Wisconsin Women's Hockey 2024-2025

[Windchill22]

My husband and I were "season ticket holders of the game" today. Pretty cool being on the jumbotron! I wish they had pronounced our surname correctly, but that's a small thing
Murphy's unsportsmanship penalty occurred at the far end from us. I'm wondering if she did something? Or said something?
And do tell what Ludwig and Frosty were arguing about. It certainly was animated.

I saw her throw an elbow after the whistle. They didn't show it on the big ten+ broadcast that I rewatched when I got home. Probably a residual of her reputation and playing style.

 

[Claygr]

I enjoyed watching Abbey Murphy try her best to break her stick against the boards in frustration after the sixth goal. That was icing on the cake of a great Badger hockey weekend.

 

[Windchill22]

Sure looked like the call that prompted Laila to take the law into her own hands was certainly a 2 minute if not 5 minute against Murphy. I've never seen taking a penalty turn a game around like that.

Pretty sure they can't review it for a 2 minute, which it was, but under review it probably wasn't a 5, but close I'd say. So if they'd have called it 2 on the ice when they should have, Edwards wouldn't have had to take the law into her own hands, which like you I approved. Or I guess guilty liked at the time. Good way to lose control of a game though.

 

[Bonzo]

I think Picard could see a more prominent (higher line) role somewhere else, but I don't know about playing time - MJ does a pretty good job with line rotation/balance. Wonder if she stayed she'd be inline for a 2nd line job?

Looking ahead - 2025-2026 Roster would be something like - (class by eligibility?) - All decidedly unofficial an more as a conversation starter. Incoming freshmen are from my list over a year ago - so not sure it's accurate now:
Seniors:
Marianee Picard? F (C)
Kirsten Simms F (LW)
McKayla Zilisch F (Utility)
Laila Edwards F (RW)

Caroline Harvey D
Vivian Jungels D

Juniors:
Claire Enright F (LW)
Cassie Hall F (C)
Kelly Gorbatenko F (LW)

Laney Potter D
Ava Murphy D

Ava McNaughton G
Chloe Baker G

Sophomores:
Maggie Scannell F (C)
Hanna Halverson F (RW)
Finley McCarthy F (LW)
Bella Vasseur F (?) - UW roster has her as a Sophomore, but pretty sure she'd be a redshirt from medical last year right?

Emma Venusio D
Grace Bickett D

Incoming Freshmen:
Charlotte Pieckenhagen F (?)
Adela Sapovalivova F (LW?)
Nicole Gorbatenko F (?)

Rachel Gorbatenko D
Mackenzie Jones D

Rhyah Steward G

Unknown: Lacey - Does she have eligibility left?

So line combos could be:
1st
Simms - Hall - Edwards
2nd
K. Gorbatenko or Sapovalivova - Picard or Scannell - Halverson
3rd
Sapovalivova or K. Gorbatenko - Picard or Scannell - Enright
4th
N. Gorbatenko, Vasseur, Pieckenhagen, Zilisch, McCarthy

D pairs
Harvey/Jungles
Venusio/Potter
Murphy/Jones or R. Gorbatenko
Occational Subs: Jones or R. Gorbatenko / Bickett

Goalies
Ava and Rhyah eventually get to a split time situation, Chloe backs them up

Next year is an Olympic year so we will certainly lose some players to that. Harvey, Eden and Edwards are probably locks. Simms is certainly in contention and with the year McNaughton has had, she could be in the running for a spot.

Along with Harvey, Eden, Edwards and McNaughton, several others competed in the College European Hockey Tour for Team USA/Team Canada in December (Potter, Murphy, Hall, Venusio, Wozniewicz). While it is unlikely we would lose one of those to the Olympics, since they are all among the best college hockey players in their country it isn't inconceivable.

Sapovalivoa is a lock for Czechia so she will not be on the roster next year.

It will be interesting how many 1 year portal transfers we may take on if the coaching staff feels we will lose quite a few players.

 

[Claygr]

Next year is an Olympic year so we will certainly lose some players to that. Harvey, Eden and Edwards are probably locks. Simms is certainly in contention and with the year McNaughton has had, she could be in the running for a spot.

Along with Harvey, Eden, Edwards and McNaughton, several others competed in the College European Hockey Tour for Team USA/Team Canada in December (Potter, Murphy, Hall, Venusio, Wozniewicz). While it is unlikely we would lose one of those to the Olympics, since they are all among the best college hockey players in their country it isn't inconceivable.

Sapovalivoa is a lock for Czechia so she will not be on the roster next year.

It will be interesting how many 1 year portal transfers we may take on if the coaching staff feels we will lose quite a few players.

I thought with the inception of the PWHL that there was not going to be Olympic centralization next season? I can't see the PWHL giving up a large part of their season when it has just gotten off the ground and is building a fan base.

As much as Ava is having a great college season, there are a lot of great U.S. goalies with International and professional experience ahead of her.

 

[BadgerPete]

Next year is an Olympic year so we will certainly lose some players to that. Harvey, Eden and Edwards are probably locks. Simms is certainly in contention and with the year McNaughton has had, she could be in the running for a spot.

Along with Harvey, Eden, Edwards and McNaughton, several others competed in the College European Hockey Tour for Team USA/Team Canada in December (Potter, Murphy, Hall, Venusio, Wozniewicz). While it is unlikely we would lose one of those to the Olympics, since they are all among the best college hockey players in their country it isn't inconceivable.

Sapovalivoa is a lock for Czechia so she will not be on the roster next year.

It will be interesting how many 1 year portal transfers we may take on if the coaching staff feels we will lose quite a few players.

Czechia only gets their team together for the Olympics plus a few days prior; Sapovalivova will be arriving next year and has already said how much she is looking forward to it.

As for the rest, there's no Olympic centralization next year with the PWHL existing, so I'd find it highly unlikely any of the college players would take the year off without anywhere else to play. It's likely teams will have to play down for three weekends.

With opening ceremonies on the 6th, the optimistic view is that they would leave immediately following the games on 1/30-1/31 and would miss 3 weekends; 2/6-2/7, 2/13-2/14, and 2/20-2/21. That would bring them back for the first round of the WCHA playoffs in a normally scheduled year.

Let's take the middle view and say that Eden, Edwards, Simms, Harvey, and Sapavalivova make teams. That means for three weeks we'd have to make do (if healthy) with:
F: Hall, K. Gorbatenko, Enright, Scannell, McCarthy, Halverson, Zilisch, Vasseur, Pieckenhagen, N. Gorbatenko
D: Jungels, Murphy, Potter, Venusio, Jones, R. Gorbatenko, Bickett
G: MacNaughton, Stewart, Baker

I think we'll manage.

 

[Bonzo]

Czechia only gets their team together for the Olympics plus a few days prior; Sapovalivova will be arriving next year and has already said how much she is looking forward to it.

As for the rest, there's no Olympic centralization next year with the PWHL existing, so I'd find it highly unlikely any of the college players would take the year off without anywhere else to play. It's likely teams will have to play down for three weekends.

With opening ceremonies on the 6th, the optimistic view is that they would leave immediately following the games on 1/30-1/31 and would miss 3 weekends; 2/6-2/7, 2/13-2/14, and 2/20-2/21. That would bring them back for the first round of the WCHA playoffs in a normally scheduled year.

Let's take the middle view and say that Eden, Edwards, Simms, Harvey, and Sapavalivova make teams. That means for three weeks we'd have to make do (if healthy) with:
F: Hall, K. Gorbatenko, Enright, Scannell, McCarthy, Halverson, Zilisch, Vasseur, Pieckenhagen, N. Gorbatenko
D: Jungels, Murphy, Potter, Venusio, Jones, R. Gorbatenko, Bickett
G: MacNaughton, Stewart, Baker

I think we'll manage.

Thanks for the clarification on centralization. If Lacey would come back, next years team would be off the charts with talent.

 

[Timothy A]

Pretty sure they can't review it for a 2 minute, which it was, but under review it probably wasn't a 5, but close I'd say. So if they'd have called it 2 on the ice when they should have, Edwards wouldn't have had to take the law into her own hands, which like you I approved. Or I guess guilty liked at the time. Good way to lose control of a game though.

The lady behind me said the same thing. I really enjoyed hearing her comments through the game, a very knowledgeable person. I wonder if she's a regular and if she always sits where she sat. I'll slide over to that side of the isle "permanently" if that's her spot.

Obviously it was a dumb penalty to take and in a higher stakes game I'd have been pizzed, but in this case it didn't bother me one bit and in fact it set off a domino affect that lead directly to 2 goals and you could say 4 goals.

Was Enright's 5 legit? I never saw it.

Bummer OB didn't score on the penalty shot, but as the domino's fell I'm glad it didn't.

This was the kind of game there watching the 2nd period on tv would not have done it justice. The in person drama was amazing. I haven't been that horse after 2 periods in years. I was losing my mind and loving every minute of it.

We hung 14 goals on the rodents! Oh baby!

 

[Timothy A]

My husband and I were "season ticket holders of the game" today. Pretty cool being on the jumbotron! I wish they had pronounced our surname correctly, but that's a small thing
Murphy's unsportsmanship penalty occurred at the far end from us. I'm wondering if she did something? Or said something?
And do tell what Ludwig and Frosty were arguing about. It certainly was animated.

That's super cool. It's my dream to have that honor some day.

As far as the confrontation goes, I wish I could read lips because all I got out of it was the fact that there 2 guys are going at it in a baseball ump/manager level face to face and I was waiting to see Ludwig eject him from the game like it happens in baseball. I've seen a baseball ump run a manager for far less. I've never been so entertained in such a short period of time in my life. Shannon Miller never got it to that level of intensity with the ref dishing it right back. That was fun.

 

[BadgerPete]

The lady behind me said the same thing. I really enjoyed hearing her comments through the game, a very knowledgeable person. I wonder if she's a regular and if she always sits where she sat. I'll slide over to that side of the isle "permanently" if that's her spot.

Obviously it was a dumb penalty to take and in a higher stakes game I'd have been pizzed, but in this case it didn't bother me one bit and in fact it set off a domino affect that lead directly to 2 goals and you could say 4 goals.

Was Enright's 5 legit? I never saw it.

Bummer OB didn't score on the penalty shot, but as the domino's fell I'm glad it didn't.

This was the kind of game there watching the 2nd period on tv would not have done it justice. The in person drama was amazing. I haven't been that horse after 2 periods in years. I was losing my mind and loving every minute of it.

We hung 14 goals on the rodents! Oh baby!

The thing that was wild about Sunday was that at the start the Badgers were very much in "we're dinged up, we've got our trophy, let's play this game" mode for the first 25 minutes or so. (Still outshooting the Gophers and playing better, but not anywhere near the intensity of the day before.) That Murphy/Edwards exchange was amazing because we absolutely went "@#%@ THIS" and decided to put down the Gophers as quickly as humanly possible.

Enright's 5 was very legit. I think it was right to not eject her but it was a dodgy check from behind.

My friend and I both went "I'm glad she took that penalty" when Edwards decked Murphy. That's two years in a row Laila decided she had enough.

LaBahn was fun. I love a riled up hockey crowd.

 

[Timothy A]

The thing that was wild about Sunday was that at the start the Badgers were very much in "we're dinged up, we've got our trophy, let's play this game" mode for the first 25 minutes or so. (Still outshooting the Gophers and playing better, but not anywhere near the intensity of the day before.) That Murphy/Edwards exchange was amazing because we absolutely went "@#%@ THIS" and decided to put down the Gophers as quickly as humanly possible.

Enright's 5 was very legit. I think it was right to not eject her but it was a dodgy check from behind.

My friend and I both went "I'm glad she took that penalty" when Edwards decked Murphy. That's two years in a row Laila decided she had enough.

LaBahn was fun. I love a riled up hockey crowd.

I read where MJ was not happy with the team and at the first tv timeout he let that be known. They did start to play better as the period went on.

We need to petition the league and have Ludwig and Kaehler do all the UW games for the pure entertainment value. I really don't think they called a horrible game, though they missed at least 2 egregious rodent infractions. It took some big balls to ring up Ms Sassybreezers for the unsportsmanlike call. It could have been a make up call for the missed one against Edwards.

Rienen the last few home games sure has had a bug up her butt on faceoffs and then she showed her rodent colors on that horrible icing call when clearly the Badger player beat the rodent to the endline. Worst icing call I have ever seen.

A hockey crowd buzzed up on an egregious incident is like none other. Love it.

 

[Timothy A]

Just watched the highlights of game 2 and it was amazing how quickly O'Brien accelerated once she got past the Gopher defender on the breakaway she scored on. 100% octane right there. Impressive.

 

[Windchill22]

And that defender is no slouch, that was Morrow right?

 

[BadgerPete]

And that defender is no slouch, that was Morrow right?

Both of them, in a way. She jumped the pass from Primerano to Morrow to tip it out of the zone, and beat Morrow to the puck and the goal.

The other funny part rewatching that play is that the third person in the chase is Lacey Eden, who beat both Primerano and Murphy down the ice in support.

 

[Timothy A]

I had the tv on in the bathroom this am as I was getting ready to slog out another workday and when I was washing my hair, I heard a Casey O'Brien commercial on channel 5! I think it was is Vitense Golf. How cool is that? I know Owen Lindmark from the men's team is in a bank tv commercial, the brand escapes me.

 

[robertearle]

I had the tv on in the bathroom this am as I was getting ready to slog out another workday and when I was washing my hair, I heard a Casey O'Brien commercial on channel 5! I think it was is Vitense Golf. How cool is that? I know Owen Lindmark from the men's team is in a bank tv commercial, the brand escapes me.

Not just O'B. Wozniewicz, Quinn Kuntz, and Marianne Pickard are also in the ad. Though O'B is the only one who speaks.

Vitense Golfland auf Instagram: "🏒⛳ Double the champion, double the fun! We’re thrilled to have 2-time national champion @casey_obrien here at Vitense Golfland! 🙌 Casey’s not just sharpening her long game and short game on our range,she’s also a huge

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[Windchill22]

WCHA Round 1 Tickets secured!

 

[robertearle]

WCHA Round 1 Tickets secured!

... after a half-hour on hold with the ticket office, because - typical - the pre-sale email link didn't work.

 

[Windchill22]

... after a half-hour on hold with the ticket office, because - typical - the pre-sale email link didn't work.

I started off with the - not even going to put you on hold - disconnect - and then after I called back about 20-30 minutes later - and had about 10 minutes on hold. You'd think they'd try to do a better job on the e-mail/online setup huh?

 

[Timothy A]

WCHA Round 1 Tickets secured!

Thanks for posting this. My tickets are under one of my wife's email accounts she does not frequent, so I would have been oblivious to this going on today and may not have got any.