1982–83 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 1982–83 Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Badgers logo.svg men WCHA 3rd 33–10–4 15–9–2 20–4–1 11–6–3 2–0–0 Jeff Sauer Grant Standbrook Bruce Driver Dane County Coliseum National championWCHA tournament, champion NCAA tournament champion 1981–82 1983–84 Wisconsin Badgers #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1982–83 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in college ice hockey. In its first year under head coach Jeff Sauer, the team compiled a 33–10–2 record.2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128 http://wcha.com/pdf/mguide0910/Ybk-113-128.pdf WCHA 2014-06-01 The Badgers won the 1983 national championship, their fourth title. Season Early season trouble After finishing as the runner up the year before, head coach Bob Johnson left to become the bench boss of the Calgary Flames. He was replaced by former assistant and long-time Colorado College coach Jeff Sauer. The team was very experienced, having made the national championship game in each of the previous two seasons, but early on the squad appeared to have a rough time adjusting to their new coach's style. The team took 3 out of a possible 4 points against eventual CCHA champion Bowling Green in their season opener but the following weekend, back at home, they could only manage a split with Dalhousie. When they opened their conference schedule at the end of October the team couldn't win either contest against Minnesota, leaving the Badgers with a mediocre 2–2–2 record. The following weekend Wisconsin welcomed their coach's former team to Madison and won three games over four days to vastly improve their conference standing. UW held firm with a home split against the Golden Gophers then lost a road series at North Dakota to drop their WCHA record back to .500. Winning streak Wisconsin returned closer to home in late November to face a terrible Illinois–Chicago team and needed overtime to pull out a win. After such a poor performance the team collected itself and game out firing two days later against Air Force, dominating the Falcons in one of the most lopsided series in team history (The Badgers outscored Air Force 27–1 in the two games). After the offensive outburst the Badgers relaxed a bit and were beaten at home by Minnesota–Duluth before salvaging a split in the second game. The win in Duluth was a turning point for the Badgers, who later admitted it was the first time where they really listened to their new coach.Creating a new legacy: The 1983 NCAA champion Badgers https://uwbadgers.com/story.aspx?filename=Creating_a_new_legacy_The_1983_NCAA_champion_Badgers&file_date=2/7/2013 Wisconsin Badgers February 7, 2013 August 13, 2019 With their first win in December, Wisconsin began a stretch of 11 consecutive victories, the first seven coming at home followed by a further 4 in Colorado before CC stopped their streak. When it was over the Badgers were in the thick of the race for the WCHA title and, with 20 wins already, had a good chance at a berth in the NCAA tournament regardless of the WCHA tournament. Stumbling down the stretch Unfortunately, after losing to Colorado College, Wisconsin faced defending national champion North Dakota and the Fighting Sioux got the better of them again, taking 3 of 4 points and putting UND up in the conference standings by 3.North Dakota Hockey 2018-19 Hockey Media Guide https://s3.amazonaws.com/undsports.com/documents/2018/11/15/2018_19_HKY_Media_Guide_for_web.pdf North Dakota Fighting Hawks January 14, 2019 After managing a split with Duluth the week after Wisconsin found themselves 5 points behind both UND and Minnesota with only 4 games remaining but when the Gophers swept the Fighting Sioux the following weekend the Badgers' two wins over Denver put them just behind North Dakota for a first round bye. Wisconsin needed to win against Minnesota and get help from Duluth, both of which happened on the last Friday of the regular season, but the Golden Gophers recovered for a split and Wisconsin watched second place slip away when North Dakota won their season finale. WCHA tournament With their 3rd-place finish the Badgers were forced to play in the first round of the conference tournament but fortunately they faced the 6–26–1 CC Tigers. The series was closer than may have been expected but Wisconsin won in the end and advanced to face a rested North Dakota in the Semifinals. Despite not having won any of the previous 5 games, Wisconsin was not fazed by UND's run to repeat as champion and the two teams fought to a 1–1 deadlock in game one. No overtime was used because the two-game series was decided on aggregate but the two squads battled in another defensive contest until North Dakota scored twice early in the third. The Badgers rallied from being down by two twice but still found themselves behind with just seconds to play. With Marc Behrend on the bench future Hall of Famer Chris Chelios scored the tying goal with 12 seconds to play and sending the game into overtime. The first two extra periods passed without a goal being scored but just 62 seconds into the third overtime Ted Pearson notched the game-winner. While Wisconsin celebrated the referees checked the length of Pearson's stick and ruled it illegal. As a result, the goal was waved off and Pearson was given a 2-minute penalty. With both teams exhausted the game didn't last much longer but, surprisingly, North Dakota allowed the first short-handed goal against all season when Paul Houck scored just 26 seconds into the power-play. With an NCAA berth all but ensured, Wisconsin headed to Minneapolis to take on the WCHA Champion and swept Minnesota to win their second consecutive WCHA championship, the seventh in team history. NCAA tournament Wisconsin was given the top western seed and were slotted to face St. Lawrence who were making their first tournament appearance in over 20 years. The veteran Badgers overwhelmed the Saints, beating the ECAC team soundly in both games to take the series 13–3, the largest margin of victory in any NCAA aggregate series.NCAA tournament http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 In the National Semifinal Wisconsin faced a tougher opponent in Providence but were still miles ahead with Behrend being called on to make only 17 saves in the 2–0 shutout. Wisconsin made their 3rd consecutive championship game, the fifth time in history a team was able to accomplish that feat, but the only time a program did so with two different head coaches.All-Time Championship Tournament records and results http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_ice_hockey_champs_records/2008/d1/D1champs.pdf PDF National Collegiate Athletic Association 2009-02-23 They also faced their third different opponent, this time in the form of Harvard who were in their first championship game after 7 previous trips to the Frozen Four.Harvard Crimson https://d2o2figo6ddd0g.cloudfront.net/3/5/v4wshc41brltuy/Year_By_Year.pdf Year-By-Year Results November 17, 2018 The badgers jumped out to an early lead, just 7 minutes into the contest, while Behrend held the fort and kept the Crimson scoreless. Patrick Flatley's second goal came with 4 minutes left in the second to build a 2-goal lead and just under seven minutes of game-time later Wisconsin was up by 3. Harvard finally managed to score mid-way through the final frame but each of their two goals were answered by the Badgers and John Johannson empty-net goal sealed the victory for the Badgers. Awards and honors In allowing just 5 goals in the 4 games, Marc Behrend was awarded the Tournament MOP for the second time. He became just the second player to be honored twice and the only one to win on both occasions (Lou Angotti is the only other multiple-time winner as of 2019). Wisconsin played 4 players on the All-Tournament Team with Behrend joined by Chris Chelios, Patrick Flatley and Paul Houck. Behrend finished second in the nation with a 2.23 GAA and was tops with a .921 winning percentage but neither mark was good enough to get him named to 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 The only Bader All-American was Flatley who was also the only First Team All-WCHA player.WCHA All-Teams http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_all.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 though Chelios, Houck and Bruce Driver made the second team. Jeff Sauer became the first person to win a championship in his inaugural season as head coach with a new team and was later joined by Brad Berry in 2016. The Badgers finished the tournament with a +16 goal differential, tying the mark held jointly by 1950 Colorado College and 1953 Michigan. Standings WIS Schedule |- !colspan=12 style="Wisconsin Badgers #FFFFFF;" | Exhibition October 8 w yes no 1982 men Michigan Tech Huskies Michigan Tech Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin Exhibition 6–3 |- !colspan=12 style="Wisconsin Badgers #FFFFFF;" | Regular Season October 15 w yes yes 1982 men Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green BGSU Ice Arena Bowling Green, Ohio 4–3 1–0 October 16 t yes yes 1982 men Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green BGSU Ice Arena Bowling Green, Ohio 4–4 OT 1–0–1 October 22 l yes no 1982 men Dalhousie Tigers Dalhousie Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 2–4 1–1–1 October 23 w yes no 1982 men Dalhousie Tigers Dalhousie Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 13–4 2–1–1 October 29 t yes 1982 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota 4–4 OT 2–1–2 0–0–1 October 30 l yes 1982 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota 8–9 2–2–2 0–1–1 November 3 w no 1982 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 7–4 3–2–2 1–1–1 November 5 w no 1982 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 9–1 4–2–2 2–1–1 November 6 w no 1982 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 5–1 5–2–2 3–1–1 November 12 w no 1982 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 4–3 6–2–2 4–1–1 November 13 l no 1982 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 1–5 6–3–2 4–2–1 November 19 l yes 1982 men North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 2–6 6–4–2 4–3–1 November 20 l yes 1982 men North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 0–4 6–5–2 4–4–1 November 24 w yes yes 1982 men UIC Flames Illinois–Chicago UIC Pavilion Chicago, Illinois 3–2 OT 7–5–2 4–4–1 November 26 w yes no 1982 men Air Force Falcons Air Force Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 13–1 8–5–2 4–4–1 November 27 w yes no 1982 men Air Force Falcons Air Force Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 14–0 9–5–2 4–4–1 December 3 l no 1982 men Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota–Duluth Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 3–5 9–6–2 4–5–1 December 4 w no 1982 men Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota–Duluth Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 7–2 10–6–2 5–5–1 December 10 w no US National Team Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin Exhibition 6–4 10–6–2 5–5–1 December 29 w yes no 1982 men Lake Superior State Lakers Lake Superior State Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 7–5 11–6–2 5–5–1 December 30 w yes no 1982 men Lake Superior State Lakers Lake Superior State Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 4–3 12–6–2 5–5–1 January 2 w yes no 1982 men Boston University Terriers Boston University Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 2–0 13–6–2 5–5–1 January 3 w yes no 1982 men Boston University Terriers Boston University Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 5–2 14–6–2 5–5–1 January 7 w no 1982 men Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota–Duluth Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 7–4 15–6–2 6–5–1 January 8 w no 1982 men Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota–Duluth Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 6–2 16–6–2 7–5–1 January 14 w yes 1982 men Denver Pioneers Denver DU Arena Denver, Colorado 8–0 17–6–2 8–5–1 January 15 w yes 1982 men Denver Pioneers Denver DU Arena Denver, Colorado 8–4 18–6–2 9–5–1 January 19 w yes 1982 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 4–1 19–6–2 10–5–1 January 21 w yes 1982 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 8–3 20–6–2 11–5–1 January 22 l yes 1982 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 1–3 20–7–2 11–6–1 January 28 t no 1982 men North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 2–2 OT 20–7–3 11–6–2 January 29 l no 1982 men North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 1–3 20–8–3 11–7–2 February 4 l yes 1982 men Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota–Duluth Duluth Arena Auditorium Duluth, Minnesota 3–6 20–9–3 11–8–2 February 5 w yes 1982 men Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota–Duluth Duluth Arena Auditorium Duluth, Minnesota 3–1 21–9–3 12–8–2 February 11 w no 1982 men Denver Pioneers Denver Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 4–1 22–9–3 13–8–2 February 12 w no 1982 men Denver Pioneers Denver Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 5–3 23–9–3 14–8–2 February 18 w yes 1982 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota 7–3 24–9–3 15–8–2 February 19 l yes 1982 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota 1–5 24–10–3 15–9–2 |- !colspan=12 style="Wisconsin Badgers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF WCHA tournament February 25 w yes no 1982 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin WCHA First Round game 1 3–2 25–10–3 15–9–2 February 26 w yes no 1982 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin WCHA First Round game 2 5–2 26–10–3 15–9–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Wisconsin Wins Series 8-4 March 4 t yes yes 1982 men North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota WCHA Semifinal game 1 1–1 26–10–4 15–9–2 March 5 w yes yes 1982 men North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota WCHA Semifinal game 2 6–5 3OT 27–10–4 15–9–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Wisconsin Wins Series 7-6 March 12 w yes yes 1982 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota WCHA championship game 1 5–1 28–10–4 15–9–2 March 13 w yes yes 1982 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota WCHA championship game 2 3–2 29–10–4 15–9–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Wisconsin Wins Series 8-3 |- !colspan=12 style="Wisconsin Badgers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF NCAA tournament March 19 w yes no 1982 men St. Lawrence Saints St. Lawrence Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin National Quarterfinal game 1 6–2 30–10–4 15–9–2 March 20 w yes no 1982 men St. Lawrence Saints St. Lawrence Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin National Quarterfinal game 2 7–1 31–10–4 15–9–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Wisconsin Wins Series 13-3 March 24 w yes yes 1982 men Providence Friars Providence Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota National Semifinal 2–0 32–10–4 15–9–2 March 26 w yes yes 1982 men Harvard Crimson Harvard Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota National championship 6–2 33–10–4 15–9–2 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 No. Name Year Position Hometown S/P/C Games Goals Assists Pts #FFFFFF PIM 16 Paul Houck Sophomore RW Vancouver, BC British Columbia 47 38 33 71 36 26 Patrick Flatley Sophomore RW Toronto, ON Ontario 43 25 44 69 76 12 John Johannson Junior C Rochester, MN Minnesota 47 22 41 63 68 25 Bruce Driver Junior D Toronto, ON Ontario 39 16 34 50 50 28 Paul Houston Paul Houston (ice hockey) Sophomore W Toronto, ON Ontario 46 21 27 48 44 21 Chris Chelios Sophomore D Chicago, IL Illinois 45 16 32 48 62 20 David Maley Freshman LW Beaver Dam, WI Wisconsin 47 17 23 40 24 7 Todd Lecy Senior LW Rochester, MN Minnesota 40 16 18 34 53 23 Scott Sabo Junior C Thief River Falls, MN Minnesota 47 10 22 32 54 4 Pat Ethier Senior D Saint Paul, MN Minnesota 47 7 20 27 84 11 Jim Johannson Freshman C Rochester, MN Minnesota 45 12 9 21 16 17 Marty Wiitala Freshman C Superior, WI Wisconsin 46 10 8 18 8 19 Ted Pearson Ted Pearson (ice hockey) Senior W Edina, MN Minnesota 42 6 9 15 90 29 Tim Thomas Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1963) Sophomore D Richfield, MN Minnesota 23 7 7 14 31 2 Jan-Åke Danielson Sophomore D Insjön, SWE Sweden 36 0 10 10 16 6 Jeff Andringa Senior D Madison, WI Wisconsin 47 2 6 8 12 14 Matt Walsh Matt Walsh (ice hockey) Freshman D Madison, WI Wisconsin 45 0 7 7 30 8 Ernie Vargas Freshman RW Saint Paul, MN Minnesota 37 2 4 6 32 13 Tom Carroll Tom Carroll (ice hockey) Senior W Edina, MN Minnesota 27 2 2 4 10 18 Steve Tschipper Freshman C Thornhill, ON Ontario 8 1 2 3 0 33 Tim Sager Junior W Saint Paul, MN Minnesota 12 1 2 3 8 24 Eric Faust Freshman D Toronto, ON Ontario 11 1 1 2 2 1 Terry Kleisinger Junior G Nanaimo, BC British Columbia 19 0 2 2 16 10 Mark Edwards Mark Edwards (ice hockey) Sophomore C Beloit, WI Wisconsin 2 0 0 0 0 22 Tom Ryan Tom Ryan (ice hockey) Freshman W Madison, WI Wisconsin 6 0 0 0 0 10 Jacques De St. Phalle Senior RW Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania 7 0 0 0 0 30 Gary Baxter Gary Baxter (ice hockey) Freshman G Don Mills, ON Ontario 10 0 0 0 0 31 Marc Behrend Junior G Madison, WI Wisconsin 23 0 0 0 0 Bench 47 0 0 0 14 Total 233 365 598 884 1983-84 Wisconsin Badgers ice hockey program http://images.library.wisc.edu/UW/EFacs/UWAthletics/Hockey/Hock1983/reference/uw.hock1983.i0001.pdf University of Wisconsin Aug 13, 2019 Goaltending statistics No.Name GamesMinutesWinsLosses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs #FFFFFF SV % #FFFFFF GAA 31 Marc Behrend 23 1315 17 1 1 49 562 2 0.920 2.23 1 Terry Kleisinger 19 1021 11 6 1 48 403 3 0.893 2.82 30 Gary Baxter Gary Baxter (ice hockey) 10 545 5 3 2 33 230 0 0.875 3.63 Total 47 2820 33 10 4 131 1195 4 .902 2.79 1983 national championship game (E1) Harvard vs. (W1) Wisconsin Harvard Wisconsin Winter Sports Center March 261983 Championship Boxscore http://uwbadgers.com/documents/2015/8/21/1973_box_score_3966.pdf Wisconsin Badgers 2018-04-19 2 – 6 2 goalie1-1 goalie1-2 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st WISPatrick Flatley – PPHouck and Driver 7:03 1–0 WIS 2nd WISPatrick FlatleyHouston and Maley 36:09 2–0 WIS 3rd WISPaul Houston – GWMaley and Flatley 43:00 3–0 WIS#FFFFFF HARScott FuscoSheehy and Kukulowicz 48:54 3–1 WIS WISBruce DriverSabo and Wiitala 51:35 4–1 WIS#FFFFFF HARShayne KukulowiczSheehy 52:22 4–2 WIS WISPaul Houston – PPDriver and Maley 58:39 5–2 WIS WISJohn Johannson – SH ENBehrend 59:21 6–2 WIS Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st#FFFFFF HARDave ConnorsTripping 6:29 2:00 WISPaul HouckTripping 11:01 2:00 WISMarty WiitalaHolding 17:38 2:00#FFFFFF HARShayne KukulowiczHigh Sticking 18:19 2:00 2nd#FFFFFF HARMark FuscoRoughing 30:12 2:00 WISJim JohannsonRoughing 30:12 2:00#FFFFFF HARScott FuscoHooking 30:53 2:00 WISJan–Ake DanielsonHigh Sticking 36:50 2:00#FFFFFF HARPhil FalconeHooking 40:00 2:00 3rd#FFFFFF HARGrant BlairSlashing 43:42 2:00#FFFFFF HARShayne KukulowiczSlashing 58:12 2:00 WISTim SagerHooking 59:01 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Wisconsin 14 10 13 37#FFFFFF Harvard 9 10 7 26 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice WIS Marc Behrend 24 2 #FFFFFF HAR Grant Blair 31 5 Players drafted into the NHL 1983 NHL entry draft No Wisconsin players were selected in the NHL draft. 1983 NHL Entry Draft http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1983e.html Hockey DB July 25, 2019 See also 1983 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