By Jim Scott
Apr 4, 2021 12:11 AM
(UW ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS) â Wisconsin menâs hockey head coach Tony Granato was named a finalist for the Spencer Penrose Award given to the top coach in Division I college hockey by the American College Hockey Association and CCM.
Badgers coach Tony Granato
After receiving Big Ten Coach of the Year honors for the second time in his five seasons, Granato is now one of 10 nominees for the national award recognizing coaches who found on-ice success in the 2020-21 hockey season.
Granato led a worst-to-first turnaround and the Badgers to a Big Ten regular-season championship and a 20-10-1 record, their best mark since the 2013-14 campaign. The Badgers overcame injuries, players out due to COVID protocols and key players out due to the world junior championship, but were able to reach as high as a No. 4 national ranking and a No. 1 seed for the NCAA tournament.
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RiverWolves Down Oregon 4-1 as Sauer Comes Up Big in Goal
Sauer stops 33 of 34 shots
Wausau (OnFocus) – The Wausau RiverWolves took on the Oregon Tradesmen Friday night at Marathon Park Ice Arena in a NA3HL Central Division contest. Heading into the game Wausau held a 1-2 record in the season series, but it was the first matchup between the two teams since November 28
th. After completely retooling their roster the week of January 18
th, which saw the RiverWolves acquire six players via trade and free agency Friday night’s game showed what the new additions can do.
One of those new acquisitions in forward Griffin Lehet got the RiverWolves on the scoreboard first at 7:04 of the opening frame. Lehet’s goal was assisted by Trey Bociek and Brady Rothe. Less than four minutes later, the RiverWolves scored yet again as Antigo native Isaac Wickersheim sent the puck flying past Trademen goaltender Hunter Adams. Wickersheim was assisted by JJ Martin and Nate Brown. After 20 minutes
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December 16, 2020
By Emanuel Sequeira
“Jerry Bancks and the organization had already started making us an elite program, I’m just trying not to screw it up,” joked Derek Stuart, who took over from his former coach in 2016 and is working hard to build on it.
Derek Stuart
“If there is one area I think that is important to me as a coach is getting the buy-in from the players on the ice and off the ice. Doing what it takes to be a (Kimberley) Dynamiter and getting the true commitment from each player. Where the team becomes more important than the individual. That’s one thing we try to instil here and we’ve done a good job.”