2008–09 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey season

The 2008–09 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team was the Badgers' 9th season. Led by head coach Mark Johnson, the Badgers went 21-2-5 in the WCHA.
==Regular season==
On October 18, the Badgers beat Bemidji State in the United States Hockey Hall of Fame Game.
===Roster===
Number	Player 	Position	Class	Height
20 	Ammerman, Brooke, 	F 	Fr 	5-8
16 	Bible, Rachel, 	F 	Sr 	5-6
9 	Deluce, Mallory, 	F 	So 	5-7
26 	Dronen, Anne, 	D 	So 	5-3
7 	Duggan, Meghan(A), 	F 	Jr 	5-9
14 	Evans, Maria, 	F 	So 	5-4
12 	Giles, Jasmine, 	F 	Jr 	5-7
10 	Hagen, Kayla, 	F 	Sr 	5-5
4 	Haverstock, Brittany,	D 	Fr 	5-6
3 	Jakiel, Olivia, 	D 	So 	5-10
29 	Kaasa, Nikki, 	G 	Fr 	5-10
21 	Keseley, Angie, 	F 	Sr 	5-7
23 	Knight, Hilary, 	F 	So 	5-11
17 	Kranz, Emily, 	F 	Jr 	5-7
13 	Lawler, Erika(C), 	F 	Sr 	5-0
19 	Matthews, Alycia(A), 	D 	Sr 	5-8
35 	McCready, Alannah, 	G 	Jr 	5-6
2 	Nash, Kelly, F 	So 	5-6 	
27 	Prévost, Carolyne, 	F 	Fr 	
11 	Sanders, Kyla, 	F 	Jr 	5-6
30 	Jessie Vetter 	G 	Sr 	5-8
22 	Windmeier, Malee, 	D 	So 	5-9
http://www.uscho.com/rosters/index.php/wisconsin-badgers/womens-college-hockey/team,wis/season,20082009/gender,w.html
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
	= Indicates team leader
Player 	GP	Goals	Assists	Points	Penalty Minutes	GW	PP	SH
Brooke Ammerman 	40	27 	27 	54 	22 	6 	7 	0
Rachel Bible 	41	3 	4 	7 	70 	2 	1 	0
Mallory Deluce 	41	12 	20 	32 	53 	2 	4 	2
Anne Dronen 	41	4 	5 	9 	22 	1 	0 	0
Meghan Duggan 	41	23 	33 	56 	44 	4 	7 	0
Maria Evans 	21	1 	2 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
Jasmine Giles 	41	16 	29 	45 	44 	1 	6 	3
Kayla Hagen 	24	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
Brittany Haverstock	39	2 	15 	17 	16 	1 	0 	0
Olivia Jakiel 	41	0 	9 	9 	22 	0 	0 	0
Angie Keseley 	41	18 	41 	59 	22 	4 	7 	0
Hilary Knight 	39	45 	38 	83 	24 	6 	16	2
Emily Kranz 	41	1 	1 	2 	10 	0 	0 	0
Erika Lawler 	40	20 	44 	64 	37 	4 	7 	3
Alycia Matthews 	41	3 	22 	25 	20 	0 	2 	0
Alannah McCready 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Kelly Nash 	41	7 	13 	20 	22 	0 	5 	0
Carolyne Prévost 	41	13 	13 	26 	0 	2 	3 	0
Kyla Sanders 	41	10 	17 	27 	12 	1 	1 	3
Jessie Vetter 	40	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
Malee Windmeier 	40	2 	11 	13 	36 	0 	1 	0
http://www.uscho.com/stats/team-overall.php/wisconsin-badgers/womens-college-hockey/team,wis/season,20082009/gender,w/sort,last.html
===Goaltenders===
Player 	Games Played	Minutes	Goals Against	Wins	Losses	Ties	Shutouts	Save %	Goals Against Average
Jessie Vetter 	40 	2342 	49 	33 	2 	5 	14 	.942 	1.25
Alannah McCready	5 	137 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0 	.909 	1.75
==Schedule and results==
Green Background indicates a win.
Red Background indicates a loss.
White Background indicates an overtime tie/loss.
* Non-Conference Game.
(SO) Shootout.
===September 2008===
Record:2-0-0 Home:2-0-0 Away:0-0-0
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
1	September 26	Quinnipiac	0 - 10	Wisconsin	 	Vetter 	1,139 	1-0-0-0	NC*
2	September 27	Quinnipiac	3 - 7 	Wisconsin	 	McCready	1,258 	2-0-0-0	NC*
===October 2008===
Record:7-0-1 Home:3-0-1 Away:4-0-0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT 	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
3 	October 3 	Syracuse 	0 - 3	Wisconsin 	 	Vetter 	1,216 	3-0-0-0 	NC*
4 	October 4 	Syracuse 	0 - 8	Wisconsin 	 	Vetter 	1,187 	4-0-0-0 	NC*
5 	October 10	Wisconsin 	7 - 4	Ohio State 	 	Vetter 	432 	5-0-0-0 	2
6 	October 11	Wisconsin 	4 - 0	Ohio State 	 	Vetter 	314 	6-0-0-0 	4
7 	October 17	Wisconsin 	4 - 0	Bemidji State	 	Vetter 	232 	7-0-0-0 	6
8 	October 18	Wisconsin 	9 - 0	Bemidji State	 	Vetter 	212 	8-0-0-0 	8
9 	October 24	Minnesota 	1 - 1	Wisconsin 	UM 1 - 0 UW (SO)	Vetter 	1,216 	8-0-1-0 	9
10	October 26	Minnesota 	1 - 2	Wisconsin 	 	Vetter 	2,046 	9-0-1-0 	11
11	October 31	Minnesota-Duluth	1 - 2	Wisconsin 	 	Vetter 	1,692 	10-0-1-0	13
===November 2008===
Record:6-0-1 Home:4-0-1 Away: 2-0-0
*The matches from November 21 and 22 were played in Fort Myers, Florida.
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT 	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
12	November 1 	Minnesota-Duluth	2 - 2	Wisconsin 	UMD 0 - 1 UW (SO)	Vetter 	1,237 	10-0-2-1	15
13	November 15	Wisconsin 	5 - 1	North Dakota	 	Vetter 	437 	11-0-2-1	17
14	November 16	Wisconsin 	4 - 0	North Dakota	 	Vetter 	394 	12-0-2-1	19
15	November 21	New Hampshire 	2 - 8	Wisconsin 	 	Vetter 	347 	13-0-2-1	NC* (19)
16	November 22	New Hampshire 	0 - 2	Wisconsin 	 	Vetter 	385 	14-0-2-1	NC* (19)
17	November 28	Minnesota State 	0 - 8	Wisconsin 	 	Vetter 	1,569 	15-0-2-1	21
18	November 30	Minnesota State 	2 - 7	Wisconsin 	 	Vetter 	1,875 	16-0-2-1	23
===December 2008===
Record:2-0-0 Home:2-0-0 Away: 0-0-0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
19	December 5	St. Cloud State	0 - 7	Wisconsin	 	Vetter 	1,165 	17-0-2-1	25
20	December 6	St. Cloud State	2 - 6	Wisconsin	 	Vetter 	1,430 	18-0-2-1	27
===January 2009===
Record:4-1-1 Home:2-0-0 Away: 2-1-1
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT 	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
--	January 2 	Team USA 	2 - 3	Wisconsin 	 	Vetter 	1,880 	18-0-2-1	NC* (27)
21	January 10	Wisconsin 	0 - 4	Minnesota-Duluth	 	Vetter 	1,436 	18-1-2-1	27
22	January 11	Wisconsin 	3 - 3	Minnesota-Duluth	UW 0 - 2 UMD (SO)	Vetter 	943 	18-1-3-1	28
23	January 16	North Dakota	2 - 6	Wisconsin 	 	Vetter 	1,286 	19-1-3-1	30
24	January 17	North Dakota	2 - 7	Wisconsin 	 	Vetter 	2,983 	20-1-3-1	32
25	January 23	Wisconsin 	5 - 1	St. Cloud State 	 	Vetter 	321 	21-1-3-1	34
26	January 24	Wisconsin 	6 - 3	St. Cloud State 	 	Vetter 	221 	22-1-3-1	36
27	January 31	Ohio State 	0 - 7	Wisconsin 	 	Vetter 	2,545 	23-1-3-1	38
===February 2009===
Record:0-0-0 Home:0-0-0 Away: 0-0-0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	Pts
28	February 1 	Ohio State 	0 - 7	Wisconsin 	 	Vetter 	2,789 	24-1-3-1	40
29	February 7 	Wisconsin 	2 - 4	Minnesota 	 	Vetter 	2,562 	24-2-3-1	40
30	February 8 	Wisconsin 	3 - 3	Minnesota 	UW 1 - 0 UM (SO)	Vetter 	2,895 	24-2-4-2	42
31	February 13	Wisconsin 	8 - 1	Minnesota State	 	_________	_______ 	25-2-4 	__
32	February 14	Wisconsin 	3 - 3	Minnesota State	 	_________	_______ 	25-2-5 	__
33	February 20	Bemidji State	3 - 0	Wisconsin 	 	_________	_______ 	26-2-5 	__
34	February 21	Bemidji State	5 - 2	Wisconsin 	 	_________	_______ 	27-2-5 	__
http://www.uscho.com/schedules/team.php/wisconsin-badgers/womens-college-hockey/team,wis/season,20082009/gender,w.html
==Postseason==
===NCAA Hockey tournament===
*NCAA Frozen Four Semifinals (played in Boston, Ma.)
**Wisconsin 5, Minnesota-Duluth 1
*NCAA Frozen Four Finals (played in Boston, Ma.)
**Wisconsin 5, Mercyhurst 0
**The game was played on March 22. Jessie Vetter stopped 37 shots for an NCAA record 14th shutout of the season (it was also her second in a national championship game) as Wisconsin won its third women's hockey title in four years with a 5-0 victory over Mercyhurst.http://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/032209aaf.html
==Awards and honors==
*Jessie Vetter, Patty Kazmaier Awardhttp://www.usahockey.com/patty_kazmaier/default.aspx?NAV=AF_09&ID=191330
==References==
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