2021–22 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season

The 2021-22 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season will be the 73rd season of play for the program. They will the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. This will mark the 21st season in the Big Ten Conference. They will be coached by Tony Granato, in his sixth season, and play their home games at Kohl Center.
==Season==
Despite losing its top 4 scorers from the previous season, Wisconsin entered the year ranked 13th in the nation. However, That soon proved to be a bit of wishful thinking and the Badgers were dropped from the polls by mid-October. The team faced a murderers-row of opponents, including three consecutive weeks against top-5 teams, and a lack of offensive firepower resulted in a last-place record come December.
Despite the poor start, Wisconsin had an opportunity to turn their season around beginning with the Holiday Face–Off, the first in-season tournament held in Wisconsin since the Badger Showdown ended in 2010. The Badgers ended up winning the event, defeating Providence in a shootout, but weren't able to carry over any momentum from the championship.
In the second half of the season, Wisconsin won just three games. Their 6th-place finish came just a year after they won their first Big Ten championship. Wisconsin faced Notre Dame in the Big Ten quarterfinals and pulled off a stunning victory behind a 50-save effort from Jared Moe. Unfortunately, the Badgers couldn't get a repeat performance and lost the nest two games to the fighting Irish, ending a rather disappointing season.
==Departures==
Robbie Beydoun 	Goaltender		Graduation (signed with Fort Wayne Komets)
Cole Caufield 	Forward 		Signed professional contract (Montreal Canadiens)
Jason Dhooghe 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Ty Emberson 	Defenseman		Signed professional contract (Arizona Coyotes)
Dylan Holloway 	Forward 		Signed professional contract (Edmonton Oilers)
Ty Pelton-Byce 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Manitoba Moose)
Linus Weissbach	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Buffalo Sabres)
==Recruiting==
Carson Bantle 	Forward 		19	Onalaska, WI; transfer from Michigan Tech; selected 142nd overall in 2020
Caden Brown 	Forward 		18	Chesterfield, MO
Corson Ceulemans	Defenseman		18	Regina, SK; selected 25th overall in 2021
Max Johnson 	Forward 		23	Lakeville, MN; graduate transfer from Bowling Green
Daniel Laatsch 	Defenseman		19	Altoona, WI; selected 215th overall in 2021
Liam Malmquist 	Forward 		20	Edina, MN
Jake Martin 	Defenseman		18	White Bear Lake, MN
Jared Moe 	Goaltender		22	New Prague, MN; transfer from Minnesota; selected 184th overall in 2018
Brayden Morrison	Forward 		19	Calgary, AB
Zach Urdahl 	Forward 		19	Eau Claire, WI
==Roster==
As of September 6, 2021.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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==Scoring statistics==
 	F 	36	10	12 	22 	8
 	D 	34	7 	15 	22 	33
 	RW 	37	7 	12 	19 	14
 	LW 	27	5 	12 	17 	38
 	C/LW	37	5 	10 	15 	14
 	LW 	27	8 	6 	14 	28
 	LW 	34	5 	7 	12 	99
 	RW 	37	4 	7 	11 	6
 	C 	37	5 	5 	10 	43
 	F 	35	1 	8 	9 	4
 	C 	31	5 	2 	7 	2
 	LW 	36	4 	3 	7 	4
 	D 	36	2 	5 	7 	6
 	F 	33	2 	4 	6 	2
 	D 	37	1 	5 	6 	4
 	C/RW	34	2 	2 	4 	28
 	D 	28	1 	2 	3 	4
 	D 	36	1 	2 	3 	10
 	D 	26	0 	2 	2 	26
 	C 	9 	1 	0 	1 	2
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	17	0 	0 	0 	8
 	G 	17	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	19	0 	0 	0 	4
 	G 	31	0 	0 	0 	0
Bench	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	6
Total	 	 	76	121	197	395
==Goaltending statistics==
 	31	1639	8 	16	3	81 	894 	1	.917	2.97
 	17	585 	2 	8 	0	42 	261 	0	.861	4.30
 	5 	10 	0 	0 	0	3 	1 	0	.250	17.91
Empty Net	- 	10 	- 	- 	-	6 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	37	2245	10	24	3	132	1156	1	.898	3.53
==Rankings==
Poll 	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week
Poll 	Pre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 	22 	23 	24 	25 (Final)
USCHO.com	11 	13 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	- 	NR
USA Today	12 	14 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.
==References==
==External links==
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