MADISON, Wis. – Head coach Mike Hastings officially announced the additions of four student-athletes via transfer to the Wisconsin men's hockey program.

Joining Badger hockey are forwards Kyle Kukkonen (Maple Grove, Minn.), Cody Laskosky (Camrose, Alberta) and Ryland Mosley (Arnprior, Ontario), as well as goaltender Tommy Scarfone (Montreal, Quebec). Mosley and Kukkonen join UW from Michigan Tech, while Scarfone and Laskosky come to UW from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Both programs reached this year's NCAA tournament.

The group includes a pair of 18-goal scorers, a 14-goal scorer and a top-10 Mike Richter Award semifinalist.

Also among the group is the 2024 Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Year, a pair of 2024 All-Atlantic Hockey First Team picks, the 2023 CCHA Rookie of the Year and a 2023 All-CCHA first-team member.

Kyle Kukkonen, Jr., Maple Grove, Minn. (Michigan Tech, CCHA/Madison, USHL)
Forward, 5-10, 177, Shoots: R
Kukkonen, the 2023 CCHA Rookie of the Year after posting a team-best 18 goals, joins the Badgers after notching a goal and 12 points in 27 games played during the 2023-24 season. A team alternate captain as a sophomore, he earned a career-high three assists in the Huskies' 3-3 tie against Michigan State on Dec. 29, 2023. An engineering major, Kukkonen was named a 2024 CCHA Scholar-Athlete and a member of the CCHA All-Academic Team.

Over two years at Michigan Tech, the rising junior has 19 goals and 39 points in 66 total games played, tallying 18 goals and 9 assists for 27 points as a freshman in 2022-23. In addition to being named the CCHA Rookie of the Year in 2023, Kukkonen was a unanimous selection on the CCHA All-Rookie Team and the recipient of MTU's Norbert Matovich Memorial Award as the most outstanding freshman. His 18 goals led the Huskies' roster, marking the most scored by a Michigan Tech freshman since 1988, and he ranked seventh in the country with five game-winning goals. 

Before skating for the Huskies, Kukkonen captained the USHL's Madison Capitols, tallying 22 goals and 53 points in 58 games played in 2021-22. The forward is a prospect of the Anaheim Ducks chosen as the 162nd overall pick in the sixth round of the 2021 NHL Draft. 

Cody Laskosky, Gr., Camrose, Alberta (RIT, Atlantic Hockey/Camrose, AJHL)
Forward, 5-11, 180, Shoots: R
Laskosky (pronounced luh-SKAW-skee) finished his senior year at RIT with a career-high 41 points after tallying 14 goals, including seven power-play goals, and 27 assists in 37 games played. During the 2023-24 campaign, he was named Atlantic Hockey First-Team All-Conference, the Atlantic Hockey Player of the Month for February and ranked second in the conference in regular season scoring. He was also the 2023 Atlantic Hockey Best Defensive Forward,

Through his four years at RIT, Laskosky notched 32 goals and 52 assists for 84 points in 124 games played, marking the 25th most points in the school's history as a DI program. He owns two career hat tricks, scoring one as a junior in 2022 and the other as a senior in 2024 to earn a three-goal, one-assist, four-point-night in RIT's 7-1 victory at Robert Morris. 

As a sophomore in 2021-22, the Camrose, Alberta, native was named to the Atlantic Hockey All-Academic team and tallied a four-assist, four-point game in RIT's 6-5 overtime win at Niagara on Jan. 22, 2022. In 2020-21, Laskosky was named an AHCA All-American Scholar and to the Atlantic Hockey All-Academic team.

Prior to joining the Tigers, the forward played for the AHJL's Camrose Kodiaks, finishing fourth in the league with 40 goals and seventh with 80 points during the 2019-20 regular season.

Ryland Mosley, Gr., Arnprior, Ontario (Michigan Tech, CCHA/Carleton Place, CCHL)
Forward, 5-11, 190, Shoots: L
Mosley, a three-time CCHA All-Academic team member, racked up 18 goals and 33 points in 40 games played for Michigan Tech in the 2023-24 season. He helped the 2023-24 Huskies to their first-ever CCHA tournament title, notching four goals and seven points in four Mason Cup tournament games, including scoring the tournament-winning goal against Bemidji State in the championship game.

Over four years and 128 games played at MTU, Mosley tallied 36 goals, including 10 power-play goals and three short-handed goals, and 43 assists for 79 points. As a team alternate captain in 2023, he was named All-CCHA First Team and received the Huskies' Gary Crosby Memorial Award as the team's leading scorer with 12 goals and 31 points in 39 games. Mosley also ranked second in the nation after scoring three short-handed goals during the 2022-23 season. In that same year, he had nine multi-point games and was second on the roster with four game-winning goals. 

The Arnprior, Ontario, native joined the Huskies as a freshman midway through the 2020-21 season, tallying one goal and one assist in 13 games played. In 2021-22, Mosley earned five goals and 13 points in 36 games as a sophomore, including recording a three assist-game versus Ferris State on Mov. 27, 2021. 

Before playing for MTU, Mosley skated for the Carleton Place Canadians of the CCHL, tallying 129 points (43g, 86a) in 127 career games for the Canadians. 

Tommy Scarfone, Sr., Montreal, Quebec (RIT, Atlantic Hockey/Surrey, BCHL)
Goaltender, 6-0, 175, Catches: L
The 2024 Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Year and two-time Atlantic Hockey First-Team All-Conference member, Scarfone (pronounced skar-FO-nee) backstopped the Tigers to the Atlantic Hockey regular season and tournament titles and an NCAA tournament bid during the 2023-24 season.

The rising senior ended the year with 25 wins, four shutouts, a .925 save percentage and 2.26 goals allowed on average through 36 games played. His four shutouts led all Atlantic Hockey goaltenders and ranked fourth in the nation, while his save percentage was good for fifth in the country.

Scarfone has picked up multiple national and conference honors throughout his career, earning Hockey Commissioners Association National Goaltender of the Month in October 2023 and January 2024, two Hobey Baker Award nominee in 2022-23 and 2023-24, Mike Richter Award semifinalist recognition in 2023-24, an All-American Scholar in 2023 and a nine-time Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Week, among others. 

Scarfone leaves RIT as the winningest goaltender in the program's DI history, earning a 55-29-4 record over three years with the Tigers. He compiled a program record 2,494 saves and is the only RIT DI-era goaltender to record multiple 20-win seasons and multiple seasons with over 900 saves. His .921 career save percentage ranks sixth among active goaltenders in the NCAA, and his 55 wins rank fourth.

Before playing for the Tigers, Scarfone stood between the pipes for the BCHL's Surrey Eagles.