Badgers — Current & Former — Have Big Presence On 2 National Teams

Wisconsin Badger senior Annie Pankowski will be joined by four former Badgers on the U-S women’s national hockey team next Sunday. The U-S will take on the Canadian national team in a televised exhibition game at 3:00 p-m in the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.  Also on the U-S roster will be former Badgers Brianna Decker, Meghan Duggan, Hillary Knight and Alex Rigsby.  The Canadian team will have a Wisconsin look, too.  Current senior Emily Clark with be joined by former Badgers Ann-Renee Desbiens, Meaghan Mikkelson, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull.  The two teams will play each other six times before the Winter Olympics in Pyeong Chang, South Korea.  They’ve split the first two.