2011-12 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey season

	2011–12 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey season
Conference	WCHA
Home ice	Kohl Center
Record
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach	Mark Johnson
Assistant Coaches	Peter Johnson; Jackie Friesen; Tracey DeKeyser
	Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey seasons; « 2010–11

The Wisconsin Badgers women's hockey team will represent the University of Wisconsin in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The Badgers were unable to repeat as NCAA women's Frozen Four champions.

Offseason[]

September 1: The Badgers women's ice hockey team will take part in the opening game festivites for the 2011 Wisconsin Badgers football team. The women's team will be at Badgerville, the offical pre-game event of Wisconsin Athletics. Players will be at the event with their NCAA Frozen Four national championship trophy for photos and autographs.^[1]

September 1: 2011 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner and former Badgers player Meghan Duggan is a finalist for the 2011 Sportswoman of the Year Award, presented by the Women's Sports Foundation^[2]
Ilana Friedman, transferred from the University of Vermont (and sat out the 2010-11 season) was on the roster for the season but didn't play as a backup to starting goaltender Alex Rigsby.

Recruiting[]

Player	Nationality	Position	Notes
Katy Josephs	Canada	Forward	From Calgary, Alberta
Katarina Zgraja	Canada	Defense	Played for Bluevale Collegiate Institute
Blayre Turnbull	Canada	Forward	Played at Shattuck-Saint Mary's
Karley Sylvester	United States	Forward	Played high school hockey at Warroad, Minnesota

Regular season[]

News and notes[]

Sept. 20: Wisconsin head coach Mark Johnson was named one of four recipients of the 2011 Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding service to hockey in the United States.^[3]
September 24: Karley Sylvester was the first freshman of the campaign to net a goal.^[4]
On September 25, 2011, Hilary Knight scored her fifth career hat trick in a 13-0 defeat of the Lindenwood Lions.^[5] In addition, Briana Decker scored her third career hat trick. The 13 goals scored by the Badgers were tied for third most in the NCAA women's ice hockey all-time list for most goals scored in a game by a team.^[6]
Nov. 18-19: Carolyne Prevost became the 17th player in program history to record 100 career points. In a victory over RPI, she netted the first goal of the game for Wisconsin. She would also record an assist in the match. The following day, Prevost recorded six points in the finale against RPI. It was a team-high for any Wisconsin skater this season. ^[7] She scored two goals, including the game winner, and helped on four other goals to establish a new career high for most points in one game.
Nov. 19: Brianna Decker recorded her sixth career hat trick as the Badgers celebrated an 8-2 victory against RPI. In addition, she extended her point scoring streak to 24 games.^[8]
November 25: In Wisconsin’s fifth shutout of the season, Brianna Decker and Hilary Knight netted two goals apiece in a 5-0 victory over St. Cloud State. Brianna Decker extended her point scoring streak to 26 games, a program record^[9], while Alex Rigsby earned her 10th career shutout.

Standings[]

2011–12 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 Wisconsin	28	23	3	2	1	72	113	44	37	31	4	2	170	53
#2 Minnesota	28	21	5	2	1	66	113	43	37	30	5	2	167	50
#6 North Dakota	28	16	9	3	2	53	116	75	36	22	11	3	154	89
#9 Minnesota-Duluth	28	15	12	1	1	47	91	61	36	21	13	1	121	77
Ohio State	28	13	14	1	1	41	75	96	36	16	16	4	99	115
Bemidji State	28	11	15	2	0	35	70	73	37	17	17	3	101	85
Minnesota State	28	3	24	1	0	10	37	105	36	7	28	1	64	133
St. Cloud State	28	4	24	0	0	12	32	150	36	5	29	2	37	130
Championship: Minnesota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Current rankings: USCHO.com Division I women's poll

Schedule and results[]

Green background indicates win (3 points).
Yellow background indicates shootout win (2 points).
Red background indicates loss (0 points).
White background indicates tie (1 point).

2011–12 Schedule and Results

September: 2–0–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	WCHA	Overall	Box score
1†	September 23	Lindenwood	0–11	Wisconsin		Rigsby	1,417	0–0–0–0	1–0–0	[1]
2†	September 25	Lindenwood	0–13	Wisconsin		Rigsby	544	0–0–0–0	2–0–0	[2]

October: 7–1–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 2–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	WCHA	Overall	Box score
3	October 8	North Dakota	2–5	Wisconsin		Rigsby	2,136	1–0–0–0	3–0–0	[3]
4	October 9	North Dakota	2–3	Wisconsin	OT	Rigsby	1,971	2–0–0–0	4–0–0	[4]
5	October 14	Minnesota	2–3	Wisconsin		Rigsby	2,379	3–0–0–0	5–0–0	[5]
6	October 16	Minnesota	3–2	Wisconsin		Rigsby	2,603	3–1–0–0	5–1–0	[6]
7	October 21	Wisconsin	4–3	Minnesota–Duluth		Rigsby	1,338	4–1–0–0	6–1–0	[7]
8	October 22	Wisconsin	6–3	Minnesota–Duluth		Rigsby	1,409	5–1–0–0	7–1–0	[8]
9†	October 28	Boston University	0–3	Wisconsin		Rigsby	3,298	5–1–0–0	8–1–0	[9]
10†	October 29	Boston University	1–6	Wisconsin		Rigsby	2,243	5–1–0–0	9–1–0	[10]

November: 5–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 5–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	WCHA	Overall	Box score
11	November 4	Wisconsin	3–1	Ohio State		Rigsby	478	6–1–0–0	10–1–0	[11]
12	November 5	Wisconsin	2–0	Ohio State		Rigsby	311	7–1–0–0	11–1–0	[12]
13†	November 18	Wisconsin	4–3	Rensselaer		Rigsby	100	7–1–0–0	12–1–0	[13]
14†	November 19	Wisconsin	8–2	Rensselaer		Rigsby	100	7–1–0–0	13–1–0	[14]
15	November 25	St. Cloud State	0–5	Wisconsin		Rigsby	2,758	8–1–0–0	14–1–0	[15]
16	November 27	St. Cloud State		Wisconsin

December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	WCHA	Overall	Box score
17	December 2	Wisconsin		Minnesota State
18	December 3	Wisconsin		Minnesota State
19	December 9	Wisconsin		Bemidji State
20	December 10	Wisconsin		Bemidji State

January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	WCHA	Overall	Box score
21	January 6	Wisconsin		Minnesota
22	January 7	Wisconsin		Minnesota
23	January 14	Wisconsin		North Dakota
24	January 15	Wisconsin		North Dakota
25	January 20	Minnesota–Duluth		Wisconsin
26	January 21	Minnesota–Duluth		Wisconsin
27	January 27	Bemidji State		Wisconsin
28	January 28	Bemidji State		Wisconsin

February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	WCHA	Overall	Box score
29	February 3	Minnesota State		Wisconsin
30	February 5	Minnesota State		Wisconsin
31	February 10	Wisconsin		St. Cloud State
32	February 11	Wisconsin		St. Cloud State
33	February 17	Ohio State		Wisconsin
34	February 18	Ohio State		Wisconsin

† Non-conference game

Awards and honors[]

Carolyne Prevost, WCHA Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Week of November 21, 2011)^[10]
Alex Rigsby, WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of October 18, 2011)^[11]
Alex Rigsby, WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of October 25, 2011)^[12]
Blayre Turnbull, WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 5, 2011)^[13]

Team Awards[]

Offensive Player of the Year, Brianna Decker
Defensive Player of the Year, Stefanie McKeough
Rookie of the Year, Blayre Turnbull
Jeff Sauer Award, Hilary Knight
Badger Award, Lauren Unser^[14]

References[]

[1] ttp://www.uwbadgers.com/genrel/082411aaa.html

[2] ttp://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/090111aad.html

[3] ttp://www.uscho.com/2011/09/20/wisconsin-duo-named-lester-patrick-award-winners/

[4] ttp://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/092411aaa.html

[5] ttp://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/092511aab.html

[6] ttp://www.wcha.com/women/pres1112/201109/sep27wcw.php

[7] ttp://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/112311aaa.html

[8] ttp://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/111911aaa.html

[9] ttp://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/112511aaa.html

[10] ttp://www.wcha.com/women/pres1112/201111/nov23wpw.pdf

[11] ttp://www.wcha.com/women/pres1112/201110/oct18wcw.php

[12] ttp://www.wcha.com/women/pres1112/201110/oct25wpw.pdf

[13] ttp://www.wcha.com/women/pres1112/201110/oct5wcw.php

[14] ttp://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/032612aaa.html

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