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Wisconsin hockey
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This weekend
The Wisconsin hockey team opens its 33rd season of action this weekend in a
series versus Colorado College. The games are set for 8:35 and 8:05 p.m.
starts at the Air Force Academy this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13-14. It is
the third year in a row that the Badgers have opened their season on the
road. Wisconsin is 3-0 in those games.
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Silver anniversary
Badger head coach Jeff Sauer enters his 25th year of collegiate head
coaching in 1995-96. He begins his 14th year as the head coach at
Wisconsin. His overall mark stands at 513-415-38 (.551). At Wisconsin he
boasts a record of 347-189-27 (.640).
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=46ifth all-time
Sauer's 513 wins rank fifth (among Division I coaches) on the all-time
career wins chart and seventh among all coaches. He is one of only two
active D-I coaches with that many victories. Only Ron Mason (724) of
Michigan State has more. Following are the top-10 winningest coaches in
college hockey history.
1. Ron Mason (LSSU, BGSU, MSU)* 724
2. Len Ceglarski (Clarkson, BC) 674
3. Bob Peters (UND, Bemidji St.)* 649
4. John MacInnes (MTU) 555
5. Jack Riley (Army) 524
6. Don Roberts (Gustavus Adolphus)* 520
7. JEFF SAUER (CC, UW)* 513
8. John Kelley (BC) 501
9. Jack Parker (Boston Univ.)* 493
10.Jerry York (Clarkson, BGSU, BC)* 478
*still active
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Captains
The Badger captain for the 1995-96 season is senior center Max Williams
(Mahwah, N.J.). Assistant captains are senior wing Mike Strobel (St. Paul,
Minn.) and senior defenseman Mickey Elick (Calgary, Alberta).
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Sauer vs. Colorado College
Head coach Jeff Sauer is 44-11-1 against CC teams lifetime . away from the
Dane County Coliseum, he has a 19-6-0 mark . of his 513 wins, 166 came
while coaching at Colorado College from 1971-82 . Sauer played wing for the
CC Tigers from 1961-65, lettering three years.
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That's a lot of games
Coach Sauer is nearing his 1,000th game as a head coach this year. Entering
this season, Sauer has coached in 966 games.
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Badger Max
Senior captain Max Williams hopes to pick up where he left off at the
conclusion of the 1994-95 season. Williams finished the year scoring in 16
of his final 18 games, including 13 of the last 14. He was the WCHA's
fourth-leading scorer (26-26-52) and led the UW in scoring all of last
year. His 26 goals were the most scored at Wisconsin since the 1992-93
season when Dan Plante and Jason Zent both tied for the team lead with 26.
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Mickey Elick -- Mr. Reliable
Senior defenseman Mickey Elick enters the weekend at Colorado College with
a 119-game consecutive-games played streak (including exhibition games).
Elick hasn't missed a game since his freshman year when he didn't travel to
Minn.-Duluth for the series (Nov. 27-28, 1992).
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Be like Mike
Senior winger Mike Strobel is the team's career leader in power-play goals
(11) and tied for the career lead in short-handed goals (3). He led his
teammates in power-play goals (10) and game-winning tallies (6) last
season.
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Road tested
Wisconsin plays four of its first five series and 10 of its first 12 games
on the road to start the '95-96 campaign. The Badgers host Denver on Oct.
20-21, but then do not return home to the Dane County Coliseum until Dec.
1-2 when Michigan Tech comes to town.
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The rookies
There are five new faces on the UW roster this year. On defense -- Luke
Gruden, Mike LaPlante and Tim Rothering; at forward -- Yuri Gusak; in goal
-- Chris Addesa.
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Pre-season poll
=46ollowing is the 25th annual Grand Forks Herald WCHA pre-season poll.
1. Minnesota (6) 138
2. Colorado College (4) 130
3. Wisconsin 98
4. Denver 88
5. Minnesota-Duluth 86
6. North Dakota 72
7. Michigan Tech 42
8. Northern Michigan 35
9. St. Cloud State 32
10. Alaska Anchorage 9
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The Opponent: Colorado College
The Series -- UW leads 89-29-3
Site -- Air Force Academy
Series Began -- Jan. 8, 1965
Meetings -- 122nd & 123rd
Sweeps by UW -- 32, last on Nov. 19-20, 1993 in Madison (won 6-3 & 4-2).
Sweeps by CC -- 6, last on Feb. 21-22, 1992 in Colorado Springs (won 6-2 &
2-1)
Last Meeting -- Wisconsin defeated CC 4-3 in overtime to win the 1995 WCHA
=46inal Five Championship in St. Paul. It was the Badgers' first Broadmoor
Trophy since 1990.
Series Notes -- These are the first games played between the two teams at
Air Force Academy ... the Badgers are 41-13-1 against the Tigers on the
road ... the UW has lost just twice in the last 14 games to CC ... in 36
one-goal games, the UW is 25-11-0.
Head Coach Don Lucia -- Don Lucia is in his third season as the head coach
of the CC Tigers ... he has a career mark of 154-122-16 over seven years
... at CC, his record is 52-23-6 (2 years) ... he owns a mark of 2-5-0 vs.
the Badgers as the Tiger head coach ... prior to CC, Lucia was head coach
at Alaska-Fairbanks (1987- 93).
Who to Watch -- the Tigers are led by a group of senior forwards that all
ranked in the WCHA's top 10 in scoring at the end of the '94-95 season ...
Colin Schmidt (26-31-57; 2nd-T WCHA scoring), Peter Geronazzo (29-28-57;
2nd- T), Jay McNeill (33-18-51; 5th) and Chad Remackel (17-31-48; 9th-T)
lead the league's most experienced group of returning forwards ... in goal,
junior Ryan Bach returns from an 18-5-1 season where he recorded a 3.27
goals-against average and an .895 save percentage ... CC led the WCHA in
all offensive categories last season -- goals (213), assists (330), points
(543), power-play (67), shorthanded (15) and game-winning goals (30).
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Player Games Stats
Max Williams 12 5-6-11 (gwg)
Mike Strobel 7 3-8-11 (2 ppg)
Mickey Elick 13 2-4-6
Shawn Carter 4 2-1-3 (ppg)
Erik Raygor 3 2-1-3 (2 ppg)
E.J. Bradley 3 1-1-2
Darren Haley 3 1-0-1 (shg)
Scott Sanderson 5 0-1-1
Joe Bianchi 3 0-1-1
Brad Englehart 3 0-1-1
Troy Howard 7 0-0-0
Tim Krug 3 0-0-0
Matt Peterson 1 0-0-0
Rick Enrico first game
Mark Smith first game
Kirk Daubenspeck (180:43)
2-1-0, .899 sv% (80/89), 2.99 gaa
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