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Wisconsin approves six contract extensions for Badger head coaches

Six Badger head coaches earn contract extensions

Late last week, the UW Athletic Board approved contract extensions for six Wisconsin head coaches.

The board met on Friday, and gave extensions to six coaches across four different Wisconsin sports.

Well a number of coaches on the list led their respective Wisconsin programs to new heights last season, others earned a vote of confidence from AD Chris McIntosh despite up and down 2021-22 campaigns.

All six coaches on the list earned five-year extensions that will take them through the 2027 school year.

Here is a look at the six coaches and their respective extensions as decided by the UW Athletic Board:

WATCH: Wisconsin’s Brock Caufield nets an OT game-winner vs. Minnesota

WATCH: Wisconsin’s Brock Caufield nets an OT game-winner vs. Minnesota

Yea, there’s another Caufield brother.

After Cole Caufield left to the NHL after last season and went on to dominate in the Montreal Canadiens’ trip to the Stanley Cup Finals, his younger brother Brock now continues the namesake at Wisconsin for another season.

Brock has played in eight games for the 4-5 Badgers this season, recording 2 goals, 1 assist and 29 shots.

Related: Wisconsin vs. Rutgers: Staff predictions

Wisconsin’s latest bout was a 4-3 overtime triumph over rival Minnesota. Caufield netted two goals in the contest, the second being an overtime game-winner for the Badgers.

The call on Bally Sports might be as good as the goal was:

Next up for the Wisconsin men’s hockey team is a rematch with Minnesota tonight.

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Wisconsin releases their official policy on fans for basketball and hockey

The university released their policy for fans in the stands

Wednesday morning, Wisconsin released their policy for men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s hockey regarding fans in the stands.

For an “indefinite period of time,” Wisconsin will play without fans in the stands at the Kohl Center and at LaBahn Arena:

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Another key note in the release was that the men’s and women’s basketball schedules will be released soon, with the season permitted to begin just two weeks from today.

Wisconsin hockey’s Cole Caufield named Big Ten freshman of the year

The future Montreal Canadian earned high honors in the Big Ten this season

Despite a rocky year for Wisconsin hockey, their star freshman is getting the conference love that he deserves. Earlier today, Cole Caufield was named Big Ten freshman of the year and named to the All-Big Ten first team.

Caufield took the nation by storm early and often this season. The star forward was a first round draft pick of the Montreal Canadians in last years NHL entry draft.

USATSI_12937517.jpgHe went on to score two goals in his first three career games at Wisconsin. Overall, Caufield finished with 19 goals and 36 points, both team highs. Wisconsin ended up going just 14-20-2 despite a plethora of NHL talent on the roster.

Wisconsin defenseman Wyatt Kalynuk also was named to the Big Ten first team.

Ohio State men’s hockey drops second game of weekend to Wisconsin

The Ohio State men’s hockey team lost the second game of a two-game weekend series to split with Wisconsin.

The Ohio State men’s hockey team has been on a roll as of late, going 8-1-1 in its last ten games coming into Sunday night against Wisconsin. It also took the first contest against the Badgers on Friday night and were hoping for the weekend sweep Saturday.

It was not meant to be.

It started off good enough. The Badgers scored first just after a power play at 13:28 of the first before Ohio State answered back. Ronnie Hein scored a power-play goal with 2:22 left in the period to knot it up at one apiece headed to the first break.

But Wisconsin turned up the heat in the second period, scoring four goals to just one by the Buckeyes to lead 5-2 after two periods of play. The badgers got four-straight goals at 17:01, 15:37, 5:19, and 3:30 of the period — the last of which on the power-play. Sam McCormick scored his first goal of the year to provide Ohio State with its only goal of the period, but the damage was done.

The third period got a little chippy and both teams had some scoring chances, but the score held with no goals and the Buckeyes fell by way of the same 5-2 score.

With the loss, Ohio State drops to 14-6-2 overall, and 7-4-1-0 in the Big Ten. The Bucks are next in action with a two-game set against Notre Dame at home next weekend.

Watch: Hockey Wins Thriller at Wisconsin

With Notre Dame trailing 4-3 and under seven minutes to play, Colin Theisen tied things up at four, scoring his fourth goal of the season.

No. 4 Notre Dame earned a series split this weekend in Wisconsin after a thrilling comeback win against the Badgers Saturday night.

With Notre Dame trailing 4-3 and under seven minutes to play, Colin Theisen tied things up at four, scoring his fourth goal of the season.

Alex Steeves then netted the winner 1:58 in overtime as the Irish moved to 4-1-1 in Big Ten play this season and 8-1-1 overall.

Goalie Cale Morris stopped 31 of 35 shots in the victory.

Notre Dame returns to the ice Friday night in East Lansing where they’ll have a two-game series against Michigan State.

Notre Dame Hockey: Eight Game Unbeaten Streak Snapped

Reigning Big Ten “Third Star of the Week” Cale Morris made 32 saves on 34 shot attempts but the Irish were unable to light the lamp all night while allowing two power play goals to the Badgers.

For the first time this season in Big Ten play the No. 3/4 Notre Dame hockey team fell in regulation and failed to pick up a point as No. 15 Wisconsin bested them 3-0 Friday night in Madison, Wisconsin.

Reigning Big Ten “Third Star of the Week” Cale Morris made 32 saves on 34 shot attempts but the Irish were unable to light the lamp all night while allowing two power play goals to the Badgers.

The Irish went 0-for-1 on the power play while Daniel Lebedoff stopped all 22 shots the Irish put on net Friday night, securing the shutout for Wisconsin.

Notre Dame goes for the series split Saturday night in Madison as the puck drops again at 8 p.m. E.T.

Hockey Sweeps No. 8 Ohio State/Earn Big Ten’s Third-Star of Week

For the second week in a row the Irish found a player earning the Big Ten’s Third Star of the Week as senior net-minder Cale Morris did so.  Morris earned two wins over the weekend, bringing his career total to 50, the fifth most in Notre Dame hockey history.

Notre Dame hockey improved to 7-0-1 over the weekend after sweeping previously No. 8 Ohio State as  Jake Pivonka and Cam Burke scored third period goals on Saturday to complete the sweep.

As a result the Irish moved to No. 3 in the USA Hockey/USA Today poll this week, trailing just No. 1 Denver and No. 2 Minnesota State in the rankings.

The Irish now sit alone atop the Big Ten standings with 10 conference points on the year.  Penn State (9) and Minnesota (7) sit directly behind.

For the second week in a row the Irish found a player earning the Big Ten’s Third Star of the Week as senior net-minder Cale Morris did so.  Morris earned two wins over the weekend, bringing his career total to 50, the fifth most in Notre Dame hockey history.

Jordan Pearce (2005-09) leads the way all-time with 59.

The award is the twelfth time Morris has been named one of the Big Ten’s Three Stars of the Week as he’s been named top-star six times, and second and third-star both three times now.

Senior forward Patrick Khodorenko of Michigan State top away this week’s first-star honors while freshman forward Alex Turcotte of Wisconsin took home the second-star.

Morris and the Irish will travel to Madison to take on Turcotte and the Badgers for a two-game series this weekend.   Both games starting at 8 pm ET on Saturday and Sunday with the Badgers still looking for their first conference win.