Power play, Caufield hat trick lead Badgers to victory

Sunday, September 1

Vancouver, British Columbia

5 p.m.

Wisconsin Badgers

British Columbia (exhibition)

K'Andre Miller, Alex Turcotte, Cole Caufield and Linus Weissbach at UBC

Photo by: Rich Lam/UBC Thunderbirds

Power play, Caufield hat trick lead Badgers to victory

September 01, 2019 | Men's Hockey

Holloway scores again, Miller collects four helpers in 7-5 win at British Columbia

By: Victoria Dombeck

Vancouver, British Columbia -- Freshman forward Cole Caufield buried three shots for a hat trick and helped Wisconsin to a 7-5 exhibition-game victory at British Columbia in their rematch on Sunday.

UW grabbed a 3-0 triumph over the Thunderbirds on Friday.

This time, the Badgers struck on four power plays, leading 4-0 after one period and 5-1 after two frames.

4-0 after period 1.
5-1 after period 2.

Here are first period goals. Kalynuk, Sean Dhooghe, Cole Caufield and Dylan Holloway. pic.twitter.com/jcCTFRDaLT
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerMHockey) September 1, 2019

Captain Wyatt Kalynuk, Sean Dhooghe, Caufield, and freshman Dylan Holloway tallied in the first period, with three assists from K'Andre Miller in the stanza. Frosh Alex Turcotte chipped in an assist in the period, among others.

Caufield added a second goal in the second period, but UW allowed a short-handed tally, as well.

#Badgers fifth goal of the game. Only one for UW in period 2, by Cole Caufield. Looks a lot like first goal on Friday. 5-1 UW after 2. pic.twitter.com/AsQsGONjoe
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerMHockey) September 1, 2019

UBC charged back in the third period, getting to withing 5-4, but Caufield stopped the bleeding with a finish on a 2-on-1.

We told you about him earlier today...

Cole Caufield finishes off the hat trick with this snipe in @badgermhockey 7-5 exhibition win at British Columbia. pic.twitter.com/SfjFsW0mcy
— Wisconsin Badgers (@UWBadgers) September 2, 2019

UBC closed to 6-5 with an extra-attacker goal, but Jack Gorniak scored into an empty net moments later to seal a 7-5 win.

In a unique twist, Wisconsin shot against its own goaltenders in the game, facing Daniel Lebedeff in the first period, and Jack Berry in the final two. Due to injuries, UBC was without its top-two goaltenders.

Berry started the game for the Badgers before switching teams in the second period. Johan Blomquist played the second and third periods in goal for Wisconsin.

Up next for the Badgers:
Wisconsin returns back to Madison for the start of school on Wednesday, but will go more than a month before the regular-season opener at Boston College on Oct. 11. UW opens its home slate Oct. 18-19 at the Kohl Center against two-time defending NCAA champion Minnesota Duluth.