MADISON, Wis. – After making 44 saves, going a perfect 11-for-11 on shootout attempts and backstopping Wisconsin to two comeback ties in its home-opening series against Minnesota State last weekend, freshman goaltender Daniel Hauser was named the Big Ten Second Star of the Week, the conference announced on Tuesday.
In game one, the freshman made 21 saves, including three in the five-minute 3-on-3 sudden death overtime period, to help the Badgers to a 1-1 tie with the Mavericks. He then made four saves in the four round exhibition shootout before freshman forward Bruno Idžan scored the winner to send the Kohl Center home happy.
During Friday's game two, Hauser made 23 stops to give Wisconsin the opportunity to erase a two-goal deficit in the second period to finish the contest with a 2-2 tie. The Chestermere, Alberta, native, was yet again perfect in the exhibition shootout, making seven saves to total 11 shootout stops on the weekend.
Through four games this season, Hauser ranks fourth in the country in goals-against average with 1.20 and fifth in save percentage with .949. He is also tied for first with one shutout, which came as a 3-0 victory in his NCAA debut on Oct. 3 at Lindenwood.
This marks Hauser's first career Big Ten weekly honor and Wisconsin's second of the 2025-26 season. Senior forward
Christian Fitzgerald was the Badgers'
most recent star of the week, earning the conference's third star on Oct. 7.
Hauser and the No. 17/16 Badger men's hockey team welcome Alaska to the Kohl Center on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24-25. Friday's game starts at 7 p.m., while Saturday begins at 6 p.m. and stream on B1G+. Audio play-by-play can be found on 1070 The Game as well as on the Badgers app and the Varsity Network app. You can also follow along on X/Twitter and Instagram at @BadgerMHockey.
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