No. 20 Omaha pulls away late to gain split with No. 12 Wisconsin Badgers men's hockey team

[Da-news-now]

No. 20 Omaha scored twice in the second period to break a tie, then pulled away in the third for a 5-2 victory over the 12th-ranked Badgers and a series split.

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[Crease Creature]

Defensive effort was seriously lacking in this one. The 5th goal was soft as hell and got Lebedeff benched, which isn't necessarily fair (that one was absolutely on the TWO Badgers on the back side who couldn't bother to play D) but he wasn't great and nobody was helping him.

Great puck movement on a 4 on 3 powerplay, that really negated the size advantage UNO enjoyed most of the night. But the team looked ready to go home after the 1st period, came out flat in the 2nd, and couldn't stop committing stupid penalties.

We nearly got an all-out donnybrook, surprised the refs let it go that long. Badgers came out on top in that one.