Five Things to Know: No. 1 Badgers host Bemidji State

Wisconsin

8-0-0

Bemidji State

3-2-1

Game One Coverage

Saturday, Oct. 26 | 2:07 pm CT — LaBahn Arena

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Game Two Coverage

Sunday, Oct. 27 | 2:07 pm CT — LaBahn Arena

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MADISON, Wis. – The No. 1 Badgers hit home ice this weekend to take on Bemidji State in their second conference series of the year at LaBahn Arena Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 26-27. Puck drop is set for 2:07 p.m. both days.

Parking for Saturday's game will be $5 in Lots 29, 46 and 91 and fans that park in those lots must leave immediately following the women's hockey game due to the men's hockey game at 7 p.m. Parking on Sunday is free in Lot 91.

1. WISCONSIN STATE OF MIND: The Badgers set New York on fire last weekend leaving Long Island with a broken record, 22 goals and a barnburner series in their back pocket against NCAA's newest Division I edition, the LIU Sharks.

Following a 10-2 win Friday night, Wisconsin stormed the home of the New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum Saturday with a shutout 12-0 game.

The #Badgers broke a school record tonight with 80 shots on goal, besting their previous record of 72 set during the 2011-12 season! pic.twitter.com/bSJaqlPQUW
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerWHockey) October 19, 2019

The Badgers scored six first-period goals in the first series game tying for the fourth-most goals in a single period of play. It also marked the first time since Feb. 14, 2016, that UW scored six goals in a single period.

2. FIRST GOALS GALORE + AN ECSTATIC HAT TRICK: Nineteen different Badgers found the scoresheet during the sweep of the Sharks while five Badgers recorded their first collegiate goals.

Freshmen Chayla Edwards and Grace Shirley took home their first goals Friday night, and freshman Dara Greig, sophomore Jesse DeVito and junior Grace Bowlby posted theirs Saturday.

Long Island was a great place for this group!

Five different #Badgers scored their first collegiate goals over the weekend against the Sharks! pic.twitter.com/7UsOd2R8XP
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerWHockey) October 21, 2019

Sophomore Sophie Shirley also took away her first career hat-trick, the first one for the Badgers this year.

What a beaut ... pic.twitter.com/ymcBpqLDAS
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerWHockey) October 19, 2019

3. DANG, DARYL: Junior Daryl Watts continues to lead the NCAA in points per game with 25 points in eight games this year, the highest in Badger history. The last women's hockey player to come close to that number in eight games was Sara Bauer in 2004 who posted 11 goals and nine assists for 20 points overall.

8️⃣ games.
2️⃣5️⃣ points.#Badgers junior Daryl Watts is off to a HISTORIC start as her 25 points through eight games are the MOST in school history pic.twitter.com/ESTSR4HuOY
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerWHockey) October 22, 2019

The 2018 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner improved her scoring streak to eight goals in seven-straight games before coming to a close after Friday's game. Her seven-game goal streak tied her for fourth in Badger history next to Annie Pankowski's same streak last year.

Watts earned one goal and three assists for two consecutive four-point games Oct. 12 at Ohio State and Friday at LIU. She still chipped in three assists during Saturday's triumph.

The Toronto native also netted her 150th career collegiate point Friday as the first goal of the game just one minute into the first period.

4. STACK THE PADS: Sophomore goaltender Cami Kronish, a native of New York, earned her first collegiate action playing the final two periods for UW Friday's game. She stopped nine shots in her Badger debut.

Sophomore Breanna Blesi earned her first collegiate win as the Maple Grove, Minnesota, native played the first 40 minutes for UW Saturday night. She stopped two shots before senior Nikki Cece came in and made four saves in the final 20 minutes.

Now in net for the #Badgers: @Camik224!

UW 6, LIU 0

Start of period number 2 pic.twitter.com/RN2XQqzGAC
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerWHockey) October 18, 2019

5. AGAINST THE BEAVERS: Bemidji State is the last team to best Wisconsin in a 2-1 setback game last Feb. 1 in Minnesota before the Badgers came back with a 4-0 shutout in game two.

The Badgers still have the upper hand when it comes to the series between UW and BSU. Since the beginning of Wisconsin women's hockey in 1999, Wisconsin is 74-6-4 all-time against Bemidji and 35-4-1 all-time at home.

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