OMAHA, Neb. – Defense was on display in Omaha Friday night as the No. 12 Badgers (5-4-0, 0-2-0-0 Big Ten) killed six of seven power-play attempts from the No. 20 Omaha Mavericks (4-2-1, 0-0-0-0 NCHC) en route to a 5-2 win at Baxter Arena. Goals from Ty Pelton-Byce in the first alongside Alex Turcotte and Roman Ahcan’s goals in the second were too much to handle as the Maverick offense had no response to sophomore goalie Daniel Lebedeff’s 27-save night. The Mavericks started out the second period on a power play and had a five-minute power play towards the end of the second, but Omaha was unable to capitalize. Turcotte’s goal came during the interrupted major power play when Omaha was called for a minor and the freshman scored four-on-four. Empty-net goals by Ahcan and Sean Dhooghe sealed the deal for Wisconsin in the third. The Badgers failed on their six power-play attempts. Green Bay Gamblers 5, Muskegon Lumberjacks 1
At Muskegon, the Gamblers fell behind 1-0 in the first period on a gaol by Tanner Edwards but then scored five unanswered goals in the win over the Lumberjacks.
Green Bay got goals in order from Jesse Tucker, Noah Ganske, Ryan O’Reilly, O’Reilly again and Dylan Wendt.
Jake Schmaltz, Kyler Grundy, Tucker, Nicholas Zabaneh, Nicholas Petruolo and Braidan Simmons-Fischer each had an assist for Green Bay.
Gaven Enright had 29 saves for Green Bay.
