Badger Breakaway

Independent coverage, rapid analysis, and reliable intel on the #Badgers hockey and basketball programs.

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The season is over, but the dream lives on!

Thank you!

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More coming from Vegas, but first, a huge thank you to all who clicked, read, and subscribed @BadgerBreakaway this season.

You helped a proudly independent publication cover not one, not two, but three college hockey national championships.

Grateful for you, #Badgers fans.

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Fans being forced to choose between a #Badgers men's basketball home game and day two of the Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off

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And per Pettet's IG story posted shortly after the draft began.

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@BadgerBreakaway Believe it was reported that Pettet pulled out of the draft earlier.

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Correction note -

https://t.co/yDpcx9dC4K

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A correction: "Alums" was too general.

Maddie Posick, Brette Pettet, and Sophie Helgeson are all draft-eligible. All three most-recently played in the SDHL.

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For #Badgers fans observing this PWHL Draft and wondering if there are any other Wisconsin alums left to pick, there is one more UW player who entered their name in this draft.

McKayla Zilisch is draft-eligible. The Appleton native tallied 4 goals & 5 assists in 62 games at UW.

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A correction: "Alums" was too general.

Maddie Posick, Brette Pettet, and Sophie Helgeson are all draft-eligible. All three most-recently played in the SDHL.

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For #Badgers fans observing this PWHL Draft and wondering if there are any other Wisconsin alums left to pick, there is one more UW player who entered their name in this draft.

McKayla Zilisch is draft-eligible. The Appleton native tallied 4 goals & 5 assists in 62 games at UW.

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.@VivianJungels IS A FIRST ROUNDER 🗣️

Vivian Jungels heads to Ottawa as the 11th-overall pick in the 2026 PWHL Draft!

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@anthonywinker6 @KedrickStumbris Always seemed to me that she was a big part of KK's ability to go out and be KK.

A tremendous shutdown defender with sneaky offensive upside when she uses it.

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With the 11th pick in the 2026 PWHL Draft, the Ottawa Charge select Wisconsin defender Vivian Jungels.

Jungels is the fifth #Badgers player selected in tonight's first round. No other collegiate program boasts more than five PWHL Draft first-round selections all-time.

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Credit to the Ottawa Charge for maybe selecting the two most-unsung heroes of #Badgers in recent years.

Picking key special teamer Sarah Wozniewicz in the 3rd round of last year's draft and now KK Harvey's longtime D-partner in the 1st.

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Yet another feather in the cap for this wildly accomplished #Badgers class.

Before 2025, Wisconsin did not have an alum picked in the 1st round of any PWHL Draft.

Now, UW's five total first-rounders are tied (Clarkson) for the most all-time.

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With the eighth pick in the 2026 PWHL Draft, the Toronto Sceptres select Wisconsin forward Kirsten Simms.

With Simms' selection alongside Harvey/Edwards/Eden, the #Badgers become the 1st program in PWHL Draft history to have four alums taken in the 1st round of the same draft.

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The #Badgers are also the first program to have three top-five selections in the same draft.

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With the fifth pick in the 2026 PWHL Draft, PWHL Las Vegas selects Wisconsin forward Lacey Eden.

With Eden's selection alongside Harvey/Edwards, the #Badgers become the second program to ever have 3 1st-rd picks in the same PWHL Draft (Clarkson 2023: Shelton, Harmon, Ambrose).

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With the fourth-overall pick in the 2026 PWHL Draft, PWHL San Jose has selected #Badgers forward/defender Laila Edwards.

Edwards' 35 goals as a junior are 6th-most in a season at UW. She is the 3rd Badger selected in the 1st round of a PWHL Draft (Harvey 2026, O'Brien 2025).

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With the first overall pick in the 2026 PWHL Draft, the Vancouver Goldeneyes selected Caroline "KK" Harvey.

The only #Badgers player to ever wear the 'C' on two national championship teams is the program's first #1 overall pick in PWHL history. https://t.co/For9Pjckca

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Cole Caufield scored on the power play in the opening frame to record his 31st go-ahead goal of the campaign, the fourth most in League history (regular season and playoffs combined). #StanleyCup #NHLStats

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Did you know who is 4th one 👀

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Captain Ben Dexheimer mentioned

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𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒆, 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑨𝒍𝒎𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓
Happy Commencement, Badgers!

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Megan Mossey and Chyna Taylor on the #Badgers blue line from 2027 to 2031 👀👀 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

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A recruiting coup for the #Badgers.

Megan Mossey, a tremendous two-way defender who tallied 11 points in 6 games at the 2026 U18 Worlds, has committed to Wisconsin. She previously committed to Minnesota under then-head coach Brad Frost.

Projects to join Wisconsin in 2027-28.

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A recruiting coup for the #Badgers.

Megan Mossey, a tremendous two-way defender who tallied 11 points in 6 games at the 2026 U18 Worlds, has committed to Wisconsin. She previously committed to Minnesota under then-head coach Brad Frost.

Projects to join Wisconsin in 2027-28.