It is not all that often that a team\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s game can mirror their season. Saturday night at the Kohl Center, the Wisconsin Badgers women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hockey team endured precisely that, falling behind 2-1 in the second period before rallying for a 5-3 win. <\/p>\n
It was Wisconsin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s third straight victory in the second game of a series after losing the first game.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I was impressed with our composure on the bench as you could sense that players didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want this one to slip away,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Badgers coach Tracy DeKeyser said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We came back and responded.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
After the Buckeyes took a 2-1 lead early in the second, it took Wisconsin just over a minute to tie the game with a penalty shot goal. <\/p>\n
The penalty shot was awarded to Wisconsin sophomore center Brooke Ammerman, when she was hauled down while in alone on a breakaway. On the penalty shot Ammerman shifted to a backhand deke to tie the game at two.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have been using that move a lot in practice so I thought I would try it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Ammerman said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153(Knapp) didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t bite as hard as I thought she would so I got pretty lucky.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Wisconsin took a lead they would never relinquished 17 seconds later when the Badgers broke in on a 2-on-1 rush. Badgers junior winger Geena Prough took a feed from senior winger Kyla Sanders, and made no mistake with the shot to make the score 3-2. It was Prough\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s second goal of the night as also she also opened the scoring 16 minutes into the game.<\/p>\n
Ten minutes later Wisconsin capped their second period rally when junior defenseman Anne Dronen picked off an errant Buckeyes pass in the neutral zone. Dronen proceeded to catch Ohio State flat-footed, cutting through the entirety of Buckeye defense then burying a wrist shot top shelf for a 4-2 lead. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I split the defense and took the puck full steam to the net and put it in,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Dronen said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They were going forward and I was going at them, so I think I overtook them with my speed a little bit.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
After the three goal Badgers barrage, the Buckeyes managed to chip away at the Badgers lead with a 2-on-1 rush of their own early in the third period. Freshman winger Hokey Langan fed sophomore center Laura McIntosh, who returned puck to Langan for the give-and-go goal making the score 4-3.<\/p>\n
But the Buckeyes would get no closer as Wisconsin junior center Mallory Deluce put the game out of reach with a goal with six and half minutes left to make the score 5-3.<\/p>\n
Ohio State\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bright spot of the night was the comeback the Buckeyes staged at the beginning of the second period. Just 33 seconds in McIntosh picked up the puck in the corner and fed junior defenseman Teal Bishop sneaking down from the point position. Bishop buried the puck past Badgers freshman goaltender Becca Ruegsegger to tie the game at one.<\/p>\n
The Buckeyes took a brief lead two and half minutes later when senior defenseman Rachel Davis caught the Badgers on a line change with a pass to McIntosh, who coasted in a breakaway and beat Ruegsegger. McIntosh finished with two goals and two assists on the weekend.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It took me a while to get started this season,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d McIntosh said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153So I came out hard looking for some points and a win for the team, so I am happy about the weekend.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Despite Ohio State (2-3-3 overall, 2-2-1-0 WCHA) capturing two of four points on the weekend against fifth ranked Wisconsin, Buckeyes coach Jackie Barto was hardly satisfied with her team\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s weekend.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We came here to get four points,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Barto said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I thought we had a slow start tonight, but got ourselves back into the game. However, a couple of plays for Wisconsin changed the flow in the second period.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Ohio State heads back home next weekend to host Minnesota State.<\/p>\n
For Wisconsin (3-3-0, 3-3-0-0), the win kept the Badgers with an even record as they prepare to host second ranked Minnesota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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