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Mission (almost) accomplished: University of Wisconsin hockey fans traveled en masse to the Frozen Four this weekend in Detroit hoping to win two games and two major trophies.

They're halfway home.

After steamrolling RiT in the semifinal on Thursday at Ford Field, the Badgers celebrated again on Friday when senior forward Blake Geoffrion was named the 2010 Hobey Baker Memorial Award recipient.

Geoffrion is the first Wisconsin player to win the prestigious award, which is college hockey's version of the Heisman Trophy. He edged out New Hampshire forward Bobby Butler and Maine's Gustav Nyquist to win the honor.

A tri-captain, Geoffrion led Wisconsin and was second in the nation with 28 goals, 15 on the power play. In seven post-season games, he's scored seven goals and dished six assists.

Geoffrion and the Badgers (28-10-4) take on Boston College (28-10-3) in the national championship game beginning at 5 p.m. tonight. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN.

Geoffrion, the grandson of Hockey Hall of Famer Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, posted 28 goals and 22 assists in 39 games.

"The thing Blake brings to the table is his balance across the board," Badgers coach Mike Eaves said of Geoffrion, who is signed to the Nashville Predators. "His ability to play in all situations," Eaves said. "He's a guy that's going to be on the ice when we're up by a goal and when we're down by a goal."

In other awards announced Thursday, Colgate's Ethan Cox won the Hockey Humanitarian Award for his philanthropic work, Brown senior forward Jordan Pietrus received the Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award and Merrimack freshman forward Stephane Da Costa was the National College Rookie of the Year.

Good deal: The Brewers made a solid move in signing Yovani Gallardo to a five-year, $30. 1 million deal on Thursday.

Gallardo, 24, is exactly the kind of high-ceiling, homegrown player that teams covet. If he gets hurt, the Brewers will be staggering. But, isn't the same thing true for Ryan Braun?

Put it this way -- if Randy Wolf cost $30 million over three years, isn't Gallardo worth $30 million over five?

Historic night: Dave Scatchard became the first Admirals player in almost a decade to net four goals in a game as Milwaukee dumped Chicago, 8-1, Friday night at the Bradley Center. The Admirals pushed their season point total to 91, becoming the first team in American Hockey League history to post seven straight seasons of 40 victories or more and 90 points or more.

Scatchard scored the last three goals of the games, all of them in the third period, to become the 19th player in franchise history, and the first since the team joined the AHL, to light the lamp four times. The last player to do it was Randy Robitaille, who scored four against the Wolves on February 24, 2001.

Tuneup time: Brewers right-hander Jeff Suppan, battling back from a cervical strain, worked 4 1/3 innings in a rehab start for the Class A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Friday night at Time Warner Cable Field. Suppan gave up a run and seven hits. He walked three batters and struck out four.

Suppan is slated to return to the Brewers' active roster for a series finale against the Cubs Thursday afternoon at Wrigley Field.

On an unrelated note, Suppan told reporters this week that he slept on a rolled up towel during spring training. It's not that he was too cheap to replace inadequate pillows at his condo. He was doing it to help his stiff neck.

Teeing it up: The Packers announced dates and times for their exhibition games. The regular season schedule will come out next week.

Aug. 14 -- vs. Cleveland, 7 p.m..
Aug. 21 -- at Seattle, 9 p.m.
Aug. 26 -- Indianapolis, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Sept. 2 -- at Kansas City, 7 p.m.

• Larry King Lounge: I still like the field this weekend, but Tiger is going to make things interesting, isn't he?
• I love all these latecomers telling me to "fear the deer." I already do. I'm terrified of those things every time I drive home from Lambeau Field at night.
• Veteran umpire Joe West may have been out of line when he criticized the Yankees and Red Sox for slow play this week. But, he wasn't wrong. "They're the two clubs that don't try to pick up the pace," West told the Bergen Record. "They're two of the best teams in baseball. Why are they playing the slowest? It's pathetic and embarrassing. They take too long to play." The Yankees and Red Sox bristled at the comments. The commissioner's office is investigating.
• It won't be long before the NBA begins its playoffs, which is a way to get Los Angeles and Cleveland to play each other.
• UW-Green Bay has compiled an impressive list of coaching candidates led by Wisconsin assistant Greg Gard, who received a push from Bo Ryan during the regular season. The others are St. Norbert coach Gary Grzesk, Missouri State assistant coach Jon Harris, Saint Louis associate head coach Porter Moser and UWGB assistant Brian Wardle. Interviews conclude next week.
• I definitely would pick Steve Stricker to win the Masters... if they played it somewhere other than Augusta National.
• I can't see the Bucks beating the Celtics tonight, but they've been surprising me all season so I'm not going to rule it out.
• Kudos to Admirals president Jon Greenberg, radio announcer Aaron Sims and the five players who will shave their heads to raise money for the MACC Fund.