Culver’s might be running low on ice cream in the coming days thanks to efforts of the Wisconsin men’s hockey team.

When the Badgers score at least five goals in a game, the crowd on hand wins a coupon for free ice cream at the casual Midwestern chain, and much to the fans’ delight, that happened twice this weekend.

For a team struggling to capitalize on chances and score goals, the weekend sweep over Alaska Anchorage and the offensive production that came with it was satisfying for the Badgers.

“It’s starting to come,” head coach Mike Eaves said. “Good things are up and coming, and we saw a little glimpse of that tonight.”

After a 5-1 win Friday and a 6-2 win Saturday, it appears the Badgers have regained their scoring touch.

Saturday night’s game featured a lethargic first period where both teams struggled to find a rhythm, but after the Seawolves took the game’s first lead, it took just 11 seconds for the Badgers and captain Ben Street to respond.

“What we talked about on the bench is just having a good response. After they score, just try to take their momentum away,” Street said. “Trying to get a quick goal is even better, and it was nice to get a goal right away.”

Fellow captain Blake Geoffrion got in on the scoring as well after turning a nice defensive play into offense. After stealing the puck from the Alaska Anchorage defense deep in the zone, Geoffrion turned in front of goal and fired a wrist shot past a helpless Bryce Christianson.

The UW coaching staff knows this team needs its top forwards to produce on a nightly basis, and Eaves was pleased to see two of his captains appear on the score sheet.

“Our top-end offensive guys have had their chances, and when we get all these guys going, we’ll have more goals and more smiles,” Eaves said. “Those guys are goal scorers, and they’ll get the goals going for us.”

But it’s not just the first couple lines that are finding the back of the net for UW. In Friday night’s contest, fourth-line center Aaron Bendickson scored twice in the Badgers’ victory.

The Badgers certainly don’t count on Bendickson to produce multi-goal games regularly, but coach Eaves wasn’t at all surprised to see him display such skillful touch around the net.

“I think that Aaron is one of the guys on the team that will accept his role and be the best at it,” Eaves said. “He can come off the bench, give us energy — he has skill and can chip in offensively.”

Eaves spoke earlier in the week about this team needing to grind out goals, knowing that the pretty ones will eventually surface. Another fourth-liner, Patrick Johnson, will be the first to admit his goal on Saturday night falls into that grinder category.

“I couldn’t score with my feet, so I’ve got to dive for one,” Johnson said as he described the goal he scored after losing his footing on a breakaway.

Freshman forward Craig Smith, who beat three defenders on his way to a jaw-dropping goal in the third period, was quick to commend his teammate, as Smith applauded Johnson’s interesting maneuver.

“He made a good play — he got a stick on it and sniped it five-hole,” Smith said, letting out some laughter.

But whether goals are highlight reel, hard-fought or a bit lucky, this team is finding ways to put the puck in the back of the net, and as Eaves said, there are a lot more smiles on the players’ faces.

As one of leaders on this team, Street is beginning to see this offense turn the corner.

“One of the biggest things is that we have goals from so many different guys, so many different lines,” Street said. “Everyone is starting to click right now, chemistry is starting to build. Lots of pucks are going in the net for us and that’s a good sign.”