When fans go to the Kohl Center this year for a men’s hockey game, they won’t see the University of Wisconsin’s trademark “Motion W” out there. There’s a new logo for this season, celebrating 75 seasons of UW hockey, and it has six stars on it — one for each of the Badgers’ six national titles. But for recent fans of this team, those titles feel like ages ago.
That’s why UW Director of Athletics Chris McIntosh, who’s been busy in his short tenure so far, decided to make the choice to fire Tony Granato after seven tumultuous years.