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Wisconsin men’s hockey: Tony Granato speaks to the media before season opener on Friday

On Monday morning, Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey head coach Tony Granato was made available to us via Zoom on Day 1 of Big Ten Media Days. The coach discussed some key topics heading into Friday’s season opener against Notre Dame, as well as how the team has handled the pandemic and his expectations for the season as a whole.

Here are a few highlights from his media availability:

Granato opened by speaking about some of the discussion that occurred among Big Ten coaches regarding the logistics of the season:

“One of the talking points was potentially that teams may not play the same amount of games so there’s different tiebreakers that had to be adjusted.