2011–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season

2011–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season
Conference	9th WCHA
Home ice	Kohl Center
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine	—
USCHO.com/CBS College Sports	—
Record
Overall	15–15–2
Home	12–7–1
Road	3–8–1
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach	Mike Eaves
Assistant Coaches	Bill Butters Gary Shuchuk
Captain(s)	John Ramage
Alternate captain(s)	Justin Schultz, Ryan Little
Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey seasons « 2010–11

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

2011–12 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	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
Nebraska–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 2† October 8 Northern Michigan 2–3 Wisconsin Rumpel 11,158 0–0–0 1–1–0 3 October 14 Wisconsin 1–2 Michigan Tech OT Peterson 2,958 0–1–0 1–2–0 4 October 15 Wisconsin 2–3 Michigan Tech OT Rumpel 3,075 0–2–0 1–3–0 5 October 21 North Dakota 3–5 Wisconsin Peterson 10,594 1–2–0 2–3–0 6 October 22 North Dakota 3–5 Wisconsin Rumpel 12,077 2–2–0 3–3–0 7 October 28 Nebraska-Omaha 5–4 Wisconsin Peterson 9,713 2–3–0 3–4–0 8 October 29 Nebraska Omaha 3–6 Wisconsin Rumpel 11,207 3–3–0 4–4–0
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 10 November 5 Wisconsin 3–3 St. Cloud State OT Rumpel 5,942 3–4–1 4–5–1 11 November 11 Minnesota 1–3 Wisconsin Rumpel 11,445 4–4–1 5–5–1 12 November 12 Minnesota 4–1 Wisconsin Rumpel 13,149 4–5–1 5–6–1 13 November 18 Wisconsin 2–4 Colorado College Rumpel 7,007 4–6–1 5–7–1 14 November 19 Wisconsin 1–4 Colorado College Peterson 7,472 4–7–1 5–8–1 15† November 25 Mercyhurst 2–7 Wisconsin Rumpel 10,374 4–7–1 6–8–1 16† November 26 Mercyhurst 2–5 Wisconsin Peterson 11,394 4–7–1 7–8–1
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 18 December 10 Minnesota Duluth 4–2 Wisconsin Rumpel 12,620 4–8–2 7–9–2 19* December 31 US Under-18 Team 3–4 Wisconsin Rumpel 11,121 4–8–2 7–9–2
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 21† January 7 RIT 1–2 Wisconsin Rumpel 12,453 4–8–2 9–9–2 22 January 13 Wisconsin 4–0 Minnesota State Rumpel 3,656 5–8–2 10–9–2 23 January 14 Wisconsin 0–3 Minnesota State Rumpel 4,051 5–9–2 10–10–2 24 January 20 Alaska Anchorage 0–4 Wisconsin Rumpel 10,532 6–9–2 11–10–2 25 January 21 Alaska Anchorage 2–3 Wisconsin Rumpel 13,713 7–9–2 12–10–2 26 January 27 Wisconsin 3–5 North Dakota Rumpel 11,769 7–10–2 12–11–2 27 January 28 Wisconsin 2–4 North Dakota Rumpel 11,898 7–11–2 12–12–2
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 29 February 4 St. Cloud State 2–1 Wisconsin Peterson 13,815 7–13–2 12–14–2 30 February 17 Denver 3–0 Wisconsin Rumpel 12,566 7–14–2 12–15–2 31 February 18 Denver 2–5 Wisconsin Peterson 15,325 8–14–2 13–15–2 32 February 24 Wisconsin 4–2 Bemidji State Peterson 3,532 9–14–2 14–15–2 33 February 25 Wisconsin 4–2 Bemidji State Rumpel 3,891 10–14–2 15–15–2
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

1. http://www.wcha.com/men/pres1112/201110/oct25wpm.php