Wisconsin men's hockey will open season with Big Ten play and trip to Ohio State
The Wisconsin men’s hockey team will open the season and Big Ten play on the same day.
The Badgers will play at Ohio State Oct. 7-8 and will have three Big Ten series under their belts before the end of the first month.
This will mark the third time in six seasons that UW has opened the season and conference play at the same time. That was one of the highlights of the UW slate, which was announced Monday.
Based on last season’s standings, the Badgers, who were 10-24-3 overall with a 6-17-1 mark (tied for fifth) in the seven-team conference, will have a chance to build the momentum before facing the league's top teams.
Wisconsin’s first meeting with defending conference champion Minnesota will be Dec. 9-10 in Minneapolis. That series is part of a run when the Badgers host league runner-up Michigan on Dec. 2-3 and, after winter break, Notre Dame on Jan. 6-7.
UW will face those teams on consecutive weeks the second time it goes through the league: at Notre Dame (Jan. 27-28), at Michigan (Feb. 3-4) and at home against Minnesota (Feb. 10-11).
Wisconsin also will play in Milwaukee for the second straight season in the Kwik Trip Holiday Face-off at Fiserv Forum. It faces Lake Superior State on Dec. 28 and will take on either Clarkson or Massachusetts the next day.
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