The Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team is the

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team that represents the

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. The team plays at the

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and is currently coached by Mike Hastings. The Badgers ice hockey team competes in the

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. The Badgers have won three WCHA regular season conference titles and 11 conference tournament titles. They have also made 24 appearances in the NCAA men's ice hockey tournament, advancing to the

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12 times. The team's six national titles rank fourth best in college hockey history. Their most recent national championship came in

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when the Badgers defeated the

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2–1 at the

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, Wisconsin.

History

Early history

Pond hockey had been played on

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in Madison since the late 1800s. The University of Wisconsin formed an informal hockey program in the 1910s. The 1921 season saw the development of intercollegiate hockey at Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Michigan and Wisconsin scheduled four games to be played on consecutive weekends from February 18 to 26, 1921.

Modern era

The modern era of Badger hockey began in 1963 with the decision of athletic director Ivan B. Williamson. The Badgers played home games at the

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before moving to the

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in 1967. The program began as an independent NCAA Division I team and scheduling 8 games against

Western Collegiate Hockey Association The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) is a college ice hockey conference which operates in the Midwestern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a women's-only conference. From 1951 to 1999, it operated as a me ...

teams, losing all 8 games. Late in the 1965–66 season, the Badgers finally broke through, beating the

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5–4 in overtime, their first win over a WCHA opponent. At the end of that season, Coach John Riley retired.

Johnson era

In 1966, Wisconsin hired "Badger" Bob Johnson. Under Johnson, Wisconsin was offered WCHA membership for the 1969–70 season. In that same season the Badgers received a bid to the

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. The Badgers won their first national championship at the 1973 Frozen Four. Badger Bob's 1977 team was one of the most successful to date, as the team swept through the WCHA tournament and the 1977 NCAA Tournament. Behind the efforts of four first team All-Americans, Mike Eaves, Mark Johnson (Bob's son), Craig Norwich and Julian Baretta, the 1977 team won the title with a 6–5 victory in overtime against

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. Despite losing one of their top players, Mark Johnson, to the

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

American Olympic Team, the Badgers reached the NCAA title game three consecutive times in 1981, 1982, and 1983, winning the program's third title in

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by defeating rival

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in the championship game 6–3. After again reaching the championship game in 1982, where the Badgers lost to

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, the program was dealt a second blow with the departure of Johnson. He would later coach in the

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

and win the

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with the

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. He left Wisconsin after 15 seasons with 3 NCAA championships, a record of 367–175–23, and having built the program into an NCAA powerhouse. Johnson died in 1991.

Sauer era

Former Badger assistant coach Jeff Sauer was hired in 1982 to replace Bob Johnson as head coach. Sauer won the 1983 NCAA championship in his first season. Wisconsin defeated

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6–2 to earn the program's fourth NCAA title. Under Sauer's leadership, the Badgers qualified for eight consecutive NCAA tournaments from 1988 to 1995, and won the program's 5th NCAA title in

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, with a 7–3 victory over Colgate. Also, Sauer presided over the team's move from the aging Coliseum to the new, on-campus

in 1998. The Badger men led the nation in college hockey attendance every year from moving to the Kohl Center through the 2011 season. Wisconsin again reached the 1992 NCAA Championship game against Lake Superior State, losing 5–3. The game, which featured some questionable calls by the referee that continually put the Badgers at a two-man disadvantage, irked several players so much that they lashed out beyond Sauer's control, verbally abusing the referees and earning Sauer a one-game NCAA suspension. Assistant Coach Bill Zito received a two-game suspension, while players Blaine Moore and Jason Zent each received a one-game suspension. That game was later vacated by the NCAA for rules violations unrelated to the incidents in the championship game. In the mid-1990s, Badger hockey earned NCAA bids in 1998 and 2000, but generally underachieved compared to the high standards of the 1970s and 1980s. The 1999–2000 team featured a duo of second overall NHL draft pick

Dany Heatley Daniel James Heatley (born January 21, 1981) is a German-born Canadian former professional ice hockey winger (ice hockey), winger. Originally drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers second overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, he won the Calder Memorial ...

and

Steven Reinprecht Steven Edward Reinprecht (born May 7, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. Undrafted into the NHL, he was signed as a free agent following his NCAA career with the Wisconsin Badgers by the Los Angeles Kings. During his ro ...

, won the

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, and earned a No. 1 position in the polls for most of the season, only to be upset by

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in the NCAA regionals. Two seasons later, during the 2001–02 season, coach Sauer announced his retirement. Jeff Sauer left Wisconsin with two NCAA titles and a record of 489–306–46 at Wisconsin, and a 655–532–57 overall record as a head coach.

Eaves era

Sauer's replacement was Mike Eaves, a former player who was a captain on the 1977 NCAA championship team and still holds the record as Wisconsin's all-time leading scorer. In 2003–04, Eaves brought the Badgers just short of the

, falling in overtime to

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in the 2004 NCAA Tournament. The Badgers returned to national prominence by winning the 2006 NCAA championship in Milwaukee with a 2–1 win over Boston College. In 2010, the Badgers returned to the NCAA championship, vying for a seventh NCAA title but lost 5–0 to Boston College at

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in Detroit, Michigan, in front of a then-record crowd for an indoor ice hockey game of 37,592. In 2011, they missed the WCHA Final Five and NCAA tournament completely. In 2012, the team missed the NCAA Tournament again. In 2013 they were winners in their last-ever appearance in the WCHA Final Five before the team joined the newly established

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Hockey conference for the 2013–14 season. In the inaugural season of the Big Ten Hockey conference, the Badgers won the Big Ten Tournament, their second consecutive conference tournament championship. The 2014–15 season was the worst season in team history. They finished the season with a record of 4–26–5, setting school records for fewest wins and most losses in a season. Eaves was fired on March 18, 2016 after finishing the 2015–16 season with an 8–19–8 record.

Granato era

Athletic director

Barry Alvarez Barry Lee Alvarez (born December 30, 1946) is an American former college football coach and athletic director at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He served as the head football coach at Wisconsin for 16 seasons, from 1990 to 2005, compili ...

hired Detroit Red Wings assistant

Tony Granato Anthony Lewis Granato (born July 25, 1964) is an American former professional ice hockey left winger and former head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team. He served as head coach of the United States men's national ice hockey tea ...

to replace Eaves in late March 2016. Also hired were Tony's younger brother

Don Granato Donald Granato (born August 11, 1967) is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player who most recently served as the head coach of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career After two years playing wit ...

, coach of the U.S. National Team Development Program's under-17 team, and Mark Osiecki, associate head coach of the

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and former assistant coach at Wisconsin for six years in the 2000s. Tony Granato signed a five-year contract worth $2.75 million while Osiecki and his brother signed three-year deals worth a total of $660,000 a piece. The hires were seen as getting UW Men's Ice Hockey back on track, and was noticed by media, such as the

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, when they said "Alvarez answered the critics who think UW no longer cares about men’s hockey in the best way he could" during the press conference introducing all three coaches Alvarez stated "I’m very confident that we’ve taken the right steps today in re-establishing the dominance of our hockey program" All three coaches are Wisconsin alums; Tony Granato played from 1983 to 1987 where he was an All-American, Don Granato played from 1987 to 1991, and Osiecki played from 1987 to 1990. After all three coaches were hired the phrase "Dream Team" came to be used when referring to UW's new coaching staff, it was first used by Barry Alvarez when he said "It was more than I could dream for to get all three of those guys. To me, it's the Dream Team." In Granato's first season, he led the team back to respectability with a 20-15-1 overall record and a 12-8 conference record, good enough for second place. On March 18, they lost the conference championship game to

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2–1 in double overtime. On March 6, 2023, University of Wisconsin Director of Athletics Chris McIntosh announced that Granato would not return for the 2023-24 season.

Hastings era

On March 30, 2023, former

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Mavericks head coach Mike Hastings was named Granato's replacement as head coach.

Season-by-season results

Source:

Coaches

All-time coaching records

As of the end of the 2023–24 season * Interim

Championships

Big Ten Tournament

WCHA Tournament

NCAA Championship Appearances

*Wisconsin appeared in the championship game in the following years:

Statistical Leaders

Source:

Career points leaders

Career goaltending leaders

''GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% =

Save percentage Save percentage (often known by such symbols as SV%, SVS%, SVP, PCT) is a statistic in various Goal (sports), goal-scoring sports that track Save (goaltender), saves as a statistic. In ice hockey and lacrosse and association football, it is a sta ...

; GAA =

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'' Minimum 30 games played Statistics current through the start of the 2019–20 season.

Olympians

This is a list of Wisconsin alumni were a part of an Olympic team.

Players

Current roster

As of September 23, 2024.

Awards and honors

Hockey Hall of Fame

Source: *

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(2013) * Bob Johnson (1992)

United States Hockey Hall of Fame

Source: *

(2011) * Bob Johnson (1991) * Mark Johnson (2004) *

Mike Richter Michael Thomas Richter (born September 22, 1966) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played his entire National Hockey League career, from 1989 to 2002, with the New York Rangers organization, and led the team to the Stan ...

(2008) * Jeff Sauer (2014) * Gary Suter (2011)

NCAA

Individual awards

Hobey Baker Award The Hobey Baker Award is an annual award given to the top National Collegiate Athletic Association men's ice hockey player. It has been awarded 44 times. It is named for Hall of Famer Hobey Baker, who played college hockey at Princeton Universit ...

* Blake Geoffrion: 2010 * Cole Caufield: 2021 Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award *

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: 2017 Mike Richter Award * Kyle McClellan: 2024 NCAA Scoring Champion * Delbert Dehate: 1968 * Mike Eaves: 1978 * Mark Johnson: 1979 *

: 2000 * Cole Caufield: 2021 Tournament Most Outstanding Player * Dean Talafous: 1973 * Julian Baretta: 1977 * Marc Behrend: 1981, 1983 * Chris Tancill: 1990 * Robbie Earl: 2006

All-Americans

AHCA First Team All-Americans *1969–70: John Jagger, D *1971–72: Jeff Rotsch, D *1974–75:

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, D *1975–76: Craig Norwich, D; Mike Eaves, F *1976–77: Julian Baretta, G; Craig Norwich, D; Mike Eaves, F *1977–78: Mike Eaves, F; Mark Johnson, F *1978–79: Mark Johnson, F *1979–80: Roy Schultz, G; Theran Welsh, D *1981–82: Bruce Driver, D; John Newberry, F *1982–83:

Patrick Flatley Patrick William Flatley (born October 3, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the NHL for 14 seasons between 1983 and 1997 for the New York Islanders and New York Rangers. Playing career Flatley was born in To ...

, F *1987–88: Paul Stanton, D; Paul Ranheim, F *1989–90: Gary Shuchuk, F *1992–93: Barry Richter, D *1994–95:

Brian Rafalski Brian Christopher Rafalski (born September 28, 1973) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils and Detroit Red Wings, in the SM-liiga for HPK and HIFK, in ...

, D *1999–00: Jeff Dessner, D;

, F *2000–01:

, F *2003–04:

Bernd Brückler Bernd Brückler (born August 26, 1981) is an Austrian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL), the Finnish Liiga, and the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Playing career Brückler started his h ...

, G *2005–06: Brian Elliott, G *2008–09: Jamie McBain, D *2009–10: Brendan Smith, D; Blake Geoffrion, F *2010–11: Justin Schultz, D *2011–12: Justin Schultz, D *2013–14:

Jake McCabe Jake McCabe (born October 12, 1993) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the second round (44th overall) of the 2012 NHL entry ...

, D *2020–21: Cole Caufield, F AHCA Second Team All-Americans *1984–85: Tim Thomas, D;

, F *1986–87:

, F *1987–88:

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, G; Steve Tuttle, F *1988–89:

Curtis Joseph Curtis Shayne Joseph (né Munro; born April 29, 1967) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional player. Nicknamed "Cujo", Joseph was immediately recognizable on the ice for his masks featuring a snarling dog, drawing inspiration from ...

, G *1990–91: Sean Hill, D *1991–92: Duane Derksen, G *1996–97: Kirk Daubenspeck, G *1999–00:

, F *2005–06: Tom Gilbert, D;

Joe Pavelski Joseph James Pavelski (born July 11, 1984) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the San Jose Sharks and Dallas Stars. Pavelski attended the University of Wisconsin and ...

, F *2010–11: Jake Gardiner, D *2013–14: Michael Mersch, F *2014–15: Michael Mersch, F *2016–17:

Luke Kunin Luke Kunin ( ; born December 4, 1997) is an American professional ice hockey center for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played in the NHL for the Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, and San Jose Sha ...

, F *2020–21: Dylan Holloway, F; Linus Weissbach, F *2023–24: Kyle McClellan, G

WCHA

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player In team sports, a most valuable player (MVP) award is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particular competition, or ...

* Mike Eaves: 1978 * Mark Johnson: 1979 *

: 1989 * Gary Shuchuk: 1990 * Duane Derksen: 1992 *

: 2000 * Jamie McBain: 2009 Freshman of the Year * Mark Johnson: 1977 *

: 1986 *

: 1989 * Jim Carey: 1993 *

: 2000

Coach of the Year Many sports leagues, sportswriting associations, and other organizations confer "Coach of the Year" awards. In some sports — including baseball and association football — the award is called the "Manager of the Year" award. Some of the ...

* Bob Johnson: 1977 Tournament Most Outstanding Player *

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* Steve Rohlik:

* Kirk Daubenspeck:

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

* Joe Bianchi:

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

* Nic Kerdiles:

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Defensive player of the year Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY or DPOTY) is the name of an award given in sports for outstanding defensive play by a single player over the course of a season. Many sports leagues award this type of award. League awards for Defensive Player o ...

: 1995 * Jeff Dessner: 2000 * Brendan Smith: 2010 * Justin Schultz: 2011, 2012 Student-Athlete of the Year *

: 1987

All-Conference Teams

First Team All-WCHA *1974-75:

, D *1976-77: Julian Baretta, G; Craig Norwich, D *1977-78: Mike Eaves, F; Mark Johnson, F *1978-79: Mark Johnson, F *1979-80: Roy Schultz, G *1981-82: Bruce Driver, D; John Newberry, F *1982-83:

, F *1984-85: Tim Thomas, D *1987-88: Paul Ranheim, F *1988-89:

, G; Paul Stanton, D *1989-90: Gary Shuchuk, F *1991-92: Duane Derksen, G *1992-93: Barry Richter, D *1993-94: Kelly Fairchild, F *1994-95:

, D *1997-98: Craig Anderson, D *1999-00: Jeff Dessner, D;

, F;

, F *2003-04:

, G *2005-06: Tom Gilbert, D *2008-09: Jamie McBain, D *2009-10: Brendan Smith, D; Blake Geoffrion, F *2010-11: Justin Schultz, D *2011-12: Justin Schultz, D Second Team All-WCHA *1969-70: Wayne Thomas, G; John Jagger, D; Murray Heatley, F *1970-71: John Jagger, D; Murray Heatley, F *1971-72: Jim Makey, G *1972-73: Jim Makey, G; Norm Cherrey, F *1975-76: Craig Norwich, D *1976-77: John Taft, F; Mike Eaves, F *1977-78: Julian Baretta, G *1978-79:

Bob Suter Robert Allen Suter (May 16, 1957 – September 9, 2014) was an American professional ice hockey defenseman and member of the Miracle on Ice 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team who won the gold medal. He was the brother of former National Hockey ...

, D *1979-80: Theran Welsh, D *1980-81: Theran Welsh, D *1981-82: Marc Behrend, G *1982-83: Bruce Driver, D;

, D; Paul Houck, F *1984-85:

, F *1985-86: Marty Wiitala, D *1986-87:

, G; Paul Ranheim, F;

, F *1987-88:

, G; Paul Stanton, D; Steve Tuttle, F *1988-89: John Byce, F *1989-90: Duane Derksen, G; Sean Hill, D; John Byce, F *1990-91: Duane Derksen, G; Sean Hill, D *1992-93: Jim Carey, G *1993-94: Andrew Shier, F *1996-97: Kirk Daubenspeck, G *1997-98:

, F *2000-01:

, F *2004-05:

, G; Robbie Earl, F *2005-06: Brian Elliott, G;

, F *2006-07: Brian Elliott, G *2009-10:

Ryan McDonagh Ryan Patrick McDonagh (born June 13, 1989) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman and alternate captain for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted in the first round, 12th overall, by the Montreal Canadie ...

, D *2010-11: Jake Gardiner, D

Big Ten

Individual awards

Player of the Year Several sports leagues honour their best player with an award called Player of the Year. In the United States, this type of award is usually called a Most Valuable Player award. Association football In association football, this award is held on b ...

* Cole Caufield: 2021 Freshman of the Year *

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: 2017 * Cole Caufield: 2020 Goaltender of the Year * Kyle McClellan, 2024

: 2017, 2021 Scoring Champion * Cole Caufield: 2020, 2021 Tournament Most Outstanding Player * Mark Zengerle:

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All-Conference Teams

First Team All-Big Ten *2013–14:

, D; Michael Mersch, F; Mark Zengerle, F *2019–20:

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, D; Cole Caufield, F *2020–21: Cole Caufield, F; Dylan Holloway, F *2023–24: Kyle McClellan, G Second team All-Big Ten *2013–14: Joe Rumpel, G; Frankie Simonelli, D; Nic Kerdiles, F *2016–17: Jake Linhart, D;

, F;

, F *2018–19:

, D *2020–21: Linus Weissbach, F *2024–25: Quinn Finley, F Big Ten All-Rookie Team *2015–16:

, F *2016–17:

, F *2017–18:

, D; Linus Weissbach, F *2018–19: K'Andre Miller, F *2019–20: Cole Caufield, F *2020–21: Cameron Rowe, G *2024–25: Logan Hensler, D; Gavin Morrissey, F

Wisconsin Badgers Hall of Fame

The following is a list of people associated with the Wisconsin men's ice hockey program who were elected into the University of Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame (induction date in parentheses). * Steve Alley (2001) * Marc Behrend (2006) *

(2011) * Delbert Dehate (2007) * Bruce Driver (2016) * Mike Eaves (1992) * Brian Elliott (2017) *

(2000) * Bill Howard (2019) * Jim Johannson (2018) * Bob Johnson (1992) * Mark Johnson (1991) * Craig Norwich (2008) *

(2015) *

(2014) *

(2005) * Jeff Sauer (2016) *

(2017) * Dean Talafous (2013) * Theran Welsh (2010)

Badgers in the NHL

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History

Early history

Modern era

Johnson era

Sauer era

Eaves era

Granato era

Hastings era

Season-by-season results

Coaches

All-time coaching records

Championships

Big Ten Tournament

WCHA Tournament

NCAA Championship Appearances

Statistical Leaders

Career points leaders

Career goaltending leaders

Olympians

Players

Current roster

Awards and honors

Hockey Hall of Fame

United States Hockey Hall of Fame

NCAA

Individual awards

All-Americans

WCHA

Individual awards

All-Conference Teams

Big Ten

Individual awards

All-Conference Teams

Wisconsin Badgers Hall of Fame

Badgers in the NHL

See also

References

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