Wisconsin Men’s Hockey: Badgers Earn Weekend Split vs. No. 1 Gophers

Wisconsin Men’s Hockey splits weekend series with No. 1 Gophers

Madison, WI- The Wisconsin Men’s Hockey team earns the weekend split with the No. 1 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers. The Badgers lost on Friday night 4-1 but picked up a win on Saturday with a 3-1 final score.

Friday (2/10/2023)

The Wisconsin Men’s Hockey team hosted their first-ever Stripe-Out the Kohl Center (Red vs. White), where each section had to compete in a best of 7 series to win a souvenir puck. The Red sections won the competition after having to come back after being down 3-1.

Unfortunately, the Badgers couldn’t make a comeback. After going down 4-0, Brock Caufield would go on and net the only goal for the Badgers. Wisconsin would lose 4-0 and go to 0-3 on the season series vs. the Gophers.

Saturday (2/11/2023)

Saturday night was a night to celebrate. The Wisconsin Men’s Hockey team was honoring the 50th anniversary of the 1973 National Championship team and the 40th anniversary of the 1983 National Championship team. Minnesota needed a win Saturday night to clinch the Big Ten regular season title, but the Badgers would play spoiler.

Luke LaMaster was laying the body on the Gophers all night. Crushing Gophers Jimmy Snuggerud in back-to-back shifts, LaMaster earned Everything College Hockey’s Hit of the Week award when he sent Snuggerud over the Wisconsin bench. Cruz Lucius, Daniel Laatsch, and Carson Bantle would all score in a 3-1 victory over Minnesota, making the Gophers have to wait another weekend to clinch the B1G regular season title. 

Hit of the week @LukeLaMaster 😤@BadgerMHockey l @B1GHockey pic.twitter.com/q81pCXbwNl

— EVERYTHING COLLEGE HOCKEY (@TeamECH) February 15, 2023

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