The 2022-23 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season was the 74th season of play for the program and 22nd in the Big Ten. The Badgers represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. They were coached by Tony Granato in his seventh season and played their home games at Kohl Center.

After an abysmal season, Wisconsin was hoping for a resurgence in 2023. Unfortunately for the Badgers, this season the Big Ten was the strongest conference in the nation, boasting upwards of 6 teams ranked in the top 20. Wisconsin was the odd man out and though they did see improvements on both the offensive and defensive side of the puck, it wasn't enough to keep them out of the conference cellar. From the start of the season the Badgers had to face a murderer's row of opponents and played their first 8 games against ranked teams. While they did win two of those games, both were against non-conference competition and only marginally helped the team's cause.

Wisconsin managed to put together a 5-game winning streak in the middle of the season but four of those victories came against two of the lowest-ranked teams in the country and the team followed that up by going 3–11 over the next fourteen games. It wasn't really until the end of the regular season that the Badgers showed any signs of life when they managed to split three consecutive series, all against ranked teams. While it didn't help they at all in regards to their playoff position, it did at least show that they had the potential to make waves in the conference tournament.

In the postseason meeting at Michigan, the Badger's offense show up and scored 9 goals in two games. However, the defense was porous and allowed the Wolverines to score 13 goals.^[1]

Shortly after the end of the season, head coach Tony Granato was relieved of his position. The move did not come as a surprise to Granato, who said:

“Based on the end of last year, I knew we had to win this year,”^[2]

It was the fifth losing season for the Badgers under Granato in seven years.

As of September 8, 2022.^[3]

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No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
2		Daniel Laatsch	Sophomore	D	6' 5" (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2002-02-13	Altoona, Wisconsin	Sioux City (USHL)	PIT, 215th overall 2021
3		Sam Stange	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	2001-04-20	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	Sioux Falls (USHL)	DET, 97th overall 2020
4		Corson Ceulemans	Sophomore	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	2003-05-05	Beaumont, Alberta	Brooks (AJHL)	CBJ, 25th overall 2021
5		Shay Donovan	Senior	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1998-05-26	Duluth, Minnesota	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (NAHL)	—
6		Zach Urdahl	Sophomore	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2001-10-13	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	Des Moines (USHL)	—
7		Mike Vorlicky	Senior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	2000-07-17	Edina, Minnesota	Edina (USHS–MN)	—
9		Brayden Morrison	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2002-05-04	Calgary, Alberta	Okotoks (AJHL)	—
11		Jack Gorniak (A)	Graduate	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	1999-09-15	West Salem, Wisconsin	West Salem (USHS–WI)	MTL, 123rd overall 2018
12		Mathieu De St. Phalle (A)	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2000-03-20	Lake Forest, Illinois	Chicago (USHL)	—
13		Jack Horbach	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	2002-05-04	Naperville, Illinois	Madison (USHL)	—
16		Robby Newton	Freshman	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-07-16	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Janesville (NAHL)	—
18		Owen Lindmark	Senior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2001-05-17	Naperville, Illinois	NTDP (USHL)	FLA, 137th overall 2019
19		Brock Caufield (A)	Graduate	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	1999-03-09	Stevens Point, Wisconsin	Green Bay (USHL)	—
20		Ben Dexheimer	Freshman	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	2002-06-21	Edina, Minnesota	Madison (USHL)	—
21		Carson Bantle	Junior	F	6' 5" (1.96 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	2002-01-22	Onalaska, Wisconsin	Michigan Tech (WCHA)	ARI, 142nd overall 2020
22		Caden Brown	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	2003-06-22	St. Louis, Missouri	NTDP (USHL)	—
23		Liam Malmquist	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2000-10-08	Edina, Minnesota	Penticton (BCHL)	—
24		Anthony Kehrer (A)	Junior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2002-03-04	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Sioux City (USHL)	—
25		Dominick Mersch (C)	Graduate	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	1998-12-16	Park Ridge, Illinois	Lincoln (USHL)	—
26		Luke LaMaster	Junior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	1999-10-17	Duluth, Minnesota	Sioux City (USHL)	—
27		Tyson Jugnauth	Freshman	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	162 lb (73 kg)	2004-04-17	Kelowna, British Columbia	West Kelowna (BCHL)	SEA, 100th overall 2022
28		Charlie Stramel	Freshman	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2004-10-15	Rosemount, Minnesota	NTDP (USHL)	—
29		Ty Smilanic	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	2002-01-20	Denver, Colorado	Quinnipiac (ECAC)	MTL, 74th overall 2020
31		Kyle McClellan	Junior	G	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-03-18	Manchester, Missouri	Mercyhurst (AHA)	—
33		Ben Garrity	Junior	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	2000-01-20	Rosemount, Minnesota	Minot (NAHL)	—
35		Jared Moe	Senior	G	6' 4" (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1999-07-22	New Prague, Minnesota	Minnesota (Big Ten)	WPG, 184th overall 2018
51		Cruz Lucius	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	2004-04-05	Grant, Minnesota	NTDP (USHL)	CAR, 124th overall 2022

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Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.^[6]