Badgers end Gophers' unbeaten streak

MADISON -- Ross Carlson used a little magic to help Wisconsin end its biggest rival's unbeaten streak.

Carlson scored twice, with his second breaking a third-period tie as the Badgers beat No. 1 Minnesota 2-1 in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association on Friday night, ending the Gophers' unbeaten streak at 22 games.

Carlson, a senior from Duluth East, scored both of his goals on the power play as the Badgers improved to 5-0-1 at home against the nation's top-ranked team under coach Mike Eaves.

Carlson scored 2:50 into the third period to break a 1-1 tie.

Minnesota had a number of streaks broken, but the primary one was the 22-game unbeaten run, which was the longest in the country.

The Gophers also started the game with a seven-game winning streak, a 21-game road winning streak and a 26-game unbeaten streak in regular-season games.

Brian Elliott made 18 saves for the Badgers (10-11-2, 7-7-1), who were 2-for-4 on the power play.

It was Wisconsin's 1,000th win in program history.

Kellen Briggs stopped 21 shots for the Gophers (19-2-3, 11-1-3), who were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

MSU-Mankato 6,St. Cloud State 4

The Mavericks scored five goals in the third period to erase a 4-1 deficit to earn the WCHA win in St. Cloud, Minn.

Joel Hanson scored two goals for Mankato, including the first goal of the game. St. Cloud took a 4-1 lead early in the third period before the Mavericks countered with three goals in a span of five minutes.

Mike Zacharias had 23 saves for Mankato. Bobby Goepfert had 30 saves for St. Cloud.

Michigan Tech 4,Bemidji State 1

Michael-Lee Teslak stopped 22 shots as the Huskies upended No. 16 Bemidji State in a nonconference game in Houghton, Mich.

Four different players scored for Tech (9-12-2).

Bemidji State falls to 12-6-3.

Augsburg 2,St. Scholastica 1

Danny Carlson scored the game-winning goal 13 seconds into overtime as Augsburg edged St. Scholastica in a nonconference game in Minneapolis.

Jake Nelson of Superior scored the lone goal for the Saints (8-7-1).

St. Scholastica outshot Augsburg 27-18 after Nelson's goal.

Tyler Johnson had 16 saves for St. Scholastica.

St. Scholastica 1 0 0 0--1

Augsburg 1 0 0 1--2

First period--1. Aug, Ben Bradbury (Aaron Johnson, Critter Nagurski) :42. 2. CSS, Jake Nelson (Joey Martini, Kyle Luschinski) 4:42.

Second period--No scoring.

Third period--No scoring.

Overtime--3. Aug, Danny Carlson (Shawn Bakke, Jacob Smith) :13.

Saves--Tyler Johnson, CSS, 16. Adam Hendel, AUG, 26.