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Wisconsin’s hockey season ends at Big Ten Tournament

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The Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team fell just short of a semifinal berth in the Big Ten tournament Sunday evening, falling 4-3 in overtime to No. 18 Penn State at Pegula Ice Arena in University Park, Pa.

Liam Folkes tallied the game-winner at the 10:50 mark of the first overtime period to earn the 4-3 win for Penn State.

The Badgers got goals from Max Zimmer, Brock Caufield and Josh Ess.

The Badgers won the series opener on Friday night before the Nittany Lions were able to even the series at 1-1 on Saturday, forcing the third and deciding game on Sunday evening.

Freshman goaltender Daniel Lebedeff made a career-high 46 saves in the loss, good for a .920 save percentage.

The Badgers finished the season with a 14-18-5 overall record.

Freshmen shine in Badgers hockey exhibition

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Badger coach Tony Granato

Six freshmen tallied points as the Wisconsin men’s hockey team routed the University of Victoria, 8-2, in an exhibition game Sunday night at the Kohl Center.

The Badgers jumped in front early in the first period on power-play goals from sophomore defenseman Wyatt Kalynuk and junior forward Max Zimmer.

Victoria answered with a pair of quick goals midway through the first period, but freshman forward Dominick Mersch buried the puck at the 15-minute mark of the period to start a six-goal outburst.

Three other freshmen scored goals for the Badgers, Roman Ahcan, Brock Caufield and Mick Messner.

Wisconsin outshot Victoria 72-15, with the Badgers holding the Vikings to single-digit shots in each of the three periods.

 

Hockey Badgers fall at Denver

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bucky-badger-logoThe Wisconsin Badgers comeback fell short in the third period, falling to the second-ranked Denver Pioneers 6-5 on Saturday night.

Wisconsin (7-5) started the third period with a goal from Max Zimmer to cut the Pioneers’ lead to 5-3 with just under 16 and a half minutes to play.

Denver went back up by three goals when Troy Terry scored on a 5-on-3 power play.

But the Badgers got goals from Grant Besse (PP) and Seamus Malone on a major power play at 8:36 to close the gap to one.

The Badgers had allowed just 12 shots on goal in a 2-1 victory at Colorado College, but they surrendered 45 shots against Denver.

Wisconsin freshman goaltender Jack Berry made 39 saves in Wisconsin’s loss.

The Badgers return home to face Omaha this next weekend at the Kohl Center.

Hockey Badgers grab series opener from Merrimack

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Jake Linhart

Jake Linhart

Jake Linhart and Max Zimmer scored their first goals of the season to help the Wisconsin men’s hockey team (6-3-0, 0-0-0-0 Big Ten) knock off the Merrimack Warriors (4-6-3, 0-2-3-0 Hockey East) by a score of 3-2 on Friday night.

Luke Kunin scored the other goal for the Badgers, just 21 seconds into the game on an assist from Ryan Wagner.

Jack Berry saved 17 of the 19 shots he faced on the night to earn his second win in as many starts.

The Badgers outshot Merrimack 36-19.  The Badgers will play for the sweep over the Warriors when the two teams close out their series at the Kohl Center 7 p.m.