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Adam Mertz: Has women’s hockey finally ‘made it’ at Wisconsin?

On a similar stage a year ago, Jinelle Zaugg, emboldened by the nectar of a national title, boldly pronounced Wisconsin the New State of Hockey.

….On Monday evening, moments after celebrating a second straight NCAA title with more than 600 fans, cheerleaders, band members and assorted hangers-on at a reception the Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion, Zaugg held her ground on that topic as firmly as she grasped the national championship trophy in her hands.