Le Journal

La compétition est lancée sur W9 dans Les Apprentis Champions au ski ! Ce mardi 20 janvier, Philippe Candeloro a recruté une assistante-coach et a imposé un échauffement plutôt surprenant aux candidats de télé-réalité...

The Wisconsin Badgers had another quality week, beating the Minnesota Gophers and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, as they improved to 13-5 on the season and 5-2 in conference play. It was another starter-heavy week, although bench players like Braeden Carrington continued to provide key production. Leading the charge was star duo John Blackwell and Nick Boyd. Blackwell had 27 points on 8/14 from the field against Minnesota, hitting five threes, including the game-winner, in a strong performance. He followed that up with 19 points on 5/13 from the field on Saturday against Rutgers, adding five rebounds, three assists, and two steals. Boyd had a quieter day against Minnesota, scoring only 11 points on 2/7 from the field. Still, he maintained his streak of double figures in every game this season. Then, he erupted against Rutgers, going for 32 points and nine assists in a classic performance that got Wisconsin the victory. Boyd was the Big Ten Player of the Week last week, when he averaged 21.0 points in wins over UCLA and Michigan, while also dishing out 5.5 assists and hauling in 5.5 rebounds on average in the two games. This week? It’s Blackwell, who shared the honor with Maryland’s Diggy Coit after averaging 23 points. 5.5 rebounds, and 4.0 assists. It’s Blackwell’s second Player of the Week honor this year, as he also earned it on December 8th after averaging 28.0 points in a two-game stretch. Wisconsin will need to see both players continue to play at a high level as it looks to gather momentum during the Big Ten schedule and improve its resume for the NCAA Tournament. So far, they’re rising up to the occasion over the last few weeks.

Dans une interview accordée à Laura Lempika, Constance a levé le voile sur une tension avec Celia sur le tournage de La Bataille, la Malédiction de l'île sur TFX...

Following a bit of a rusty start last week against Minnesota Duluth, the No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey team traveled to St. Thomas and took care of business, posting a pair of 5-1 wins over the weekend. The Badgers suffered a tie against Duluth last weekend after a long break, conceding a goal in the first 1:33 that ultimately led to a 1-1 draw and shootout loss. That was not a mistake Wisconsin was willing to make again, as Emma Venusio started the scoring just 46 seconds into the series opener, and the Badgers never looked back. It was Wisconsin’s first visit to St. Thomas’s new home, Lee & Penny Anderson Arena. The Tommies opened the new $183 million venue last fall, bringing the hockey teams back onto campus and providing a nifty new 4,000-seat venue for the hockey program’s home games (up to 5,300 for basketball games). Wisconsin (21-1-2, 15-1-2 WCHA) must have enjoyed the view from the new venue; they consistently peppered St. Thomas goaltender Julia Minotti in game one to the tune of 40 shots, pretty evenly split between all three periods. St. Thomas (10-14-0, 5-13-0 WCHA) mustered only 14 shots on Friday, and only two in the first period as the Badgers built their lead. Saturday afternoon was more evenly distributed from a shots-on-goal perspective, but the Badgers used a roughly three-minute spurt in the middle of the first period to establish a three-goal lead following goals from Cassie Hall, Lacey Eden, and Kelly Gorbatenko. Gorbatenko has been on an absolute tear lately. After scoring only one goal in Wisconsin’s first six games, Gorbatenko has scored 16 goals in the last 18 contests and is tied with Lacey Eden atop the team with 17 goals this season. Eden recorded two goals in each game, good for four on the weekend. They were her fifth and sixth multi-goal games this season, the most on the team, and she is the first Badger with back-to-back multi-goal games this year. Cassie Hall joined Eden with a multi-goal game of her own on Saturday, now sitting at 16 goals this season. In her last nine games, Eden has posted 21 points. She’s been a steady hand and will need to continue her offensive output once Wisconsin loses its Olympic players to Team USA (and Team Czechia, in the case of Adéla Šapovalivová). The good news is that three of the four leading goal scorers on the roster will not be making the trip to Italy (Eden, Gorbatenko, Hall). The bad news? Three of the top four assist producers will (Harvey, Simms, Edwards). Mark Johnson will need to experiment with some lineups to try to mimic that production in the weeks to come. Wisconsin will soon be without its backstop, Ava McNaughton, who has been as good as they come. McNaughton has not surrendered multiple goals in a game since November 21. She has regained the NCAA goals against average lead, allowing just 1.236 goals per game, and is tied for third with a .943 save percentage. The crease has belonged to McNaughton for nearly two full years now, and she split time with Jane Gervais as a freshman. With McNaughton destined for Italy, Wisconsin will have to survive without the NCAA’s top goaltender. All signs point to freshman Rhyah Stewart being the leading replacement, though it remains to be seen if senior Chloe Baker will earn some run during McNaughton’s absence. Badger fans will get one more look at the complete roster in the regular season, as Wisconsin hosts Bemidji State next weekend and will celebrate Senior Day before Saturday’s series opener. In addition to the seniors being celebrated, I would imagine the Olympians will receive a spirited sendoff as well. Fortunately, it won’t be the last time we see them in Madison this season. The full roster should be back in time to host WCHA First Round action beginning February 27. There will, however, be four series against ranked teams between now and then, which will be a great chance to assess how deep this Badger roster truly is.