Lacey Eden won a silver medal at the women’s hockey world championship. Now she’s off to a hot start for Wisconsin.

The sophomore proper wing for the Wisconsin girls’s hockey staff took an Olympic redshirt final season to coach with the nationwide staff. She didn’t make the Olympic squad however earned a spot on the staff that gained silver on the world championship Sept. 4.

A couple of weeks later she is setting a gold commonplace for the Badgers.

No participant has been extra productive offensively throughout the staff’s three video games. After posting a four-point collection at Penn State final week, Eden recorded two objectives and one help Thursday evening in UW’s 6-0 victory over Lindenwood in entrance of a crowd of two,171 within the house opener at La Bahn Enviornment.

She helped set the tone for the evening by discovering the again of the web 3 minutes 32 seconds into the sport.

It was her first house sport in two years, and when she final performed one crowds weren’t allowed inside the world as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.

“It’s such a enjoyable environment. The followers make such a distinction,” she stated. “It’s superior to see so many individuals there cheering. Electrical. It deliver a complete new degree of vitality to the staff.”

Wisconsin (2-1) is on the quick checklist of groups anticipated to compete for a nationwide championship in March. Thursday’s non-conference sport provided the staff some helpful ice time upfront of the WCHA opener subsequent week in opposition to St. Thomas.

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The Badgers left the world with loads of factors on which to construct.

• Wisconsin had 72 photographs on purpose, which tied for the second-most in program historical past. The staff’s 33 photographs within the second interval had been a document.
• In a testomony to the staff’s depth, six gamers recorded two factors or extra. Junior left wing Maddi Wheeler had 4 (two objectives, two assists).
• The Badgers held the Lions to only three photographs, which tied this system document for fewest in a sport. Senior Cami Kronish recorded her first shutout.

“I favored the way in which we had been transferring,” Wisconsin coach Mark Johnson stated. “I assumed we moved the puck nicely. I favored the way in which our defensemen joined the remaining within the offensive zone. It’s clearly actually early within the season, however we attempt to search for enhancements in numerous components of the sport in comparison with what we noticed final weekend at Penn State. Greater ice sheet, higher motion. It was good.”

One other promising improvement for Wisconsin has been the play of the road of Eden, Wheeler and junior Casey O’Brien. The three accounted for eight factors Thursday.

For the season, they rank first (Eden), third (Wheeler) and fourth (O’Brien) on the staff in factors.

“I feel we’re all actually exhausting staff, good gamers and in the correct locations for one another,” Eden stated. “We all know the place one another goes to be and it’s been superior enjoying with them. It’s enjoyable. We’re transferring the puck nicely and we’re going to maintain that up right here.”

Their efficiency is to be anticipated given every participant’s résumé.

O’Brien was a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial award final season, and Wheeler ranked fourth on the staff in objectives  (12) and recorded 14 assists.

Eden, in the meantime, returned to Madison after not making the Olympic staff, continued to work on her sport and earned a spot on the world championship staff. She performed in all seven video games of that match and recorded two objectives and two assists.

That was lower than a month in the past, however with the beginning of the faculty season she has turned her consideration to different objectives.

“It’s simply constructing on each single sport, attempting to be higher than the final sport,” she stated. “Simply getting on the market and enjoying as exhausting as I can each shift for the staff as a result of ultimately, we’ve got our purpose and that’s what we’re constructing towards. It’s nice to have an excellent begin, however we need to have an excellent end, too.”