2011–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season

2011–12 Wisconsin Badgers
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The 2012–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season is the team's 59th season and their 53rd season as a member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. They represent the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The team is coached by Mike Eaves, and they play their home games at Kohl Center.

Regular season

• On October 21 and 22 the Badgers swept North Dakota for the first time since 2006, the first time at the Kohl Center since 2004.
• On November 11 the Badgers beat #1 ranked Minnesota 3–1.

Standings

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	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#4 Minnesota†	28	20	8	0	40	88	57		43	28	14	1	155	99
#6 Minnesota–Duluth	28	16	7	5	37	103	73		41	25	10	6	147	106
#12 Denver	28	16	8	4	36	96	79		43	25	14	4	139	111
#5 North Dakota*	28	16	11	1	33	82	73		42	26	13	3	135	108
Colorado College	28	15	12	1	31	95	86		36	18	16	2	114	104
St. Cloud State	28	12	12	4	28	86	74		39	17	17	5	120	104
Omaha	28	11	12	5	27	83	85		38	14	18	6	106	112
Michigan Tech	28	11	13	4	26	85	87		39	16	19	4	111	116
Bemidji State	28	11	14	3	25	72	89		38	17	18	3	101	109
Wisconsin	28	11	15	2	24	76	83		37	17	18	2	105	102
Minnesota State	28	8	18	2	18	73	102		38	12	24	2	101	129
Alaska–Anchorage	28	5	22	1	11	60	111		36	9	25	2	85	134
Championship: North Dakota 4, Denver 0 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and results

•    Green background indicates win (2 points).
•    Red background indicates loss (0 points).
•    White background indicates tie (1 point).

2011–12 Schedule and Results
October: 4–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance WCHA Overall Box score 1† October 7 Northern Michigan 3–2 Wisconsin OT Peterson 9,444 0–0–0 0–1–0 [1] 2† October 8 Northern Michigan 2–3 Wisconsin Rumpel 11,158 0–0–0 1–1–0 [2] 3 October 14 Wisconsin 1–2 Michigan Tech OT Peterson 2,958 0–1–0 1–2–0 [3] 4 October 15 Wisconsin 2–3 Michigan Tech OT Rumpel 3,075 0–2–0 1–3–0 [4] 5 October 21 North Dakota 3–5 Wisconsin Peterson 10,594 1–2–0 2–3–0 [5] 6 October 22 North Dakota 3–5 Wisconsin Rumpel 12,077 2–2–0 3–3–0 [6] 7 October 28 Nebraska-Omaha 5–4 Wisconsin Peterson 9,713 2–3–0 3–4–0 [7] 8 October 29 Nebraska Omaha 3–6 Wisconsin Rumpel 11,207 3–3–0 4–4–0 [8]
November: 3–4–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 0–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance WCHA Overall Box score 9 November 4 Wisconsin 2–7 St. Cloud State Peterson 5,891 3–4–0 4–5–0 [9] 10 November 5 Wisconsin 3–3 St. Cloud State OT Rumpel 5,942 3–4–1 4–5–1 [10] 11 November 11 Minnesota 1–3 Wisconsin Rumpel 11,445 4–4–1 5–5–1 [11] 12 November 12 Minnesota 4–1 Wisconsin Rumpel 13,149 4–5–1 5–6–1 [12] 13 November 18 Wisconsin 2–4 Colorado College Rumpel 7,007 4–6–1 5–7–1 [13] 14 November 19 Wisconsin 1–4 Colorado College Peterson 7,472 4–7–1 5–8–1 [14] 15† November 25 Mercyhurst 2–7 Wisconsin Rumpel 10,374 4–7–1 6–8–1 [15] 16† November 26 Mercyhurst 2–5 Wisconsin Peterson 11,394 4–7–1 7–8–1 [16]
December: 0–1–1 (Home: 0–1–1; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance WCHA Overall Box score 17 December 9 Minnesota Duluth 3–3 Wisconsin OT Rumpel 10,925 4–7–2 7–8–2 [17] 18 December 10 Minnesota Duluth 4–2 Wisconsin Rumpel 12,620 4–8–2 7–9–2 [18] 19* December 31 US Under-18 Team 3–4 Wisconsin Rumpel 11,121 4–8–2 7–9–2 [19]
January: 5–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance WCHA Overall Box score 20† January 6 RIT 3–6 Wisconsin Peterson 11,741 4–8–2 8–9–2 [20] 21† January 7 RIT 1–2 Wisconsin Rumpel 12,453 4–8–2 9–9–2 [21] 22 January 13 Wisconsin 4–0 Minnesota State Rumpel 3,656 5–8–2 10–9–2 [22] 23 January 14 Wisconsin 0–3 Minnesota State Rumpel 4,051 5–9–2 10–10–2 [23] 24 January 20 Alaska Anchorage 0–4 Wisconsin Rumpel 10,532 6–9–2 11–10–2 [24] 25 January 21 Alaska Anchorage 2–3 Wisconsin Rumpel 13,713 7–9–2 12–10–2 [25] 26 January 27 Wisconsin 3–5 North Dakota Rumpel 11,769 7–10–2 12–11–2 [26] 27 January 28 Wisconsin 2–4 North Dakota Rumpel 11,898 7–11–2 12–12–2 [27]
February: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance WCHA Overall Box score 28 February 3 St. Cloud State 5–1 Wisconsin Rumpel 11,213 7–12–2 12–13–2 [28] 29 February 4 St. Cloud State 2–1 Wisconsin Peterson 13,815 7–13–2 12–14–2 [29] 30 February 17 Denver 3–0 Wisconsin Rumpel 12,566 7–14–2 12–15–2 [30] 31 February 18 Denver 2–5 Wisconsin Peterson 15,325 8–14–2 13–15–2 [31] 32 February 24 Wisconsin 4–2 Bemidji State Peterson 3,532 9–14–2 14–15–2 [32] 33 February 25 Wisconsin 4–2 Bemidji State Rumpel 3,891 10–14–2 15–15–2 [33]
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance WCHA Overall Box score 34 March 2 Wisconsin Minnesota 35 March 3 Wisconsin Minnesota
† Non-conference game  * Exhibition game

Awards and honors

• Joel Rumpel, WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 25)^[1]

See also

• 2011–12 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey season

References