When the Wisconsin men’s hockey team takes the ice at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit Thursday night, it will be doing so with renewed hope.

The Badgers finished the regular season 4-25-5, faltering down the stretch with an 0-6-1 record, shut-out in five of their final seven games, but none of that matters at this stage. When the Big Ten tournament starts today, every team has a record of 0-0.

Most importantly, if UW is able to pull off a minor miracle and win three games this weekend, it will advance to the NCAA tournament for the third-consecutive season.

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