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Wisconsin Women's Hockey 2026-27

Ooftah said:
With a worthless or no degree and a negative ROI, are parents satisfying their own egos or doing what is right for their child? There are prep schools out east that have hockey programs where graduates are pretty much guaranteed admission to an Ivy League school. Plus, many offer need-based financial aid. The child might not be able to play D1 hockey but they end up with a diploma that's worth something. If all the prep schools are expensive, why not go that route?
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Hilary Knight, Choate Rosemary Hall, Class of 2007. Look it up.

Hilary could have gone anywhere and has done everything.

Go, Badgers!
 
I really enjoyed watching Alexis Mauermann, who is from Janesville.. The Badgers are usually so good that it takes a superstar to be "impactful." But with few exceptions, all the players on the team are important contributors no matter what their stats. For whatever reason, girls hockey in Wisconsin just hasn't produced any superstars, but maybe as the sport grows, the level of competition will improve.
 
Gargoyle said:
I really enjoyed watching Alexis Mauermann, who is from Janesville.. The Badgers are usually so good that it takes a superstar to be "impactful." But with few exceptions, all the players on the team are important contributors no matter what their stats. For whatever reason, girls hockey in Wisconsin just hasn't produced any superstars, but maybe as the sport grows, the level of competition will improve.
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The saying in football line play is "low man wins". Pound for pound, Mauermann could dig in the corners and come out with the puck as well as anyone.

(And mentioning Mauermann reminds me of another state of Wisconsin player who hasn't been mentioned, because the two of them sat right behind me at a UW volleyball match one night: Mikayla Johnson. Ooops! LOL)
 
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I have pretty good insight to Lovell Academy as my daughter played at Lovell for 2 years. We certainly never paid close to the price tag listed earlier in the thread. If you live in certain areas these academies don't make a lot of sense but living where we do my kid had to go somewhere else to play. She moved to a traditional prep school last year more for academics but the hockey training wasn't great we decided to have her graduate a year early to spend a year playing U22 in Canada in prep for college. Unfortunately the NCAA rule changes are creating some chaos with roster limits and incoming and outgoing athletes.
 
Biggame said:
I have pretty good insight to Lovell Academy as my daughter played at Lovell for 2 years. We certainly never paid close to the price tag listed earlier in the thread. If you live in certain areas these academies don't make a lot of sense but living where we do my kid had to go somewhere else to play. She moved to a traditional prep school last year more for academics but the hockey training wasn't great we decided to have her graduate a year early to spend a year playing U22 in Canada in prep for college. Unfortunately the NCAA rule changes are creating some chaos with roster limits and incoming and outgoing athletes.
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Welcome to the board.
 
I'd bet almost all the fine former UW players mentioned above played prep hockey out of state. I recall Posick played for the Caps, that's the only one I can recall to player in state. I think it's fair to say no star player played prep hockey in WI.

It'd be cool if they delivered women's hockey season tickets in person like they do for VB. Of course, I'm so low on the donation totem pole I practically don't exist to the bean counters.

The Olympic year "jinx", the even year "jinx" and the repeat "jinx" were broken last year after ruining our post season lives since the early 2000's. Let's go for the gusto and crack the 3 peat glass ceiling ladies. Let's go RED!
 
There are three Wisconsinites on PWHL contracts currently: Anna Wilgren (UW via MSUM), Abby Boreen (UMN), and Mariah Keopple (Princeton). All grew up in the metro-Twin Cities part of the state (Keopple lists Menomonie as the hometown but her younger brother lists New Richmond), two attended Hill-Murray in Minnesota. Wilgren attended a public school and that might be why her first school was Mankato.
 
Biggame said:
I have pretty good insight to Lovell Academy as my daughter played at Lovell for 2 years. We certainly never paid close to the price tag listed earlier in the thread. If you live in certain areas these academies don't make a lot of sense but living where we do my kid had to go somewhere else to play. She moved to a traditional prep school last year more for academics but the hockey training wasn't great we decided to have her graduate a year early to spend a year playing U22 in Canada in prep for college. Unfortunately the NCAA rule changes are creating some chaos with roster limits and incoming and outgoing athletes.
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What did you pay? Also, why would you leave? I assume she was not a top player so it didn’t make sense. Was the education THAT bad? I would assume Lovell and BK are the same when it comes to academics.

Lots of girls play u22 in Canada so hopefully she is on a top team! U22 junior has too many teams so it is very watered down and still only the top girls are getting d1 opportunities each year. Very few girls who don’t get an invite to team Canada or team Ontario camp are getting scholarships. But if you play junior you can get an opportunity at usports which is above d3 and also cheaper (prob even cheaper as an American).
 
Hockeyfan13 said:
What did you pay? Also, why would you leave? I assume she was not a top player so it didn’t make sense. Was the education THAT bad? I would assume Lovell and BK are the same when it comes to academics.

Lots of girls play u22 in Canada so hopefully she is on a top team! U22 junior has too many teams so it is very watered down and still only the top girls are getting d1 opportunities each year. Very few girls who don’t get an invite to team Canada or team Ontario camp are getting scholarships. But if you play junior you can get an opportunity at usports which is above d3 and also cheaper (prob even cheaper as an American).
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I am not going to give the exact number but it was about half which includes all food, travel, and hockey. When she was 14U, Lovell allowed her to play games up with the 16's and 19's so she got a lot of hockey while at the school. It was probably about 10k more than we spent for hockey, training, and travel her last year playing boys tier 1.

She was already supplementing class with extra online class while at Lovell. I think the school is fine to get accepted at most Universities but she was being recruited by several Ivy League schools and those coaches noted it is sometimes difficult to get hockey academy students accepted but I think this is very dependent on the school. She was leaning toward an Ivy when we moved her to a better academic situation. I can't speak specifically to BK academics although we know some athletes who have played with them. I think they are a little different because, at least initially they had an association with an established school. Lovell started the school from scratch.

Her high school team last year was OK but offered little in the way of training, the club team she played for made nationals but it's a split season team who really don't get to practice very much. She has played at USA Hockey Nationals the last 4 years, made the women's festival last year. She made the national camp again this year but couldn't attend due to recovering from an injury.

We looked into different possibilities for this season to prep for the college she is verbally committed to. After discussing she could graduate early and play U22 in Canada, the college coaches were very happy with that prospect in terms of hockey development. The team she is playing on this season was a top 10 team in the U22 league last season so she will get a lot of hockey are training this year. We are leaving this afternoon to meet the team at a training camp in New York and then on to her billet in Ontario.
 
The Badgers have posted the 26-27 season schedule on their website. Some but not all game times are posted. There are a couple of changes from the conference schedule dates that were posted back in May (e.g. moving a Friday game to a Sunday).

Also, the last three home series (St. Cloud, Minnesota, Ohio St) are all just saying Thu-Sun, with no specific dates/times, despite the conference schedule saying they were all Friday & Saturday.
 
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Biggame said:
I am not going to give the exact number but it was about half which includes all food, travel, and hockey. When she was 14U, Lovell allowed her to play games up with the 16's and 19's so she got a lot of hockey while at the school. It was probably about 10k more than we spent for hockey, training, and travel her last year playing boys tier 1.

She was already supplementing class with extra online class while at Lovell. I think the school is fine to get accepted at most Universities but she was being recruited by several Ivy League schools and those coaches noted it is sometimes difficult to get hockey academy students accepted but I think this is very dependent on the school. She was leaning toward an Ivy when we moved her to a better academic situation. I can't speak specifically to BK academics although we know some athletes who have played with them. I think they are a little different because, at least initially they had an association with an established school. Lovell started the school from scratch.

Her high school team last year was OK but offered little in the way of training, the club team she played for made nationals but it's a split season team who really don't get to practice very much. She has played at USA Hockey Nationals the last 4 years, made the women's festival last year. She made the national camp again this year but couldn't attend due to recovering from an injury.

We looked into different possibilities for this season to prep for the college she is verbally committed to. After discussing she could graduate early and play U22 in Canada, the college coaches were very happy with that prospect in terms of hockey development. The team she is playing on this season was a top 10 team in the U22 league last season so she will get a lot of hockey are training this year. We are leaving this afternoon to meet the team at a training camp in New York and then on to her billet in Ontario.
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Thank you for the insight into this world we know so little about. I hope your daughter achieves all her hockey goals except for 1 (winning a Natty, if that is a goal).
 
Biggame said:
I am not going to give the exact number but it was about half which includes all food, travel, and hockey. When she was 14U, Lovell allowed her to play games up with the 16's and 19's so she got a lot of hockey while at the school. It was probably about 10k more than we spent for hockey, training, and travel her last year playing boys tier 1.

She was already supplementing class with extra online class while at Lovell. I think the school is fine to get accepted at most Universities but she was being recruited by several Ivy League schools and those coaches noted it is sometimes difficult to get hockey academy students accepted but I think this is very dependent on the school. She was leaning toward an Ivy when we moved her to a better academic situation. I can't speak specifically to BK academics although we know some athletes who have played with them. I think they are a little different because, at least initially they had an association with an established school. Lovell started the school from scratch.

Her high school team last year was OK but offered little in the way of training, the club team she played for made nationals but it's a split season team who really don't get to practice very much. She has played at USA Hockey Nationals the last 4 years, made the women's festival last year. She made the national camp again this year but couldn't attend due to recovering from an injury.

We looked into different possibilities for this season to prep for the college she is verbally committed to. After discussing she could graduate early and play U22 in Canada, the college coaches were very happy with that prospect in terms of hockey development. The team she is playing on this season was a top 10 team in the U22 league last season so she will get a lot of hockey are training this year. We are leaving this afternoon to meet the team at a training camp in New York and then on to her billet in Ontario.
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Thank you for your insight! Agree u22 is better than most USA high school programs. Hopefully she enjoys it! I know girls who have played u22 and done public school or online schooling, which is a good option too. Is your daughter going d1?
 
The men's team got some huge adds to the coaching/management staff over and above what a normal ncaa hockey team has. Hopefully MJ gave the new AD Eichorst a laundry list of things the women need as well. I do have hope that small improvements to the facility and an increase in the staff are truly possible under this new leadership. I know the rodents under Frosty hired a GM and had another coach on the bench during games (unless that was the GM).
 
Biggame said:
I am not going to give the exact number but it was about half which includes all food, travel, and hockey. When she was 14U, Lovell allowed her to play games up with the 16's and 19's so she got a lot of hockey while at the school. It was probably about 10k more than we spent for hockey, training, and travel her last year playing boys tier 1.

She was already supplementing class with extra online class while at Lovell. I think the school is fine to get accepted at most Universities but she was being recruited by several Ivy League schools and those coaches noted it is sometimes difficult to get hockey academy students accepted but I think this is very dependent on the school. She was leaning toward an Ivy when we moved her to a better academic situation. I can't speak specifically to BK academics although we know some athletes who have played with them. I think they are a little different because, at least initially they had an association with an established school. Lovell started the school from scratch.

Her high school team last year was OK but offered little in the way of training, the club team she played for made nationals but it's a split season team who really don't get to practice very much. She has played at USA Hockey Nationals the last 4 years, made the women's festival last year. She made the national camp again this year but couldn't attend due to recovering from an injury.

We looked into different possibilities for this season to prep for the college she is verbally committed to. After discussing she could graduate early and play U22 in Canada, the college coaches were very happy with that prospect in terms of hockey development. The team she is playing on this season was a top 10 team in the U22 league last season so she will get a lot of hockey are training this year. We are leaving this afternoon to meet the team at a training camp in New York and then on to her billet in Ontario.
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are you worried about last weeks coaching change biggame?
 
Timothy A said:
The men's team got some huge adds to the coaching/management staff over and above what a normal ncaa hockey team has. Hopefully MJ gave the new AD Eichorst a laundry list of things the women need as well. I do have hope that small improvements to the facility and an increase in the staff are truly possible under this new leadership. I know the rodents under Frosty hired a GM and had another coach on the bench during games (unless that was the GM).
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Wondering what types of improvements the facility needs in your opinion? Won't those costs just get passed through as increased ticket prices?
 
Arreis said:
Wondering what types of improvements the facility needs in your opinion? Won't those costs just get passed through as increased ticket prices?
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I think at the least we should get a new scoreboard. Not necessarily a "jumbotron" but at least big enough so that those of us who sit at the far end of the rink can actually read the various games and announcements that are shown on the board. As for cost of this, I have heard that there's a potential donor for the larger board, or at least for part of the cost of it. If there isn't, I could envision some kind of fund drive. Since the opening of LaBahn, and apart (of course!) from the continued success of the team, we have seen no improvement in the "fan experience," as far as I can tell. There are fewer (if any) promotional handouts, the season schedule magnets are gone, the stat sheets for each game are gone, the bottomless popcorn is gone, the ability to leave extra tickets "on the window" is gone, the handling of the reserved ticket system seems designed by someone who has never actually attended a women's hockey game (or had the experience of standing in line for 90 minutes just to get one's "usual" seats). I'm sure others could add to this list! Women's hockey seems to be completely off the "lets do something positive" radar of the Athletic Department.
 
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