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A year after losing nearly a quarter of its season ticket base, the University of Wisconsin men's hockey team has gained some of it back this season.

The graphic below shows the season ticket sales trends since the 2006-07 season, including the 23 percent drop in 2015-16 after the worst season in the Badgers' modern era.

UW athletic ticket officials reported more than 1,000 new general public season ticket purchases this season after the department aggressively promoted its new coaching staff led by Tony Granato.

Factoring in nonrenewals, UW had a net gain of 545 general public season ticket holders for 2016-17.

General public season tickets are sold in two packages, usually corresponding to one of two games in weekend series. The Face Off series is for the first game; the Slap Shot series is for the second.