Oct. 9 Northern Michigan T, 2-2* Oct. 10 Northern Michigan T, 3-3* Oct. 16 at Boston College 6 p.m. Oct. 17 at Boston University 6 p.m. Oct. 23 at Ferris State 6 p.m. Oct. 24 at Ferris State 6 p.m. Oct. 30 Arizona State 7 p.m. Oct. 31 Arizona State 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at North Dakota 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at North Dakota 7 p.m. Nov. 20 Denver 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21 Denver 7 p.m. Dec. 4 at Michigan 6:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at Michigan 6:30 p.m. Dec. 11 at Michigan State 6 p.m. Dec. 12 at Michigan State 1:30 p.m. Jan. 1 Trinity Western (Ex.) TBA Jan. 8 Ohio State 7 p.m. Jan. 9 Ohio State 7 p.m. Jan. 15 at Penn State 5:30 p.m. Jan. 16 at Penn State 5 p.m. Jan. 22 Minnesota 8 p.m. Jan. 23 Minnesota 7 p.m. Jan. 29 Alaska 7 p.m. Jan. 30 Alaska 7 p.m. Feb. 12 Michigan 7 p.m. Feb. 13 Michigan 7 p.m. Feb. 19 Michigan State 8 p.m. Feb. 20 Michigan State 8 p.m. Feb. 26 at Ohio State 5:30 p.m. Feb. 27 at Ohio State 6 p.m. March 4 Penn State 7 p.m. March 5 Penn State 7 p.m. March 11 at Minnesota 7 p.m. March 12 at Minnesota 7 p.m. March 17 Big Ten Tourney (St. Paul, Minn.) TBA March 18 Big Ten Tourney (if necessary) TBA March 19 Big Ten Championship Game TBA March 27-28 NCAA Midwest and Northeast Regional (Cincinnati/Worcester, Mass.) TBA March 28-29 NCAA West and East Regional (St. Paul, Minn./Albany, N.Y.) TBA April 9 & 11 NCAA Frozen Four (Amalie Arena, Tampa Bay) TBA Printable Schedule 3 Corbin McGuire SO* F 4 Patrick Sexton FR D 6 Peter Tischke FR D 7 Jake Bunz FR D 8 Jarod Zirbel FR F 9 Luke Kunin FR F 10 Jake Linhart SO D 11 Adam Rockwood SO F 12 Grant Besse JR F 13 Ryan Wagner SO F 14 Zac Keryluk FR F 15 Matthew Freytag FR F 16 Alex Shuchuk FR* F 17 Will Johnson FR F 18 Seamus Malone FR F 19 Cameron Hughes SO F 20 Eddie Wittchow SR D 21 Jason Ford SO F 22 Tanner Barnes FR F 23 Aidan Cavallini JR F 24 Jedd Soleway JR F 25 Cullen Hurley SO F 26 Tim Davison SO* F 27 Matt Ustaski SO F 28 Kevin Schulze SR D 30 Matt Jurusik FR G 31 Adam Miller SR G 34 Gabe Grunwald FR* G * Redshirt Complete Roster

Game 3 | Wisconsin (0-0-2, 0-0-0-0 Big Ten) at Boston College (1-1-0, 0-0-0 Hockey East) Game 4 | at Boston University (0-1-0, 0-0-0 Hockey East)
Dates/Times	Fri., Oct. 16, 6 p.m. CT & Sat., Oct. 17, 6 p.m. CT
Locations	Chesnut Hill, Mass. | Kelley Rink (7,884) Boston |  Agganis Arena (6,150)
Television	None
Video Stream	Friday: BCEagles.com ($) Saturday: goterriers.com ($)
Radio	WIBA-AM 1310 (Badger Radio Network)
Live Audio	BadgerSportsNetwork.com
Live Blog	UWBadgers.com
Live Stats	Friday | Saturday
Social Media	@BadgerMHockey | Facebook
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Game Notes Complete men's hockey game notes in printable PDF format.

Last Meeting BC: L, 9-2 -- Boston College scored four first-period goals to put away UW early on Oct. 18, 2013. Senior goaltender Adam Miller came on in relief for the Badgers in that contest, collecting 24 saves on 27 shots. Only five players who played in that game for UW are on the current roster -- Miller, Jedd Soleway, Grant Besse, Kevin Schulze and Eddie Wittchow.

Last Meeting BU: L, 6-1 -- Despite outshooting the Terriers 33-32, Wisconsin found the back of the net just one time on Jedd Soleway's second-period goal in the defeat on Jan. 10, 2015. Eventual second-overall draft pick Jack Eichel collected four points (2 G, 2 A) in the win for BU after being held off the scoresheet in the 3-3 series opener.

BC Series Notes: UW and Boston College meet for the 23rd time on Friday ... two of the last six meetings between the teams have come in the NCAA championship game (2006, 2010) with the teams splitting those contests ... including Friday night, three of the last four meetings willl have come in Chesnut Hill ... the Badgers have dropped the last five games in the all-time series with BC, since their 2-1 victory in the 2006 NCCA Championship Game ... UW head coach Mike Eaves is familiar with BC head coach Jerry York as both of Eaves' sons, Ben and Patrick, skated for York at Boston College.

BU Series Notes: The teams meet for the 19th time on Saturday ... eight of the last 10 meetings in the all-time series have been single games, including twice at the Badger Hockey Showdown and once in the NCAA tournament ... Saturday's game marks just the second time since Jan. 13, 1988 that UW has played BU in Boston, with the other coming on Oct. 19, 2013 ... UW's lone win in Boston was a 6-3 victory on Dec. 30, 1985 ... BU has scored seven or more goals in three of its four wins against UW in Boston ... at least one of the teams have scored six goals in nine of the 18 previous meetings in the series.

THIS WEEK IN MEN'S HOCKEY
• The Badgers are 4-8-1 in true road openers since 2002 when Mike Eaves took over as head coach.

• Wisconsin's pair of ties last weekend were its sixth and seventh consecutive overtime games that ended in a deadlock. UW was 0-0-5 in overtime last season.

• The Badgers are unbeaten in their last eight overtime contests, going 1-0-7 over a span that dates back to March 22, 2014 and the Badgers' 5-4 overtime victory over Ohio State in the championship game of the 2014 Big Ten Tournament.

• Last weekend's ties marked just the second time in the modern era of Badger men's hockey (since 1963) that UW opened a season with a tie and the first time in school history that UW opened a season with consecutive ties. The only other opening-night tie came Oct. 21, 1977 when UW skated in a 3-3 game against St. Louis.

• Wisconsin overcame a 3-0 deficit in the third period last Saturday against Northern Michigan with three goals in 2 minutes, 46 seconds to earn a 3-3 tie. That was the largest comeback since Nov. 1, 2013, when UW overcame a 3-0 deficit to Lake Superior State for a 3-3 tie at the Kohl Center.

• Wisconsin's goal with an extra attacker last Friday marked its first extra-attacker goal since March 7, 2014 at Penn State, though that goal was scored on a delayed penalty against the Nittany Lions. UW's last extra-attacker goal in the last two minutes of a game came Feb. 15, 2013, when Tyler Barnes scored to make it a 3-2 game in a loss by the same score at home against Minnesota.

Since the start of the 2012–13 season, UW has scored three extra-attacker goals, with two of those coming on delayed penalties by its opponent. UW's opponents have scored eight extra-attacker goals during that same stretch, with seven coming in the last two minutes of a game.

The last Badger to score an extra attacker goal to tie a game was Justin Schultz, who scored at 19:20 of the third period in a 3-3 tie at St. Cloud State on Nov. 5, 2011.

• Wisconsin's power play went 3-for-10 on opening weekend last weekend against Northern Michigan for a 30.0 percent conversion rate. It took the Badgers nine games and 35 chances last season to score their third power-play tally.

UW scored twice on the power play last Saturday. Last season, UW only produced two games with more than one power-play goal in a contest.

• Junior forward Grant Besse's goal with 42 seconds remaining last Friday marked the 20th goal of his career. It was his first career game-tying goal.

• Sophomore defenseman Jake Linhart scored on the power play last Friday, giving him his first career tally. Linhart's point shot was his first goal in his 35th career game at UW. Linhart has a goal and seven points in his career.

• Wisconsin scored five goals in two games last weekend. The Badgers scored at least five goals in a weekend just twice last season.

• Freshman forward Luke Kunin scored his first career goal last Saturday, posting the game-tying goal at 12:07 of the third period on a five-on-three power play.

• Sophomore forward Ryan Wagner scored his first career power-play goal last Saturday for his first goal of the season. Wagner scored just two goals in 35 games as a freshman.

• Senior goaltender Adam Miller made his first career start in goal and the third appearance of his career last Friday. Making his first appearance since Oct. 18, 2013, Miller stopped 32 of 34 shots for a .941 save percentage and his first career decision, a tie.

• Freshman forward Seamus Malone posted an assist on both UW goals last Friday. That made him the first freshman since Joseph LaBate had a goal and an assist on Oct. 7, 2011 against Northern Michigan to open a season with a two-point game.

Malone added an assist last Saturday, making him the first UW freshman since Grant Besse to tally points in the first two games of his career. In the first two games of the 2013–14 season (Oct. 11-12), the then-freshman Besse scored a goal in each game against Northern Michigan to open his collegiate career.

Malone posted 58 points in 58 games last season for the USHL's Dubuque Fighting Saints to lead the team and rank 11th in the league in scoring.

• Senior defenseman Kevin Schulze tallied two assists last Friday, his fourth career multi-point effort and his first since a three-assist game last Jan. 23 against Michigan.

• Senior defensemen Kevin Schulze and Eddie Wittchow serve as team co-captains, while junior forward Grant Besse will serve as the team's assistant captain.

• The Badgers begin the season with 28 skaters on the roster. That is the largest roster at UW since the 2009–10 team also boasted 28 members. Three of the 28 skaters on the roster that year did not see action.

• Wisconsin sits 11 victories away from reaching 200 on the Kohl Center ice, not counting exhibition contests. Since the building opened in 1998, UW has reached at least 11 victories at the Kohl Center in 10 of 17 seasons.

Wisconsin has averaged slightly more than 11 wins per season at the Kohl Center, including five seasons of 14-plus victories. UW's best single season record in the KC came in 2013-14 with a mark of 17-2-1.

• UW faces one of the tougher schedules in the nation this season, with an especially grueling stretch to start the campaign. The Badgers play six of their first 12 games against teams ranked in the top five of the preaseason USCHO.com poll, with at least one game against four of the top five teams.

Of its 34 total games, Wisconsin will play 14 against teams ranked in the top 13 of the USCHO.com poll. Only three of UW's series this year are against a team not receiving votes in the preseason poll.

• Sophomore forward Cameron Hughes became just the second Badger drafted by the Boston Bruins when he went in the sixth round, 165th overall, in the 2015 NHL Draft this past June. Hughes, along with fellow sophomore forward Adam Rockwood, enter the season tied for the second-leading scorer spot from last season after each posted three goals and 13 points in their freshman season's last year. Both spent most of the season at center.

• Junior Jedd Soleway ranked second on the team last season with seven goals and finished with nine points in 35 games played. He also finished second on the squad with 98 shots on goal, and shared second on the team with a pair of power-play markers.

Soleway ranked 11th in the country in faceoff win percentage at .583. Soleway went 180-129 on faceoffs. Clarkson freshman Ben Dalpe led the nation with a .642 faceoff win percentage (97-54).

• Senior defenseman Kevin Schulze led the nation in 2014–15 with an average of 2.66 blocks per game, 0.11 shots-per-game better than Bemidji State defenseman Sam Windle (2.55). Schulze's 93 blocks were four shy of Windle's national lead.

As a team, UW ranked 10th in the country with an average of 14.83 blocks per game.

• After having just four right-handed shots on the team in 2014-15, the Badgers will have nine for the upcoming season.

• Wisconsin will serve as host school for the 2016 NCAA Frozen Four set for April 7-9 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. The Badgers last played host to the NCAA Frozen Four in 2006 when it was held at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. The Badgers won the championship that season, defeating Boston College, 2-1, in the title game.

• Five Badgers were captains of their teams before arriving on campus including Kevin Schulze (Hill-Murray), Cullen Hurley (Academy of Holy Angels) and Jarod Zirbel (Notre Dame Academy), who each captained their high school teams, as well as Luke Kunin who served as a captain of the U.S. Under-18 Team and Patrick Sexton (Penticton) in the BCHL. Hurley also co-captained the Muskegon Lumberjacks in the USHL. Eddie Wittchow (co-captain) and Grant Besse (assistant captain) will earn their stripes this season as captains of the Badgers.

• Wisconsin boasts 13 skaters who have championships on their resumes. Three Badgers (Besse, Davison, Zirbel) own high school state titles, two (Rockwood, Sexton) own BCHL titles, Hughes won an AJHL championship, Malone won a USHL crown, McGuire won an EJHL championship and Keryluk owns an USPHL win. In addition, Kunin won a under-18 world title and Jurusik won the NAHL regular-season crown. Others include Jurusik's NAHL regular-season win, as well as Wittchow's USHL western conference victory and Soleway's BCHL division triumph.

• Seamus Malone led the USHL with a plus-29 in 2014–15 playing for Dubuque. Malone ranked 11th in the USHL last season with 58 points and 14th with 26 goals.

• Will Johnson led the USHL with 36 points through 30 games for the Madison Capitols last season before an injury ended his season.

• Wisconsin's goaltending trio of senior Adam Miller, redshirt freshman Gabe Grunwald and freshman Matt Jurusik own a combined 42 minutes and seven seconds of game action entering the season. Miller made one appearance during the 2012–13 season and one appearance in 2014–15.

• Jarod Zirbel is just the fourth player in UW's history with a last name that starts with the letter 'Z'. Coincidentally, three of those four have played for Wisconsin within the last three seasons. Morgan Zulinick (2012-15), Mark Zengerle (2010-14), and Jason Zent (1990-94) are the other three with 'Z' names.

• Santa Barabara, California native Will Johnson is the ninth Badger all-time to hail from the Golden State. In fact, five of those nine players have come during the 14-year tenure of head coach Mike Eaves, with Robbie Earl (2003-06), Matthew Ford (2004-08), Brendan Woods (2011-13) and Nic Kerdiles (2012-14). The other four California Badgers are Chris Chelios (1981-83), Mike McGrath (1983-85), Rob Mendel (1986-90) and Chris Nelson (1988-92).

• Wisconsin will celebrate a pair of NCAA championship anniversaries this season. The 1980–81 team returns for the 35th anniversary of their title the weekend of Nov. 21, while the 2005–06 Badgers return to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the school's sixth NCAA title the weekend of Jan. 30. The UW women's team will also be celebrating their 2006 NCAA title that same weekend.

• Head coach Mike Eaves is behind the bench for his 14th season at Wisconsin. The Badgers own one NCAA title (2006), two Frozen Four appearances (2006, 2010), seven NCAA tournament appearances and two conference tournament titles (2013, 2014) during Eaves' tenure.

Eaves has seen 28 of his former Badgers go on to play in the NHL, as well as over 60 of his former players go on to play some sort of professional hockey (NHL, AHL, ECHL, overseas). Fifty NHL drafted skaters have played at Wisconsin under Eaves.

• Wisconsin hockey boasts five new staff members including associate head coach Luke Strand, assistant coach JB Bittner, director of hockey operations John Hamre, video coordinator Emily Engel and primary care Dr. Andrew Watson.

• For the new coaches, associate head coach Luke Strand came to UW from a year as general manager and coach of the first-year Madison Capitols of the USHL. He played college hockey for UW-Eau Claire. New assistant coach JB Bittner, who played his college hockey at Ohio State, arrived in Madison from a two-year assistant coaching stint for the USHL's Tri-City Storm in Kearney, Nebraska.

UP NEXT
Wisconsin makes its first-ever trip to Big Rapids, Michigan, for a two-game series on Oct. 23-24 at Ferris State.