# 2010–11 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season

The 2010–11 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season is the team's 58th season and their 52nd season as a member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. They represent the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2010–11 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
### Standings

2010–11 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #2 North Dakota†* | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 112 | 62 | 44 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 178 | 94 |
| #7 Denver | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 93 | 75 | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 136 | 113 |
| #14 Nebraska–Omaha | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 94 | 69 | 39 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 128 | 99 |
| #1 Minnesota–Duluth | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 91 | 73 | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 143 | 108 |
| Minnesota | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 91 | 78 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 113 | 102 |
| #11 Colorado College | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 28 | 83 | 84 | 45 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 143 | 131 |
| Wisconsin | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 75 | 72 | 41 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 129 | 98 |
| Alaska–Anchorage | 28 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 26 | 62 | 78 | 37 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 89 | 106 |
| St. Cloud State | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 84 | 80 | 38 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 112 | 113 |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 62 | 78 | 38 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 89 | 102 |
| Minnesota State | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 67 | 90 | 38 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 105 | 116 |
| Michigan Tech | 28 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 124 | 38 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 75 | 169 |
| Championship: North Dakota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Current rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||

### Schedule and results

* Green background indicates win (2 points).
* Red background indicates loss (0 points).
* White background indicates tie (1 point).
2010–11 Schedule and Results :
October: 5-2-1 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 0–1–1; Neutral: 1-1-0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceWCHAOverallBox score
1†*October 8Boston University4–3WisconsinGudmandson4,0000–0–00–1–0
2†*October 10Wisconsin6–0Holy CrossBennett2,0140–0–01–1–0
3†October 15Alabama–Huntsville0-7WisconsinGudmandson10,7690–0–02–1–0
4†October 17Alabama–Huntsville2-5WisconsinBennett11,7310–0–03–1–0
5October 22Wisconsin2–4DenverGudmandson5,3280-1-03–2–0
6October 23Wisconsin2–2DenverOTGudmandson5,9050–1–13–2–1
7October 29Michigan Tech2–5WisconsinGudmandson11,2951–1–14–2–1
8October 30Michigan Tech1–4WisconsinBennett12,6902–1–15–2–1 :
November: 2–4–2 (Home: 1–4–1; Road: 1–0–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceWCHAOverallBox score
9November 5Wisconsin6–0MinnesotaGudmandson9,6893–1–16–2–1
10November 6Wisconsin3–3MinnesotaOTBennett9,9133–1–26–2–2
11November 12North Dakota1-0WisconsinGudmandson13,6013-2-26-3-2
12November 13North Dakota4-2WisconsinGudmandson15,3253-3-26-4-2
13November 19Minnesota–Duluth6-5WisconsinOTBennett11,1253-4-26-5-2
14November 20Minnesota–Duluth3-2WisconsinOTBennett13,1633-5-26-6-2
15†¤November 26Michigan4-4WisconsinOTBennett12,8203-5-26-6-3
16†¤November 27Michigan State1-4WisconsinGudmandson14,0123-5-27-6-3 :
December: 5–1–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 1–1–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceWCHAOverallBox score
17December 3Wisconsin1-2Alaska-AnchorageGudmandson2,7653-6-27-7-3
18December 4Wisconsin3-1Alaska-AnchorageGudmandson3,1544-6-28-7-3
19December 10Bemidji State2-3WisconsinGudmandson11,3585-6-29-7-3
20December 11Bemidji State0-2WisconsinGudmandson12,7576-6-210-7-3
21†December 30Massachusetts1-5WisconsinGudmandson13,1716-6-211-7-3
22†December 31Massachusetts2-4WisconsinGudmandson13,3416-6-212-7-3 :
January: 7–1–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 3–1–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceWCHAOverallBox score
23†January 7Canisius0-3WisconsinGudmandson12,7916-6-213-7-3
24†January 8Canisius5-6WisconsinOTBennett13,2016-6-214-7-3
25January 14Wisconsin0-2Minnesota–DuluthGudmandson6,4056-7-214-8-3
26January 15Wisconsin3-2Minnesota–DuluthGudmandson6,6687-7-215-8-3
27January 21Minnesota State2-3WisconsinGudmandson14,0378-7-216-8-3
28January 22Minnesota State1-2WisconsinGudmandson15,3259-7-217-8-3
29January 28Wisconsin4-2Michigan TechGudmandson2,21110-7-218-8-3
30January 29Wisconsin4-1Michigan TechBennett2,33111-7-219-8-3 :
February: 0–5–1 (Home: 0–1–1; Road: 0–4–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceWCHAOverallBox score
31February 11Wisconsin1-4Nebraska–OmahaGudmandson15,13711-8-219-9-3
32February 12Wisconsin3-4Nebraska–OmahaGudmandson10,11111-9-219-10-3
33February 18Minnesota5-2WisconsinGudmandson14,31511-10-219-11-3
34February 19Minnesota3-3WisconsinBennett15,32511-10-319-11-4
35February 25Wisconsin2-4St. Cloud StateBennett5,98211-11-319-12-4
36February 26Wisconsin3-7St. Cloud StateGudmandson5,99211-12-319-13-4 :
March: 2–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 1–2–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceWCHAOverallBox score
37March 4Colorado College3-2WisconsinBennett13,49311-13-319-14-4
38March 5Colorado College1-3WisconsinGudmandson15,32512-13-320-14-4
39†‡March 11Wisconsin3-1Colorado CollegeGudmandson6,34112-13-321-14-4
40†‡March 12Wisconsin3-4Colorado CollegeOTGudmandson6,65212-13-321-15-4
41†‡March 13Wisconsin1-2Colorado CollegeBennett5,45112-13-321-16-4 :
† Non-conference game * Warrior Ice Breaker Tournament ¤ College Hockey Showcase ‡ 2011 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament first-round game :

## Player stats
### Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Tyler Barns | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Jason Clark | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jefferson Dahl | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sean Dolan | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| Chase Drake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Faust | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jake Gardiner | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 |
| Gavin Hartzog | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Johnson | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Patrick Johnson | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| Derek Lee | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Ryan Little | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| Sean Little | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Mersch | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Keegan Meuer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Jordy Murray | 10 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| John Ramage | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| Justin Schultz | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
| Frankie Simonelli | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Craig Smith | 10 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 |
| Eric Springer | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Mitch Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Podge Turnbull | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| Mark Zengerle | 10 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 |

### Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Win% = Winning percentage; GA = Goals against; MIN = Minutes played; GAA = Goals against average; SHO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; SV = Saves; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | GP | W | L | T | Win% | GA | MIN | GAA | SHO | SV% | SV | G | A | PIM |
| Brett Bennett | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .875 | 6 | 245 | 1.4701 | 1 | 94 | .940 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Gudmandson | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .583 | 12 | 364 | 1.9804 | 1 | 157 | .929 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |