A few months ago back on my old blog (Sixty Minutes. No Alibis. No Regrets) I posted a list of current and former Wisconsin hockey players who had twitter accounts. I figured I'd give it an update as the list of active and past players continues to skyrocket every week. There's even a couple of future Badgers with accounts. As it stands right now we've found 59 current, former, or future Badgers on twitter between both the men's and women's hockey programs.
Twitter has become one of the best hockey resources on the Internet. Virtually every WCHA team beat writer has an account, as do most WCHA fan bloggers. It's become a great source to communicate with writers from around the league and NCAA hockey even if you are just a fan as most writers in the league are more than happy to talk puck with anyone and everyone who will listen.
If you don't have an account yet, I strongly encourage you to sign up for one (free) as it's such an outstanding resource to follow Wisconsin athletics. Don't forget to follow me (@UWChuckSchwartz), and the rest of the Bucky's 5th Quarter crew (@B5Q: Adam Hoge), (@hoopsmarinara: Phil Mitten), (@AdamTheVictor: Adam Tupitza) and (@JohnVeldhuis: John Veldhuis).
Current Badger Men's hockey players on twitter
- Michael Mersch-@M_Mersch
- Keegan Meuer-@KMeuer12
- Jake McCabe-@McCabe19
- Derek Lee-@DerekLee23
- Landon Peterson-@landonpetey
- Patrick Daly-@PatrickDalyIV
- Joseph LaBate-@JosephLaBate
- Matt Pappe-@mpaape8
- Chase Drake-@1Cdrake5
- Jefferson Dahl-@JDahl14
- Frankie Simonelli-@FSimonelli27
- Joel Rumpel-@Rumpz91
- Eric Springer-@eSprings4
- Mark Zengerle-@Zengerle9
- Justin Schultz-@6Schultz6
Former Badger Men's hockey players on twitter
- Andy Bohmbach (ECHL, AHL)-@AndyBohmbach
- Patrick Johnson (ECHL)-@Pattyj10
- Jamie McBain (NHL, Carolina Hurricanes)-@jbain4
- Ryan McDonagh (NHL, New York Rangers)-@RMcDonagh27
- Derek Stepan (NHL, New York Rangers)-@DerekStepan21
- Jack Skille (NHL, Florida Panthers)-@JackSkille
- Podge Turnbull (TBD)-@PodgeTurnbull
- Ben Grotting (Retired)-@BenWarrenG
- Paul Ranheim (Retired)-@pranheim
- Sean Hill (Retired)-@seanrhill
- Gary Shuchuk (Current UW Assistant)-@gshuchuk
- Brendan Smith (AHL)-@bssmith7
- Cody Goloubef (AHL)-@cgoloubef27
- Jake Gardiner (AHL)-@Jgardiner272
- Joe Piskula (AHL)-@skoolz43
- Kyle Turris (NHL, Phoenix Coyotes)-@kyleturris
- Brad Winchester (NHL Free Agent)-@bradwinchester
- Blake Geoffrion (NHL, Nashville Predators)-@BlakeGeoffrion
- Zach Bearson (Retired)-@zbearson
- Brett Bennett (Injured)-@BjBennett88
- Shane Connelly (Dir. of Hockey Ops, Bowling Green)-@ShaneConnelly
- Michael Davies (AHL)-@MikeGDavies
- Ryan Jeffery (Retired)-@RyanCJeffery
- Sean Dolan (ECHL)-@SeanDolan16
- John Mitchell (AHL)-@JohnMitchell24
- Scott Gudmandson (TBD)-@ScottGudmandson
Future Badger Men's hockey players on twitter
- Tim Davison (GB Notre Dame Academy)-@TDavison26
- Morgan Zulinick (Salmon Arm, BCHL)-@mzuli15
Current Badger Women's hockey players on twitter
- Brittany Ammerman-@briammerman
- Brooke Ammerman-@bammerman20
- Brianna Decker-@bdecker1814
- Blayre Turnbull-@katbt617
- Alex Rigsby-@aRigs33
- Madison Packer-@madison_packer_
- Lauren Unser-@LAUnser21
- Hilary Knight-@Hilary_Knight
- Breann Frykas-@breefryk
Former Badger Women's hockey players on twitter
- Kyla Sanders-@KylaSandersNY
- Mallory Deluce-@MalloryDeluce
- Erika Lawler-@ErikaLawler2
- Meaghan Mikkelson-@Mikkelson12
- Emily Kranz-@EKranz17
- Alannah McCready-@lanamccready
- Jasmine Giles-@JazzG12
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