2008–09 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season

2008–09 Wisconsin Badgers
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The 2008–09 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team was the Badgers' 56th season. They represent the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The team is coached by Mike Eaves and play their home games at Kohl Center.

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	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#13 North Dakota†	28	17	7	4	38	96	74		43	24	15	4	146	118
#7 Denver	28	16	8	4	36	96	68		40	23	12	5	132	96
Wisconsin	28	14	11	3	31	92	78		40	20	16	4	131	106
Colorado College	28	12	9	7	31	79	82		38	16	12	10	103	103
Minnesota	28	12	11	5	29	87	83		37	17	13	7	119	105
St. Cloud State	28	13	13	2	28	83	81		38	18	17	3	122	107
#8 Minnesota–Duluth*	28	10	11	7	27	78	72		43	22	13	8	128	98
Minnesota State	28	11	13	4	26	88	90		38	15	17	6	117	122
Alaska–Anchorage	28	9	14	5	23	69	93		36	14	17	5	95	111
Michigan Tech	28	2	19	7	11	47	94		38	6	25	7	62	122
Championship: Minnesota–Duluth † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

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

2008–09 Game Log
October: 0–6–1 (Home: 0–1–1; Road: 0–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance WCHA Overall Recap 1† October 10 Wisconsin 4–5 Boston College Connelly 7,884 0–0–0 0–1–0 [1] 2† October 11 Wisconsin 1–5 New Hampshire Gudmandson 6,501 0–0–0 0–2–0 [2] 3 October 17 Wisconsin 5–6 Denver Connelly 6,036 0–1–0 0–3–0 [3] 4 October 18 Wisconsin 4–7 Denver Gudmandson 6,095 0–2–0 0–4–0 [4] 5 October 24 Minnesota 2–2 Wisconsin Connelly 13,184 0–2–1 0–4–1 [5] 6 October 25 Minnesota 5–2 Wisconsin Connelly 15,237 0–3–1 0–5–1 [6] 7 October 31 Wisconsin 2–3 North Dakota Connelly 11,684 0–4–1 0–6–1 [7]
November: 7–1–1 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 3–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance WCHA Overall Recap 8 November 1 Wisconsin 5–2 North Dakota Connelly 11,748 1–4–1 1–6–1 [8] 9 November 7 Michigan Tech 2–3 Wisconsin Connelly 12,474 2–4–1 2–6–1 [9] 10 November 8 Michigan Tech 0–6 Wisconsin Gudmandson 14,210 3–4–1 3–6–1 [10] 11 November 14 Wisconsin 3–3 Minnesota-Duluth Connelly 4,534 3–4–2 3–6–2 [11] 12 November 15 Wisconsin 4–1 Minnesota-Duluth Connelly 4,751 4–4–2 4–6–2 [12] 13 November 21 Wisconsin 2–6 St. Cloud State Connelly 6,010 4–5–2 4–7–2 [13] 14 November 22 Wisconsin 1–0 St. Cloud State Connelly 6,021 5–5–2 5–7–2 [14] 15†* November 28 Michigan State 1–3 Wisconsin Connelly 12,695 5–5–2 6–7–2 [15] 16†* November 29 Michigan 0–3 Wisconsin Connelly 14,025 5–5–2 7–7–2 [16]
December: 3–0–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance WCHA Overall Recap 17 December 5 Alaska-Anchorage 2–3 Wisconsin Connelly 12,268 6–5–2 8–7–2 [17] 18 December 6 Alaska-Anchorage 2–7 Wisconsin Connelly 14,023 7–5–2 9–7–2 [18] 19†^ December 27 Alabama-Huntsville 0–5 Wisconsin Connelly 12,887 7–5–2 10–7–2 [19] 20†^ December 28 Lake Superior State 1–1 Wisconsin Connelly 13,422 7–5–2 10–7–3 [20]
January: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–4–0; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance WCHA Overall Recap 21 January 2 Northern Michigan 3-2 Wisconsin Connelly 14,518 7–5–2 10–8–3 [21] 22 January 3 Northern Michigan 6–5 Wisconsin OT Connelly 13,924 7–5–2 10–9–3 [22] 23 January 9 Wisconsin 3–2 Alaska-Anchorage Connelly 3,043 8–5–2 11–9–3 [23] 24 January 10 Wisconsin 6–3 Alaska-Anchorage Connelly 4,150 9–5–2 12–9–3 [24] 25 January 16 Colorado College 1–6 Wisconsin Connelly 12,849 10–5–2 13–9–3 [25] 26 January 17 Colorado College 4–3 Wisconsin Connelly 15,237 10–6–2 13–10–3 [26] 27 January 30 Minnesota-Duluth 1–3 Wisconsin Connelly 14,144 11–6–2 14–10–3 [27] 28 January 31 Minnesota-Duluth 1–0 Wisconsin Connelly 15,237 11–7–2 14–11–3 [28]
February: 2–3–1 (Home: 0–2–0; Road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance WCHA Overall Recap 29 February 6 Wisconsin 3–2 Minnesota Connelly 10,201 12–7–2 15–11–3 [29] 30 February 7 Wisconsin 5–4 Minnesota Connelly 10,217 13–7–2 16–11–3 [30] 31 February 20 Denver 4–3 Wisconsin OT Connelly 13,940 13–8–2 16–12–3 [31] 32 February 21 Denver 5–0 Wisconsin Connelly 15,237 13–9–2 16–13–3 [32] 33 February 27 Wisconsin 3–4 Minnesota State OT Connelly 4,774 13–10–2 16–14–3 [33] 34 February 28 Wisconsin 3–3 Minnesota State Connelly 5,013 13–10–3 16–14–4 [34]
March: 4–2–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 0–0–0; Neutral: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance WCHA Overall Recap 35 March 6 North Dakota 2–1 Wisconsin Connelly 14,179 13–11–3 16–15–4 [35] 36 March 7 North Dakota 1–4 Wisconsin Connelly 15,237 14–11–3 17–15–4 [36][permanent dead link] 37†° March 13 Minnesota State 1–7 Wisconsin Connelly 11,291 14–11–3 18–15–4 [37] 38†° March 14 Minnesota State 2–4 Wisconsin Connelly 13,043 14–11–3 19–15–4 [38] 39†“ March 20 Wisconsin 0–3 Denver Connelly 14,722 14–11–3 19–16–4 [39][permanent dead link] 40†× March 20 Wisconsin 4–1 North Dakota Connelly 15,254 14–11–3 20–16–4 [40]
† Denotes a non-conference game * Denotes College Hockey Showcase ^ Denotes Badger Showdown ° Denotes 2009 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament first round “ Denotes 2009 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament semifinals (neutral site: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota) × Denotes 2009 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament third place (neutral site: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jamie McBain	30	7	27	34	20
Derek Stepan	30	6	18	24	6
John Mitchell	30	13	8	21	95
Tom Gorowsky	26	9	12	21	0
Blake Geoffrion	27	11	8	19	41
Brendan Smith	21	7	11	18	40
Andy Bohmbach	29	8	9	17	20
Michael Davies	24	6	11	17	14
Jake Gardiner	29	2	15	17	14
Ryan McDonagh	26	4	8	12	45
Jordy Murray	30	6	5	11	38
Ben Grotting	25	2	8	10	21
Sean Dolan	26	4	5	9	28
Matt Thurber	24	2	5	7	20
Podge Turnbull	23	4	2	6	24
Patrick Johnson	25	2	3	5	38
Aaron Bendickson	24	2	2	4	14
Eric Springer	16	1	2	3	14
Ryan Little	22	0	3	3	12
Ben Street	4	1	0	1	8
Chris Hickey	8	1	0	1	4
Tom Bardis	3	0	0	0	0
Craig Johnson	13	0	0	0	0

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA	G	A	PIM
Shane Connelly	27	1630	15	9	3	68	3	.913	2.50	0	1	0
Scott Gudmandson	3	179	1	2	0	12	1	.882	4.01	0	0	0

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