The 2007–08 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team was the Badgers' 8th season. Led by head coach Mark Johnson, the Badgers went 20-5-3 in the WCHA.
Regular season
Schedule Date Opponent Result Goal Scorers (Season Goals) Goalie Saves AttendanceSept. 28 Union W, 5-0 Matthews (1)-PP, Keseley (1), Kranz (1), Sanders (1)-PP, Deluce (1) Vetter, 5 463Sept. 29 Union W, 11-0 Duggan (1), Keseley (2)-PP, Sanders (2), Sanders (3), Knight (1), Morris (1)-PP, Deluce (2), Knight (2)-PP, Duggan (2), Nash (1), Keseley (3) McCready, 14 326Oct. 5 ROBERT MORRIS W, 3-0 Lawler (1), Zaugg (1)-PP, Deluce (3) Vetter, 11 1,912Oct. 6 ROBERT MORRIS W, 3-1 Windmeier (1)-PP, Lawler (2), Keseley (4) Vetter, 13 2,043Oct. 13 OHIO STATE* (10/10) W, 4-0 Deluce (4)-PP, Nash (2), Giles (1), Hagen (1) Vetter, 12 1,434Oct. 14 OHIO STATE* (10/10) T, 2-2 Zaugg (2)-PP, Deluce (5)-GT Vetter, 17 1,461Oct. 19 St. Cloud State* L, 2-1 Sanders (4) St. Cloud, Minn. Vetter, 17 402Oct. 20 St. Cloud State* W, 5-0 Deluce (6)-PP, Zaugg (3), Deluce (7), Zaugg (4), Deluce (8)-PP-HT Vetter, 12 287Oct. 26 MINNESOTA STATE* W, 4-2 Zaugg (5), Giles (2)-PP, Matthews (2), Knight (3) Vetter, 12 2,137Oct. 27 MINNESOTA STATE* W, 4-2 Zaugg (6)-PP, Sanders (5), Knight (4), Jakiel (1) Vetter, 16 1,538Nov. 2 MINNESOTA* (6/7) W, 3-0 Sanders (6), Sanders (7), Keseley (5) Vetter, 22 1.389Nov. 3 MINNESOTA* (6/7) L, 3-2 Duggan (3)-PP, Lawler (3)-PP Vetter, 15 2,404Nov. 17 New Hampshire (2/3) L, 2-1 Knight (5)-PP Vetter, 24 1,196Nov. 18 New Hampshire (2/3) L, 2-1 Sanders (8) Vetter, 20 1,226Nov. 23 BemIdji State* W, 7-0 Zaugg (7), Matthews (3)-PP, Knight (6)-PP, Zaugg (8)-PP, Lawler (4), Nash (3), Duggan (4)Vetter, 13 121Nov. 24 BemIdji State* T, 0-0 None McCready, 14 125Nov. 30 MINNESOTA DULUTH* (3/3) L, 3-1 Hanson (1) Kohl Center Vetter, 19 1,342Dec. 1 MINNESOTA DULUTH* (3/3) L, 3-2 (OT) Lawler (5)-PP, Duggan (5)-PP Vetter, 22 1,638Dec. 8 North Dakota* W, 3-2 Knight (7), Giles (3), Lawler (6) Vetter, 12 425Dec. 9 North Dakota* W, 4-0 Knight (8), Nash (4), Deluce (9), Lawler (7) Vetter, 5 221Jan. 4 MINNESOTA State* W, 4-1 Kranz (2), Kranz (3), Sanders (9)-PP, Lawler (8) Vetter, 17 304Jan. 5 MINNESOTA State* W, 3-1 Keseley (6), Lawler (9)-PP, Knight (9) Vetter, 20 225Jan. 18 OHIO State* W, 3-2 Duggan (6), Zaugg (9), Duggan (7)-PP Vetter, 25 231Jan. 19 OHIO State* W, 4-1 Zaugg (10)-PP, Knight (10), Keseley (7)-PP, Vetter, 20 514 Duggan (7)Jan. 25 ST. CLOUD STATE* (9/9) W, 4-1 Sanders (10), Deluce (10), Zaugg (11), Nash (5) Vetter, 22 1,494Jan. 26 ST. CLOUD STATE* (9/9) W, 4-0 Zaugg (12)-PP, Knight (11), Zaugg (13), Deluce (11) Vetter, 18 5,377Feb. 2 NORTH DAKOTA* W, 6-1 Sanders (11), Knight (12)-PP, Knight (13)-PP, Vetter, 16 2,219 Knight (14)-PP-HT, Sanders (12), Keseley (8)Feb. 3 NORTH DAKOTA* W, 5-2 Duggan (9)-PP, Duggan (10), Windmerier (2)-SH-EN Vetter, 12 1,776 Duggan (11)-HT, Knight (15)Feb. 8 MINNESOTA Duluth* (3/3) W, 3-2 Sanders (13), Duggan (12), Hagen (2) Vetter, 27 904Feb. 9 MINNESOTA Duluth* (3/3) L, 3-2 Duggan (13)-PP, Duggan (14) Vetter, 27 891Feb. 15 BEMIDJI STATE* W, 4-0 Sanders (14), Keseley (9)-PP, Hagen (3), Zaugg (14) Vetter, 11 1,318Feb. 16 BEMIDJI STATE* W, 3-0 Zaugg (15), Nordby (1), Duggan (15) McCready, 12 790Feb. 23 MINNESOTA* (4/4) W, 5-1 Knight (16), Dronen (1), Zaugg (16), Duggan (16)-SH, Vetter, 32 2,823 Duggan (17)Feb. 24 MINNESOTA* (4/4) T, 2-2 Matthews (4), Knight (17)-GT Vetter, 22 2,130
Home attendance Wisconsin led all Division I women's ice hockey programs in both average and total attendance, averaging 1,861 spectators and totaling 33,502 spectators.
The 5,377 spectators at the January 26 home game against St. Cloud State set a new record for single-game attendance attendance in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey, surpassing the previous record of 5,167 spectators at the 2003 national championship game.
Awards and honors Erika Lawler, Badger Award (known as Most Inspirational Player award) Jesse Vetter, WCHA Goaltending Champion (Lowest league goals-against average)
All-WCHA Mallory Deluce, F, All-WCHA Rookie Team Meghan Duggan, F, First Team Hilary Knight, F, All-WCHA Rookie Team Erika Lawler, F, Second Team Jessie Vetter, G, First Team Jinelle Zaugg, F, Third Team
WCHA All-Tournament team Jinelle Zaugg, Forward
WCHA Player of the Week Alycia Matthews: Week of Oct. 29, 2007 Jessie Vetter, Week of January 21, 2008 Jessie Vetter, Week of January 28, 2008
WCHA Rookie of the Week Mallory Deluce, Week of Oct.15, 2007 Mallory Deluce, Week of Oct. 22, 2007 Mallory Deluce, Week of Feb. 18, 2008 Hilary Knight, Week of Jan. 7, 2008 Hilary Knight, Week of Feb. 4, 2008
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