Men's ice hockey Series history Minnesota–Wisconsin men's ice hockey rivalry First meeting January 20, 1922 Minnesota 3, Wisconsin 0 Latest meeting February 3, 2024 Minnesota 1, Wisconsin 1 Meetings total 310 All-time series Minnesota leads, 183–103–25 Largest victory Minnesota, 12–2 (1922) Longest win streak Minnesota, 12 (1931–1965) Longest unbeaten streak Minnesota, 24 (1922–1927) Current win streak Tie, 1 (2024–present)
The rivalry has its origins in informal play beginning in 1922, before halting 12 years later. The rivalry was revived in 1965 with Wisconsin resuming its sponsoring of the sport. In the 1981 season, the teams met for their first and only matchups to-date for the national championship. After three periods, the Badgers topped the Gophers by a score of 6 to 3 under head coach Bob Johnson . After competing together in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association since 1999, both teams moved to their all-sports home, the Big Ten Conference , in anticipation of the 2013–14 season as part of widespread NCAA realignment in hockey. While questions surrounded the continuation of many of the rivals' other historic series, such as North Dakota and Minnesota Duluth , their rivalry with each other continued uninterrupted. As of the end of the 2020–21 season , Minnesota leads the series 176–99–24.
Rival accomplishments The following summarizes the accomplishments of the two programs.
Wisconsin vacated results from the 1992 NCAA tournament Game results Minnesota victories Wisconsin victories Tie games
No. Date Location Winner Score 79 1973 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 3–2 80 1973 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 8–2 81 1974 Madison, WI Tie 3–3 82 1974 Madison, WI Tie 4–4 83 1974 Madison, WI Wisconsin 2–1 84 1974 Madison, WI Minnesota 4–1 85 1975 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–2 86 1975 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 3–1 87 1975 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 4–2 88 1975 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 6–1 89 1976 Madison, WI Minnesota 5–4OT 90 1976 Madison, WI Wisconsin 9–3 91 1976 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 4–3OT 92 1976 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 7–2 93 1977 Madison, WI Wisconsin 7–1 94 1977 Madison, WI Minnesota 5–4 95 1977 Madison, WI Wisconsin 9–5 96 1977 Madison, WI Wisconsin 8–3 97 1977 Madison, WI Wisconsin 4–1 98 1977 Madison, WI Wisconsin 5–3 99 1978 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 3–2OT 100 1978 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 3–1 101 1978 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 8–4 102 1978 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 6–5 103 1979 Madison, WI Minnesota 3–2 104 1979 Madison, WI Wisconsin 4–3 105 1979 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 6–5 106 1979 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 7–2 107 1980 Madison, WI Minnesota 6–4 108 1980 Madison, WI Minnesota 7–6 109 1980 Madison, WI Minnesota 5–4OT 110 1980 Madison, WI Wisconsin 8–3 111 1981 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 6–3 112 1981 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 8–4 113 1981 Duluth, MN Wisconsin 6–3 114 1981 Madison, WI Wisconsin 4–1 115 1981 Madison, WI Tie 6–6 116 1981 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 6–3 117 1981 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 6–4 118 1982 Madison, WI Minnesota 2–1OT 119 1982 Madison, WI Wisconsin 5–0 120 1982 Madison, WI Minnesota 4–3 121 1982 Madison, WI Wisconsin 6–2 122 1982 Minneapolis, MN Tie 4–4 123 1982 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 9–8 124 1982 Madison, WI Wisconsin 4–3 125 1982 Madison, WI Minnesota 5–1 126 1983 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 7–3 127 1983 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 5–1 128 1983 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 5–1 129 1983 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 3–2 130 1983 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 5–3 131 1983 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 7–6 132 1983 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–1 133 1983 Madison, WI Wisconsin 9–0 134 1984 Madison, WI Wisconsin 5–4 135 1984 Madison, WI Minnesota 4–1 136 1985 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 6–5 137 1985 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 5–4OT 138 1985 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 6–0 139 1985 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 8–7 140 1985 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 5–4OT 141 1985 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 6–2 142 1986 Madison, WI Wisconsin 7–4 143 1986 Madison, WI Wisconsin 6–4 144 1986 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–1 145 1986 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 7–3 146 1986 Madison, WI Minnesota 3–2OT 147 1986 Madison, WI Wisconsin 5–2 148 1987 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 5–2 149 1987 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 5–2 150 1987 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 2–1 151 1987 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 8–4 152 1987 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 5–3 153 1987 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 5–4OT 154 1988 Madison, WI Minnesota 1–0 155 1988 Madison, WI Wisconsin 2–1 156 1988 St. Paul, MN Wisconsin 3–2
No. Date Location Winner Score 157 1988 Madison, WI Minnesota 3–2OT 158 1988 Madison, WI Minnesota 4–2 159 1989 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–1 160 1989 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 5–2 161 1989 St. Paul, MN Wisconsin 4–3 162 1989 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–2 163 1989 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–2 164 1989 Madison, WI Minnesota 5–3 165 1989 Madison, WI Wisconsin 4–3 166 1990 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 6–3 167 1990 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–2 168 1990 St. Paul, MN Wisconsin 7–1 169 1990 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 9–4 170 1990 Minneapolis, MN Tie 4–4 171 1991 Madison, WI Minnesota 5–3 172 1991 Madison, WI Minnesota 8–1 173 1991 St. Paul, MN Minnesota 3–2 174 1991 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 5–4 175 1991 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–1 176 1992 Madison, WI Minnesota 2–1 177 1992 Madison, WI Wisconsin 4–1 178 1992 Minneapolis, MN Tie 4–4 179 1992 Bloomington, MN Wisconsin 3–2 180 1993 Madison, WI Tie 4–4 181 1993 Madison, WI Minnesota 4–2 182 1993 St. Paul, MN Minnesota 3–2 183 1994 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 5–2 184 1994 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–3OT 185 1994 Madison, WI Minnesota 3–2 186 1994 Madison, WI Minnesota 3–2 187 1994 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 2–1OT 188 1994 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 5–2 189 1995 Madison, WI Minnesota 6–2 190 1995 Madison, WI Wisconsin 6–5 191 1996 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 8–4 192 1996 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 5–0 193 1996 Madison, WI Wisconsin 6–3 194 1996 Madison, WI Wisconsin 7–4 195 1996 Milwaukee, WI Minnesota 4–3OT 196 1996 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–2 197 1996 Madison, WI Minnesota 6–1 198 1997 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–3 199 1997 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 7–3 200 1997 Madison, WI Minnesota 4–2 201 1997 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–2 202 1998 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–1 203 1998 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 7–0 204 1998 Madison, WI Minnesota 3–2 205 1998 Madison, WI Minnesota 3–2 206 1999 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 6–4 207 1999 Minneapolis, MN Tie 2–2 208 1999 Madison, WI Wisconsin 4–3 209 1999 Madison, WI Wisconsin 5–4OT 210 2000 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 4–2 211 2000 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 5–4 212 2000 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 5–3 213 2000 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–0 214 2000 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 5–2 215 2001 Madison, WI Wisconsin 4–2 216 2001 Madison, WI Minnesota 8–2 217 2002 Madison, WI Wisconsin 8–3 218 2002 Madison, WI Minnesota 6–2 219 2002 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 6–3 220 2002 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–3OT 221 2002 Madison, WI Minnesota 3–0 222 2002 Madison, WI Minnesota 3–2 223 2003 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 5–2 224 2003 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 8–1 225 2003 Madison, WI Tie 3–3 226 2003 Madison, WI Wisconsin 4–3 227 2004 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–2 228 2004 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 3–2 229 2004 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 3–2 230 2004 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–2 231 2005 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–1 232 2005 Madison, WI Minnesota 5–3 233 2005 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 4–3 234 2005 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 4–0
No. Date Location Winner Score 235 2006 Madison, WI Minnesota 5–4 236 2006 Madison, WI Minnesota 3–1 237 2006 St. Paul, MN Wisconsin 4–0 238 2006 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 2–1 239 2006 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 3–1 240 2007 Madison, WI Wisconsin 2–1 241 2007 Madison, WI Minnesota 1–0 242 2007 St. Paul, MN Minnesota 4–2 243 2008 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–1 244 2008 Madison, WI Tie 2–2 245 2008 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–2 246 2008 Minneapolis, MN Tie 4–4 247 2008 Madison, WI Tie 2–2 248 2008 Madison, WI Minnesota 5–2 249 2009 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 3–2 250 2009 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 5–4 251 2009 Madison, WI Wisconsin 4–2 252 2009 Madison, WI Minnesota 5–2 253 2010 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 3–2 254 2010 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 6–1 255 2010 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 6–0 256 2010 Minneapolis, MN Tie 3–3 257 2011 Madison, WI Minnesota 5–2 258 2011 Madison, WI Tie 3–3 259 2011 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–1 260 2011 Madison, WI Minnesota 4–1 261 2012 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 4–1 262 2012 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 2–1 263 2012 Minneapolis, MN Tie 2–2 264 2012 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 3–1 265 2013 Madison, WI Minnesota 3–2 266 2013 Chicago, IL Wisconsin 3–2 267 2013 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–1 268 2013 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–3 269 2014 Madison, WI Wisconsin 2–1 270 2014 Madison, WI Wisconsin 2–1 271 2015 Minneapolis, MN Tie 2–2 272 2015 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 5–2 273 2015 Madison, WI Minnesota 7–5 274 2015 Madison, WI Tie 4–4 275 2016 Madison, WI Minnesota 4–0 276 2016 Madison, WI Minnesota 9–2 277 2016 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 4–3 278 2016 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–1 279 2017 Madison, WI Minnesota 4–3OT 280 2017 Madison, WI Wisconsin 5–3 281 2017 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 3–2 282 2017 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 3–2 283 2017 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 5–4 284 2017 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 3–2 285 2018 Madison, WI Minnesota 4–2 286 2018 Madison, WI Minnesota 7–1 287 2018 Madison, WI Minnesota 3–2 288 2018 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–1 289 2019 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 9–4 290 2019 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 4–3 291 2019 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–1 292 2019 Minneapolis, MN Tie 3–3 293 2020 Madison, WI Minnesota 6–3 294 2020 Madison, WI Minnesota 4–2 295 2021 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–1 296 2021 Madison, WI Minnesota 5–3 297 2021 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 4–1 298 2021 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 8–1 299 2021 Notre Dame, IN Minnesota 6–4 300 2021 Madison, WI Wisconsin 4–3OT 301 2021 Madison, WI Minnesota 4–1 302 2022 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 5–0 303 2022 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 8–0 304 2022 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 7–1 305 2022 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 6–4 306 2023 Madison, WI Minnesota 4–1 307 2023 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–1 308 2023 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 5–2 309 2023 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 3–2 310 2024 Madison, WI Minnesota 2–1OT 311 2024 Madison, WI Tie 1–1 Series: Minnesota leads 183–103–25
Women's ice hockey Series history Minnesota–Wisconsin women's ice hockey rivalry First meeting November 19, 1999 Minnesota 7, Wisconsin 4 Latest meeting March 17, 2023 Wisconsin 3, Minnesota 2 Next meeting March 17, 2023 Meetings total 120 All-time series Minnesota, 57–47–16 Largest victory Minnesota, 11–3 (2000) Longest win streak Minnesota, 14 (2012–2015) Longest unbeaten streak Minnesota, 18 (2011–2015) Current win streak Wisconsin, 1 (2023–present)
Since women's ice hockey became an NCAA sport, the two have been the flagpole programs, with frequent Top-5 meetings and matchups in the NCAA tournament and three national championships. The rivalry is fueled by the local nature of its players; in 2019, 24 players on the two rosters hailed from either Minnesota or Wisconsin. After the Gophers prevailed in the 2019 national title , the last four matchups featured No. 1 versus No. 2. The most recent matchups featured #2 Minnesota visiting the top-ranked Badgers, as Wisconsin took both of the two game set. As of the end of the 2020–21 season , Minnesota leads the series 53–44–13.
Rival accomplishments The following summarizes the accomplishments of the two programs.
Game results Minnesota victories Wisconsin victories Tie games
No. Date Location Winner Score 32 2006 Madison, WI Minnesota 3–1 33 2006 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–1 34 2006 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 4–1 35 2006 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 3–0 36 2006 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–1 37 2006 Madison, WI Tie 3–3 38 2007 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 4–1 39 2007 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 3–0 40 2007 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 3–1 41 2007 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–0 42 2007 Madison, WI Minnesota 3–2 43 2008 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 5–1 44 2008 Minneapolis, MN Tie 2–2 45 2008 Duluth, MN Wisconsin 4–3 46 2008 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 3–2OT 47 2008 Madison, WI Tie 1–1 48 2008 Madison, WI Wisconsin 2–1 49 2009 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–2 50 2009 Minneapolis, MN Tie 3–3 51 2009 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 5–3 52 2009 Madison, WI Wisconsin 4–2 53 2009 Madison, WI Wisconsin 5–2 54 2010 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 4–3OT 55 2010 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 3–2 56 2010 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 7–5 57 2010 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 5–0 58 2011 Madison, WI Tie 2–2 59 2011 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–1 60 2011 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 5–4OT 61 2011 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–2 62 2011 Madison, WI Minnesota 3–2
No. Date Location Winner Score 63 2012 Minneapolis, MN Tie 3–3 64 2012 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 1–0 65 2012 Duluth, MN Minnesota 4–2 66 2012 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–1 67 2012 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 2–0 68 2013 Madison, WI Minnesota 2–0 69 2013 Madison, WI Minnesota 5–1 70 2013 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 2–1 71 2013 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 2–0 72 2014 Madison, WI Minnesota 3–2 73 2014 Madison, WI Minnesota 4–0 74 2014 Hamden, CT Minnesota 5–3 75 2014 Madison, WI Minnesota 4–1 76 2014 Madison, WI Minnesota 2–1 77 2015 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–1 78 2015 Minneapolis, MN Tie 1–1 79 2015 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 3–1 80 2015 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–2OT 81 2015 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–1 82 2016 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–0 83 2016 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–3OT 84 2016 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 1–0 85 2016 Durham, NH Minnesota 3–2OT 86 2016 Madison, WI Minnesota 2–0 87 2016 Madison, WI Wisconsin 8–2 88 2017 Minneapolis, MN Tie 1–1 89 2017 Minneapolis, MN Tie 0–0 90 2017 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 3–2 91 2017 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 2–1OT 92 2018 Madison, WI Wisconsin 4–3 93 2018 Madison, WI Wisconsin 1–0
No. Date Location Winner Score 94 2018 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 3–1 95 2018 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 4–0 96 2018 Madison, WI Minnesota 1–0 97 2018 Madison, WI Wisconsin 4–1 98 2019 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 2–1 99 2019 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 3–1 100 2019 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 3–1 101 2019 Hamden, CT Wisconsin 2–0 102 2019 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–2 103 2019 Minneapolis, MN Tie 2–2 104 2020 Madison, WI Wisconsin 5–4 105 2020 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–0 106 2021 Madison, WI Wisconsin 5–0 107 2021 Madison, WI Wisconsin 6–3 108 2021 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–3OT 109 2021 Minneapolis, MN Tie 2–2 110 2021 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 5–3 111 2021 Madison, WI Minnesota 3–2 112 2021 Madison, WI Tie 2–2 113 2022 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 2–1 114 2022 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–3 115 2022 Madison, WI Tie 3–3 116 2022 Madison, WI Wisconsin 4–1 117 2023 Minneapolis, MN Tie 2–2 118 2023 Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin 7–5 119 2023 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 4–2 120 2023 Duluth, MN Wisconsin 3–2OT Series: Minnesota leads 57–47–16
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