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Badgers receive rude awakening in home opener

By David Albright
ESPN.com

Monday, October 16, 2006

MADISON, Wis. -- It was supposed to be a final night of celebration for the 2006 hockey national championship. It turned into a night of crisis instead for Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves and his young Badgers club. Not only did Wisconsin lose 3-2 in overtime to North Dakota on Friday night in front of 14,336 at the Kohl Center, but it also lost three key players in the process. Before the puck dropped, the largest home-opening crowd in program history watched as the sixth red and white title ...

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