Getting to the top was easy. Staying there is the hard part.
That’s a fact both University of Wisconsin hockey teams have learned recently. Each of them had stints as the No. 1 team in the nation earlier this season. Neither is still there after the Thanksgiving holiday. The path to the top taken by each team was different. The women, the defending national champions, really didn’t need one. They entered the season as the undisputed No. 1 team in the nation — a ranking they consolidated with an undefeated start until a series against now-No. 1 Ohio State.