Friday, March 4
South Bend, Ind.
6 p.m.
Wisconsin Badgers
10-22-3
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Notre Dame (Best-of-three)
25-10-0
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Wisconsin
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Photo by: Greg Anderson
Badgers claim first game of Big Ten tournament over Notre Dame
March 04, 2022 | Men's Hockey
Jared Moe backstops 3-1 win with 49 saves
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Wisconsin men's hockey team rallied over the No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (25-10-0) in game one of their best-of-three Big Ten tournament match up at Compton Family Ice Arena.
Wisconsin (10-22-3) came out of the gate ready to battle as the sixth seeded team in the tournament.
Senior forward Brock Caufield provided the Badgers with a 1-0 lead at 15:22 in the first period. Carson Bantle sent the puck up the ice for Mathieu De St. Phalle who out-skated the Fighting Irish and fed a pass across to Caufield as he entered the zone all alone. Caufield then fired a wrist shot off the far post and into the twine.
The Fighting Irish briefly evened the score, 1-1, in the second period on the power play when Graham Slaggert converted on a cross from Nick Leiverman and Ryder Rolston.
Thirty-eight seconds later, Dominick Mersch notched his fifth goal of the season to put the Badgers back on top. Corson Ceulemans slid a pass across the blue line to Tyler Inamoto. The super-senior defenseman fired a shot on net that Mersch tipped past Notre Dame's Matthew Galajda.
Zach Urdahl added to Wisconsin's tally on a tic-tac-toe play with Sam Stange and tucked the puck in the net for a 3-1 lead.
Notre Dame pulled their goaltender in favor of an extra skater in the final minutes to no avail, leading the Badgers to a 3-1 win.
Notes to know:
Wisconsin (10-22-3) came out of the gate ready to battle as the sixth seeded team in the tournament.
Senior forward Brock Caufield provided the Badgers with a 1-0 lead at 15:22 in the first period. Carson Bantle sent the puck up the ice for Mathieu De St. Phalle who out-skated the Fighting Irish and fed a pass across to Caufield as he entered the zone all alone. Caufield then fired a wrist shot off the far post and into the twine.
📽️: Caufield goes off the post and in! That's 50 career points for the Brock-star 🌟
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerMHockey) March 5, 2022
🍎: MDSP, Bantle pic.twitter.com/YrPSNONHiA
The Fighting Irish briefly evened the score, 1-1, in the second period on the power play when Graham Slaggert converted on a cross from Nick Leiverman and Ryder Rolston.
Thirty-eight seconds later, Dominick Mersch notched his fifth goal of the season to put the Badgers back on top. Corson Ceulemans slid a pass across the blue line to Tyler Inamoto. The super-senior defenseman fired a shot on net that Mersch tipped past Notre Dame's Matthew Galajda.
📽️: Mersch-alert!
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerMHockey) March 5, 2022
🍎: Inamoto, Ceulemans pic.twitter.com/9Voo4wCmJt
Zach Urdahl added to Wisconsin's tally on a tic-tac-toe play with Sam Stange and tucked the puck in the net for a 3-1 lead.
📽️: Urdahl does it all!
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerMHockey) March 5, 2022
🍎: Stange pic.twitter.com/QuZ5XNE2Sd
Notre Dame pulled their goaltender in favor of an extra skater in the final minutes to no avail, leading the Badgers to a 3-1 win.
Notes to know:
- Jared Moe stopped an astounding 49 saves in net
- Josh Ess is tied for 4th in all-time games played as a Badger with 171 games
- Brock Caufield scored his 50th career point
- The UW victory marked the second Big Ten tournament victory by a six seed in the nine-year history of the event.
Team Stats
UW
ND
Shots
27
50
PPG
0
1
SHG
0
0
Penalties
5
1
Penalty Mins
10
2
Faceoffs Won
29
40
Game Leaders
+/-
+1
Goals
1
Sh
3
A
0
+/-
+1
Goals
1
Sh
1
A
0
+/-
+1
Goals
1
Sh
1
A
0
+/-
+2
Goals
0
Sh
4
A
1
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