Wisconsin spent much of the first half of the NCAA women’s hockey season as the top ranked team in the nation. After a few key losses however, they’ve yet to make it back to the top.
Facing #7 Minnesota-Duluth, Wisconsin looked like they were destined to drop again after falling behind 4-1 heading into the third, but Wisconsin showed there is no quit in their team.
“I give the players a lot of credit, we were down 4-1. You get the next goal, you can change the momentum and we did a nice job of that,” said head coach Mark Johnson. “Ava (McNaughton) made some real nice saves on the power play and kept the game within reach. The momentum shifted and we capitalized, and it was a good way to win.”
When it came time to turn the tides, it was Lacey Eden who scored twice for Wisconsin to get her team back int the game.
“We came in, he kind of calmed us down a little bit. They had been playing a super physical game and just giving it to us, and our main goal was to sort of step up and give it back to them,” said Eden. “We’re a team that runs off of momentum and once we got a good bounce, it just kept coming.”