MADISON, Wis. – Three different Badgers lit the lamp to lead the No. 1 Wisconsin women's hockey team to a 3-0 victory over Bemidji State in the first round of the WCHA Playoffs at LaBahn Arena on Friday.

Kelly Gorbatenko, Claire Enright and Lacey Eden all found the back of the net for the Badgers (32-1-2, 26–1-2-1-0-1 WCHA). Caroline Harvey put together two assists for her 13th multi-point game of the season and has now recorded six points against Bemidji State (6-29-1, 4-25-0) this season.

Gorbatenko opened the scoring with just 38 seconds remaining in the first period. Harvey sent a pass across the slot past Beaver defenders that went off Maggie Scannell to Gorbatenko, who one-timed the puck past Bemidji State netminder Kaitlin Groess. Wisconsin took its 1-0 lead into the first intermission. 

Wisconsin doubled its lead on a delayed penalty. The Badgers got the extra attacker out in place of Ava McNaughton and Grace Bickett found Enright, who beat Groess glove-side. With the assist, Bickett recorded her first collegiate point. Eden gave the Badgers a 3-0 advantage to end the second period as she tipped a shot into the back of the net off an initial shot from Harvey.

Neither team scored in the third period to secure a 3-0 Badger victory. 

McNaughton made 12 saves to earn her 30th win and eighth shutout of the season. Her eight shutouts rank second in the country this year. 

Notes of the Game

• With two assists tonight, Harvey now has 127 career points and is four points away from breaking Sis Paulsen's record for most points by a Badger defender. Harvey's 94 assists are also the most of any Badger defender in school history. 
• McNaughton earned her 30th win of the season and her 50th career win. She became the sixth UW goaltender to record 30 wins a single season, joining Ann-Renee Desbiens, Alex Rigsby, Jessie Better, Ann-Renne Desbiens and all-time record holder with 35 wins Kristen Campbell in the list of Wisconsin netminders to record 30 wins in a season.
• Casey O'Brien recorded her 259th career point and is now only four points away from surpassing Hilary Knight's (2007-12) school career point record of 262.

Straight from the Rink
Wisconsin Head Coach Mark Johnson
On creating time with the puck:
"Second period was good. A lot of puck possession, a lot of opportunities. The big thing is not getting frustrated — stick to what you're doing and hopefully, eventually, one goes in. Some nights, that may not be true, and other nights, eventually something goes in. When they're blocking shots and really packing it in and making it hard to get pucks to the net, then the transition part becomes a little bit more important."

On Caroline Harvey:
"She's got good feet and good agility. She can stop on a dime and change directions. She's a handful to cover, so if you're responsible for her, it's going to be challenging."

On getting the win tonight:
"You just gotta keep preaching. You play the game the right way and don't care what the score is. You have to keep doing all the little things that make you hard to play against. For the most part, we did a pretty good job there."

Junior Forward Claire Enright
On how playoffs are a whole different game:
"The playoffs are a whole different type of season. I mean, we're 1-0 and they're 0-1. The regular season doesn't even matter anymore, so we just take it with a grain of salt and move on to the game tomorrow. They have nothing to lose, so they're going to put their hearts and everything out there tomorrow and we can't just let them play all over us, we have to play all over them."

Sophomore Kelly Gorbatenko
On Caroline Harvey having an impact on the team:
"It's really nice playing on her team, you know, going against her practice is not always fun, but having her on our side, you just gotta find an open patch of ice and she'll find you."

Up Next: The Badgers face Bemidji State in game two of the best-of-three WCHA First Round Saturday at 3 p.m at LaBahn Arena. The game is sold out, but fans can purchase tickets on SeatGeek. Fans can also watch the action on Big Ten Plus or listen to it on 1070 The Game.