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February 26, 2006

Like with the Badgers, I turn my head for a minute to watch the Olympics and my Cyclones have some tough luck thrown their way on the ice. ISU went into the CSCHL tournament last weekend as the #3 seed and knocked off host Western Michigan 4-3 in the first round. Then in the second […]

February 10, 2006

As if the opening of the Winter Olympics wasn’t enough to get cold-weather sports fans going, there’s plenty of college hockey action this weekend as well. ISU opens a series against the University of Illinois tonight with an eye on extending their streak of eight games without a loss. This will be their final two […]

February 6, 2006

The wife and I spent most of the weekend getting ready for yesterday’s Super Bowl party, so I missed a lot of other sports action this weekend, but looking at the scores maybe it was best I did. The UW basketball team lost to Purdue on Saturday 70-62. Purdue? You mean formerly 1-8 Purdue? Yes, […]

February 3, 2006

Before we get to the big game on Sunday, there’s plenty of other stuff going on to get yourself warmed up after a long week. The Badgers hockey team will try and turn things around when they travel to Duluth to face the UMD Bulldogs. UW and Minnesota-Duluth are both tied with Denver atop the […]

January 29, 2006

The UW hockey team suffered its second sweep in a row this weekend, losing again to Minnesota on Saturday 3-1. The Badgers only score came early in the first period on a power play goal by Tom Gilbert, but Minnesota’s Ryan Potulny tied the score in the second frame. Ben Gordon made the winning goal […]

January 27, 2006

The Badgers hockey team is looking to rebound from a pair of losses to the University of Denver Pioneers last week as they host the Golden Gophers of Minnesota this weekend. Minnesota is 16-6-4 overall and 11-5-2 in the WCHA, putting them just four points behind Wisconsin and tied with Denver for second place in […]

December 1, 2005

Glad you asked. The UW men’s hockey team is riding a 12-game winning streak, the best in the country, and were named team of the week by College Hockey News for the second time this season. The 11-1-2 Badgers are ranked #1 in the land by both the USCHO.com and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine […]

November 11, 2005

With college and pro football heading down the straightaway towards the post-season, it’s easy to forget there are other sports in action. The UW men’s hockey team has been at it for a month now and are ranked fifth in the WCHA with a 6-1-1 overall record. Thay meet the association-leading Colorado College Tigers tonight […]