Montgomery named Big Ten First Star of the Week
November 04, 2025 | Men's Hockey
Ottawa Senators draft pick helped Badgers to sweep over Minnesota
MADISON, Wis. – Three goals in two games played in Wisconsin's sweep of border-rival Minnesota helped freshman forward Blake Montgomery earn the Big Ten First Star of the Week, the conference announced on Tuesday.
In Thursday's Big Ten opener against the Gophers, Montgomery lit the lamp 11:13 into the second period, putting home a pass to the net front from freshman forward Vasily Zelenov.
Vas ➡️ Monty ➡️ Back of the net
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerMHockey) October 31, 2025
Goals in back-to-back games for the freshman!
🍎: Vasily Zelenov & Kyle Kukkonen pic.twitter.com/vLGwnYkqNi
During Saturday's game two, the Ottawa Senators draft pick tallied two goals in 21 seconds in the opening minutes of the third period, once at 1:39 into the frame on the power-play and again at two minutes into the frame, to score Wisconsin's third and fourth goals of the night in its 4-0 victory.
BLAKE MONTGOMERY SIMPLY CAN'T BE STOPPED RIGHT NOW 🔥
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerMHockey) November 2, 2025
Four goals in three games for the freshman!
🍎: Joe Palodichuk pic.twitter.com/ID7BdvwnPe
With his three-goal weekend over the Gophers, the freshman has four goals in three games, tallying his first-career goal on Saturday, Oct. 25, against Alaska. His four goals are enough to tie for eighth among rookies in the country, and he shares third on the roster in goals with senior forward Simon Tassy.
This marks Montgomery's first career Big Ten weekly honor and Wisconsin's third of the 2025-26 season. Freshman goaltender Daniel Hauser was the Badgers' most recent star of the week, earning the conference's second star on Oct. 21.
Montgomery and the No. 10/9 Badger men's hockey team travel to Ann Arbor to face No. 2 Michigan for its first conference road series of the year on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7-8. Friday's game begin at 6 p.m. CT and streams on B1G+. Saturday's game was moved to 7 p.m. CT and will now air on Big Ten Network. Audio play-by-play can be found on the Badger Radio Network including 1070 The Game in Madison as well as on the Badgers app and the Varsity Network app. You can also follow along on X/Twitter and Instagram at @BadgerMHockey.
