Many Big Ten Medal of Honor winners enter the coaching realm after their playing careers are through and a few have ended up at conference institutions, including at least four current Big Ten head coaches. Michigan field hockey coach Marcia Pankratz won the Big Ten Medal of Honor at Iowa in 1986, while three conference coaches presently coach at their alma mater - Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald (1997, football), Purdue's Sharon Versyp (1988, women's basketball) and Wisconsin's Mike Eaves (1978, hockey).
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Three Big Ten hockey standouts were named finalists for major awards today. Goalkeepers Adam Wilcox of Minnesota and Joel Rumpel of Wisconsin were finalists for the Mike Richter Award and Hobey Baker Award. Ohio State forward Ryan Dzingel was also named a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award.
The Mike Richter Award honors the best goalkeeper in college hockey, while the Hobey Baker Award is given annually to the top collegiate player. The winners will be announced at the 2014 NCAA Men's Frozen Four in Philadelphia.
The Mike Richter Award honors the best goalkeeper in college hockey, while the Hobey Baker Award is given annually to the top collegiate player. The winners will be announced at the 2014 NCAA Men's Frozen Four in Philadelphia.
PENN STATE 4, OHIO STATE (rv/-) 2
Redshirt junior defenseman Nate Jensen recorded a goal and two assists for his first career three-point game and sophomore goaltender Matthew Skoff turned aside 27 shots, as the Penn State men's hockey team closed out the inaugural season at Pegula Ice Arena with a 4-2 victory against Ohio State Saturday afternoon. Penn State (7-25-2, 3-16-1-0 Big Ten) played in front of a sellout crowd of 5,892 fans, marking the 16th sellout of the season. The Nittany Lions were one of five NCAA Division I programs to play at more than 100 percent capacity at their home events. RECAP | BOX SCORE
#5/5 WISCONSIN 4, MICHIGAN STATE 3
Just minutes after a disappointing overtime loss on Friday, Wisconsin men's hockey coach Mike Eaves returned to the locker room to find his team already looking forward to a chance at redemption on Saturday. It got it--barely--thanks to four first-period goals that enabled it to hold on to a 4-3 win over Michigan State in the final game of the regular season. RECAP | BOX SCORE
#13/13 MICHIGAN 6, #1/1 MINNESOTA 2
Led by a three-point night by senior forward Luke Moffatt, No. 13/13 Michigan claimed a 6-2 victory over No. 1/1 Minnesota Saturday night at Yost Arena in the final game of the Big Ten regular season. The Wolverines skated out to a 5-0 lead with four goals in the second period, including both of Moffat's conversions. Freshman goalie Zach Nagelvoort made 25 saves in the contest before being replaced by senior netminder Adam Janecyk for the final 1:31 of the contest. RECAP | BOX SCORE
Redshirt junior defenseman Nate Jensen recorded a goal and two assists for his first career three-point game and sophomore goaltender Matthew Skoff turned aside 27 shots, as the Penn State men's hockey team closed out the inaugural season at Pegula Ice Arena with a 4-2 victory against Ohio State Saturday afternoon. Penn State (7-25-2, 3-16-1-0 Big Ten) played in front of a sellout crowd of 5,892 fans, marking the 16th sellout of the season. The Nittany Lions were one of five NCAA Division I programs to play at more than 100 percent capacity at their home events. RECAP | BOX SCORE
#5/5 WISCONSIN 4, MICHIGAN STATE 3
Just minutes after a disappointing overtime loss on Friday, Wisconsin men's hockey coach Mike Eaves returned to the locker room to find his team already looking forward to a chance at redemption on Saturday. It got it--barely--thanks to four first-period goals that enabled it to hold on to a 4-3 win over Michigan State in the final game of the regular season. RECAP | BOX SCORE
#13/13 MICHIGAN 6, #1/1 MINNESOTA 2
Led by a three-point night by senior forward Luke Moffatt, No. 13/13 Michigan claimed a 6-2 victory over No. 1/1 Minnesota Saturday night at Yost Arena in the final game of the Big Ten regular season. The Wolverines skated out to a 5-0 lead with four goals in the second period, including both of Moffat's conversions. Freshman goalie Zach Nagelvoort made 25 saves in the contest before being replaced by senior netminder Adam Janecyk for the final 1:31 of the contest. RECAP | BOX SCORE
March 15
OHIO STATE (rv/-) at PENN STATE - 3 p.m.
#5/5 WISCONSIN at MICHIGAN STATE - 4 p.m., FS Detroit
#1/1 MINNESOTA at #13/13 MICHIGAN - 7 p.m., BTN
All times are ET
Rankings: USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
OHIO STATE (rv/-) at PENN STATE - 3 p.m.
#5/5 WISCONSIN at MICHIGAN STATE - 4 p.m., FS Detroit
#1/1 MINNESOTA at #13/13 MICHIGAN - 7 p.m., BTN
All times are ET
Rankings: USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
#1/1 MINNESOTA 3, #13/13 MICHIGAN 2 (OT)
With a 3-2 overtime victory tonight against Michigan, Minnesota clinched the outright Big Ten Championship. In addition to the inaugural conference crown, the Gophers (25-4-6, 14-2-3-0 Big Ten) have also secured the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Junior Kyle Rau secured the win with a power-play goal 2:44 into overtime. Hudson Fasching and Travis Boyd tallied assists on Rau's team-leading fifth game-winning goal of the season. Sophomore goalie Adam Wilcox was credited with 22 saves to earn his 23rd victory of the season. RECAP | BOX SCORE
MICHIGAN STATE 5, #5/5 WISCONSIN 4 (OT)
Senior Lee Reimer notched a power-play goal 46 seconds into overtime to give Michigan State a 5-4 overtime victory over No. 5/5 Wisconsin Friday night at Munn Ice Arena. Fellow senior Greg Wolfe led all players in the contest with three points, tallying assists on all three Spartan power-play goals. Sophomore goalie Jake Hildebrand registered 27 saves to claim his ninth win of the season. RECAP | BOX SCORE
OHIO STATE (rv/-) 4, PENN STATE 2
Led by three-point efforts from junior forward Ryan Dzingel (two goals, one assist) and freshman forward Nick Schilkey (one goal, two assists), Ohio State claimed a 4-2 decision over Penn State Friday night at Pegula Ice Arena. Freshman goalie Christian Frey stopped 40 shots to imrpove his record to 7-3-3 since joining the team for the second semester. RECAP | BOX SCORE
With a 3-2 overtime victory tonight against Michigan, Minnesota clinched the outright Big Ten Championship. In addition to the inaugural conference crown, the Gophers (25-4-6, 14-2-3-0 Big Ten) have also secured the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Junior Kyle Rau secured the win with a power-play goal 2:44 into overtime. Hudson Fasching and Travis Boyd tallied assists on Rau's team-leading fifth game-winning goal of the season. Sophomore goalie Adam Wilcox was credited with 22 saves to earn his 23rd victory of the season. RECAP | BOX SCORE
MICHIGAN STATE 5, #5/5 WISCONSIN 4 (OT)
Senior Lee Reimer notched a power-play goal 46 seconds into overtime to give Michigan State a 5-4 overtime victory over No. 5/5 Wisconsin Friday night at Munn Ice Arena. Fellow senior Greg Wolfe led all players in the contest with three points, tallying assists on all three Spartan power-play goals. Sophomore goalie Jake Hildebrand registered 27 saves to claim his ninth win of the season. RECAP | BOX SCORE
OHIO STATE (rv/-) 4, PENN STATE 2
Led by three-point efforts from junior forward Ryan Dzingel (two goals, one assist) and freshman forward Nick Schilkey (one goal, two assists), Ohio State claimed a 4-2 decision over Penn State Friday night at Pegula Ice Arena. Freshman goalie Christian Frey stopped 40 shots to imrpove his record to 7-3-3 since joining the team for the second semester. RECAP | BOX SCORE
March 14
#1/1 MINNESOTA at #13/13 MICHIGAN - 6:30 p.m., ESPNEWS
#5/5 WISCONSIN at MICHIGAN STATE - 7 p.m.
OHIO STATE (rv/-) at PENN STATE - 7 p.m.
All times are ET
Rankings: USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
#1/1 MINNESOTA at #13/13 MICHIGAN - 6:30 p.m., ESPNEWS
#5/5 WISCONSIN at MICHIGAN STATE - 7 p.m.
OHIO STATE (rv/-) at PENN STATE - 7 p.m.
All times are ET
Rankings: USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
Four Big Ten Medal of Honor winners recently competed at the 2014 Winter
Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Minnesota's Anne Schleper (2012) won the silver
medal as part of Team USA's women's ice hockey squad while Gophers teammate Noora
Raty (2013) competed for Finland. The duo helped lead the Gophers to the 2012
NCAA Championship and are both three-time Academic All-Big Ten honorees.
Michigan's Carl Hagelin (2011) also earned a silver medal as a member of
Sweden's men's ice hockey team. Hagelin is a two-time conference champion
(2008, 2011) and three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection. Wisconsin's Carla
MacLeod (2005), who was an assistant coach for Japan's women's ice hockey team,
was an All-American in 2004.
OHIO STATE (rv/-) 2, #1/1 MINNESOTA 2 (OHIO STATE wins shootout, 1-0)
Ryan Dzingel and Nick Schilkey both scored third-period goals and Christian Frey made 30 saves as Ohio State skated to a 2-2 tie with No. 1/1 Minnesota Saturday night. Schilkey tallied the lone conversion in the shootout to give the Buckeyes the extra point in the conference standings. RECAP | BOX SCORE
MICHIGAN STATE 4, #12/11 MICHIGAN 3
Michigan State scored three unanswered goals to overcome a 3-1 deficit and secure a 4-3 victory over No. 12/11 Michigan Saturday night at Munn Ice Arena.Greg Wolfe led the way with one goal and one assist while Will Yanakeff came in to make 24 saves over the final 40 minutes to earn the victory. RECAP | BOX SCORE
#5/5 WISCONSIN 3, PENN STATE 2 (OT)
Mark Zengerle scored the decisive goal with 20.3 seconds remaining in overtime to lead No. 5/5 Wisconsin to a 3-2 victory Saturday night and a series sweep of Penn State. Zengerle and Nic Kerdiles each recorded a pair of points in the contest, giving them each six points in the series. RECAP | BOX SCORE
Ryan Dzingel and Nick Schilkey both scored third-period goals and Christian Frey made 30 saves as Ohio State skated to a 2-2 tie with No. 1/1 Minnesota Saturday night. Schilkey tallied the lone conversion in the shootout to give the Buckeyes the extra point in the conference standings. RECAP | BOX SCORE
MICHIGAN STATE 4, #12/11 MICHIGAN 3
Michigan State scored three unanswered goals to overcome a 3-1 deficit and secure a 4-3 victory over No. 12/11 Michigan Saturday night at Munn Ice Arena.Greg Wolfe led the way with one goal and one assist while Will Yanakeff came in to make 24 saves over the final 40 minutes to earn the victory. RECAP | BOX SCORE
#5/5 WISCONSIN 3, PENN STATE 2 (OT)
Mark Zengerle scored the decisive goal with 20.3 seconds remaining in overtime to lead No. 5/5 Wisconsin to a 3-2 victory Saturday night and a series sweep of Penn State. Zengerle and Nic Kerdiles each recorded a pair of points in the contest, giving them each six points in the series. RECAP | BOX SCORE
March 8
#1/1 MINNESOTA at OHIO STATE (rv/-) - 6:30 p.m., ESPNEWS
#12/11 MICHIGAN at MICHIGAN STATE - 7 p.m., FS Detroit
#5/5 WISCONSIN at PENN STATE - 7 p.m.
All times are ET
Rankings: USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
#1/1 MINNESOTA at OHIO STATE (rv/-) - 6:30 p.m., ESPNEWS
#12/11 MICHIGAN at MICHIGAN STATE - 7 p.m., FS Detroit
#5/5 WISCONSIN at PENN STATE - 7 p.m.
All times are ET
Rankings: USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
#12/11 MICHIGAN 7, MICHIGAN STATE 1
Junior forward Andrew Sinelli recorded his first career hat trick as one of five players with multiple points on the night to lead the University of Michigan ice hockey team to a 7-1 win over Michigan State inside Yost Ice Arena. The Wolverines recorded their most lopsided win over the Spartans since an 8-1 win on Feb. 17, 1996 at Joe Louis Arena, and the largest margin of victory over Michigan State at Yost Ice Arena since a 9-2 win on Jan. 16, 1981. RECAP | BOX SCORE
#5/5 WISCONSIN 4, PENN STATE 2
Even as the Wisconsin men's hockey team marched up the Big Ten standings and ascended to the top five in the PairWise rankings, critics alleged that the Badgers were a different team away from the Kohl Center than they were at home. While UW's second-straight road win should take some wind out of the sails of that argument, Wisconsin (20-9-2, 11-5-1 Big Ten) certainly looked like a Jekyll-and-Hyde team on Friday, dominating the first 35 minutes of the contest before surviving a Penn State (6-23-2, 2-14-1 Big Ten) onslaught over the final 25 minutes to win, 4-2. RECAP | BOX SCORE
#1/1 MINNESOTA 5, OHIO STATE (rv/-) 1
Freshman Taylor Cammarata (one goal, two assists) and sophomore Mike Reilly (three assists) each recorded three points and sophomore goalie Adam Wilcox tallied 30 saves as the No. 1/1 Minnesota men's hockey team defeated Ohio State 5-1 in Columbus, Ohio. With the win, the Gophers clinched a first-round bye in the upcoming Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. RECAP | BOX SCORE
Junior forward Andrew Sinelli recorded his first career hat trick as one of five players with multiple points on the night to lead the University of Michigan ice hockey team to a 7-1 win over Michigan State inside Yost Ice Arena. The Wolverines recorded their most lopsided win over the Spartans since an 8-1 win on Feb. 17, 1996 at Joe Louis Arena, and the largest margin of victory over Michigan State at Yost Ice Arena since a 9-2 win on Jan. 16, 1981. RECAP | BOX SCORE
#5/5 WISCONSIN 4, PENN STATE 2
Even as the Wisconsin men's hockey team marched up the Big Ten standings and ascended to the top five in the PairWise rankings, critics alleged that the Badgers were a different team away from the Kohl Center than they were at home. While UW's second-straight road win should take some wind out of the sails of that argument, Wisconsin (20-9-2, 11-5-1 Big Ten) certainly looked like a Jekyll-and-Hyde team on Friday, dominating the first 35 minutes of the contest before surviving a Penn State (6-23-2, 2-14-1 Big Ten) onslaught over the final 25 minutes to win, 4-2. RECAP | BOX SCORE
#1/1 MINNESOTA 5, OHIO STATE (rv/-) 1
Freshman Taylor Cammarata (one goal, two assists) and sophomore Mike Reilly (three assists) each recorded three points and sophomore goalie Adam Wilcox tallied 30 saves as the No. 1/1 Minnesota men's hockey team defeated Ohio State 5-1 in Columbus, Ohio. With the win, the Gophers clinched a first-round bye in the upcoming Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. RECAP | BOX SCORE
