Here's how it looked when the Badgers stepped off their bus at DCU Center for their NCAA Tournament game against Dartmouth. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Joe Pavelski talked to the Badgers this week about what it takes to win in the NCAA Tournament: sacrifice. Joe Palodichuk describes it in this video from Wednesday's practice and media session. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Here's some of what will matter when the Badgers play Dartmouth in the first round of the NCAA Tournament today. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Here are details on Thursday's Badgers men's hockey NCAA Tournament game against Dartmouth: time, TV, radio, announcers, etc. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

It was clear on the selection show that the Badgers have a lot to prove in the NCAA Tournament. It goes beyond this season. They'll try to end a 16-year tourney win drought Thursday against Dartmouth. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

This celebration of a Badgers women's hockey NCAA championship couldn't go without "Mr. Brightside." Rachel Gorbatenko got called up to do karaoke in front of hundreds of fans, some of whom got there hours early. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

The last-minute review to see if a Wisconsin skater covered the puck in the crease dialed up a familiar-but-different anxiety on the Badgers side. "I got flashbacks from last year," Marianne Picard said, "and it was horrible." badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Claire Enright and Marianne Picard almost had their Badgers careers end because of knee injuries. They teamed up for the goal that won the Badgers the NCAA title Sunday. "We have a special chemistry because we understand what it takes to get back." badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

The Badgers faced a huge challenge after losing a two-goal lead in the third period of the national championship game. Winning five titles in seven tournaments doesn't happen without overcoming adversity. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Wisconsin had *never* lost a game in which it led by 2+ after two periods (492-0-3). Ohio State got an equalizer but the Badgers won their ninth NCAA championship by rebounding when it mattered most. Here's what stood out. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Not only is it Wisconsin's first time going to a regional in Worcester, it's the Badgers' first time playing Dartmouth. That leaves only four active NCAA men's hockey teams they haven't faced. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Here's video of the Badgers arriving at Pegula Ice Arena for the NCAA championship game, plus links to our coverage from the last two days. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

The Badgers got the result they needed. They'll find out where they're headed, when and which No. 2 seed they'll play in Sunday's selection show (2 p.m. CT, ESPNU, leading into the UW-OSU women's hockey NCAA title game). badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Someone's going to have a great offseason. Someone's going to spend it with regrets. Players from Wisconsin and Ohio State know how both possibilities feel ahead of Sunday's NCAA championship game. "Both teams want it bad," Kirsten Simms said. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Caroline Harvey is the Patty Kazmaier Award winner, the second consecutive recipient from Wisconsin and seventh overall. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

To make the NCAA Tournament, the Badgers need at least one of these results to happen today: - Dartmouth defeats Princeton in the ECAC Hockey final (4 p.m. CT., ESPN+) - Michigan defeats Ohio State in the B1G title game (7 p.m. CT., BTN). badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Coming Sunday: Wisconsin-Ohio State, Part IV. The details are in here. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Kirsten Simms, no stranger to big goals in #WFrozenFour games, on last night's OT winner: "This one's pretty special, knowing that we're playing another game and getting another opportunity to take what is ours and bring it home again." badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

The Badgers' dance party to "Mr. Brightside" during the video review in the #WFrozenFour semifinal was just a continuation of what the OT intermission was like: an important mentality shift at a huge time. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

The Badgers are back in the NCAA championship game after Kirsten Simms' overtime goal against Penn State. Here's what stood out. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

It rained on the Badgers' parade to Pegula Ice Arena as the band and some fans greeted their arrival for the #WFrozenFour semifinal against Penn State. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Our Badgers men's hockey recruiting tracker is updated with Jayden Kurtz, a 6-foot-3 defenseman from Rogers High School in Minnesota who's finishing the season with Chicago in the USHL. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Badgers coach Mike Hastings: "At the beginning of the year, I didn't think I'd be as big a Dartmouth, Cornell and Michigan fan. But I am." badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Here's a look at Wisconsin's practice at the Frozen Four, with thoughts from Lacey Eden, Cassie Hall and Mark Johnson. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

The Badgers have to play the Frozen Four host in the semifinals for the second straight season and for the fifth time ever. "It's definitely tough but something we embrace," UW's Cassie Hall said. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

The Badgers had only two first-team All-Big Ten defensemen over the conference's first 12 seasons. Add another one to the list. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

You know who wasn't around to hear the Badgers acknowledge Mark Johnson's 700th career win after last Saturday's game? The guy who has spent a lot of an unusual season trying to keep his team's focus on the team. It seemed fitting. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Wisconsin's Mark Johnson is a finalist for the national coach of the year award in women's hockey. Conference coaches of the year and Frozen Four participants get finalist spots, and Johnson and Penn State's Jeff Kampersal checked both boxes.

The Badgers could clinch a spot in the men's hockey NCAA Tournament on Friday ... or Saturday ... or not at all. Here's what gets them in and what keeps them out. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

A Dane County judge sided with Wisconsin and its collective in a decision this morning on subpoenas. Here's the latest in UW's lawsuit against Miami claiming interference in contracts with football player Xavier Lucas. badgerextra.com/sports/footb...

The NCAA bracket has the Frozen Four times set, and Wisconsin-Penn State is at 6:30 p.m. CT Friday. Ohio State-Northeastern is at 3 p.m. CT. Both games on ESPN+.

Kelly Gorbatenko has scored in only three of the Badgers' last 13 games but has poured in nine goals in that stretch. A hat trick in Saturday's NCAA regional final came with some nice footwork. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Kelly Gorbatenko's hat trick was just one of the big efforts from the Badgers' top players to send them to their fourth straight Frozen Four. Here's what stood out. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Laila Edwards will play forward for the Badgers in Saturday's NCAA regional final against Quinnipiac. Here's Mark Johnson today talking about that decision after Edwards played defense in the Olympics and the four UW games since.

Saturday's Wisconsin-Quinnipiac NCAA women's hockey regional final is sold out on the primary market, and the lowest price on the secondary market is over $100. We have details on time, tickets, and video and audio coverage here. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Quinnipiac is the next team to try to beat the Badgers at LaBahn Arena with a spot in the Frozen Four on the line. No one has scored more than one goal against UW in an NCAA Tournament game in Madison. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

It was always plausible for the Badgers to lose to Ohio State in the B1G quarterfinals, given their history. But like this? UW's second-worst home playoff loss ever, ahead of only "Black Sunday?" Here's what went wrong. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

It was as ugly as you could imagine for the Badgers men's hockey team in a home playoff game. Here's what stood out in a 7-1 loss to Ohio State. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Mike Hastings and other members of the Badgers coaching staff were outside the Kohl Center before the doors opened tonight, handing out boxes of pizza to the students in line. UW was expecting a full student section of around 3,300. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Olympics MVP and Badgers captain Caroline Harvey is one of the top three vote-getters for the Patty Kazmaier Award. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

The top three vote-getters for the Patty Kazmaier Award are Wisconsin's Caroline Harvey, Penn State's Tessa Janecke and Minnesota's Abbey Murphy. The winner will be announced March 21.

Wisconsin is 0-3 in postseason series against Ohio State, including the last two seasons, but 3-0 in single-elimination games against the Buckeyes. Now that the B1G quarterfinals are one game, is this the year the Badgers advance? We'll find out tonight. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

99% is not 100% when it comes to making the NCAA Tournament, and the Badgers men's hockey team doesn't seem interested in backing into the field. But a sweep at Penn State got them to the just-about-clinched level. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Badgers recruit John Stout of the Madison Capitols is the USHL defenseman of the week. He had a goal and an assist plus scored in a shootout against Youngstown on Saturday.

After 43 straight USCHO women's hockey polls with Wisconsin in the top spot, Ohio State has overtaken the Badgers. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

The Badgers men's hockey team is back in the top 10 as it starts the postseason. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

From last week: Stevens Point's Teddy Westrick was named the ninth winner of the Jeff Sauer Humanitarian Award for high school hockey players.

The ECAC Hockey and NEWHA playoff champions are coming to Madison for the NCAA women's hockey regional this week. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

The NCAA women's hockey selection show is at 10:30 a.m. CT on ESPNU. The committee had a little bit of work to do in setting up regionals because of Yale and Princeton being at 8 and 9. Here's my best guess on how they split them up: