Saturday, January 22, 2011

Badgers extend home winning streak with 3-2 victory

The Wisconsin Badgers extened their home winning streak to eight games after a 3-2 victory Friday night over Minnesota State at the Kohl Center. Senior netminder Scott Gudmandson stopped 37 shots en route to the victory.

Wisconsin goals were scored by Podge Turnbull, Jake Gardiner, and Michael Mersch. The Badgers are now 9-0 when Turnbull scores a goal. Turnbull has now scored 7 goals in his past 9 games.

With the victory, Wisconsin moved up 1 spot in the Pairwise from #9 to #8.

WSJ (Baggot): Gardiner's recovery saves the day for Badgers
PucKato (Frederick): Wisconsin 3, Minnesota State 2
UWBadgers.com: Men's hockey deafeats Minnesota State 3-2
UWBadgers.com: Highlights
UWBadgers.com: Post Game Press Conference
UWBadgers.com: Post Game Quotes
UWBadgers.com: Final Statistics
MSUMavericks.com: Second period dooms Mavericks at Wisconsin Friday

Scores from around the league
St. Cloud 2, Bemidji State 1 OT
Denver 3, Alaska-Anchorage 2
Nebraska-Omaha 8, North Dakota 4
Minnesota-Duluth 5, Michigan Tech 0
Colorado College 7, Alabama Huntsville 0

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