The No. 1 Wisconsin women’s hockey team (15-1-0, 7-1-0 WCHA) wraps up its six-game homestand this weekend with a two-game series against the Syracuse Orange (4-10-1, 4-3-1 CHA) at LaBahn Arena.
After a thrilling series against Harvard last week featuring back-to-back overtime wins, the Badgers will look to return to the same form that produced a 16–2 advantage over their previous five games, a stretch that also included a season-high eight-goal shutout streak.
Last week’s dramatics, however, presented an important test of will for the Badgers — one that they willingly embraced. Perhaps nobody embodied the team’s determination in both games better than Annie Pankowski, whose historic performance earned her a WCHA Co-Forward of the Week award.