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Wyatt Kalynuk is serving as Wisconsin’s captain for the 2019-20 season (photo: Greg Anderson\/Wisconsin Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Big Ten standings seem to change every time one looks at them but, currently, Wisconsin finds itself in the cellar.<\/p>\n

Junior defenseman Wyatt Kalynuk would rather focus on the fact that the Badgers are only 11 points off the lead with two games in hand compared the top four teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything so tight in the Big Ten right now, you sweep a weekend, or a couple teams lose that you need to lose, and you can jump three or four spots,\u201d Kalynuk said. \u201cWe\u2019re not panicking here, the energy is good, and the morale is still good.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s tight, I think last weekend if we would have swept, we could have jumped up like four spots. Anyone can beat anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Badgers had the opportunity to pick up their first conference sweep of the season, picking up a road win at Notre Dame 6-4 on Friday, but they dropped Saturday\u2019s game 5-2.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery weekend it\u2019s been one thing that\u2019s killed us,\u201d Kalynuk said. \u201cLast weekend, it was probably penalties. We played well enough to win the game Saturday. I think our first period might have been our best period of hockey in a long time, but second period we got into some penalty trouble and third period it was much of the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

Splits have been the story of the season so far for the Badgers, they have racked up seven when playing the same opponent twice in one weekend. All three Big Ten series Wisconsin has played in 2020 have ended in a split, including last weekend at Notre Dame.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, I think we\u2019re just finding ways to beat ourselves,\u201d Kalynuk said. \u201cWe\u2019re playing good hockey, but we\u2019re finding ways to beat ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, he stressed that the team needs to try and stay the course.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, the season hasn\u2019t gone the way we wanted it to, (and) there\u2019s not just one thing that\u2019s gone wrong, it\u2019s been a bunch of different things that haven\u2019t gone well for us,\u201d Kalynuk said. \u201cI don\u2019t think we need to hit the panic button right now and just completely freak out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kalynuk himself has had a productive season so far, scoring six goals and adding 14 assists. The Virden, Manitoba, native said he doesn\u2019t like to focus on numbers, saying that it\u2019s possible to put up points and not play well or vice versa.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019ve had a good year, in my three years here I\u2019ve continued to develop,\u201d he said, crediting video sessions with associate coach Mark Osiecki. \u201cDefensively I\u2019ve for sure come a long way. Also getting a lot bigger and stronger in the gym with Jim Snider as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kalynuk is the captain of this year\u2019s Wisconsin squad. He said the youthfulness and inexperience at the college level of the group has made it an interesting experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been good, I think it\u2019s been a learning experience for sure,\u201d Kalynuk said. \u201cI don\u2019t know if we\u2019re the youngest team or the second youngest team, I\u2019m not really sure what we are, but there\u2019s definitely been a lot of challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt might be a little bit more of a challenge here than a program with older guys. I think it\u2019s been a learning experience and it\u2019s been fun for me. I just try to take it all in and help guys out where I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, that group of youngsters includes Cole Caufield, Alex Turcotte and Dylan Holloway, among others. Kalynuk said he\u2019s impressed with how they have adapted to the college game.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor some, it\u2019s been a positive thing and for others, it\u2019s been a little bit on a grind and a little bit of a learning experience,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a big step, especially for the guys that come right out of high school hockey.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, I played three years of juniors in the USHL, so it wasn\u2019t maybe a huge jump for me, but for guys that are 18 years old to step right in is hard, especially when we play against older teams, playing against guys that are three or four years older.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Badgers\u2019 current position in the standings means that they\u2019ll probably have to go on the road to get to the NCAA tournament. Wisconsin currently own a 3-8-1 record away from Kohl Center.<\/p>\n

Kalynuk said that it\u2019s important to remember that there are three points up for grab for each Big Ten game, so there\u2019s time and opportunity to change their position. If they Badgers do face a must win on the road, he would welcome the challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think our mindset changes when we\u2019re at home or when we\u2019re on the road,\u201d he said. \u201cMe personally, I enjoy going on the road and being in the hostile environments like Michigan and Penn State, rinks like that. If anything, it kind of gives you more motivation to go out there and prove their fans wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gophers look to keep momentum rolling at Wisconsin<\/h4>\n

According to goaltender Jack LaFontaine, Minnesota coach Bob Motzko had a simple message for his team as it assembled for the second half of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoach had a very specific motto for us, and that was \u2018one more, one less,\u2019\u201d LaFontaine said after Saturday\u2019s home win over Ohio State. \u201cOne more goal for and one (less) goal against. The only way we\u2019re going to do that is together as a team. I think our depth is so unbelievable, we have scoring on every single line (and) I\u2019m comfortable with every (defenseman) out there. Everyone has bought in, I think, and people are playing their roles to a T.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Gophers have taken the message to heart, Minnesota is coming off sweeping Ohio State and are 5-1 since the holiday break.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike I said after the Mariucci Classic, it\u2019s so much fun to work hard when you\u2019re winning,\u201d LaFontaine said. \u201cWhen you come into the rink and you\u2019ve got a couple victories under your belt, it\u2019s so much fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like this weekend\u2019s opponent, the Badgers, Minnesota is young team, but Motzko said he has seen growth and hopes it\u2019s a sign of what\u2019s to come.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had it since Christmas \u2013 there\u2019s excitement about our guys playing right now,\u201d Motzko said on Saturday. \u201cYou start winning and scoring a few goals and you feel good about what you\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Minnesota\u2019s schedule to begin the second half has been a tad quirky, with an off weekend and an exhibition game sprinkled in, but with conference games the rest of the way LaFontaine hopes the team can continue its run.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to go the rest of the way, every weekend, just playing,\u201d he said. \u201cYou start to hit a groove. You start to have better practices. As far as that, I think this is going to catapult us into a really good mental space.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ohio State looks to rebound at rival Michigan<\/h4>\n

Coming off getting swept on the road Ohio State will travel to play its games again this weekend, this time against rival Michigan.<\/p>\n

Buckeyes coach Steve Rohlik said at OSU\u2019s media availability this week that he\u2019s looking for consistency in his team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like our group, I like what we have in the locker room,\u201d he said. \u201cThe one thing that we\u2019ve battled at times has been our consistency. We\u2019ve been good at times, really good at times, and then we\u2019ve kind of plodded along sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rohlik also said that it\u2019s important to not dwell on the sweep at the hands of the Gophers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lost two games to a good hockey team, the learning experience is we don\u2019t want to let that happen again,\u201d he said. \u201cHow do you do that? You do that by coming back to work on Monday and get a good practice in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Getting swept at Minnesota was the second time the Buckeyes suffered a conference sweep this season, along with a sweep at Notre Dame in early November. Senior forward Ronnie Hein said it was important to not let those results happen again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been talking to a lot of guys in our locker room, especially the older guys, we know we\u2019ve got to win this weekend,\u201d Hein said, \u201cWe\u2019ve only got eight regular-season games left before the Big Ten tournament. You can\u2019t get swept in this league, it kind of hurts you with three points every win.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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