MERCYHURST LAKERS Head Coach: Michael Sisti Record at MU: (19th Year) Overall: Same

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1 4 National Titles (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011) 5 Patty Kazmaier Award Winners 6 WCHA Regular Season Championships 17 AllAmericans SERIES 2 #2 WISCONSIN (200) VS. MERCYHURST (000) SEPT. 28/ P.M./7 P.M. (CT) MADISON, WIS. LA BAHN ARENA (2,273) WISCONSIN WELCOMES MERCYHURST TO MADISON The No. 2 Badgers wrap up their fourgame homestand against Mercyhurst at LaBahn Arena. UW will take on the Lakers on Thursday at 7 p.m. before wrapping up the series on Friday with a 7 p.m. contest. Wisconsin leads the alltime series against Mercyhurst 90, with four of the previous nine meetings coming in the NCAA tournament. UW s most memorable game against Mercyhurst was the NCAA title game in 2009, a game the Badgers won 50 in Boston to claim the program s third national title. The Badgers and Lakers last met in 2016 in the NCAA tournament as UW blanked MU, 60, to advance to the 2016 NCAA Frozen Four. KEY NOTES TO CONSIDER This weekend s series features two of the winningest coaches in NCAA women s hockey in UW s Mark Johnson and Mercyhurst s Michael Sisti. Sisti ranks second in NCAA Division I women s hockey history with 444 wins during his 19 years with the Lakers, while Johnson ranks third with 430 career triumphs in his 15 years on the Badgers bench. The Badgers have been spectacular in regularseason games in September as UW is 1501 alltime in contests played in the month. More impressively, UW has outscored its opponents 9111 during the ninth month of the year. UW is a perfect 80 at home during the month following its sweep of Lindenwood last weekend. UW is coming off of a sweep of Lindenwood at LaBahn Arena, as the Badgers defeated the Lady Lions 31 on Friday before earning a 40 triumph on Saturday. Sophomore netminder Kristen Campbell, who transferred to Wisconsin from North Dakota, started both games for UW last weekend, stopping 17 of the 18 shots she faced. The Brandon, Manitoba, native also earned her second collegiate shutout on Saturday. Wisconsin added 10 new faces to the roster, including eight freshmen, making this year s squad one of the youngest teams head coach Mark Johnson has coached during his time at the helm of the women s program. Thursday s mark marks the seventh time in school history UW will play a Thursday contest. The last time UW played on Thursday was Nov. 13, 2014 as the Badgers blitzed Minnesota State, 82, at LaBahn Arena. The number of Badgers that recorded a point during UW s seasonopening sweep of Lindenwood last weekend. out of the 14 players, five newcomers recorded their first points as a Badger. WISCONSIN BADGERS Head Coach: Mark Johnson Record at WIS: (15th Year) Overall: Same The number of Badgers, past and current, that are on national squads preparing for the 2018 Winter Olympics, including four players from last year s squad (Emily Clark, AnnRenee Desbiens, Sarah Nurse and Annie Pankowski). MERCYHURST LAKERS Head Coach: Michael Sisti Record at MU: (19th Year) Overall: Same Sophomore Presley Norby recorded a pair of goals and a pair of assists during UW s sweep of Lindenwood at LaBahn Arena The number of teams that appear in the first USCHO. com Poll that No. 2 UW will play this year. Wisconsin will face No. 3 Minnesota and No. 5 Minnesota Duluth in WCHA play and No. 7 Cornell and No. 8 Northeastern in nonconference action SCHEDULE/RESULTS 000, 0000 WCHA DATE OPPONENT TIME (CT) SEPT. 16 KOREA (EXH) W, 80 SEPT. 22 LINDENWOOD W, 31 SEPT. 23 LINDENWOOD W, 40 SEPT. 28 MERCYHURST 7 p.m. SEPT. 29 MERCYHURST 7 p.m. Oct. 6 at Syracuse 3 p.m. Oct. 7 at Syracuse 2 p.m. Oct. 13 at Minnesota State* 7 p.m. Oct. 14 at Minnesota State* 3 p.m. OCT. 20 BEMIDJI STATE* 7 p.m. OCT. 21 BEMIDJI STATE* 7 p.m. Oct. 28 at Minnesota* 4 p.m. Oct. 29 at Minnesota* 3 p.m. NOV. 5 OHIO STATE* 2 p.m. NOV. 5 OHIO STATE* 12 p.m. Nov. 10 at Cornell 2 p.m. Nov. 11 at Cornell 2 p.m. Nov. 24 vs. Northeastern 3 p.m. Nov. 25 vs. Boston University 12 p.m. Dec. 1 MINNESOTADULUTH* 7 p.m. Dec. 2 MINNESOTADULUTH* 7 p.m. Dec. 8 at St. Cloud State* 3 p.m. Dec. 9 at St. Cloud State* 3 p.m. Jan. 13 MINNESOTA STATE* 2 p.m. Jan. 14 MINNESOTA STATE* 1 p.m. Jan. 19 at Bemidji State* 7 p.m. Jan. 20 at Bemidji State* 3 p.m. Jan. 27 ST. CLOUD STATE* 2 p.m. Jan. 28 ST. CLOUD STATE* 2 p.m. Feb. 2 at Ohio State* 5 p.m. Feb. 3 at Ohio State* 2 p.m. Feb. 9 at MinnesotaDuluth* 7 p.m. Feb. 10 at MinnesotaDuluth* 4 p.m. Feb. 16 MINNESOTA* 7 p.m. Feb. 17 MINNESOTA* 3 p.m. All times Central. Home games in BOLD CAPS played at LaBahn Arena. * Denotes Western Collegiate Hockey Association game TWITTER: #BADGERS / #ONWISCONSIN Official MOBILE APP: BADGER GAMEDAY The Badger Gameday app for ios and Android devices offers everything fans need to keep up with the Badgers, whether at home or in their seat at LaBahn Arena. In addition to the latest news, videos and photos from UWBadgers.com, the app gives fans access to ingame video highlights and the ability to upgrade their gameday experience right from their phone. Women s Hockey Contact: AJ Harrison Office: Cell: ah3@athletics.wisc.edu Athletic Communications Office University of Wisconsin Kellner Hall 1440 Monroe Street Madison, WI 53711

2 WISCONSIN QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION School: University of WisconsinMadison Location: Madison, Wis. (233,209) Founded: 1848 Enrollment: 42,818 Nickname: Colors: Conference: Division: Chancellor: Director of Athletics: Assoc. Athletic Director W Hockey: HEAD COACH MARK JOHNSON Hometown: Badgers Cardinal and White WCHA NCAA I Rebecca Blank Barry Alvarez Jason King Madison, Wis. Alma Mater: Wisconsin, 1994 Career Record/Years UW Record/Years (.822)/14th season Same WCHA Record (.796) COACHING STAFF Associate Head Coach: Dan Koch (St. Mary s, 2001) Assistant Coach: Jackie Crum (Wisconsin, 2006) Volunteer Asst. Coach: Mark Greenhalgh (Wisconsin, 2007) Director of Operations: Paul Hickman (Wisconsin, 2002) Athletic Training: Strength & Conditioning TEAM INFORMATION Dennis Helwing Jim Snider Overall Record: WCHA Record (Finish): 2224 (1st) WCHA Tournament: Champions Letterwinners returning/lost: 19/5 TEAM HISTORY First Year of Women s Hockey (17 seasons) Record: (.777) Alltime WCHA Record: (.762) WCHA Tournament Record: (.745) WCHA Regular Season Titles: 6 (2006,07,11,12,16,17) WCHA Tournament Titles: 7 (2006,07,09,11,15,16,17) NCAA Appearances: 11 (2005,06,07,08,09, 11,12,14,15, 16,17) NCAA Titles: 4 (2006,07,09,11) LABAHN ARENA Capacity: 2,273 Opened: 2012 Address: 105 East Campus Mall Madison, WI Record at LaBahn Arena (.858) Sellouts at LaBahn Arena 40 UW ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Office Phone: (608) LaBahn Arena Press Box Phone: (608) Fax: (608) Address: 1440 Monroe Street, Madison, WI Website: UWBadgers.com AJ HARRISON ASSISTANT DIRECTOR All Requests Cell: (608) ah3@athletics.wisc.edu GET TO KNOW MARK Mark Johnson is in his 15th season as Wisconsin s head coach and has led the Badgers to four national championships during his tenure. Johnson was a member of the NCAA Champion UW men s hockey team and was a twotime firstteam AllAmerican while at Wisconsin. He was named one of the WCHA s Top 50 Players in 50 Years, and is UW s alltime leading scorer with 48 singleseason goals and 125 career goals. He played for five teams during an 11year National Hockey League career that included an AllStar Game appearance. Johnson has been twice inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame once as a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and most recently for his individual accomplishments as a player and coach. 400, WE WANT MORE Wisconsin women s hockey head coach Mark Johnson holds a record, which ranks third in NCAA history. The other two coaches to reach 400 wins at the NCAA Division I women s hockey level are Katey Stone (Harvard) and Michael Sisti (Mercyhurst). Johnson passed former UMD bench boss Shannon Miller two years ago for third on the NCAA list. NCAA DIVISION I COACHING WINS LEADERS Coach Career Wins 1. Katey Stone (Harvard 1995Present) Michael Sisti (Mercyhurst 2000Present) Mark Johnson (UW ,10Present) 430 HOME COOKING The Badgers have been stellar in Madison over the last two years, compiling a 4012 record. Last season at home,uw sported a 1612 record at LaBahn Arena and the Kohl Center, outscoring opponents UW also has a 14game home unbeaten streak, outscoring opponents 718. A DECADE PLUS OF EXCELLENCE Since the season, the Badgers have made it to the NCAA Frozen Four 10 times, the most appearances of any team during the 12year span. Wisconsin has won four NCAA titles (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011) while reaching the championship game seven times. GAME NOTES The son of legendary Wisconsin coach Bob Johnson, he was named the American Hockey Coaches Association Women s Division I Coach of the Year as well as the WCHA Coach of the Year in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 and Johnson was awarded the prestigious NCAA Silver Anniversary award for his accomplishments in the 25 years following the completion of collegiate competition. The leading scorer for the 1980 U.S. Olympic Team that won the gold medal in Lake Placid, Johnson coached in the Olympics 30 years later leading the U.S. women s hockey team to silver at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. In addition to winning four national titles at Wisconsin, Johnson has led the Badgers to seven Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff titles, six WCHA regular season crowns and coached five Patty Kazmaier Award Winners. With more than 400 wins, Johnson is the winningest coach in program history. In addition, Wisconsin has won seven WCHA Final FaceOff titles and six WCHA regular season crowns since the season. Alltime, Wisconsin s 10 Frozen Four appearances are the secondmost in NCAA history. LAST TIME OUT: WISCONSIN 8, KOREA 0 Four different Badgers scored to push No. 2 Wisconsin women s hockey past Lindenwood, 40, on Saturday afternoon in front of a sellout crowd at LaBahn Arena. Senior Claudia Kepler got the ball rolling for the Badgers early in the first period, burying a rebound from sophomore Abby Roque to give Wisconsin (200) a 10 lead over Lindenwood (020). It s awesome, Kepler said about the goal. It was a great play by Abby, really, I was just in the right place in the right time, she hit it off the crossbar, so I just knocked it in after that. It marked Kepler s first goal as a Badger as the Verona, Wisconsin, native transferred from Ohio State after playing three years for the Buckeyes. Sophomore Presley Norby hammered home a backhanded goal in the second period to give the Badgers a 20 lead. It marked Norby s second goal of the weekend after she scored UW s opening goal on Friday. Today she was one of our best players, UW head coach Mark Johnson said. She had a lot of energy, played a lot of minutes, scored a nice goal in the second period. Whether it was killing a penalty or fiveonfive she seemed to be around the puck, have the puck, and that s a good sign. 2

3 USCHO.COM DIVISION I POLL SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 RK TEAM (1ST PLACE) RECORD POINTS LAST RK 1. Clarkson (10) NR 2. Wisconsin (1) NR 3. Minnesota (4) NR 4. Boston College NR 5. Minnesota Duluth NR 6. St. Lawrence NR 7. Cornell NR 8. Northeastern NR 9. Quinnipiac NR 10. Robert Morris NR Others receiving votes: Colgate 16, Princeton 16, Ohio State 5, Harvard 4, Mercyhurst 4, Boston University 3. USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY MAGAZINE POLL MARCH 21, 2017 RK TEAM (1ST PLACE) POINTS LAST RK RECORD 1. Clarkson (19) Wisconsin Boston College Minnesota Minnesota Duluth St. Lawrence Cornell Robert Morris Princeton Northeastern Others receiving votes: None BADGERS IN THE RANKINGS Date USCHO.COM USA TODAY Preseason 2 2 Sept. 25/26 2 Oct. 2/3 Oct. 9/10 Oct. 16/17 Oct. 23/24 Oct. 30/31 Nov. 6/7 Nov. 13/14 Nov. 20/21 Nov. 27/28 Dec. 4/5 Dec. 11/12 Jan. 1/2 Jan. 8/9 Jan. 15/16 Jan. 22/23 Jan. 29/30 Feb. 5/6 Feb. 12/13 Feb. 19/20 Feb. 25/26 March 5/6 March 12/13 Postseason Fellow sophomore Alexis Mauermann snuck the puck past Lindenwood goaltender Jolene debruyn to put the Badgers up 30 with 10 minutes remaining in the third period. Junior Sam Cogan added a powerplay goal with just under a minute left to play in the third period to put the game out of reach. Sophomore Kristen Campbell, a transfer from North Dakota, recorded nine saves in her first career shutout for the Badgers. Eight Badgers recorded assists in the victory, and Kepler and junior Sophia Shaver led the team in shots on goal, combining for 11 of Wisconsin s 38 shots. UW PEGGED TO FINISH SECOND IN WCHA The Wisconsin women s hockey team was picked to finished second in the WCHA by the league s coaches. The Badgers, backtoback reigning regular season champions, earned 33 points and three firstplace votes. UW was only one point behind Minnesota, who was picked to win the league. The two Border Battle rivals wrap up the regular season with a twogame series in Madison on Feb In addition, sophomore Abby Roque finished second in the preseason WCHA Player of the Year voting after a stellar freshman season that saw the Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, native earn WCHA Rookie of the Year honors. OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAINS Senior Wisconsin women s hockey players Claudia Kepler and Baylee Wellhausen will serve as cocaptains for the Badgers during the season. Kepler, a native of Verona, Wisconsin, and Wellhausen, a Williams Bay, Wisconsin, native, will be assisted by senior Lauren Williams and junior Sophia Shaver. It marks only the second time in program history that UW will have cocaptains as Michelle Sikich and Sis Paulsen served as cocaptains during the season. Kepler will make her UW debut this fall after transferring from Ohio State, where she led the team in scoring in each of her three years on the Buckeyes. During her junior year at OSU, Kepler tallied 14 goals and 11 assists for a teamhigh 25 points. Wellhausen is coming off of a stellar junior season where she tallied 15 goals and recorded her first collegiate hat trick against No. 2 Minnesota Duluth on Feb. 12. She will become the fourth in her family to captain a UW hockey team, as her uncles Tony, Don and Rob Granato all served as captains or cocaptains for the Wisconsin men s hockey team. A native of Windsor, Ontario, Williams is coming off of a career year after appearing in all 40 games for UW, recording eight points and a +22 plus/minus rating. She also tallied the gamewinning goal for UW at North Dakota on Oct. 23, GAME NOTES Shaver, a junior from Wayzata, Minnesota, enjoyed a career season last year, recording 18 points thanks to three goals and 15 assists. During her UW career, Shaver has 35 points and a plus/minus rating of +46. MEET THE NEW BADGERS Nine players joined the Badgers this fall, as Breanna Blesi, Grace Bowlby, Natalie Buchbinder, Kristen Campbell, Delaney Drake, Kyleigh Hanzlik, Brette Pettet, Maddie Posick and Caitlin Schneider made their UW debuts last weekend. Blesi was named the Minnesota Let s Play Hockey Senior Goaltender of the Year last season after a successful prep career at Maple Grove High School in Minnesota. During her senior year, Blesi led Maple Grove to a 2041 record, which included five shutouts and a.938 save percentage. Bowlby, an Edina, Minnesota, native, was a member of the U.S. National Women s Under18 team and won gold in two IIHF Under18 Women s World Championships (2015, 2016). She enjoyed a successful prep career for Edina, leading the Hornets to the 2A state title her senior year. She also scored 20 or more points every year from the blue line for Edina. Buchbinder, a defenseman from Fairport, N.Y., played at Shattuck St. Mary s where she helped the Sabres to backtoback U16 Tier 1 national titles in 2015 and She also won gold with Team USA at the 2017 IIHF Under18 Women s World Championships. Campbell comes to UW after spending two years at North Dakota and will have three years of eligibility remaining for the Badgers. Campbell appeared in five games for UND during the season including a matchup against the Badgers on Jan. 22. Before redshirting the season at North Dakota, Campbell played in the Manitoba Female Midget Hockey League for the Westman Wildcats. Campbell also has experience on the international stage, helping Canada win silver at the 2015 IIHF Under18 World Championships. Drake, the daughter of former NHL standout Dallas Drake, comes to UW after playing four years at NAHA with freshman teammate Kyleigh Hanzlik. She helped NAHA to the JWHL Championship her final year, were she tallied a goal and two assists in the title game. She tallied three points during the 2017 IIHF Under18 Women s World Championships, including a goal in the gold medal game for the U.S. Hanzlik, a Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, native, played with Drake at NAHA, where she won two JWHL league titles. Prior to her time at NAHA, she won the state title with the Madison Capitols under 14 team. Pettet played her prep hockey at Shattuck St. Mary s, where she won four championships in her five seasons. A native of Kentville, Nova Scotia, she played for Hockey Canada in its under18 series with

4 GAME NOTES WISCONSIN AWARDS PATTY KAZMAIER MEMORIAL AWARD TOPTHREE FINALIST AnnRenée Desbiens PATTY KAZMAIER MEMORIAL AWARD TOP10 FINALISTS AnnRenée Desbiens Annie Pankowski WCHA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Abby Roque WCHA GOALTENDING CHAMPION AnnRenée Desbiens ALLWCHA FIRST TEAM AnnRenée Desbiens Annie Pankowski Jenny Ryan ALLWCHA SECOND TEAM Sarah Nurse ALLWCHA THIRD TEAM Emily Clark ALLWCHA ROOKIE TEAM Abby Roque Mekenzie Steffen WCHA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Sarah Nurse (Oct. 25, 2016) Annie Pankwoski (Nov. 22, 2016) Sarah Nurse (Dec. 6, 2016) Emily Clark (Dec. 13, 2016) Emily Clark (Jan. 17, 2017) Baylee Wellhausen (Feb. 14, 2017) Sarah Nurse (Feb. 28, 2017) Sarah Nurse (March 6, 2017) WCHA STANDINGS Conference Overall Rk Team GP Record SW PTS GFGA Record GFGA 1 Wisconsin Bemidji State Minnesota Minnesota Duluth Minnesota State Ohio State St. Cloud State LAST WEEK IN THE WCHA Wednesday, Sept. 20 Bemidji State 5, Korea 0 Friday, Sept. 22 Wisconsin 3, Lindenwood 1 St. Cloud State 4, Korea 3 Saturday, Sept. 23 Wisconsin 4, Lindenwood 0 UMD 4, Minnesota Whitecaps 1 Sunday, Sept. 24 Minnesota 4, Korea 0 THIS WEEK IN THE WCHA Tuesday, Sept. 26 Korea at Ohio State 6:07 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28 Mercyhurst at Wisconsin 7:07 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 RPI at Ohio State 5:07 p.m. Minnesota State at Lindenwood 6 p.m. UConn at St. Cloud State 6:07 p.m. Syracuse at Bemidji State 7:07 p.m. Penn State at UMD 7:07 p.m. Merrimack at Minnesota 7:07 p.m. Mercyhurst at Wisconsin 7:07 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 RPI at Ohio State 2:07 p.m. UConn at St. Cloud State 3:07 p.m. Syracuse at Bemidji State 3:07 p.m. Penn State at UMD 3:07 p.m. Minnesota State at Lindenwood 6:30 p.m. WCHA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK AnnRenée Desbiens (Nov. 8, 2016) AnnRenée Desbiens (Jan. 17, 2017) AnnRenée Desbiens (Feb. 14, 2017) AnnRenée Desbiens (Feb ) WCHA ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Abby Roque (Nov. 8, 2016) Nikki Cece (Nov. 30, 2016) Abby Roque (Dec. 6, 2016) Alexis Mauermann (Jan. 31, 2017) Abby Roque (Feb. 7, 2017) Abby Roque (Feb. 14, 2017) WCHA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE MONTH Emily Clark (December, 2016) WCHA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE MONTH AnnRenée Desbiens (January, 2017) WCHA ROOKIE OF THE MONTH Presley Norby (September/October, 2016) Abby Roque (November, 2016) WCHA SCHOLAR ATHLETES Annie Pankowski Maddie Rolfes Jenny Ryan Sophia Shaver Lauren Williams ALLWCHA ACADEMIC TEAM AnnRenée Desbiens Mikaela Gardner Mikayla Johnson Sydney McKibbon Nali Mullan Annie Pankowski Maddie Rolfes Jenny Ryan Sophia Shaver Lauren Williams the U.S. and was invited to the 2016 IIHF Under18 World High Performance Camp. Posick, the daughter of UW men s hockey radio broadcaster Brian Posick, played for the Madison Capitols for five years. A Stoughton, Wisconsin, native, she tallied 81 points off 28 goals and 53 assists in her senior year, helping her squad win the WAHA Under19 Girls State Tournament. Schneider played for the Chicago Young Americans in the JWHL and tallied 75 points off 38 goals and 37 assists in the season. A forward from Glenview, Illinois, Schneider is a twotime USA Hockey Women s National Festival invitee. Cocaptian Claudia Kepler will make her UW debut after redshirting last season following her transfer from Ohio State. During her time at Ohio State, Kepler led the Buckeyes in goals for three consecutive seasons and was named the WCHA Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 7, In addition, she picked up a pair of WCHA Rookie of the Week (Nov ; Jan. 29, 2014) honors during her freshmen year at OSU. A native of Verona, Wisconsin, Kepler played for the Madison Capitols prior to attending OSU. LAST YEAR IN REVIEW The season was another banner year for the Badgers as UW reached the NCAA title game for the seventh time in program history. Wisconsin captured its sixth WCHA regular season title and its seventh WCHA tournament title, which paces the league. AnnRenee Desbiens became the fifth Badger to win the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, which is the highest individual honor in women s college hockey. Desbiens went 2924 last year with 17 shutouts while setting NCAA records for goalsagainst average (0.71) and save percentage (.963). Desbiens earned firstteam AllAmerican honors while Annie Pankowski, Jenny Ryan and Sarah Nurse earned secondteam All American nods. Pankowski recorded 55 points thanks to 25 goals and 30 assists during her junior campaign as her 1.53 points per game average ranked fifth nationally. Her 0.69 goals per game pace also led the NCAA. Nurse recorded 53 points off 25 goals and a careerbest 28 assists en route to her first career AllAmerican honor. Ryan recorded 25 points off seven goals and 18 assists while her +37 plus/minus rating was the secondbest mark in the country among blueliners. In May, Pankowski was selected to the U.S. National Team that will train together leading up to the 2018 Winter Olympics, while Emily Clark was picked for the Canadian squad that is preparing for next year s Olympics. Both players will take Olympic redshirts this year and will return to UW next year for their senior seasons. 4

5 SERIES HISTORY: MERCYHURST Overall: Wisconsin leads: 900 Home: Wisconsin leads: 500 ALLTIME MEETINGS Date Place Result Score 10/14/00 Kohl Center W 53 10/15/00 Kohl Center W 20 11/16/02 Erie, Pa. W 32 11/17/02 Erie, Pa. W 42 3/18/06 Middleton, Wis. W 21 (2OT) 3/22/09 Boston W 50 1/2/11 St. Cloud, Minn. W 74 3/10/12 Kohl Center W 31 3/12/16 LaBahn Arena W 60 SERIES NOTES This weekend s series will mark the 10th and 11th times the Badgers and Lakers have met. The Badgers lead the alltime series with the Lakers 900 and are 500 at home Most recently, UW hosted Mercyhurst in an NCAA quarterfinal game at LaBahn Arena as the Badgers blanked the Lakers, 60. ABOUT MERCYHURST This series will be the Lakers season opening contest as MU is receiving votes in the first USCHO.Com Poll of the year. The Lakers went last year and were 1181 in CHA play. The Lakers were picked to finish third in the CHA, behind Robert Morris and Syracuse. UW takes on Syracuse in New York on Oct. 67. Senior Brooke Hartwick led the Lakers last year with 16 goals and 18 assists for 34 points. She also recorded a teambest 138 shots on net during her junior year. Sarah McDonnell returns for MU after going 681 in net last year. McDonnell started for the Lakers as a freshman in their 60 setback to the Badgers at LaBahn Arena. UW netminder Kristen Campbell will face three of her former North Dakota teammates this weekend in Mercyhurst forwards Emma Nuutinen and Vilma Tanskanen and goaltender Kennedy Blair. The quartet played together at North Dakota before the school ended its women s hockey program this past spring. GAME NOTES LAST MEETING VS. MERCYHURST #1 WISCONSIN 6, MERCYHURST 0 MARCH 12, 2016 MADISON, WIS. For the ninth time in 11 years, the Wisconsin women s hockey team is heading to the NCAA Frozen Four as the No. 2 Badgers blanked Mercyhurst, 60, in the NCAA quarterfinal round on Saturday in front of a sellout crowd at LaBahn Arena. Junior netminder AnnRenée Desbiens, a Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award topthree finalist, made 22 saves to earn her 21st shutout of the season, as Wisconsin (3531) outshot the Lakers (19115) 4122 through the contest. Six Badgers had a multipoint showing, paced by junior Sarah Nurse s three points on a goal and two assists. Saturday s win marked the 25thstraight win for the Badgers, as UW ends its home slate a perfect Twelve of UW s 21 home games were sellouts, a program record. Freshman Sam Cogan opened the Badgers scoring, tipping in a shot midway through the first period for the gamewinner and her 10th goal of the season. Exactly five minutes later, Jenny Ryan would give Wisconsin the twogoal lead, sending a onetimed rocket from along the boards past Mercyhurst goaltender Sara McDonnell. Ryan became the 12th different Badger to record a goal in the first period of a game during the season. Wisconsin tallied its eighth shorthanded goal of the year in the second period, as Sydney McKibbon deked McDonnell after a textbook twoonone play with Nurse. McKibbon leads the Badgers in postseason points, tallying three goals and four assists in playoff games. Desbiens stopped nine shots in the second, including multiple highquality chances. Sophomore Emily Clark registered her 23rd goal of the season with four minutes remaining in the second stanza, putting a backhand shot past McDonnell during a fouronfour sequence for the 40 lead. Nurse added a goal of her own in the third period, taking advantage of the Badgers power play by positioning herself near McDonnell s net and slamming home a loose puck for the 50 lead. Baylee Wellhausen would wrap up the scoring with less than two minutes to play, blowing past the MU defense and sniping a shot from the right faceoff dot. STATISTICAL MATCHUP: WISCONSIN VS. MERCYHURST ( STATS) CATEGORY WIS NCAA WCHA MU NCAA CHA Scoring Offense st 1st th 2nd Scoring Defense st 1st th 3rd Scoring Margin st 1st th 3rd Penalty Minutes th 2nd nd 1st Power Play.210 4th 2nd th 2nd Penalty Kill.918 1st 1st th 4th Winning Percentage.875 1st 1st th 3rd 5 5

6 THE LAST TIME... Hat Tricks UW hat trick: 2/25/17 Sarah Nurse vs. Minnesota State UW natural hat trick: 1/13/17 Annie Pankowski vs. St. Cloud State UW defenseman hat trick: None UW player scored 4 goals: 10/23/17 Sarah Nurse vs. North Dakota UW player scored 5 goals: 9/27/08 Hillary Knight vs. Qunnipiac Shutouts UW shut out an Opp. 9/23/17 UW 4, LIndenwood, 0 UW shut out an Opp. at home: 9/23/17 UW 4, LIndenwood, 0 UW shut out an Opp. on road: 3/17/17 UW 1, Boston College 0 UW was shut out: 12/3/16 UW 0, Minnesota 2 UW was shut out at home: 12/3/16 UW 0, Minnesota 2 Overtimes Overtime game: 2/19/17 UW 0, vs. Minnesota 0 (01 SOL) UW won overtime game: 10/14/16 UW 3, vs. Clarkson 2 UW won overtime home game: 12/4/15 UW 3, vs. Minnesota 2 UW won overtime road game: 10/14/16 UW 3, vs. Clarkson 2 Opp. won overtime game: 3/18/16 UW 2, vs. Minnesota 3 Overtime tie: 2/19/17 UW 0, vs. Minnesota 0 (01 SOL) Sweeps UW swept 2game series: 9/2223/17, vs. Lindenwood UW swept 2game home series: 9/2223/17, vs. Lindenwood UW swept 2game road series: 2/34/17, at Bemidji State Opp. swept 2game series: 2/1920/16, vs. Minnesota Opp. swept 2game UW home series: 10/1718/14, vs. Minnesota Opp. swept 2game UW road series: 2/1920/16, vs. Minnesota Comebacks UW trailed by 1 goal and won: 3/5/17 vs. Minnesota Duluth (trailed 10 in 1st period, won 41) UW trailed by 2 goal and won: 10/5/12 vs. Lindenwood (trailed 20 in 1st period, won 72) UW trailed by 3 goals and won: 3/5/11 vs. Minnesota (trailed 30 in 2nd period, won 54 in OT) UW led by 2 goals and lost: 2/26/10 at Ohio State Led 20 in 1st, lost 32 in OT) UW led by 2 goals and tied: 11/1/08 UW 2, Minnesota Duluth 2 (Led 20 in 1st, tied 22) Goals UW scored 4 goals in a period: 3/11/17 vs. Robert Morris (2nd) UW scored 5 goals in a period: 2/25/11 vs. St. Cloud State (3rd) UW scored 6 goals in a period: 2/14/16 vs. Minnesota State (3rd) PowerPlay Goals UW scored 3 PPG: 1/13/17 vs. St. Cloud State UW scored 4 PPG: 10/8/16 vs. Northern Michigan (4for8) UW scored 5 PPG: 11/8/08 vs. Michigan Tech (5for7) UW allowed 3 PPG: 1/23/16 vs. Minnesota (3for6) UW allowed 4 PPG: 10/28/11 vs. Nebraska Omaha (4for6) UW allowed 5 PPG: 3/7/10 at Minnesota (5for8) ShortHanded Goals UW scored SHG: 3/5/2017, Minnesota Duluth (Nurse) UW allowed SHG: 3/11/17, Ohio State (Kearney) Individual Scoring Games Fourpoint game: Sarah Nurse (31=4) vs. Minnesota State (2/25/2017) Fivepoint game: Annie Pankowski (14=5) vs. Minnesota State (2/25/2017) Sixpoint game: Emily Clark (33=6) vs. St. Cloud State 1/13/2017 Shots UW 50+ shots: 9/22/2017 vs. Lindenwood (51) UW 60+ shots: 1/14/2017 vs. St. Cloud State (61) UW 70+ shots: 9/25/2011 vs. Lindenwood (72) GAME NOTES Penalty Shots UW attempted penalty shot: 2/20/16 Annie Pankowski scored on Amanda Levielle (3rd period) UW scored on penalty shot: 2/20/16 Annie Pankowski scored on Amanda Levielle (3rd period) UW opponent attempted penalty shot: 3/18/12 Emily West scored on Alex Rigsby UW opponent scored on penalty shot: 3/18/12 Emily West scored on Alex Rigsby LAST BADGERS GOALS Player Date Opponent GP Since Buchbinder Bowlby Cogan 9/23/17 Lindenwood 0 Drake Gardner 1/28/17 Minnesota State 15 Hanzlik Kepler 9/23/17 Lindenwood 0 Mauermann 9/23/17 Lindenwood 0 Norby 9/23/17 Lindenwood 0 Pettet Posick Rolfes 3/11/2017 Robert Morris 4 Roque 9/22/17 Lindenwood 1 Rowe 1/27/2017 Minnesota State 16 Schneider Shaver 1/28/2016 Minnesota State 34 Steffen 9/22/17 Lindenwood 1 Wellhausen 3/11/2017 Robert Morris 6 Williams 10/23/2017 North Dakota 35 MULTIGOAL GAMES Career Claudia Kepler RS 2 Baylee Wellhausen Sam Cogan Abby Roque Mikaela Gardner Alexis Mauermann 1 1 Presley Norby 1 1 Sophia Shaver MULTIPOINT GAMES Career Sam Cogan Claudia Kepler RS 1 3. Baylee Wellhausen Sophia Shaver Abby Roque Maddie Rolfes Presley Norby Mikaela Gardner Lauren Williams Alexis Mauermann 2 2 Mekenzie Steffen 2 2 ACTIVE POINT STREAKS Player GP Dates Totals Norby 2 9/229/23/17 22=4 Roque 2 9/22/9/23/17 21=3 Goaltenders UW goaltender assist: 10/29/16 AnnRenee Desbiens vs. Minnesota State UW goaltender made 50+ saves: 10/8/1999 Jackie MacMillan vs. Minnesota Duluth (50) 6

7 THE JOHNSON FILE Career Record: (15th season) Birthdate: Sept. 22, 1957 Years Coached: 15th season Alma Mater: Wisconsin, 1994 (kinesiology) Record at Wisconsin: (15th season) NCAA Titles 4 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011) Hometown: Madison, Wis. Family: Wife, Leslie; Sons, Doug, Chris, Patrick; Daughters, Mikayla and Megan Playing Experience: College: Wisconsin ( ), NHL: Pittsburgh Penguins (198082), Minnesota North Stars (1982), Hartford Whalers (198285), St. Louis Blues (1985), New Jersey Devils (198590) Coaching Experience: Assistant Coach, Madison Memorial High School (199394); Head Coach, Verona Area High School Boys Hockey (199495); Head Coach, Madison Monsters (199596); Assistant Coach, Wisconsin Men s Hockey ( ); Head Coach, Wisconsin Women s Hockey (2002Present); Head Coach U.S. National Women s Hockey Team ( ); Head Coach, U.S. Olympic Women s Hockey Team (2010) WCHA TOURNAMENT RECORD Overall WCHA Tournament Record 438 (.818) Titles: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017 NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORD Overall NCAA Tournament Record 216 (.800) National Titles: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 HEAD COACH MARK JOHNSON HEAD COACH MARK JOHNSON 15TH SEASON With strong ties to Wisconsin hockey as a coach s son, player and assistant coach, Johnson stepped into the role of head women s hockey coach beginning with the season. During his tenure, Johnson and the Badgers have shattered both school and national records. Johnson has established Wisconsin s rank among the elite in college women s hockey. Under his direction, Wisconsin has compiled four NCAA titles, seven Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff titles and six WCHA regularseason crowns. Johnson and the Badgers were the first team ever to land in the NCAA championship game in four consecutive seasons, winning the title three times (2006, 2007, 2009). A fourtime American Hockey Coaches Association Division I Coach of the Year, Johnson led the Badgers to their fourth national title in while posting a 3722 record, setting a thenncaa record for most wins in a single season. The Badgers also claimed the WCHA regularseason and playoff titles en route to winning their fourth national championship in six years. Five Badgers have won the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award under Johnson. Sara Bauer became UW s first award recipient in 2006, Jessie Vetter received the award in 2009, Meghan Duggan in 2011, Brianna Decker in 2012 and AnnRenee Desbiens in In , Wisconsin debuted at No. 1 and went on to validate that distinction with a 3641 record and a national championship. As an encore in , the team successfully defended all three championships while posting a 3614 record. Johnson guided the 2010 U.S. Olympic team to the silver medal at the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. The U.S. fell to Canada, 20, in the gold medal game after outscoring its opponents 402 in the first four games of the tournament. In his playing career at Wisconsin, Johnson helped the Badgers to the 1977 NCAA Championship during his freshman campaign. The first Badger ever to win WCHA Rookie of the Year honors, he went on to become the school s second alltime leading scorer with 256 points on a schoolrecord 125 goals and 131 assists in just three seasons Johnson represented USA Hockey as a player in 13 international tournaments. Most notably, he led the 1980 U.S. Olympic Team s gold medalwinning effort with 11 points, including two goals in the Miracle On Ice against the Soviet Union and an assist on the gamewinning goal against Finland in the final contest. During his 11year NHL career, Johnson collected 203 goals, 305 assists and 508 points, highlighted by his 87point season as the captain of the Hartford Whalers in He also tied an NHL AllStar Game record with three assists that season. Johnson is the son of legendary coach Bob Johnson. Bob coached Wisconsin to three national titles and led the United States at the 1976 Olympics, three Canada Cups (1981, 1984, 1987) and four IIHF Men s World Championships (197375, 1981). He went on to coach the NHL s Calgary Flames for five seasons (198287) and led the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Stanley Cup title in 1991 before passing away from brain cancer that fall. JOHNSON YEARBYYEAR Year Team Position Record Conf. Accomplishments Madison Memorial HS (Boy s Hockey) Assistant Coach Verona Area HS (Boy s Hockey) Head Coach Madison Monsters (USHL) Head Coach CHL Coach of the Year Wisconsin (Men s Hockey) Assistant Coach Wisconsin (Men s Hockey) Assistant Coach WCHA Playoff Wisconsin (Men s Hockey) Assistant Coach Champions Wisconsin (Men s Hockey) Assistant Coach st in WCHA Wisconsin (Men s Hockey) Assistant Coach Wisconsin (Men s Hockey) Assistant Coach Wisconsin (Women s Hockey) Head Coach Wisconsin (Women s Hockey) Head Coach nd in WCHA Wisconsin (Women s Hockey) Head Coach NCAA tournament appearance Wisconsin (Women s Hockey) Head Coach NCAA & WCHA Champions Wisconsin (Women s Hockey) Head Coach NCAA & WCHA Champions Wisconsin (Women s Hockey) Head Coach NCAA Runnerup Wisconsin (Women s Hockey) Head Coach NCAA Champions U.S. Olympic Women s Team Head Coach Silver Medal Wisconsin (Women s Hockey) Head Coach NCAA & WCHA Champions Wisconsin (Women s Hockey) Head Coach NCAA Runnerup Wisconsin (Women s Hockey) Head Coach nd in WCHA Wisconsin (Women s Hockey) Head Coach NCAA Semifinalist Wisconsin (Women s Hockey) Head Coach NCAA Semifinalist Wisconsin (Women s Hockey) Head Coach WCHA Champions Wisconsin (Women s Hockey) Head Coach WCHA Champions Wisconsin (Women s Hockey) Head Coach Head Coaching Totals (15th Season) NCAA Titles 7 7

8 KOHL CENTER BADGERS AT LABAHN ARENA Since start of 2012 season: (.858) DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE Sept. 22 LINDENWOOD W 31 Sept. 23 LINDENWOOD 4 40 SERIES RECORDS AT LABAHN ARENA OPPONENT RECORD LAST Bemidji State /8/16 Boston University 100 3/14/15 Clarkson 101 1/25/15 Cornell /26/16 Dartmouth /28/15 Harvard 100 3/15/14 Lindenwood 600 9/23/17 Mercyhurst 100 3/12/16 Minnesota /4/16 Minnesota Duluth 802 2/12/17 Minnesota State /25/17 New Hampshire /28/12 North Dakota 910 1/22/17 Ohio State /8/16 Robert Morris 100 3/11/17 St. Cloud State /13/17 Overall YEAR BY YEAR SEASON OVERALL WCHA seasons LA BAHN ARENA LaBahn Arena, opened in 2012, is the home to the Wisconsin women s hockey team along with the men s hockey and swimming and diving locker and team rooms. Women s hockey practices and competes in the 2,273seat facility, while men s hockey practices in the arena. On Nov , the Wisconsin State Building Commission gave final approval to the multilevel, hockey and swimming competition and training facility to be constructed adjacent to the Kohl Center on the UWMadison campus. LaBahn Arena is named after Charles (UWMadison 49) and Mary Ann LaBahn, the lead donors for the project. The official ground breaking ceremony for the LaBahn Arena took place on Wednesday, May 11, The building was turned over to the UW athletic program on Oct. 1, The building dedication and first game was Oct. 19, 2012, when the Wisconsin women s hockey team hosted Bemidji State. The total cost of the project was $27.9 million, with twothirds of the cost coming from gifts to UW Athletics and the remainder coming from bonds. The Badgers just completed an undefeated season at LaBahn Arena, going 2100 during the season. Wisconsin defeated six ranked teams at LaBahn and won their thirdstraight NCAA quarterfinal at the rink. The Badgers hold an 1772 record against ranked opponents at LaBahn Arena. LaBahn Arena is a trilevel complex that includes, among other items: Seating for 2,273 spectators 90 by 200 ice sheet for men s and women s hockey practice and women s competitions Women s hockey office suite and associated support spaces Underground connection to the Kohl Center A connecting skywalk to the Southeast Recreation Facility (SERF) WISCONSIN FIRSTS IN LABAHN ARENA Goal (Assist) Oct. 21, 2012 vs Bemidji State 13:56 2nd period Brianna Decker (Kelly Jaminski) Win Oct. 26, 2012 vs New Hampshire (21) Shutout Oct. 28, 2012 vs New Hampshire (50) Alex Rigsby (21 Saves) Shootout Oct. 21, 2012 vs Bemidji State Won 20 (2 rounds) Penalty Oct. 19, 2012 vs Bemidji State 5:07 2nd period Blayre Turnbull (2min, Holding) Hat Trick Dec. 6, 2013 vs Bemidji State Madison Packer (3 goals) 8

9 SCHEDULE/RESULTS WISCONSIN SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result Goals (Season goals) Goaltender, Saves Att. Sept. 15 SOUTH KOREA# W, 80 Sept. 22 LINDENWOOD W, 31 Norby (1), Roque (1) PP, Steffen (1) Campbell, Sept. 23 LINDENWOOD W, 40 Kepler (1), Norby (2), Mauermann (1), Cogan (1) PP Campbell, Sept. 28 MERCYHURST 7 p.m. Sept. 29 LINDENWOOD 7 p.m. Oct. 6 at Syracuse 3 p.m. Oct. 7 at Syracuse 2 p.m. Oct. 13 at Minnesota State* 7 p.m. Oct. 14 at Minnesota State* 3 p.m. Oct. 20 BEMIDJI STATE* 7 p.m. Oct. 21 BEMIDJI STATE* 7 p.m. Oct. 28 at Minnesota* 4 p.m. Oct. 29 at Minnesota* 3 p.m. Nov. 4 OHIO STATE* 2 p.m. Nov. 5 OHIO STATE* 12 p.m. Nov. 10 at Cornell 2 p.m. Nov. 11 at Cornell 2 p.m. Nov. 24 vs. Northeastern 3 p.m. Nov. 25 vs. Boston University 12 p.m. Dec. 1 MINNESOTADULUTH* 7 p.m. Dec. 2 MINNESOTADULUTH* 7 p.m. Dec. 8 at St. Cloud State* 3 p.m. Dec. 9 at St. Cloud State* 3 p.m. Jan. 13 MINNESOTA STATE* 2 p.m. Jan. 14 MINNESOTA STATE* 1 p.m. Jan. 19 at Bemidji State* 7 p.m. Jan. 20 at Bemidji State* 3 p.m. Jan. 27 ST. CLOUD STATE* 2 p.m. Jan. 28 ST. CLOUD STATE* 2 p.m. Feb. 2 at Ohio State* 5 p.m. Feb. 3 at Ohio State* 2 p.m. Feb. 9 at MinnesotaDuluth* 7 p.m. Feb. 10 at MinnesotaDuluth* 4 p.m. Feb. 16 MINNESOTA* 7 p.m. Feb. 17 MINNESOTA* 3 p.m.... All times Central * WCHA game # Exhibition Game ^ WCHA Playoffs & WCHA Final FaceOff, Minneapolis, Minn.! NCAA Quarterfinal % NCAA Frozen Four, Minneapolis, Minn. Home games in CAPS at LaBahn Arena Schedule is subject to change Please note: Bold italics denotes gamewinning goal; (#) denotes individual season goals; PP denotes powerplay goal; SH denotes shorthanded goal; EN denotes empty net goal; HT denotes hat tricks; GT denotes gametying goal; EX denotes extra attacker; PS denotes penalty shot goal 9 9

10 WISCONSIN ROSTER (ALPHABETICAL) No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. S/C Hometown (Previous Team) 1 Alyson Baldwin G 51 So./So L Richmond, Texas (Kent School) 32 Breanna Blesi G 57 Fr./Fr. L Maple Grove, Minn. (Maple Grove) 27 Grace Bowlby D 58 Fr./Fr. L Edina, Minnesota (Edina) 2 Natalie Buchbinder D 58 Fr./Fr. R Fairport, N.Y. (ShattuckSt. Mary s) 35 Kristen Campbell G 510 Jr./So. L Brandon, Manitoba (Shaftesbury Titans Prep) 29 Nikki Cece G 57 Fr./Fr. L Oakville, Ontario (Oakville Hornets) 26 Emily Clark F 57 Sr./Sr. L Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Okanagan Academy) 7 Sam Cogan F 58 Jr./Jr. L Ottawa, Ontario (Nepean Junior Wildcats) 10 Delaney Drake F 57 Fr./Fr. L Traverse City, Michigan (NAHA) 4 Mikaela Gardner D 58 Jr./Jr. L Plainfield, Ill. (Chicago Mission) 23 Kyleigh Hanzlik F 59 Fr./Fr. R Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. (NAHA) 24 Claudia Kepler F 54 RSr./Sr. L Verona, Wis. (Ohio State) 14 Alexis Mauermann F 52 Fr./Fr. L Janesville, Wis. (ShattuckSt. Mary s) 6 Presley Norby F 55 So./So. R Minnetonka, Minn. (Minnetonka) 19 Annie Pankowski F 59 Sr./Sr. R Laguna Hills, Calif. (NAHA) 20 Brette Pettet F 53 Fr./Fr. R Kentville, Nova Scotia (ShattuckSt. Mary s) 16 Maddie Posick F 57 Fr./Fr. L Stoughton, Wis. (Madison Capitols) 13 Maddie Rolfes D 58 Sr./Sr. R West Des Moines, Iowa (ShattuckSt. Mary s) 18 Abby Roque F 57 So.So. R Sault St. Marie, Mich. (Sault Area) 8 Maddie Rowe D 511 So./So. R River Falls, Wis. (River Falls) 15 Caitlin Schneider F 54 Fr./Fr. L Glenview, Ill. (Glenbrook) 12 Sophia Shaver F 510 Jr./Jr. R Wayzata, Minn. (Wayzata) 22 Mekenzie Steffen D 56 Fr./Fr. R Centerville, Minn. (Hill Murray) 21 Baylee Wellhausen F 54 Jr./Jr. L Williams Bay, Wis. (ShattuckSt. Mary s) 17 Lauren Williams D 59 Sr./Sr. L Windsor, Ontario (Whitby Wolves) WISCONSIN ROSTER (NUMERICAl) No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. S/C Hometown (Previous Team) 1 Alyson Baldwin G 51 So./So L Richmond, Texas (Kent School) 2 Natalie Buchbinder D 58 Fr./Fr. R Fairport, N.Y. (ShattuckSt. Mary s) 4 Mikaela Gardner D 58 Jr./Jr. L Plainfield, Ill. (Chicago Mission) 6 Presley Norby F 55 So./So. R Minnetonka, Minn. (Minnetonka) 7 Sam Cogan F 58 Jr./Jr. L Ottawa, Ontario (Nepean Junior Wildcats) 8 Maddie Rowe D 511 So./So. R River Falls, Wis. (River Falls) 10 Delaney Drake F 57 Fr./Fr. L Traverse City, Michigan (NAHA) 12 Sophia Shaver F 510 Jr./Jr. R Wayzata, Minn. (Wayzata) 13 Maddie Rolfes D 58 Sr./Sr. R West Des Moines, Iowa (ShattuckSt. Mary s) 14 Alexis Mauermann F 52 Fr./Fr. L Janesville, Wis. (ShattuckSt. Mary s) 15 Caitlin Schneider F 54 Fr./Fr. L Glenview, Ill. (Glenbrook) 16 Maddie Posick F 57 Fr./Fr. L Stoughton, Wis. (Madison Capitols) 17 Lauren Williams D 59 Sr./Sr. L Windsor, Ontario (Whitby Wolves) 18 Abby Roque F 57 So.So. R Sault St. Marie, Mich. (Sault Area) 19 Annie Pankowski F 59 Sr./Sr. R Laguna Hills, Calif. (NAHA) 20 Brette Pettet F 53 Fr./Fr. R Kentville, Nova Scotia (ShattuckSt. Mary s) 21 Baylee Wellhausen F 54 Jr./Jr. L Williams Bay, Wis. (ShattuckSt. Mary s) 22 Mekenzie Steffen D 56 Fr./Fr. R Centerville, Minn. (Hill Murray) 23 Kyleigh Hanzlik F 59 Fr./Fr. R Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. (NAHA) 24 Claudia Kepler F 54 RSr./Sr. L Verona, Wis. (Ohio State) 26 Emily Clark F 57 Sr./Sr. L Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Okanagan Academy) 27 Grace Bowlby D 58 Fr./Fr. L Edina, Minnesota (Edina) 29 Nikki Cece G 57 Fr./Fr. L Oakville, Ontario (Oakville Hornets) 32 Breanna Blesi G 57 Fr./Fr. L Maple Grove, Minn. (Maple Grove) 35 Kristen Campbell G 510 Jr./So. L Brandon, Manitoba (Shaftesbury Titans Prep) ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY CLASS FRESHMEN 8 Breanna Blesi Grace Bowlby Natalie Buchbinder Delaney Drake Kyleigh Hanzlik Brette Pettet Maddie Posick Caitlin Schneider SOPHOMORES 8 Alyson Baldwin Kristen Campbell Nikki Cece Alexis Mauermann Presley Norby Abby Roque Maddie Rowe Mekenzie Steffen JUNIORS 3 Sam Cogan Mikaela Gardner Sophia Shaver SENIORS 4/6 Emily Clark* Claudia Kepler Annie Pankowski* Maddie Rolfes Baylee Wellhausen Lauren Williams *Clark and Pankowski will take Olympic redshirts during the season ROSTER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Breanna Blesi:...BLESSee Kyleigh Hanzliki:... KIlee HANZlick Maddie Rolfes:... RAHLfis Abby Roque:... ROCK. COACHING STAFF Head Coach Mark Johnson Associate Head Coach Dan Koch Assistant Coach Jackie Crum Volunteer Coach (Goalie) Mark Greenhalgh 10

11 SITUATIONAL RECORDS Overall Record 200 In conference games 000 In nonconference games 000 In home games 200 In road games 000 At neutral sites 000 Against ranked opponents 000 Against WCHA opponents 000 Against ECAC teams 000 Against CHA Teams 200 Against Hockey East teams 000 In overtime games 000 In day games 100 In night games 100 First game of a series 100 Second game of a series 100 UW scores first 100 Opponent scores first 100 UW leads after 1st period 200 UW trails after 1st period 000 Tied after 1st period 000 UW leads after 2nd period 200 UW trails after 2nd period 000 Tied after 2nd period 000 UW leads in shots 200 UW trails in shots 000 Shots are even 000 UW has 019 shots 000 UW has 2029 shots 000 UW has 3039 shots 100 UW has 4049 shots 000 UW has 50 or more shots 100 UW allows 019 shots 200 UW allows 2029 shots 000 UW allows 3039 shots 000 UW allows 4049 shots 000 UW allows 50 or more shots 000 UW wins over 50 percent of faceoffs 200 UW wins under 50 percent of faceoffs 000 Faceoffs are tied 000 UW scores on power play 200 UW is scoreless on power play 000 Opponent scores on power play 000 Opponent is scoreless on power play 000 In onegoal games 000 In twogoal games 100 In threegoal games 000 In fourormore goal games 100 On Thursday 100 On Friday 100 On Saturday 100 On Sunday 000 In September 200 In October 000 In November 000 In December 000 In January 000 In February 000 In March 000 BADGERS IN THE NCAA RAKINGS RANKINGS Individual Rankings Points Per Game School YR Pos. GP Points P/GM 1 Presley Norby Wisconsin SO F Abby Roque Wisconsin SO F T3 Sam Cogan Wisconsin JR F T3 Claudia Kepler Wisconsin SR F Goals Per Game School YR Pos. GP Goals G/GM 1 Presley Norby Wisconsin SO F T5 Sam Cogan Wisconsin JR F Alexis Mauermann Wisconsin SO F Abby Roque Wisconsin SO F Mekenzie Steffen Wisconsin SO D Claudia Kepler Wisconsin SR F Assists Per Game School YR Pos. GP Assists A/GM T1 Presley Norby Wisconsin SO F Abby Roque Wisconsin SO F T9 Lauren Williams Wisconsin SR D Sam Cogan Wisconsin JR F Mikaela Gardner Wisconsin JR D Sophia Shaver Wisconsin JR F Claudia Kepler Wisconsin SR F Natalie Buchbinder Wisconsin FR D Caitlin Schneider Wisconsin FR F Brette Pettet Wisconsin FR F Grace Bowlby Wisconsin FR D GameWinning Goals School YR Pos. GP GWG T1 Abby Roque Wisconsin SO F 2 1 Claudia Kepler Wisconsin SR F 2 1 Points Per Game (Rookie) School YR Pos. GP Points P/GM 10 Natalie Buchbinder Wisconsin FR D Caitlin Schneider Wisconsin FR F Brette Pettet Wisconsin FR F Grace Bowlby Wisconsin FR D Goals Against Average School YR Minutes GA GAA 1 Kristen Campbell Wisconsin SO 119: Save Percentage School YR Saves GA Save% 2 Kristen Campbell Wisconsin SO Shutouts School YR GP Shutouts 1 Kristen Campbell Wisconsin SO 2 1 Winning Percentage School YR WLT Win% 1 Kristen Campbell Wisconsin SO

12 SEASON STATS The Automated ScoreBook Wisconsin Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 23, 2017) All games Date Opponent Score Att. Sep 22 LINDENWOOD W Sep 23 LINDENWOOD W TEAM STATISTICS WIS OPP SHOT STATISTICS GoalsShot attempts Shot pct Goals/Game Shots/Game POWER PLAYS GoalsPower Plays Conversion Percent Shot Attempts 16 4 Shot Percent GOAL BREAKDOWN Power Play 2 1 Shorthanded 0 0 Empty net 0 0 Penalty 0 0 Unassisted 0 0 Overtime 0 0 Shootout 0 0 Delayed Penalty 0 0 PENALTIES Number 6 9 Minutes Penalties/Game Pen minutes/game SHOOTOUTS (MadeAtt) Record: Overall Home Away Neutral ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NONCONFERENCE ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% penmin pp sh 6 Norby, Presley Roque, Abby Cogan, Sam Kepler, Claudia Mauermann, Alexis Steffen, Mekenzie Bowlby, Grace Buchbinder, Natalie Gardner, Mikaela Pettet, Brette Rowe, Maddie Schneider, Caitlin Shaver, Sophia Williams, Lauren Drake, Delaney Hanzlik, Kyleigh Posick, Maddie Rolfes, Maddie Wellhausen, Baylee Total Opponents ## Goalie gp min ga gaavg saves save% wlt 35 Campbell, Kristen 2 119: TM EMPTY NET 1 0: Total 2 120: Opponents 2 120: Attendance Summary WIS Opponent Total Dates/Avg Per Date 2/2150 0/0 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd Total Wisconsin Opponents Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd Total Wisconsin Opponents

13 STAT LEADERS The Automated ScoreBook Wisconsin Category Leaders (as of Sep 23, 2017) All games ## Points GP G A Pts Sh 6 Norby, Presley Roque, Abby Cogan, Sam Kepler, Claudia Mauermann, Alexis Steffen, Mekenzie Bowlby, Grace Buchbinder, Natalie Gardner, Mikaela Pettet, Brette ## Goals GP G A Pts Sh 6 Norby, Presley Roque, Abby Cogan, Sam Kepler, Claudia Mauermann, Alexis Steffen, Mekenzie ## PowerPlay Goals GP PPG 7 Cogan, Sam Roque, Abby 2 1 ## ShortHanded Goals GP SHG ## GameWinning Goals GP GWG 18 Roque, Abby Kepler, Claudia 2 1 ## Plus/Minus GP +/ 18 Roque, Abby Norby, Presley Steffen, Mekenzie Kepler, Claudia Gardner, Mikaela Schneider, Caitlin Mauermann, Alexis Rolfes, Maddie Hanzlik, Kyleigh Rowe, Maddie 1 +1 ## Assists GP G A Pts Sh 6 Norby, Presley Roque, Abby Cogan, Sam Kepler, Claudia Bowlby, Grace Buchbinder, Natalie Gardner, Mikaela Pettet, Brette Rowe, Maddie Schneider, Caitlin ## Shots GP G A Pts Sh Sh% 18 Roque, Abby Kepler, Claudia Norby, Presley Shaver, Sophia Mauermann, Alexis Wellhausen, Baylee Cogan, Sam Buchbinder, Natalie Steffen, Mekenzie Bowlby, Grace ## Shot Pct. GP G A Pts Sh Sh% 6 Norby, Presley Cogan, Sam Steffen, Mekenzie Mauermann, Alexis Kepler, Claudia Roque, Abby Drake, Delaney Posick, Maddie Rolfes, Maddie Rowe, Maddie ## Penalties GP Pen Min 4 Gardner, Mikaela Shaver, Sophia Rowe, Maddie Kepler, Claudia Bowlby, Grace Posick, Maddie ## Penalty Minutes GP Pen Min 24 Kepler, Claudia Rowe, Maddie Shaver, Sophia Posick, Maddie Gardner, Mikaela Bowlby, Grace

14 SEASON AND CAREER STATS The Automated ScoreBook Wisconsin Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Sep 23, 2017) All games SEASON CAREER ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% +/ penmin pp sh fg gw gt ot ht ua gp g a pts sh sh% +/ penmin pp sh fg gw gt ot ht ua 6 Norby, Presley Roque, Abby Cogan, Sam Kepler, Claudia Mauermann, Alexis Steffen, Mekenzie Bowlby, Grace Buchbinder, Natalie Gardner, Mikaela Pettet, Brette Rowe, Maddie Schneider, Caitlin Shaver, Sophia Williams, Lauren Drake, Delaney Hanzlik, Kyleigh Posick, Maddie Rolfes, Maddie Wellhausen, Baylee Total Opponents ## Goalie gpgs minutes ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho pp sh en gpgs minutes ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho pp sh en 35 Campbell, Kristen : : Total : Opponents :

15 SEASON STATS The Automated ScoreBook Wisconsin Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 25, 2017) All games Overall: 200 Conf: 000 Home: 200 Away: 000 Neut: 000 Shots Penalties Goals ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% + penmin min maj oth pp sh fg gw gt ot ht pn ua blk 6 Norby, Presley Roque, Abby Cogan, Sam Kepler, Claudia Mauermann, Alexis Steffen, Mekenzie Bowlby, Grace Buchbinder, Natalie Gardner, Mikaela Pettet, Brette Rowe, Maddie Schneider, Caitlin Shaver, Sophia Williams, Lauren Drake, Delaney Hanzlik, Kyleigh Posick, Maddie Rolfes, Maddie Wellhausen, Baylee Total Opponents Goal average Saves Record Goals allowed ## Goalie gpgs minutes ga avg saves pct w l t sho pp sh en pen sog 35 Campbell, Kristen : TM EMPTY NET 10 0: Total : Opponents :

16 SEASON STATS The Automated ScoreBook Wisconsin Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 25, 2017) All games ## Faceoffs GP W L Pct. 18 Roque, Abby Drake, Delaney Mauermann, Alexis Shaver, Sophia Posick, Maddie Cogan, Sam ## Power Play Scoring GP G A Pts Shots Pct. 18 Roque, Abby Cogan, Sam Shaver, Sophia Gardner, Mikaela Pettet, Brette Bowlby, Grace Rolfes, Maddie Buchbinder, Natalie Steffen, Mekenzie Kepler, Claudia Mauermann, Alexis

17 SEASON STATS The Automated ScoreBook Wisconsin Team GamebyGame Comparison (as of Sep 23, 2017) All games Shots Penalties Power Plays Date Opponent Score Goals Assists Shots PenMin PenMin GCh GCh Sep 22 LINDENWOOD 31 3 / 1 6 / 2 51 / 9 48 / / 14 Sep 23 LINDENWOOD 40 4 / 0 8 / 0 38 / 9 24 / / 02 Totals 71 7 / 1 14 / 2 89 / / / 16 Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category 17 17

18 GOALSASSISTSPOINTS The Automated ScoreBook Wisconsin GamebyGame GoalsAssistsPoints (as of Sep 23, 2017) All games Opponent Date Score BUCHBINDER GARDNER,MI NORBY,PRES COGAN,SAM ROWE,MADDI DRAKE,DELA SHAVER,SOP ROLFES,MAD MAUERMANN, SCHNEIDER,C POSICK,MAD LWU Sep W DNP LWU Sep W Opponent Date Score WILLIAMS,LA ROQUE,ABBY PETTET,BRET WELLHAUSE STEFFEN,ME HANZLIK,KYL KEPLER,CLA BOWLBY,GRA CAMPBELL,K LWU Sep W LWU Sep W DNP

19 CONFERENCE STATS The Automated ScoreBook Wisconsin Hockey Statistics (as of Sep 23, 2017) All games Overall: 200 Conf: 000 Home: 200 Away: 000 Neut: 000 OVERALL ## Player gp g a pts sh +/ penmin pp sh gw 6 Norby, Presley Roque, Abby Cogan, Sam Kepler, Claudia Mauermann, Alexis Steffen, Mekenzie Bowlby, Grace Buchbinder, Natalie Gardner, Mikaela Pettet, Brette Rowe, Maddie Schneider, Caitlin Shaver, Sophia Williams, Lauren Drake, Delaney Hanzlik, Kyleigh Posick, Maddie Rolfes, Maddie Wellhausen, Baylee Total Opponents OVERALL ## Player gp min. ga gaavg saves pct w l t 35 Campbell, Kristen 2 119: TM Team 1 0: Total 2 120: Opponents 2 120: Shots on Goal shots avg/g shot% Wisconsin Opponents Power Plays goals chances pp% Wisconsin Opponents Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd Total Wisconsin Opponents CONFERENCE gp g a pts sh +/ penmin pp sh gw CONFERENCE gp min. ga gaavg saves pct w l t 0 0: : Shots on Goal shots avg/g shot% Wisconsin Opponents Power Plays goals chances pp% Wisconsin Opponents Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT O2 O3 Total Wisconsin Opponents

20 PHOTO ROSTER WISCONSIN WOMEN'S HOCKEY PHOTO ROSTER 1 8 Alyson Baldwin 2 Natalie Buchbinder 4 Mikaela Gardner 6 Presley Norby 7 Sam Cogan 10 Delaney Drake 12 Sophia Shaver 13 Maddie Rolfes 14 Alexis Mauermann 15 Caitlin Schneider 16 Maddie Posick 17 Lauren Williams 18 Abby Roque 20 Brette Pettet 21 Baylee Wellhausen 22 Mekenzie Steffen 23 Kyleigh Hanzlik 24 Claudia Kepler 27 Grace Bowlby 29 Nikki Cece 32 Breanna Blesi 35 Kristen Campbell 20 Maddie Rowe