2021-22 Men's Hockey Roster

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16 Tarek Baker

  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 190
  • Class Senior
  • S/C L
  • Hometown Verona, Wis.
  • High School Verona

Biography

Twitter: @Tbakes9
Instagram: @tbakes9

Badger Bites

Shoots left... born in February of 1997... parents are Trisha and Troy Jeske and Stephen Baker ... has five siblings - Brogan, Halli, Brock, Graham and Peyton ... 2015 graduate of Verona High School ... life sciences communications major ... attended Vegas Golden Knights development camp in summer of 2018 

2021-22 / Fifth Season
Team captain 

2020-21 / Senior Season
Alternate captain ... Jim Santulli 7th Man Award ... Academic All-Big Ten ... recorded three goals and nine assists for 13 points in 27 contests ... tied for second on the team in game-winning goals with three ... notched two assists in series against No. 6 Michigan on Nov. 19-20 ... set a new career-high three point game with a short-handed game-winning goal and two assists in 7-3 win over  No. 15 Penn State on Nov. 24 ... scored the game winning goal against No. 1 Minnesota in 3-1 victory on Jan. 9 ...  recorded a secondary assist on game-winning goal against No. 8 Michigan in 3-2 win on Feb. 14

2019-20 / Junior Season
Alternate captain ... Academic All-Big Ten ... tallied at 18 seconds of the third period at Minnesota Nov. 23 to start UW's comeback from 3-1 deficit for a 3-3 tie (shootout win) ... two of season's four goals came against Minnesota ... scored at 4:19 of third period to give UW a 4-2 lead in 6-2 win over two-time defending NCAA champion Minnesota Duluth on Oct. 18 to complete series sweep ... has played in all 110 games during his career

2018–19 / Sophomore Season
Won Suter Family Unsung Hero award ... Academic All-Big Ten ... posted second consecutive 20-point season (seven goals, 13 points)... ranked sixth on the team in scoring... the Badgers were 8-2-2 when he recorded a point... posted a shorthanded goal and was a career-high plus-three in a 7-3 win over Penn State on Feb. 23... tallied the game-winning assist on three occasions including a 6-2 win over Michigan Tech on Oct. 27, a 5-3 win over Michigan State on Dec. 7 and against Penn State on Feb. 23... enjoyed a career-high three-point effort against Boston College on Oct. 23, tallying a goal and two assists in the 7-5 victory over the Eagles... tallied six multi-point efforts in 37 games... had a four-game point streak from Nov. 24 to Dec. 7, tallying one goal and five assists for six points in the stretch... ranked second in shots on goal with 90 shots... played in all 37 games for UW

2017–18 / Freshman Season
Scored first career goal on a penalty shot against Ohio State on Oct. 6 ... scored 10 goals and 11 assists in his rookie season … had three multi-point games … was plus-6 on the season … his two game-winning goals led all Badger freshmen … had two three-game point streaks during the season … scored his first collegiate goal against Ohio State on Oct. 6, on a penalty shot … scored the following night, ripping a shot far side for the game-winner against OSU on Oct. 7 …  scored his third goal in as many games in the 5-2 win at Boston College on Oct. 13, adding an assist on Tim Davison’s second-period goal as well … tallied a goal in the 4-2 win over St. Lawrence on Oct. 27 … scored his second game-winning goal, also adding an assist, in the 6-3 victory at Michigan State on Nov. 10 … scored in the 7-3 win over Michigan on Nov. 17 … tallied an assist in both games of the series against Mercyhurst, Nov. 25-26 … scored against Minnesota in the 5-4 loss on Dec. 1 … scored in the 3-2 loss to Notre Dame on Dec. 8 … scored the lone goal on Jan. 5 in a 5-1 loss to Penn State, then assisted the Badgers’ first goal in the 3-3 draw the following night … recorded two assists against Michigan State on Jan. 13 in the 5-2 win … scored in the 4-2 loss to Notre Dame on Jan. 19 … assisted the second goal in the Badgers’ 4-4 tie with Penn State on Jan. 27 … assisted a goal in the 7-4 loss to Michigan in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on March 3 ... played in all 37 games for the Badgers

Before Baker was a Badger
Spent the last half of the 2016–17 season with the USHL’s Sioux City Musketeers, scoring six goals and adding nine assists in 25 games to help the team reach the Clark Cup finals ... prior to joining Sioux City, played for the USHL’s Bloomington Thunder since 2014 ... holds the franchise all-time points record with 84, while ranking second in both goals (37) and assists (47) ... captained the 2016-17 team, scoring 11 goals and seven assists in 33 games ... served as alternate captain in 2015-16, putting up 54 points on 22 goals and 32 assists to pace the Thunder and record the most points per season in Thunder history ... reached the 2015-16 conference finals and won the award for Most Offensive Forward ... scored 17 points on six goals and 11 assists in his first season with the Thunder ... played three games with the Des Moines Buccaneers in 2013-14 before being traded to the Thunder ... scored a goal and five assists at the 2017 World Junior A Challenge, helping Team USA to the gold medal ... also won a gold medal when he skated for the U.S. Under-17 Team at the Five Nations Tournament

Career Highs
GAME
Goals: 1 (24x); last at Michigan State, 3/5/21
Assists: 2 (7x); last vs. Penn State, 3/15/21
Points: 3 (2x), last vs. Penn State, 11/24/21
Point Streak: 4, 11/24-12/7/18
Multi-point Games: 16
Overtime Goals: None

SERIES
Goals: 2, vs. Ohio State, 10/6-7/17
Assists: 2 (8x); last vs. Penn State, 11/23-24/20
Points: 4, vs. Boston College, 10/12-13/18

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2017-18Freshman

    F
    5'10" 185 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2018-19Sophomore

    F
    5'10" 185 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2019-20Junior

    F
    5'10" 190 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2020-21Senior

    F
    5'10" 190 lbs
    16
  • 16
    C

    2021-22Senior

    F
    5'10" 190 lbs
    16
    C