2015–16 Wisconsin Men's Hockey Fact Book
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2015–16 WISCONSIN MEN’S HOCKEY FACT BOOK 2015–16 SCHEDULE (Dates and times subject to change) DAY DATE OPPONENT Time FRIDAY OCT. 9 NORTHERN MICHIGAN 7 P.M. SATURDAY OCT. 10 NORTHERN MICHIGAN 7 P.M. Friday Oct. 16 at Boston College 6 p.m. Saturday Oct. 17 at Boston University 6 p.m. Friday Oct. 23 at Ferris State 6 p.m. Saturday Oct. 24 at Ferris State 6 p.m. FRIDAY OCT. 30 ARIZONA STATE 7 P.M. SATURDAY OCT. 31 ARIZONA STATE 7 P.M.^ Friday Nov. 6 at North Dakota 7:30 p.m. Saturday Nov. 7 at North Dakota 7 p.m. FRIDAY NOV. 20 DENVER 7:30 P.M. SATURDAY NOV. 21 DENVER 7 P.M.^ Friday Dec. 4 at Michigan 6:30 p.m. Saturday Dec. 5 at Michigan 6:30 p.m. Friday Dec. 11 at Michigan State 6 p.m. Saturday Dec. 12 at Michigan State 1:30 p.m. FRIDAY JAN. 1 TRINITY WESTERN (Exhibition) TBA* FRIDAY JAN. 8 OHIO STATE 7 P.M. SATURDAY JAN. 9 OHIO STATE 7 P.M.^ Friday Jan. 15 at Penn State 5:30 p.m. Saturday Jan. 16 at Penn State 5 p.m. FRIDAY JAN. 22 MINNESOTA 8 P.M. SATURDAY JAN. 23 MINNESOTA 7 P.M. FRIDAY JAN. 29 ALASKA 7 P.M. SATURDAY JAN. 30 ALASKA 7 P.M. FRIDAY FEB. 12 MICHIGAN 7 P.M. SATURDAY FEB. 13 MICHIGAN 7 P.M. FRIDAY FEB. 19 MICHIGAN STATE 8 P.M. SATURDAY FEB. 20 MICHIGAN STATE 8 P.M. Friday Feb. 26 at Ohio State 5:30 p.m. Saturday Feb. 27 at Ohio State 6 p.m. FRIDAY MARCH 4 PENN STATE 7 P.M. SATURDAY MARCH 5 PENN STATE 7 P.M. Friday March 11 at Minnesota 7 p.m. Saturday March 12 at Minnesota 7 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. March 17-19 Big Ten Tournament (St. Paul, Minn.) Fri.-Sun. March 25-27 NCAA Regionals (East-Albany, N.Y., Northeast-Worcester, Mass., Midwest-Cincinnati, West-St. Paul, Minn.) Thurs.-Sat. April 7 & 9 NCAA Frozen Four (Amalie Arena, Tampa, Fla.) Home games listed in BOLD CAPS. All times Central. ^ - pending football/basketball game times * - TBA pending possible football bowl game Updated Sept. 28, 2015 Contents PERSONNEL HONORS Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez ........................ 2-3 All-Americans ............................................... 100-104 Head Coach Mike Eaves........................................ 4-6 UW Hall of Fame Members ........................... 104-105 Hockey Staff ............................................................ 7 Hobey Baker/Mike Richter Award .........................105 Assistant Coaches ................................................ 8-9 All-Big Ten/WCHA ........................................ 106-107 Support Staff .................................................... 10-11 NCAA All-Tournament ..........................................108 Team Awards ................................................ 109-111 Academic Awards.......................................... 112-114 2015–16 BADGERS Roster ....................................................................12 BEYOND WISCONSIN Pronunciation Guide ..............................................13 Roster Breakdown ............................................ 14-15 NHL Directory ...............................................115-126 Player Bios ....................................................... 16-27 Badger NHL Leaders ..................................... 127-128 Stanley Cups/All-Stars/NHL Records ........... 128-129 Halls of Fame .......................................................129 2014–15 Review NHL Draft History .........................................130-132 National Teams .............................................133-135 Season Review .................................................. 28-31 Olympics ..............................................................136 Schedule/Results ............................................. 32-34 Team Stats ............................................................ 35 Individual Stats ..................................................... 36 ALL-TIME RESULTS Team/Individual Highs .......................................... 37 Goals-Assists-Points by Game .......................... 38-40 Year-by-year Records .................................... 137-138 Box Scores ........................................................41-58 Year-by-year Results .....................................139-161 All-Time Series Records ................................ 162-163 All-Time Series Scores (Big Ten) ....................164-169 RECORDS All-Time Series Scores (Non-Conference) ....... 170-187 All-Time Big Ten Standings (1959–81) ..................188 Team Records ................................................... 59-61 NCAA Tournament Results ........................... 189-190 Wins, Losses, Ties, Overtimes ...........................62-63 Big Ten Tournament Results ................................190 100-Point Scorers .................................................. 64 WCHA Playoff Results ................................... 191-193 Scoring Streaks ..................................................... 65 Outdoor Hockey ....................................................194 Individual Records ................................................. 66 Points .................................................................... 66 Goals .................................................................... 67 Assists ...................................................................69 HISTORY Game-winning Goals.............................................. 70 Power-play Goals ................................................... 71 NCAA Championships ...................................195-200 Short-handed Goals ...............................................72 Big Ten/WCHA Championships .................... 201-204 Penalties ................................................................73 History by Decade......................................... 205-210 Penalty Minutes .....................................................74 Badger Hockey Showdown ............................ 211-215 Records by Defensemen ....................................75-77 Records by Goaltenders .................................... 78-81 Leaders by Class............................................... 82-83 FACILITIES Hat Tricks......................................................... 85-85 Letterwinners.................................................... 86-93 Kohl Center/LaBahn Arena ..................................216 Letterwinners Breakdown ...................................... 94 Attendance History ....................................... 217-218 Team Captains ...................................................... 95 Jersey Number History ..................................... 96-97 Coaching History .............................................. 98-99 MISCELLANEOUS Quick Facts ..........................................................219 1 Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez Barry Alvarez is in his 12th year as Director ing the winningest football coach in school of Athletics at the University of Wisconsin in history (118-73-4 record). He returned to the 2015-16, and his 10th without the additional sideline to guide the Badgers in the 2013 title of head football coach. Alvarez served as Rose Bowl and, last season, stepped in to A.D. and football coach from 2004-05. lead UW to a win over Auburn in the 2015 Wisconsin has enjoyed remarkable suc- Outback Bowl. cess during Alvarez’s tenure at the head of Alvarez was just the 10th coach in Big the athletic department, winning a combined Ten history to win 100 games at one confer- 14 team national titles and 53 conference ence institution. The 1993 national coach of regular-season or tournament crowns since the year, he was a two-time (1993 and 1998) he took over. Big Ten coach of the year and a finalist for In Alvarez’s 11 previous seasons as A.D., ESPN’s coach of the decade (1990s) honor. Wisconsin has finished at least 22nd in the He received the Victor Award’s 1999 National NACDA Director’s Cup seven times, including Coach of the Year accolade and was the 2004 a 16th-place finish in 2006-07 (2nd-best in AFCA Region 3 Coach of the Year. school history) and 18th-place showings Alvarez retired from coaching at the in each of the last two years. Six different conclusion of the 2005 season in order to programs have won national titles during concentrate solely on running the Division of Alvarez’s tenure, including four in the magi- Intercollegiate Athletics. His well-documented cal 2005-06 season. Twelve different teams turnaround of the once-moribund Badger have been crowned as conference champions, football program has helped to allow the including five in each of the 2005-06, 2006- school’s entire athletic department to blos- 07, 2007-08, 2012-13 and 2014-15 seasons. som into one of the nation’s finest and most On the academic side, more than 1,000 respected organizations in college sports. student-athletes have earned Academic All- When Alvarez arrived in Madison in 1990, Big Ten honors in Alvarez’ tenure. Wisconsin Wisconsin had compiled a 9-36 record dur- has had at least one Capital One Academic ing the previous four seasons and attendance All-America pick for 36 consecutive years. at Camp Randall Stadium had dipped to an That ties UW with Georgia and Bucknell for average of 41,734 per game (54 percent of the second-longest streak in the nation, trail- capacity). The program sorely needed a boost ing only Nebraska’s run of 44-straight sea- and got it when new Director of Athletics Pat sons with an Academic All-American. Richter hired Alvarez from Notre Dame, where Since 2009-10, UW student-athletes have he had been an assistant coach under Lou achieved at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA. At Holtz. the end of spring 2014, the cumulative GPA Over the next 16 seasons Alvarez