The Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey team was in a bit of an unfamiliar position heading into this year’s NCAA Tournament. The Badgers, who are usually a seeded team that hosts opening round games at LaBahn Arena, were in Boston to take on the Clarkson Golden Knights in the opening round of the tourney.
UW used a balanced scoring effort to dispatch the Golden Knights, 3-1, on Thursday night. Wisconsin received goals from Maddi Wheeler, Daryl Watts and the empty net clincher from Delaney Drake.
Wheeler opened the scoring near the end of the first period as she drove down the right side of the Clarkson zone, making a nifty move to get in on goal and slip the puck past Amanda Zeglen.