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2021–22 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season

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2021–22 Wisconsin Badgers
men's ice hockey season
Holiday Face–Off, Champion
Conference6th Big Ten
Home iceKohl Center
Rankings
USCHONR
USA TodayNR
Record
Overall10–24–3
Conference6–17–1
Home7–9–2
Road2–15–0
Neutral1–0–1
Coaches and captains
Head coachTony Granato
Assistant coachesMark Strobel
Mark Osiecki
Brad Winchester
Captain(s)Tarek Baker
Alternate captain(s)Roman Ahcan
Brock Caufield
Tyler Inamoto
Dominick Mersch
Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey seasons
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The 2021–22 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season was the 73rd season of play for the program. They represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. This marked the 21st season in the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Tony Granato, in his sixth season, playing their home games at Kohl Center.

Season

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Despite losing its top 4 scorers from the previous season, Wisconsin entered the year ranked 13th in the nation. However, That soon proved to be a bit of wishful thinking and the Badgers were dropped from the polls by mid-October. The team faced a murderers-row of opponents, including three consecutive weeks against top-5 teams, and a lack of offensive firepower resulted in a last-place record come December.

Despite the poor start, Wisconsin had an opportunity to turn their season around beginning with the Holiday Face–Off, the first in-season tournament held in Wisconsin since the Badger Showdown ended in 2010. The Badgers ended up winning the event, defeating Providence in a shootout, but weren't able to carry over any momentum from the championship.

In the second half of the season, Wisconsin won just three games. Their 6th-place finish came just a year after they won their first Big Ten championship. Wisconsin faced Notre Dame in the Big Ten quarterfinals and pulled off a stunning victory behind a 50-save effort from Jared Moe. Unfortunately, the Badgers couldn't get a repeat performance and lost the nest two games to the fighting Irish, ending a rather disappointing season.

Departures

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Player Position Nationality Cause
Robbie Beydoun Goaltender  United States Graduation (signed with Fort Wayne Komets)
Cole Caufield Forward  United States Signed professional contract (Montreal Canadiens)
Jason Dhooghe Forward  United States Graduation (retired)
Ty Emberson Defenseman  United States Signed professional contract (Arizona Coyotes)
Dylan Holloway Forward  Canada Signed professional contract (Edmonton Oilers)
Ty Pelton-Byce Forward  United States Graduation (signed with Manitoba Moose)
Linus Weissbach Forward  Sweden Graduation (signed with Buffalo Sabres)

Recruiting

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Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Carson Bantle Forward  United States 19 Onalaska, WI; transfer from Michigan Tech; selected 142nd overall in 2020
Caden Brown Forward  United States 18 Chesterfield, MO
Corson Ceulemans Defenseman  Canada 18 Regina, SK; selected 25th overall in 2021
Max Johnson Forward  United States 23 Lakeville, MN; graduate transfer from Bowling Green
Daniel Laatsch Defenseman  United States 19 Altoona, WI; selected 215th overall in 2021
Liam Malmquist Forward  United States 20 Edina, MN
Jake Martin Defenseman  United States 18 White Bear Lake, MN
Jared Moe Goaltender  United States 22 New Prague, MN; transfer from Minnesota; selected 184th overall in 2018
Brayden Morrison Forward  Canada 19 Calgary, AB
Zach Urdahl Forward  United States 19 Eau Claire, WI

Roster

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As of September 6, 2021.[1]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
2 Wisconsin Daniel Laatsch Freshman D 6' 5" (1.96 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 2002-02-13 Altoona, Wisconsin Sioux City (USHL) PIT, 215th overall 2021
3 Wisconsin Sam Stange Sophomore F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2001-04-20 Eau Claire, Wisconsin Sioux Falls (USHL) DET, 97th overall 2020
4 Alberta Corson Ceulemans Freshman D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2003-05-05 Beaumont, Alberta Brooks (AJHL) CBJ, 25th overall 2021
5 Illinois Tyler Inamoto (A) Senior D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1999-05-06 Barrington, Illinois USNTDP (USHL) FLA, 133rd overall 2017
6 Wisconsin Zach Urdahl Freshman F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2001-10-13 Eau Claire, Wisconsin Des Moines (USHL)
7 Minnesota Mike Vorlicky Junior D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2000-07-17 Edina, Minnesota Edina (USHS–MN)
8 Minnesota Max Johnson Senior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1998-05-12 Lakeville, Minnesota Bowling Green (WCHA)
9 Alberta Brayden Morrison Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2002-05-04 Calgary, Alberta Okotoks (AJHL)
11 Wisconsin Jack Gorniak Senior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 1999-09-15 West Salem, Wisconsin West Salem (USHS–WI) MTL, 123rd overall 2018
12 Illinois Mathieu De St. Phalle Sophomore F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 2000-03-20 Lake Forest, Illinois Chicago (USHL)
13 Minnesota Roman Ahcan (A) Senior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1999-03-24 Savage, Minnesota Cedar Rapids (USHL)
14 Finland Jesper Peltonen Senior D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1998-06-08 Helsinki, Finland Omaha (USHL)
16 Wisconsin Tarek Baker (C) Senior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-02-22 Verona, Wisconsin Sioux City (USHL)
17 Wisconsin Jake Martin Freshman D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 2003-03-18 Eagle River, Wisconsin USNTDP (USHL)
18 Illinois Owen Lindmark Junior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2001-05-17 Naperville, Illinois USNTDP (USHL) FLA, 137th overall 2019
19 Wisconsin Brock Caufield (A) Senior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1999-03-09 Stevens Point, Wisconsin Green Bay (USHL)
20 Minnesota Josh Ess Senior D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 1999-04-03 Lakeville, Minnesota Lakeville South (USHS–MN) CHI, 215th overall 2017
21 Wisconsin Carson Bantle Sophomore F 6' 5" (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2002-01-22 Onalaska, Wisconsin Michigan Tech (WCHA) ARI, 142nd overall 2020
22 Minnesota Ryder Donovan Junior F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 2000-10-04 Duluth, Minnesota Duluth East (USHS–MN) VGK, 110th overall 2019
23 Minnesota Liam Malmquist Freshman F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 2000-10-08 Edina, Minnesota Penticton (BCHL)
24 Manitoba Anthony Kehrer Sophomore D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 2002-03-04 Winnipeg, Manitoba Sioux City (USHL)
25 Illinois Dominick Mersch (A) Senior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1998-12-16 Park Ridge, Illinois Lincoln (USHL)
26 Minnesota Luke LaMaster Sophomore D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 1999-10-17 Duluth, Minnesota Sioux City (USHL)
27 Missouri Caden Brown Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2003-06-22 St. Louis, Missouri USNTDP (USHL)
28 Minnesota Shay Donovan Junior D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1998-05-26 Duluth, Minnesota Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (NAHL)
29 Minnesota Ben Garrity Sophomore G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 2000-01-20 Rosemount, Minnesota Minot (NAHL)
31 Illinois Cameron Rowe Sophomore G 6' 3" (1.91 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 2001-06-01 Wilmette, Illinois Des Moines (USHL)
35 Minnesota Jared Moe Junior G 6' 4" (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1999-07-22 New Prague, Minnesota Minnesota (Big Ten) WPG, 184th overall 2018

Standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 Minnesota 24 18 6 0 1 2 0 55 90 50 39 26 13 0 138 91
#2 Michigan * 24 16 8 0 0 3 0 51 91 59 42 31 10 1 167 94
#9 Notre Dame 24 17 7 0 5 1 0 47 74 55 40 28 12 0 122 75
#16 Ohio State 24 13 9 2 1 1 1 42 76 59 37 22 13 2 125 87
Penn State 24 6 17 1 1 1 1 20 63 92 38 17 20 1 117 122
Wisconsin 24 6 17 1 1 2 0 20 53 96 37 10 24 3 76 132
Michigan State 24 6 18 0 1 0 0 17 51 87 36 12 23 1 76 119
Championship: March 19, 2022
† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated April 7, 2022

Schedule and results

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Exhibition
October 3 1:00 PM #6 Minnesota Duluth* #11 Kohl CenterMadison, WI (Exhibition)     L 2–4   
Regular Season
October 8 7:00 PM Michigan Tech* #13 Kohl CenterMadison, WI BSW Rowe L 2–5  8,550 0–1–0
October 9 7:00 PM Michigan Tech* #13 Kohl Center • Madison, WI BSW Moe L 1–5  10,618 0–2–0
October 14 7:00 PM Army* Kohl Center • Madison, WI BSW+ Rowe W 4–1  7,175 1–2–0
October 15 7:00 PM Army* Kohl Center • Madison, WI BSW Moe W 1–0  10,281 2–2–0
October 22 7:37 PM at #3 St. Cloud State* Herb Brooks National Hockey CenterSt. Cloud, MN   Rowe L 1–5  3,774 2–3–0
October 23 6:07 PM at #3 St. Cloud State* Herb Brooks National Hockey Center • St. Cloud, MN   Moe L 1–4  4,165 2–4–0
October 29 6:00 PM at #2 Michigan Yost Ice ArenaAnn Arbor, MI BTN Moe L 0–3  5,338 2–5–0 (0–1–0)
October 30 6:00 PM at #2 Michigan Yost Ice Arena • Ann Arbor, MI BTN+ Rowe W 4–2  5,598 3–5–0 (1–1–0)
November 5 7:00 PM #5 Minnesota Kohl Center • Madison, WI (Rivalry) BSW+, BSN+ Moe W 4–3 OT 9,813 4–5–0 (2–1–0)
November 6 8:00 PM #5 Minnesota Kohl Center • Madison, WI (Rivalry) BSW, BSN+ Rowe L 1–4  12,015 4–6–0 (2–2–0)
November 12 6:30 PM at #15 Notre Dame Compton Family Ice ArenaNotre Dame, IN NBCSN Moe L 1–5  4,335 4–7–0 (2–3–0)
November 13 5:00 PM at #15 Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, IN NBCRN Rowe L 0–3  3,977 4–8–0 (2–4–0)
November 19 6:00 PM at Michigan State Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, MI   Moe L 2–3  5,653 4–9–0 (2–5–0)
November 20 7:00 PM at Michigan State Munn Ice Arena • East Lansing, MI   Moe L 2–5  5,009 4–10–0 (2–6–0)
November 26 7:07 PM Clarkson* Kohl Center • Madison, WI BSW+ Moe T 2–2 OT 7,930 4–10–1
November 27 7:07 PM Clarkson* Kohl Center • Madison, WI BSW Rowe L 0–3  8,919 4–11–1
December 3 7:00 PM USNTDP* Pegula Ice ArenaUniversity Park, PA (Exhibition)     L 0–4   
December 10 7:00 PM Penn State Kohl Center • Madison, WI BSW Moe W 4–1  9,369 5–11–1 (3–6–0)
December 11 6:00 PM Penn State Kohl Center • Madison, WI BSW Moe L 4–5 OT 10,176 5–12–1 (3–7–0)
Holiday Face–Off
December 28 7:37 PM vs. Yale* Fiserv ForumMilwaukee, WI (Face–Off Semifinal) BSW Moe W 3–2 OT 6,533 6–12–1
December 29 7:37 PM vs. #16 Providence* Fiserv Forum • Milwaukee, WI (Face–Off Championship) BSN, BSO, BSW Moe T 2–2 SOW 6,225 6–12–2
Regular Season
January 8 6:00 PM #17 Ohio State Kohl Center • Madison, WI BSW+ Moe L 3–5  10,653 6–13–2 (3–8–0)
January 8 3:00 PM #17 Ohio State Kohl Center • Madison, WI BSW Moe T 2–2 SOL 7,837 6–13–3 (3–8–1)
January 14 7:00 PM Michigan State Kohl Center • Madison, WI BSW Moe W 5–2  8,572 7–13–3 (4–8–1)
January 15 8:00 PM Michigan State Kohl Center • Madison, WI BSW Moe W 5–2  10,946 8–13–3 (5–8–1)
January 21 6:00 PM at Penn State Pegula Ice ArenaUniversity Park, PA   Moe L 1–4  6,008 8–14–3 (5–9–1)
January 22 5:00 PM at Penn State Pegula Ice Arena • University Park, PA   Moe L 2–7  6,247 8–15–3 (5–10–1)
January 28 6:00 PM #4 Michigan Kohl Center • Madison, WI BSW Moe L 1–5  9,994 8–16–3 (5–11–1)
January 29 8:00 PM #4 Michigan Kohl Center • Madison, WI BTN Rowe L 2–6  12,231 8–17–3 (5–12–1)
February 4 6:00 PM at #9 Ohio State Value City ArenaColumbus, OH   Moe L 3–4 OT 4,743 8–18–3 (5–13–1)
February 5 7:00 PM at #9 Ohio State Value City Arena • Columbus, OH BTN Rowe L 2–6  4,592 8–19–3 (5–14–1)
February 12 7:30 PM #11 Notre Dame Kohl Center • Madison, WI BTN Moe W 5–3  9,228 9–19–3 (6–14–1)
February 13 7:00 PM #11 Notre Dame Kohl Center • Madison, WI BSW Moe L 2–3  10,934 9–20–3 (6–15–1)
February 25 8:00 PM at #4 Minnesota 3M Arena at MariucciMinneapolis, MN (Rivalry) ESPNU Moe L 0–5  9,350 9–21–3 (6–16–1)
February 26 8:00 PM at #4 Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci • Minneapolis, MN (Rivalry) BTN Rowe L 0–9  10,069 9–22–3 (6–17–1)
Big Ten Tournament
March 4 6:00 PM at #7 Notre Dame* Compton Family Ice ArenaNotre Dame, Indiana (Quarterfinal game 1)   Moe W 3–1  3,634 10–22–3
March 5 5:00 PM at #7 Notre Dame* Compton Family Ice ArenaNotre Dame, Indiana (Quarterfinal game 2)   Moe L 2–3  3,738 10–23–3
March 6 5:00 PM at #7 Notre Dame* Compton Family Ice ArenaNotre Dame, Indiana (Quarterfinal game 3)   Moe L 2–4  2,612 10–24–3
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Central Time.
Source:[2]

Scoring statistics

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Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Mathieu De St. Phalle F 36 10 12 22 8
Corson Ceulemans D 34 7 15 22 33
Brock Caufield RW 37 7 12 19 14
Tarek Baker LW 27 5 12 17 38
Jack Gorniak C/LW 37 5 10 15 14
Carson Bantle LW 27 8 6 14 28
Roman Ahcan LW 34 5 7 12 99
Sam Stange RW 37 4 7 11 6
Dominick Mersch C 37 5 5 10 43
Liam Malmquist F 35 1 8 9 4
Max Johnson C 31 5 2 7 2
Zach Urdahl LW 36 4 3 7 4
Jesper Peltonen D 36 2 5 7 6
Caden Brown F 33 2 4 6 2
Josh Ess D 37 1 5 6 4
Ryder Donovan C/RW 34 2 2 4 28
Daniel Laatsch D 28 1 2 3 4
Anthony Kehrer D 36 1 2 3 10
Tyler Inamoto D 26 0 2 2 26
Owen Lindmark C 9 1 0 1 2
Ben Garrity G 5 0 0 0 0
Shay Donovan D 6 0 0 0 0
Jake Martin D 11 0 0 0 2
Luke LaMaster D 17 0 0 0 8
Cameron Rowe G 17 0 0 0 0
Brayden Morrison C 19 0 0 0 4
Jared Moe G 31 0 0 0 0
Bench - - - - - 6
Total 76 121 197 395

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Goaltending statistics

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Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Jared Moe 31 1639 8 16 3 81 894 1 .917 2.97
Cameron Rowe 17 585 2 8 0 42 261 0 .861 4.30
Ben Garrity 5 10 0 0 0 3 1 0 .250 17.91
Empty Net - 10 - - - 6 - - - -
Total 37 2245 10 24 3 132 1156 1 .898 3.53

Rankings

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Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (Final)
USCHO.com 11 13 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR
USA Today 12 14 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.[4]

Players drafted into the NHL

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Round Pick Player NHL team
3 78 Quinn Finley New York Islanders
4 100 Tyson Jugnauth Seattle Kraken
4 124 Cruz Lucius Carolina Hurricanes
7 201 Owen Mehlenbacher Detroit Red Wings

† incoming freshman [5]

References

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  1. ^ "2019–20 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". Wisconsin Athletics. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Wisconsin 2021-22 Team Schedule". College Hockey Inc. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  3. ^ "Univ. of Wisconsin 2021-2022 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  5. ^ "NCAA player rankings, selections in 2022 NHL Draft". USCHO.com. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
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