MADISON, Wis. — Tough night at LaBahn Friday as the No. 14 Badgers (2-2-0, 2-2-0-1 Big Ten) battled hard for 64 minutes and 33 seconds against the No. 6 Wolverines (4-0-0, 1-0-1-0 Big Ten) to come up short 2-1 in their first 3v3 overtime of the season.
After a scoreless first, junior
Roman Ahcan notched his first goal of the season just two minutes into the second on a perfect power-play pass by senior
Tarek Baker giving the Badgers four first goals in four games. Â
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Wisconsin held fast to its lead in the second until Michigan knocked one in with six minutes to go to tie the game at 1-1.Â
It was a back-and-forth third period for both teams before a single five minute 3v3 overtime where the Wolverines scored with 26.6 seconds left for the overtime victory.Â
UW netminder
Robbie Beydoun stopped 34 of 36 shots.Â
Notes to know:
- Sophomore Cole Caufield posted his fourth assist of the season giving him one in each game of UW's four games
- Senior Tarek Baker has his third consecutive game with an assist
- Senior Linus Weissbach skated in his 100th career game as a Badger
- Wisconsin's power play is 4-14 (28.6) scoring a power-play marker for the fourth consecutive contest. Â
Up next: Wisconsin is back at home Monday and Tuesday Nov. 23-24 with a pre-Thanksgiving series against No. 10 Penn State. Catch the games live on-air at 5 p.m. on Fox Sports Wisconsin and 1310 WIBA, and streams at BTN+.Â