THIS WEEK IN BADGER HISTORY
Tom Gilbert's third-period power-play goal earned the Badgers their sixth NCAA title April 8, 2006
More than a pipe dream April 2, 1996
CRACKING THE TOP 10: The women's tennis team earned its highest ranking in school history, breaking into the top 10 for the first time with a No. 7 ranking.
ALSO THIS WEEK
April 8, 1987
SHUTTING DOWN THE EAGLES: Scott Fuller threw a one-hitter for the Badger base- ball team in an 8-2 victory over UW-La Crosse.
April 8, 2010
PLAYING FOR A CROWD: The men's hockey team played in front of 34,954 fans at Ford Field in Detroit and defeated RIT, 8-1, to advance to the 2010 NCAA championship game.
54 ยป VARSITY APRIL 5, 2012
Wisconsin defeated Boston College, 2-1, at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee for the school's sixth NCAA men's hockey national title. Senior All-America defenseman Tom Gilbert's pow- er-play goal at 9:32 in the third period was the difference as the Badgers survived a last-sec- ond BC shot that rang off the post.