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Badgers salvage shooting win in series finale at MSU

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The Wisconsin men’s hockey team, after falling 4-1 at Michigan State on Friday night, recorded a season high 54 shots on Saturday and skated to a 2-2 tie in the series finale against the Spartans on Saturday.  Junior Max Zimmer scored in the sudden-death shootout to give the Badgers the extra point in the Big Ten standings.

Senior forward Will Johnson scored his eighth goal of the season give minutes into the game to give the Badgers a 1-0 lead.

The Spartans evened the game 1-1 early in the second, before Wisconsin sophomore winger Linus Weissbach banged in a loose rebound in the crease past MSU goaltender Drew DeRidder to give the Badgers the lead once again.

Spartans winger Mitchell Lewandowski knotted the game up early in the third frame, and despite several promising chances in front of the MSU net, the Badgers couldn’t secure the game-winner to deny overtime.

Junior goaltender Jack Berry made 31 stops in-goal for the Badgers.

Wisconsin returns to Madison and will host fourth ranked and Big Ten leading Ohio State at the Kohl Center.  Saturday night, the Badgers will honor legendary Badger Mark Johnson by retiring his number 10 during a pregame ceremony.

Hockey Badgers earn another weekend split

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Seamus Malone

After falling behind early, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team rebounded to knock off Mercyhurst (5-5-2, 2-2-2 Atlantic Hockey) on Sunday at the Kohl Center.

Wisconsin (9-6-2, 3-2-1 Big Ten) outshot the Lakers 45-26 while recording 21 blocks to MU’s 14.

It was the Badgers’ first comeback victory this season, as the Lakers opened the scoring at the 16:23 mark of the first period.  Mercyhurst took a 1-0 lead into the first period intermission.

Badger freshman forward Sean Dhooghe scored his second career goal at 1:31 of the second period on the power play.  Dhooghe was crashing the net and jammed home a rebound to tie the game 1-1.

Wisconsin took the lead for good late in the second period when junior Seamus Malone picked up his own rebound and found the back of the net to make it 2-1.

Will Johnson and Jake Linhart scored third period goals for the Badgers to close out the scoring.

Malone ended with a goal and two assists, ending the weekend with four points.

Sophomore goaltender Jack Berry recorded 24 saves for his second win of the season.

The Badgers lost 3-2 to the Lakers on Saturday.  They return to Big Ten play this weekend, heading to Minneapolis for Friday-Saturday games against the rival Gophers.

Wisconsin Hockey in Big Ten Championship game

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The Wisconsin Badgers avenged a pair of losses last weekend to Ohio State, knocking off the Buckeyes 2-1 in Friday’s Big Ten tournament semifinals at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

The second-seeded Badgers (20-14-1) knows it has to win the championship game to make the NCAA Tournament and they’re one win away from pulling it off.

Luke Kunin gave the Badgers a 1-0 lead, scoring on a rebound 17 minutes into the opening period.

Ohio State (21-11-6) evened the game in the second period on a Dakota Johnson power play goal.

Will Johnson scored the go-ahead goal and eventual game winner in the third for the Badgers.

Wisconsin played keep away from the Buckeyes in the final minutes to preserve the win after Ohio State’s Josh Healey was whistled for a 5-minute major and game misconduct with 2:28 left to play.

The Badgers will face Penn State in Saturday night’s title game.  The Nittany Lions knocked off Minnesota in double overtime in Friday’s semifinals.