntsville and Atlantic Hockey 2010-11 season preview (has some more quotes regarding the Geoffrion brothers)

Other Articles/Links
uwbadgers: Mike Eaves' weekly presser
Baggot (WSJ): Switched from defense, Little is already scoring points
Baggot (WSJ): Eaves looking for some separation
Milewski (USCHO): New start for Alabama-Huntsville for 2010-11, in a number of ways
Holt (Badger Herald): Young Badgers to rely on senior goaltenders
Worgull (BN): A Young Animal House (premium content)
Bucketine (USCHO): Don't read too much into early WCHA results


The Usual Suspects
CHN: Tale of the Tape
USCHO: This Week in the WCHA (Spisak)
INCH: Friday Four-cast, First Shift (national notebooks)

HatchetJoe says . . .
Michael Mersch for Hobey . . .

It's Friday, I'm In Love?

I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's gray and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday, I'm in love

Badger Men vs Boston University Friday 8:30 cst / TBD Sunday

Gameday Links
TV:
- Live - none
- Tape delay - none
Radio: Friday-WIBA 1310, Sunday-WTSO-AM 1070
Audio webstream: insideBADGERSPORTS ($9.95/mo)
Video webstream: Hockey Prime Time ($9.99 for all 4 games)
Live blog: Capobianco, Boston Hockey Blog

Badger Lines
Jordy Murray-Craig Smith-Mark Zengerle
Podge Turnbull-Derek Lee-Tyler Barnes
Patrick Johnson-Sean Dolan-Ryan Little
Jason Clark/Keegan Meuer-Michael Mersch-Gavin Hartzog

Jake Gardiner-John Ramage
Justin Schultz-Craig Johnson
Eric Springer-Frankie Simonelli

Scott Gudmandson (Friday)
Brett Bennett (Sunday)

Jason Clark is a bit banged up and if he can't go, Keegan Meuer will most likely see his first ice time as a Wisconsin Badger.

Series Previews

uwbadgers: preview, game notes
goterriers.com: preview, game notes
Baggot (WSJ): Rookies dot Eaves' inaugural lineup
Daily Free Press: BU Hockey Season Preview
Holt (Badger Herald): UW's Gritty Reboot
Gabriel (Daily Cardinal): New Year, New Faces For Wisconsin

Other Articles/Links

Baggot (WSJ): As season begins, Dolan is center of attention
Baggot (WSJ): Newcomers expected to fill veteran void
Baggot (WSJ): Eaves gets first look at his new lineup

The Usual Suspects

College Hockey News: Ice Breaker Preview, Tale of the tape
USCHO.com: WCHA Preview


Note: Just wanted to point out that I hope 60 can come back to do this every week, because this is wayyyy to much work for me to do on a Friday, and I didn't even do a good job.

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I'm on Vacation, I'm in Love

I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's gray and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday, I'm in love

Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Oh, Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love

Saturday, wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday, never hesitate...

Gotta go get breakfast, Mr 60 is hungry, and you don't want to mess with a hungry Mr 60. So you're not going to get an It's Friday I'm in Love (not that you've gotten one in the last month anyway, but bygones, etc, and Chuck has been keeping you updated, luv you Chuck! Which reminds me, Chuck, I'm doubling your salary, so that when you give half of it to the contest winner, you won't lose anything. Oh, wait . . . ) But I just wanted to share a few quick thoughts . . .

1. CAPTAIN ASS-KICKER FOR HOBEY! I'm not gonna lie, I'm more than a little bit in love, here. Blake Geoffrion, I'm in Love.
   
2. BOHMBER!! A well-deserved promotion to one of the top lines. Andy Bohmbach, I'm in Love.
   
3. JUSTIN SCHULTZ, congrats on the much-deserved naming to the WCHA all-rookie team. the WCHA can be rough on freshmen defenseman, and he's never looked like a freshman out there to me. Justin Schultz, I'm in Love.
   
4. JORDY MURRAY, I was supposed to tell you that 11-year old Anna from Rockford says "hi", which she asked me to do after hearing that I had talked to you Friday of 1st-round WCHA playoffs in Madison, but alas, I didn't run into you on Saturday. (Which is really to bad on Sat, as I "was" you on Sat, lol.) Anna and I expect great things from you this weekend! Jorday Murray, We're in Love.
5. AARON BENDICKSON, BEN GROTTING are two players I really enjoy watching. Gotta love a couple of seniors who play hard every night, especially when their hard work directly contributes to some pretty good results. Dang, aren't they fun to watch play? Aaron Bendickson, Ben Grotting, I'm in Love.
   
6. No disrespect to Patrick Johnson (I still luv ya, Patrick), but it was nice to see PODGE TURNBULL get back in the lineup, as I think he's been Gorowsky'd a bit this season. As Chuck would say, it's nice to see him get a fair shake. Podge Turnbull, I'm in Love.
7. EXILE, I'm in Love. Love you're cheers for this weekend! I knew there was a reason I "hired" you!
   

It's Friday, I'm in Love

Saturday, wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday, never hesitate...

BADGER MEN @ Duluth: FRI / SAT 7 PM

“We’re feeling great right now. It has been a tough stretch against some great teams, but it’s been fun and we hope we can keep this up.”

“Road trips are always big. We’re playing in a loud venue and it’s going to be exciting in that smaller rink. Duluth is a great team, they play similar hockey to us, and it’s definitely going to be a battle.”

-- Jordy Murray [Henson]

UW: 14-6-4 overall, 10-5-3 WCHA
UMD: 16-9-1 overall, 12-5-1 WCHA


Gameday Links
TV: Charter Extra 87 (Fri & Sat)
Radio: WIBA 1310
Audio webstream: insideBADGERSPORTS ($9.95/mo), www.fan1490.com (free, Duluth feed)
Video webstream: b2live ($7/game)
Live stats: umdbulldogs
Live blog: Capobianco*, Worgull (BN)*

* I don't have the direct blog links, but they should be linked on the front page of their respective sites at game time.

Weekly Shooutout Winner
This week, DEREK STEPAN won the shootout. I believe that's St. Stepan's 2nd shootout win this season.

Badger Lines
Murray - Geoffrion - C Smith
Street - Stepan - Davies
Mitchell - Bendickson- Bohmbach
Grotting - Dolan - P Johnson

McDonagh - Gardiner
Smith - Ramage
Goloubef - Schultz

Gudmandson
Bennett

Extra Skaters - Thurber, C Johnson

Goody on Friday (I'm in Love) and Bennett on Saturday?

Bulldog lines
M Connolly - J Connolly - Fontaine
Bordson - Oleksuk - Seidel
Fulton - Akins - Grun
Danberg - DeLisle - Hendrickson

Olsen - Montgomery
Bergman - Lamb
Kishel - Huttel

Reiter
Hjelle

Series Previews
uwbadgers: preview, game notes
umdbulldogs: preview, game notes
Baggot (WSJ): UW men's hockey at Minnesota-Duluth
Baggot (WSJ blog): Bendickson OK, Eaves sets lineup for Duluth
Henson (Badger Herald): Potential for scoring high in Duluth
Gabriel (Daily Cardinal): No rest for the weary
Pates (Duluth Tribune): Bulldogs face challenge to stay on top, face Badgers at DECC
Pates (Duluth Tribune): Wisconsin at UMD
Pates (Rink&Run blog): Game Day
Pates (Rink&Run blog): A showdown looms

Other Articles/Links
uwbadgers: Davies is WCHA Player of the Week
uwbadgers: Mike Eaves' weekly presser
Baggot (WSJ): Proof isn't in the points for Gardiner
Baggot (WSJ): UW alumni get-together set for this weekend
Baggot (WSJ blog): Some amazing things have happened to UW at the DECC
Baggot (WSJ blog): Five good minutes with Andy Hrodey
Baggot (WSJ blog): The weekend that was in the WCHA
Holt (Badger Herald): No one better
Breiner (Daily Cardinal): Defensemen drive UW's success
Savidge (Daily Cardinal): After impressive Denver series, Badgers playing like national champions
umdbulldogs: Drew Akins' blog

The Usual Suspects
CHN: Tale of the Tape
USCHO: This Week in the WCHA (Spisak), What I Think (Milewski), Tuesday Morning Quarterback (Milewski/Connelly, USCHO Extra)
INCH: Friday Four-cast, First Shift (national notebook), Defense keys St. Cloud surge (WCHA notebook)
Goon's World: Weekend Match-ups (Sioux 7)

HatchetJoe says . . .
HatchetJoe must be sleeping in today . . . perhaps we'll hear from him later?



BADGER WOMEN @ OSU: FRI 6 PM / SAT 2 PM

Gameday Links

No. 10 Wisconsin (14-9-3, 11-8-1) vs. Ohio State (12-10-4, 9-9-2)
Dates	Friday, Jan. 29 at 7:07 p.m. ET | Saturday, Jan. 30 at 3:07 p.m. ET
Location	Madison, Wis. | Kohl Center
Game 1	Buckeye Vision | Scarlet and Gray Sports Radio | Livestats
Game 2	USCHO.com | Livestats
Live Blog	UWBadgers.com
All-Time Series	Wisconsin leads 38-4-6

Thanks again to Jacqueline Boscacci!

Series Previews
uwbadgers: preview, game notes
ohiostatebuckeyes: preview, game notes
Erickson (Badger Herald): Badgers looking for success in Columbus
Evans (Daily Cardinal): Badgers in must-win territory as they travel to OSU

Other Articles/Links
uwbadgers: Prévost named WCHA Player of the Week
Hughes (Badger Herald): Deluce key to UW's offensive success