(UW ATHLETICS) MANKATO, MINN — No. 7 Wisconsin scored twice in a 39-second span of the first period on its way to a 4-0 shutout over No. 19 Minnesota State on Friday at Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center.
To start off the night, Brent Solomon found the mesh for his first career NCAA goal, which also proved to mark his first career game-winning tally.
It did not take long for the Badgers to find the net again in the first period. Less than a minute later, Oliver Tulk, with help from the European duo of Vasily Zelenov and Bruno Idžan, gave the Badgers a 2-0 lead.
To cap off the second period, Logan Hensler buried the puck in the net for a power-play goal, after receiving a clean pass from Zach Wooten.
Grady Deering scored his second goal of the season, swooping behind the net before slipping the puck past the Mavericks’ goaltender to close out the scoring in the third period.
The Badgers outshot the Mavericks 35-13, to help secure Alexis Cournoyer’s first shutout as a Badger.
NOTES TO KNOW
- UW posted its second 3-0 start in four seasons under head coach Mike Hastings
- Prior to Hastings’ tenure, UW’s most recent 3-0 start before that came in 2004-05 season
- It marked the third straight win over Minnesota State in Mankato and 4-0-2 in last six in the series
- Cournoyer’s shutout after Daniel Hauser blanked Robert Morris last Saturday makes it the first time two different Badger goaltenders have produced consecutive shutouts since Nov. 25 and Dec. 1, 2023, when William Gramme and Kyle McClellan blanked Alaska Anchorage and Ohio State in consecutive games.
- Head coach Mike Hastings, along with associate head coach Todd Knott, strength and conditioning coach Tommy Inkrott and director of hockey operations Luke Regner each returned to play in Mankato for the first time since departing Minnesota State and helping with the Wisconsin program prior to the 2023-24 season.
Up Next: The Badgers continue their play at Minnesota State on Saturday, Oct. 10. Puck drops at 6 p.m.
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