Jimmy Snuggerud scored the tying goal and the game-winning goal as the Gophers men’s hockey team rallied for a 3-2 victory over Wisconsin on Friday in Madison, Wis.
The victory was the seventh straight for the third-ranked Gophers (8-1, 3-0 Big Ten).
The Badgers led 2-0 early in the second period and skated off three consecutive Gophers power plays before Ryan Chesley got the Gophers within 2-1 with a short-handed goal midway through the second period.
Snuggerud scored an even-strength goal with 7 minutes, 45 seconds remaining to break the tie.
Coach Bob Motzko saw room for improvement in the Gophers.
“We got the win tonight, but we did a lot of things in the game that were self-inflicted wounds and put ourselves on defense far too many times,” he said. “We have to be comfortable playing uncomfortable, and we’re not right now, but we got a win out of it and that’s the darn positive thing out of it.”
