MADISON, Wis. – Abby Roque became only the eighth Wisconsin women's hockey player to tally 100 career assists in the No. 2 Badgers' 5-3 win at St. Cloud State on Friday night. 

Sophomore Sophie Shirley put the Badgers (13-1-1-0, 7-1-1-0 WCHA) on the board first with a backhander just six minutes into the game, netting one past the Huskies (3-9-1, 0-5-0 WCHA) off a pass by junior Daryl Watts and Roque.

Watts scored herself ten minutes later off to give UW a two-goal lead heading into the first intermission. 

Heading into the second, sophomore Britta Curl scored a third goal for the Badgers off an unlikely and awkward angle through Huskies goaltender Emma Polusny at the 15:31 mark.
 

Awkward angles still make good goals! Curl with the third of the game! pic.twitter.com/v2jmXCtpGC

— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerWHockey) November 23, 2019

The Huskies came back knocking with two goals in the remainder of the second stealing an opportunity off a Badgers line change. 

Senior captain Mekenzie Steffen notched a power-play blue-liner just 2:30 into the third, pulling the Badgers up once again. 

St. Cloud State tallied one final power-play goal before pulling its netminder for a 6 on 5 which Wisconsin parried, as senior Kristen Campbell made a big save that left Sophie Shirley with a break away down ice to slide in an empty netter. 

Three notes of the game:

• It marks the second-straight year a Badger had joined the 100 assists club as Annie Pankowski reached it last season. 
• Sophomore Britta Curl now has seven goals and ten points in seven games with the Huskies while sophomore Sophie Shirley now holds 11 points in seven games against SCSU.
• Wisconsin furthered its unbeaten streak against St. Cloud improving to 22 games won since Feb. 2, 2015 and outscoring the Huskies 96-13.

Taking two assists tonight, @abby_roque just became the eighth Badger to notch 100 career assists! pic.twitter.com/688iLglagS

— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerWHockey) November 23, 2019

Straight from the Rink:
Senior Abby Roque
On hitting 100 assists:
"It's pretty cool to reach a milestone like this and be put in a class with some of the other amazing players who have done it before me. Obviously have to give credit to all the girls who I have played with since I've been here because they have been the ones putting the puck in the net."

Up Next:
Badgers look to best the Huskies in round two Saturday afternoon at the Herb Brooks Center. Puck drop is at 3:07 p.m. CT.