Bucky Badger took a tap on the shins from a North Dakota hockey player on Saturday â?? and now the University of Wisconsin mascot will receive an apology.
WCHA commissioner Bruce McLeod said Sioux defenseman Joe Finley was captured on videotape slashing Bucky Badger â?? played by UW student David Blanchard â?? before Saturday’s game, which North Dakota won 3-1.
Finley must write a letter of apology to Blanchard, McLeod said.