Badgers fall to Minnesota 6-4 in Big Ten tournament championship
The Wisconsin Badgers lost to the Minnesota Golden Gophers 6-4 in the Big Ten men’s hockey tournament championship.
Minnesota went up 5-1 in the first two periods, with the only Badgers goal coming from Roman Ahcan.
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But Wisconsin came alive in the third period with goals from Mike Vorlicky, Ahcan and Cole Caufield.
📽️: Cole Caufield. Thats it. Thats the tweet.
🍎: Lindmark pic.twitter.com/UoQPsWqEDQ
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerMHockey) March 17, 2021
The Badgers were able to make it 5-4 but an empty-net goal from the Gophers with less than a minute to go iced the game.
Wisconsin now waits for its seeding in the NCAA tournament.