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Five players have left the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey program, a UW spokesman confirmed Friday.

Forwards Adam Rockwood, Alex Shuchuk, Zac Keryluk and Tanner Barnes, along with goaltender Gabe Grunwald will not return to the team this season.

Rockwood was the only player in that group to have played in a game for the Badgers. He appeared in 59 games over two seasons with five goals and 25 assists for 30 points. He had two goals and 15 assists in 2015-16.

Shuchuk and Keryluk had family ties to the UW program. Shuchuk’s father, Gary, was the leading scorer on the Badgers’ 1990 NCAA championship team and also served as an assistant under former coach Mike Eaves. Keryluk’s father, Ken, played for UW from 1978-82 and was a member of the 1981 national championship team.

Grunwald’s only ice time came in a shutout exhibition victory over Trinity Western, but his season was ended by an injury.

Grunwald’s departure leaves just one returning goaltender, rising sophomore Matt Jurusik.

The Badgers have commitments from two goalies who will join the program this season: Jack Berry, 20, who played last season for the New Jersey Titans of the North American Hockey League (2.26 gpg, .929 saves %); and Johan Blomquist, 20, a native of Stockholm, Sweden, who played for the Connecticut Junior Rangers of the U.S. Premier Hockey League (3.79, .898).

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