220212 Men’s Hockey vs. Notre Dame Senior Night Wisconsin forward Ryder Donovan (22)
Greg Anderson
3
Winner Wisconsin UW 10-22-3
1
Notre Dame ND 25-10-0
Winner
Wisconsin UW
10-22-3
3
Final
1
Notre Dame ND
25-10-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Wisconsin UW 1 1 1 3
Notre Dame ND 0 1 0 1

Game Recap: Men's Hockey | | Clara Boudette

Badgers claim first game of Big Ten tournament over Notre Dame

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:
  • 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.
Next Up: The Badgers face Notre Dame in the second game of their best-of-three series on Saturday, March 5, at 5 p.m. CT. Stream on Big Ten Plus and follow along on Twitter and Instagram at @BadgerMHockey
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