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It seems pretty certain Cole Caufield is going to play at the University of Wisconsin next season after being selected by the Canadiens in the first round (15th overall) at this year’s NHL Draft.

The Wisconsin Badgers have won six national hockey titles, the fourth-most in U.S. college history, with the most recent one coming in 2006, when former Canadiens defenceman Tom Gilbert was part of the team, along with future San Jose Sharks star Joe Pavelski.

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However, Montreal fans probably don’t know much about hockey in Wisconsin, so Badgers coach Tony Granato was asked what he could tell them about it.

“I’ll say the name Chris Chelios,” Granato said during a phone interview Wednesday from Plymouth, Mich., where he was watching Caufield and others play in the World Junior Summer Showcase. “I’ll say the name David Maley. I’ll say the name Sean Hill. They should know those players (all former Canadiens). Those guys all came here and blossomed here and turned themselves into great pros. I don’t want to say we’re a hockey factory. I think we’re a place that gives kids opportunities to educationally put themselves in a position so when they are done with hockey or if — for whatever reason — they don’t make it in hockey they’re in a really good position to have success off the ice in whatever they might choose to do.