Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey

Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey
Current season
University	Wisconsin
Conference	WCHA
Head coach	Mark Johnson 14th year, 409–76–36
Arena	LaBahn Arena Capacity: 2,273
Location	Madison, Wisconsin
Colors	Cardinal and White[1]
Fight song	On, Wisconsin!
NCAA Tournament Champions
2006, 2007, 2009, 2011
NCAA Tournament Frozen Four
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
NCAA Tournament Appearances
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
Conference Tournament Champions
2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016
Conference Regular Season Champions
2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2016

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

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

On January 28, 2012, the Wisconsin Badgers broke the NCAA women's hockey attendance record for the third consecutive year^[4] with 12,402 fans in attendance.^[5] 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.^[6]

On November 6, 2016, Ann-Renee Desbiens achieved career shutout number 44, breaking Noora Raty’s record for most NCAA career shutouts.^[7]

Season by season results

Won Championship

Lost Championship

Conference Champions

League Leader

Year	Coach	W	L	T	Conference	Conf. W	Conf. L	Conf. T	Finish	Conference Tournament	NCAA Tournament
2016–17	Mark Johnson	14	1	1	WCHA	10	1	1
2015–16	Mark Johnson	35	4	1	WCHA	24	3	1	1st WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota State (4–0, 6–0) Won Semifinals vs. Minnesota-Duluth (5–0) Won Championship vs. Minnesota(1–0)	Won First Round vs. Mercyhurst (6–0) Lost Frozen Four vs. Minnesota 2–3(OT)
2014–15	Mark Johnson	29	7	4	WCHA	19	6	3	2nd WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. St. Cloud State (5–1, 4–1) Won Semifinals vs. North Dakota (4–1) Won Championship vs. Bemidji State (4–0)	Won First Round vs. Boston University (5–1) Lost Frozen Four vs. Minnesota (1–3)
2013–14	Mark Johnson	28	8	2	WCHA	21	5	2	2nd WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota State (4–0. 0–3, 2–0) Lost Semifinals vs. North Dakota (0–1)	Won First Round vs. Harvard (2–1) Lost Frozen Four vs. Minnesota (3–5)
2012–13	Mark Johnson	23	10	2	WCHA	17	9	2	3rd WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. St. Cloud State (5–0, 4–1) Lost Semifinals vs. North Dakota (1–2)	Did not qualify
2011–12	Mark Johnson	33	5	2	WCHA	23	3	2	1st WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota State (7–0, 4–0) Lost Semifinals vs. Minnesota-Duluth (1–3)	Won First Round vs. Mercyhurst (3–1) Won Frozen Four vs. Boston College (6–2) Lost Championship vs. Minnesota (2–4)
2010–11	Mark Johnson	37	2	2	WCHA	24	2	2	1st WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. St. Cloud State (9–3, 5–1) Won Semifinals vs. North Dakota (3–0) Won Championship vs. Minnesota (5–4 OT)	Won First Round vs. Minnesota-Duluth (2–1) Won Frozen Four vs. Boston College (3–2) Won Championship vs. Boston University (4–1)
2009–10	Tracey DeKeyser*	18	15	3	WCHA	15	12	1	4th WCHA	Lost Quarterfinals vs. Ohio State (2–3 OT, 3–4 OT)	Did not qualify
2008–09	Mark Johnson	34	2	5	WCHA	21	2	5	2nd WCHA	Won Quartefinals vs. Ohio State (7–0, 4–1) Won Semifinals vs. Minnesota-Duluth (3–1) Won Championship vs. Minnesota (5–3)	Won First Round vs. Dartmouth (7–0) Won Frozen Four vs. Minnesota-Duluth (5–1) Won Championship vs. Mercyhurst (5–0)
2007–08	Mark Johnson	29	9	3	WCHA	20	5	3	3rd WCHA	Won Quarterfinalsvs. Minnesota State (4–2, 5–0) Won Semifinals vs. Minnesota (4–3) Lost Championship vs. Minnesota-Duluth (4–5 OT)	Won First Round vs. Minnesota (3–2 OT) Won Frozen Four vs. Harvard (4–1) Lost Championship vs. Minnesota-Duluth (0–4)
2006–07	Mark Johnson	36	1	4	WCHA	23	1	4	1st WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. North Dakota (4–0, 3–0) Won Semifinals vs. Ohio State (4–0) Won Championship vs. Minnesota (3–1)	Won First Round vs. Harvard (1–0 4OT) Won Frozen Four vs. St. Lawrence (4–0) Won Championship vs. Minnesota-Duluth (4–1)
2005–06	Mark Johnson	36	4	1	WCHA	24	3	1	1st WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. North Dakota (4–1, 6–0) Won Semifinals vs. St. Cloud State (9–0) Won Championship vs. Minnesota (4–1)	Won First Round vs. Mercyhurst (2–1 2OT) Won Frozen Four vs. St. Lawrence (1–0) Won Championship vs. Minnesota (3–0)
2004–05	Mark Johnson	28	9	1	WCHA	20	7	1	3rd WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. St. Cloud State (3–1) Won Semifinals vs. Minnesota-Duluth (3–2 OT) Lost Championship vs. Minnesota (2–3 OT)	Lost First Round vs. Dartmouth (3–4)
2003–04	Mark Johnson	25	6	3	WCHA	18	5	1	2nd WCHA	Lost Semifinals vs. Minnesota-Duluth (1–3)	Did not qualify
2002–03	Mark Johnson	22	8	5	WCHA	14	6	4	3rd WCHA	Lost Semifinals vs. Minnesota (1–3)	Did not qualify
2001–02	Trina Bourget	22	11	2	WCHA	17	6	1	3rd WCHA	Won Semifinals vs. Minnesota-Duluth (4–1) Lost Championship vs. Minnesota (2–3)	Did not qualify
2000–01	Trina Bourget	21	9	5	WCHA	13	6	5	3rd WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. Bemidji State (5–2) Lost Semifinals vs. Minnesota-Duluth (5–6)	Did not qualify
1999-00	Julie Sasner	19	14	2	WCHA	15	8	1	3rd WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. Bemidji State (9–2) Lost Semifinals vs. Minnesota (0–5)	Did not qualify

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* 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:

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	City	Arena
2006	Wisconsin	3–0	Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	Mariucci Arena
2007	Wisconsin	4–1	Minnesota-Duluth	Lake Placid, NY	Herb Brooks Arena
2008	Minnesota-Duluth	4–0	Wisconsin	Duluth, MN	DECC
2009	Wisconsin	5–0	Mercyhurst	Boston, MA	Agganis Arena
2011	Wisconsin	4–1	Boston	Erie, PA	Tullio Arena
2012	Minnesota	4–2	Wisconsin	Duluth, MN	DECC

Current roster

Number	Player	Position	Class	Height
1	Alyson Baldwin	G	Fr.	5–1	Richmond, TX
2	Melissa Channell	D	Sr.	5–4	Oakville, Ontario
4	Mikaela Gardner	D	So.	5–8	Plainfield, IL
5	Jenny Ryan	D	Sr.	5–4	Victor, NY
6	Presley Norby	F	Fr.	5–5	Minnetonka, MN
7	Sam Cogan	F	So.	5–8	Ottawa, Ontario
8	Maddie Rowe	D	Fr.	5–11	River Falls, WI
10	Mikayla Johnson	F	RS Sr.	5–7	Madison, WI
11	Sydney McKibbon	F	Sr.	5–5	Oakville, Ontario
12	Sophia Shaver	F	So.	5–10	Wayzata, MN
13	Maddie Rolfes	D	Jr.	5–8	West Des Moines, IA
14	Alexis Mauerman	F	Fr.	5–2	Janesville, WI
16	Sarah Nurse	F	Sr.	5–8	Hamilton, Ontario
17	Lauren Williams	D	Jr.	5–9	Windsor, Ontario
18	Abby Roque	F	Fr.	5–7	Sault St. Marie, MI
19	Annie Pankowski	F	Jr.	5–9	Laguna Hills, CA
21	Baylee Wellhausen	F	Jr.	5–4	Williams Bay, WI
22	Mekenzie Steffen	D	Fr.	5–6	Centerville, MN
24	Claudia Kepler	F	RS Sr.	5–4	Verona, WI
26	Emily Clark	F	Jr.	5–7	Saskatoon, Sasketchawan
29	Nikki Cece	G	Fr.	5–7	Oakville, Ontario
30	Ann-Renee Desbiens	G	Sr.	5–9	La Malbaie, Quebec
35	Nali Mulan	G	Jr.	5–4	Hudson, WI

Awards and honors

WCHA honors

• Annie Pankowski, 2015 WCHA Rookie of the Year
• Ann-Renée Desbiens, WCHA Player of the Year ^[9]

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^[10]
• 2010: Genna Prough

Frozen Four All-Tournament team

Year	Player	Position
2011	Brooke Ammerman[11]	Forward
2011	Meghan Duggan	Forward
2011	Carolyne Prevost	Forward
2011	Alev Kelter	Defense

Career Points Leaders (Top Ten All-Time Scorers)

	Name	Career Games	Goals	Assists	Total Points	Years Played
1	Hilary Knight	161	143	119	262	2007–2012
2	Brianna Decker	143	115	129	244	2009–2013
3	Meghan Duggan	159	108	130	238	2006–2011
4	Sara Bauer	152	80	138	218	2003–2007
5	Brooke Ammerman	153	98	117	218	2008–2012
6	Meghan Hunter	132	84	93	177	2000–2004
7	Erika Lawler	163	55	119	174	2005–2009
8	Kendra Antony	137	67	92	159	1999–2003
9	Jinelle Zaugg	160	89	67	156	2004–2008
10	Carolyne Prevost	144	70	72	142	2009–2012

Patty Kazmaier Award Winners

Sara Bauer – 2007 | Jessie Vetter – 2009 | Meghan Duggan – 2011 | Brianna Decker – 2012 ^[12] |-

Bob Allen Women's Hockey Player of the Year Winners

Jessie Vetter – 2009 | Meghan Duggan – 2011 | Hilary Knight – 2014 | Brianna Decker – 2015^[13] |-

Notable players

• Sara Bauer- Patty Kazmaier Award winner, 2007 Big Ten Medal of Honor,^[14] 2007 NCAA Women's Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player
• Brianna Decker – 2012 Patty Kazmaier Award winner,^[15] 2011 second team All-American, 2011–12 CCM Hockey Women's Division I first team All-American^[16]
• Meghan Duggan – member 2010 U.S. Olympic team, 2011 Patty Kazmaier Award winner,^[17] 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,^[18] 2011 NCAA Women's Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player, 2011 first team All-American^[19]
• 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^[20]
• Jessie Vetter – member 2010 U.S. Olympic team, 2009 Bob Allen Women's Ice Hockey Player of the Year,^[21] 2009 Patty Kazmaier Award,^[22] 2006, 2009 NCAA Women's Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player^[23]
• Kerry Weiland – member 2010 U.S. Olympic team
• Jinelle Zaugg-Siergiej – member 2010 U.S. Olympic team

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External links

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