(WNFL, St. Norbert, USHL UW news services) – After knocking off the undefeated Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-1-1, 4-1-1-0 Big Ten) Friday night, the No. 15 Badger men’s hockey team (6-6-0, 1-3-0-0 Big Ten) hoped to sweep the No. 4 ranked team in the nation with a win Saturday night. However, an overtime period and a matter of inches sent the Badgers home with a series split after a 5-4 loss Saturday night at the Kohl Center in Madison.Tied at four at the end of regulation, Wisconsin had an answer to just about everything Notre Dame put in its path, but it was Cole Caufield’s overtime breakaway shot that was cleared away from the goal line, then an Irish goal shortly after that sealed the win for Notre Dame.The rematch between the Badgers and Irish proved to be a game of momentum changes. When Notre Dame scored 34 seconds into the game, freshman Dylan Holloway answered with a goal of his own. Wisconsin would continue to go back an forth with the Irish including goals by Linus Weissbach and Wyatt Kalynuk, but it was K’Andre Miller’s third period shot that would give Wisconsin its first lead.Notre Dame’s Colin Theisen snuck a shot past sophomore goalie Daniel Lebedeff to force overtime against Wisconsin for the first time this season.NCHA
Trine 2, St. Norbert 0
At Angola, Indiana, Ryan Bontorin turned away 32 shots but Trine University was able to sneak one third-period shot past him to lead the Thunder past the Green Knights Saturday.
Trine got its third-period goals at 11:40 from Brenda Prappas and at 19:51 from Brandon Krumpschmid (empty net).
The Green Knights who were outshot 34-24 are now 2-4 overall and 1-3 in the NCHA.
USHL
Green Bay 6, Sioux Falls 3
At Sioux Falls, the Stampede took a 2-0 lead less than 13 minutes into the game but the Gamblers scored six of the next seven goals to come up with the road win.
Green Bay got first-period goals from Noah Ganske and Chad Hillebrand, second-period goals from Mason Lohrei and Alex Servagno and third-period goals from Servagno and Camden Thiesing.
Gavin Enright had 30 saves from Green Bay.
