1989–90 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season

American college ice hockey season March 2026 August 2023 color:white; background:#C5050C; a #000000 2px white white Wisconsin Badgers white 1989-90 Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Badgers logo.svg men WCHA 1st 36–9–1 19–8–1 20–3–1 10–6–0 6–0–0 Jeff Sauer Mike Kemp Peter Johnson Bill Howard Ian Perrin Steve Rohlik Mark OsieckiJohn ByceGary Shuchuk Dane County Coliseum National championBadger Showdown, championWCHA, championWCHA tournament, champion NCAA tournament champion 1988–89 1990–91 Wisconsin Badgers #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1989–90 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in college ice hockey. In its eighth year under head coach Jeff Sauer, the team compiled a 36–9–1 record.2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128 http://wcha.com/pdf/mguide0910/Ybk-113-128.pdf WCHA 2014-06-01 The Badgers won the 1990 national championship, their fifth national title. Season Fast start Wisconsin fielded an experienced team for the 1989–90 season. Led by team captain Steve Rohlik and fellow seniors Chris Tancill, Gary Shuchuk and John Byce, The Badgers got off to a quick start. After having to come from behind to win their first two games, Wisconsin put an exclamation point on their third win (8–2 over Michigan Tech). In a pattern that would follow throughout the season, the eight Badgers goals came from seven different players, illustrating the depth of their offense. Wisconsin suffered its first loss in early November at the hands of Minnesota which began a cycle of split weekends against WCHA teams.1990-91 Wisconsin Badgers ice hockey program http://images.library.wisc.edu/UW/EFacs/UWAthletics/Hockey/Hock1990/reference/uw.hock1990.i0001.pdf University of Wisconsin November 8, 2019 Up and down play In five consecutive weekends against conference opponents Wisconsin ended with a .500 record. They did this against both the good (North Dakota, Northern Michigan) and bad (Colorado College, Minnesota–Duluth) and lost the lead their fast start had provided them. During the stretch starting goaltender Duane Derksen hadn't played particularly well and was replaced after surrendering 11 goals to Northern Michigan. Freshman backup Jon Michelizzi, who had won his first two starts against weak, non-conference teams, backstopped the Badgers when they salvaged the weekend against the Wildcats but, after Michelizzi allowed 9 to dreadful Duluth the following weekend, Derksen was back between the pipes. Derksen remained the starter for the remainder of the season with Michelizzi only playing against weak teams or in cleanup duty. Badger showdown When Wisconsin hit the winter break they had slipped back to the pack and were in a tie with Minnesota for the conference lead.1989‑90 Minnesota https://www.collegehockeynews.com/schedules/team/Minnesota/34/19891990 College Hockey News November 9, 2019 The Badgers attempted to get back on track with their holiday tournament, defeating Notre Dame and eventual Hockey East champion Boston College convincingly but once their conference schedule restarted they continued to split weekends. To make matters worse they lost to St. Cloud State, a team that been in Division III three years prior, between the weekend series and last back-to-back games for the first time all season. Strong finish After the second loss to Northern Michigan, Wisconsin started the rematch with a vengeance, scoring 5 times in the first period en route to a 10–1 victory. The shellacking by the Badgers kicked off a run of 9 straight victories for Wisconsin (though they were mostly against the dregs of the conference) and ended on the penultimate weekend of the regular season. After splitting their second weekend against Minnesota, Wisconsin sat just 2 points ahead of the Golden Gophers and 4 above North Dakota who they hosted in the final weekend. A tie in the first game eliminated the Fighting Sioux from contention, but with the Gophers winning their first game Wisconsin's lead was down to just one point. With both teams watching the scoreboard, Wisconsin won their game in overtime while Minnesota was soundly beaten 3–8. The win sealed only the second MacNaughton Cup for the Badgers and first since 1977. WCHA tournament Wisconsin opened the conference tournament against Michigan Tech and gout a tougher fight than they were expecting from the bottom-feeders. After Wisconsin won the first game MTU built a 3–0 lead in the rematch and just as it looked like the series was heading for a third game the Badgers rallied with three of their own in the final 24 minutes and potted the game-winner in overtime. While the Badgers may have been able to get away with taking the Huskies lightly, once the tournament shifted to Saint Paul they couldn't dismiss defending conference champion Northern Michigan as easily. After scoring the first goal Wisconsin had to watch the Wildcats get the next three. Wisconsin once again rallied to tie the game at 3-all and head into overtime with a championship berth in the balance. For the second consecutive game the Badgers netted an overtime goal, bring their extra-session record up to 5–0–1 for the season. After two nail-biting games, Wisconsin gave their fans a break in the championship, scoring the first four goals and ultimately defeating Minnesota 7–1. Wisconsin's sixth conference championship (2nd Broadmoor Trophy) earned them the WCHA's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their third consecutive appearance.Wisconsin Men's Hockey Team History https://www.uscho.com/stats/history/wisconsin/mens-hockey/2019-2020/ USCHO.com November 9, 2019 NCAA tournament Wisconsin received the 2nd western seed, earning themselves a bye into the quarterfinals and home ice for their series. After a week off the Badgers welcomed Maine to Madison with a 7–3 win in their first game. Wisconsin scored the first five goals of the game and ended the match before the Black Bears could get their skates under them. The rematch the following night followed a familiar pattern; after scoring first Wisconsin saw Maine score three consecutive power play goals and led 3–1 just past the midway point of the game. The Badgers scratched and clawed their way back to a tie in the third period and were very careful not to take anymore penalties against the dangerous Black Bears. Tom Sagissor scored the overtime goal in the fifth minute of overtime to send Maine packing and give Wisconsin a ticket to the Frozen Four. In Detroit the Badgers faced down the top eastern seed, Boston College. In what was probably Derksen's best performance of the season, Wisconsin held BC to a single goal in the game, allowing Chris Tancill's two power play goals to stand up and send the Badgers to the title game with a 2–1 win. Championship In the final, Wisconsin faced a surprising Colgate squad who had ridden the strong play of goaltender Dave Gagnon to 31 wins entering the championship. Wisconsin hoped their offense would provide them with the edge but the Badgers had a built-in advantage over the Red Raiders; Wisconsin routinely played games in front of large crowds. When the game started 15,000 spectators, more than half of whom wore Wisconsin colors, began cheering. Colgate, a team from a small upstate New York school whose total enrollment could have fit inside Wisconsin's home arena more than twice over, got lost in the lights. The Raiders took a penalty almost immediately after puck drop and John Byce scored at the 90-second mark. When Colgate got the opportunity to tie the game with their own power play a short time later Wisconsin stole the puck in their own zone and Rob Mendel sent the puck to a streaking Byce who skated in on Gagnon and slipped the puck between his pads for his second goal of the game. Colgate, who was not built for high-scoring games, had to fight furiously to recover after the disastrous start. They were able to cut the lead in half before the five-minute mark but in their zeal to tie the game they took several bad penalties and the WCHA's best power play made them pay; Wisconsin scored twice more in the first on the man-advantage and built a seemingly insurmountable lead for the low-scoring Red Raiders. All the power play time harmed Colgate, in addition to goals, by keeping them away from the Wisconsin net and not allowing them to generate any kind of pressure on Derksen. Colgate could only manage 5 shots in each of the first two periods but was able to score twice. A fourth power play goal by Badgers in the second period all but ended the game and as the third progressed Wisconsin knew they were going to win the national title. Even after Colgate's third goal there was little hope for the underdogs and Jeff Sauer was confident enough to give Michelizzi a turn in net once Byce finished off his hat-trick with an empty-net goal. Awards and honors While Byce's three goal game in the championship was impressive it was Chris Tancill who received the Tournament MOP. Wisconsin's dominating performance in the championship was typified by having 5 players find their way on the All-Tournament Team; Tancill was joined by Duane Derksen, Rob Andringa, Mark Osiecki and John Byce. The Badgers had three players finish in the top 10 in scoring in the nation but only Gary Shuchuk made the All-American West Team.Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_icehockey_rb/2013/MIH%20awards%20for%202013.pdf NCAA.org June 11, 2013 Shuchuk was also named the WCHA Most Valuable Player and named to the All-WCHA First Team.WCHA All-Teams http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_all.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 while Derksen, Byce and Sean Hill made the second team. Standings WIS Schedule yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="Wisconsin Badgers #FFFFFF;" | Regular season October 16 w no 1989 men St. Cloud State Huskies St. Cloud State Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 4–3 1–0 Derksen 8,105 October 20 w no 1989 men Michigan Tech Huskies Michigan Tech Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 6–5 2–0 1–0 Derksen 8,508 October 21 w no 1989 men Michigan Tech Huskies Michigan Tech Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 8–2 3–0 2–0 Derksen 8,610 October 27 w yes 1989 men Denver Pioneers Denver DU Arena Denver, Colorado 6–5 4–0 3–0 Derksen 4,148 October 28 w yes 1989 men Denver Pioneers Denver DU Arena Denver, Colorado 4–2 5–0 4–0 Derksen 3,722 November 3 l no 1989 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 3–5 5–1 4–1 Derksen 8,644 November 4 w no 1989 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 4–3 6–1 5–1 Derksen 8,644 November 10 w yes no 1989 men New Hampshire Wildcats New Hampshire Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 8–1 7–1 5–1 Michelizzi 8,644 November 11 w yes no 1989 men New Hampshire Wildcats New Hampshire Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 7–3 8–1 5–1 Derksen 8,644 November 14 w yes yes 1989 men UIC Flames Illinois–Chicago UIC Pavilion Chicago, Illinois 9–5 9–1 5–1 Michelizzi 2,072 November 17 l yes 1989 men Northern Michigan Wildcats Northern Michigan Lakeview Arena Marquette, Michigan 5–11 9–2 5–2 Derksen 2,940 November 18 w yes 1989 men Northern Michigan Wildcats Northern Michigan Lakeview Arena Marquette, Michigan 6–5 OT 10–2 6–2 Michelizzi 3,277 November 24 l no 1989 men Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota–Duluth Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 4–9 10–3 6–3 Michelizzi 8,644 November 25 w no 1989 men Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota–Duluth Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 3–0 11–3 7–3 Derksen 8,644 December 1 w yes 1989 men North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 7–5 12–3 8–3 Derksen 5,900 December 2 l yes 1989 men North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 5–9 12–4 8–4 Derksen 5,950 December 8 w yes 1989 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 5–0 13–4 9–4 Derksen 2,774 December 9 l yes 1989 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 5–6 13–5 9–5 Derksen 3,092 December 11 l yes no Sokil Kiev Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin Exhibition 2–4 13–5 9–5 Derksen 7,268 December 12 w yes no 1989 men Alabama–Huntsville Chargers Alabama–Huntsville Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 5–3 14–5 9–5 Michelizzi 8,004 |- !colspan=12 style="Wisconsin Badgers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF Badger Showdown December 28 w yes yes 1989 men Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin Showdown Semifinal 9–5 15–5 9–5 Derksen 13,330 December 29 w yes yes 1989 men Boston College Eagles Boston College Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin Showdown championship 6–3 16–5 9–5 Derksen 16,674 January 2 w yes no 1989 men Alaska–Anchorage Seawolves Alaska–Anchorage Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 7–6 OT 17–5 9–5 Derksen 7,466 January 5 l yes 1989 men Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota–Duluth Duluth Arena Auditorium Duluth, Minnesota 3–4 17–6 9–6 Derksen 5,664 January 6 w yes 1989 men Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota–Duluth Duluth Arena Auditorium Duluth, Minnesota 4–2 18–6 10–6 Derksen 5,664 January 9 l yes yes 1989 men St. Cloud State Huskies St. Cloud State National Hockey Center St. Cloud, Minnesota 5–6 18–7 10–6 Derksen 3,950 January 19 l no 1989 men Northern Michigan Wildcats Northern Michigan Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 3–4 18–8 10–7 Derksen 8,644 January 20 w no 1989 men Northern Michigan Wildcats Northern Michigan Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 10–1 19–8 11–7 Derksen 8,644 January 23 w yes no 1989 men UIC Flames Illinois–Chicago Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 7–3 20–8 11–7 Michelizzi 8,196 January 26 w no 1989 men Denver Pioneers Denver Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 3–2 21–8 12–7 Derksen 8,544 January 27 w no 1989 men Denver Pioneers Denver Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 7–1 22–8 13–7 Derksen 8,644 February 2 w yes 1989 men Michigan Tech Huskies Michigan Tech MacInnes Student Ice Arena Houghton, Michigan 5–4 23–8 14–7 Derksen 3,599 February 3 w yes 1989 men Michigan Tech Huskies Michigan Tech MacInnes Student Ice Arena Houghton, Michigan 7–2 24–8 15–7 Derksen 3,642 February 9 w no 1989 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 7–3 25–8 16–7 Derksen 8,644 February 10 w no 1989 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 9–5 26–8 17–7 Derksen 8,444 February 16 w yes 1989 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota 6–3 27–8 18–7 Derksen 7,649 February 17 l yes 1989 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota 2–4 27–9 18–8 Derksen 7,713 February 23 t no 1989 men North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 5–5 OT 27–9–1 18–8–1 Derksen 8,644 February 24 w no 1989 men North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 5–4 OT 28–9–1 19–8–1 Derksen 8,644 |- !colspan=12 style="Wisconsin Badgers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF WCHA tournament March 3 w yes no 1989 men Michigan Tech Huskies Michigan Tech Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin WCHA Quarterfinal game 1 5–2 29–9–1 19–8–1 Derksen 8,644 March 4 w yes no 1989 men Michigan Tech Huskies Michigan Tech Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin WCHA Quarterfinal game 2 4–3 OT 30–9–1 19–8–1 Derksen 8,523 |- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Wisconsin Won Series 2-0 March 11 w yes yes 1989 men Northern Michigan Wildcats Northern Michigan Civic Center Saint Paul, Minnesota WCHA Semifinal 4–3 OT 31–9–1 19–8–1 Derksen 11,137 March 12 w yes yes 1989 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Civic Center Saint Paul, Minnesota WCHA championship 7–1 32–9–1 19–8–1 Derksen 13,704 |- !colspan=12 style="Wisconsin Badgers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF NCAA tournament March 23 w yes no 1989 men Maine Black Bears Maine Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin National Quarterfinal game 1 7–3 33–9–1 19–8–1 Derksen 8,644 March 24 w yes no 1989 men Maine Black Bears Maine Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin National Quarterfinal game 2 4–3 OT 34–9–1 19–8–1 Derksen 5,517 |- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Wisconsin Won Series 2-0 March 30 w yes yes 1989 men Boston College Eagles Boston College Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan National Semifinal 2–1 35–9–1 19–8–1 Derksen 14,174 April 1 w yes yes 1989 men Colgate Red Raiders Colgate Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan National championship 7–3 36–9–1 19–8–1 Derksen 15,034 Source: Badger Hockey 2018-19 Yearbook https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/uwbadgers.com/documents/2018/10/8/201819_HKY_FactBook.pdf Wisconsin Badgers Aug 13, 2019 March 5, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190305062128/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/uwbadgers.com/documents/2018/10/8/201819_HKY_FactBook.pdf dead Roster and scoring statistics 2 Wisconsin Badgers No. Name Year Position Hometown unsortable S/P/C Games Goals Assists Pts #FFFFFF PIM 16 Gary Shuchuk Senior C Edmonton, AB Alberta 45 41 39 80 70 22 Chris Tancill Senior RW Livonia, MI Michigan 45 39 32 71 44 11 John Byce Senior C/RW Madison, WI Wisconsin 46 27 44 71 20 6 Sean Hill Sean Hill (ice hockey) Sophomore D Duluth, MN Minnesota 42 14 39 53 78 12 Doug MacDonald Sophomore C Assiniboia, SK Saskatchewan 44 16 35 51 52 19 Tom Sagissor 1 Senior LW Hastings, MN Minnesota 43 19 28 47 122 24 Mark Osiecki Junior D Saint Paul, MN Minnesota 46 5 38 43 78 9 Steve Rohlik Senior LW Saint Paul, MN Minnesota 46 17 23 40 52 2 Barry Richter Freshman RW/D Madison, WI Wisconsin 42 13 23 36 26 21 Bob Andringa 1 Junior D Madison, WI Wisconsin 46 9 23 32 60 27 Dennis Snedden 1 Junior LW Eagle River, WI Wisconsin 45 10 17 27 50 20 Don Granato Junior LW Downers Grove, IL Illinois 45 12 11 23 40 7 John Parker 1 Junior C/RW White Bear Lake, MN Minnesota 35 11 9 20 22 25 Brett Kurtz 1 Junior C Joliet, IL Illinois 42 8 12 20 28 14 Joe Decker 1 Junior RW Bloomington, MN Minnesota 36 4 10 14 14 17 Rob Mendel 1 Senior D Los Angeles, CA California 44 1 13 14 30 23 Rodger Sykes 1 Junior D Waukegan, IL Illinois 38 3 5 8 18 15 Tray Tuomie 1 Junior C/RW Saint Paul, MN Minnesota 20 2 6 8 0 10 Jon Helgeson 1 Sophomore LW Roseau, MN Minnesota 18 2 2 4 12 8 Chris Nelson 1 Sophomore D Los Angeles, CA California 37 1 3 4 38 29 Duane Derksen Sophomore G Saint Boniface, MB Manitoba 41 0 3 3 4 13 Jason Francisco 1 Freshman RW Duluth, MN Minnesota 7 0 1 1 0 18 Noel Rahn 1 Freshman C Edina, MN Minnesota 1 0 0 0 0 31 Jon Michelizzi 1 Freshman G Duluth, MN Minnesota 9 0 0 0 0 4 Joe Harwell 1 Sophomore D Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 10 0 0 0 2 26 Kurt Gonce 1 Sophomore C Creve Coeur, MO Missouri 0 - - - - Bench 46 0 0 0 10 Total 254 416 670 872 Goaltending statistics 2 Wisconsin Badgers No. Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals against Saves Shut outs #FFFFFF SV % #FFFFFF GAA 29 Duane Derksen 1 41 2345 31 8 1 133 1061 2 .889 3.40 31 Jon Michelizzi 1 9 427 5 1 0 30 155 0 .838 4.21 Others 1 7 0 0 0 3 3 0 .500 25.71 Total 46 2781 36 9 1 166 1219 2 .880 3.58 1990 national championship game (W2) Wisconsin vs. (E2) Colgate Wisconsin Colgate Joe Louis Arena April 1 7 – 3 1 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st WISJohn Byce – PPHill and Andringa 1:30 1–0 WIS WISJohn Byce – SHMendel 3:23 2–0 WIS CGTJoel Gardner – PPDupere and Spott 4:58 2–1 WIS WISChris Tancill – PPAndringa and Hill 7:33 3–1 WIS WISRob Andringa – PP GWHill and MacDonald 14:53 4–1 WIS 2nd WISDennis SneddenKurtz and Osiecki 25:03 5–1 WIS CGTSteve Poapst – PPGardner 29:42 5–2 WIS WISGary Shuchuk – PPRichter and Rohlik 33:09 6–2 WIS 3rd CGTJamie Cooke – PPWoodcroft and Lille 49:36 6–3 WIS WISJohn Byce – ENunassisted 59:18 7–3 WIS Shots by period Team 1 2 3 OT Colgate 5 5 14 24 Wisconsin 10 7 3 20 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice CGT Dave Gagnon 13 6 WIS Duane Derksen 21 3 WIS Jon Michelizzi 0 0 Players drafted into the NHL 1990 NHL entry draft = NHL All-Star team= NHL All-StarPlayers are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career. = NHL All-Star and NHL All-Star team= Did not play in the NHL 2 Wisconsin Badgers Round Pick Player NHL team 3 48 Dan Plante† New York Islanders 4 79 Chris Tucker† Chicago Blackhawks 8 160 Todd Hedlund† New York Rangers 12 237 Andrew Shier† New York Islanders † incoming freshman 1990 NHL Entry Draft http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1990e.html Hockey DB November 8, 2019 See also 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions References 50em Category:Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey seasons Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin