MADISON, Wis. — Minnesota State silenced college hockey’s largest arena on Friday night. On Saturday, the Mavericks got to hear what 15,000 screaming fans really sound like.

Before a sold-out Kohl Center, No. 13 Minnesota State saw its seven-game winning streak come to an end as 10th-ranked Wisconsin won the Western Collegiate Hockey Association game 4-2.

“We haven’t been on a roll like this in quite a few years,” Mavericks forward Jon Kalinski said. “Maybe it was a wake-up call for everybody.”

The Mavericks (16-11-4, 10-10-4 in WCHA) hadn’t allowed four goals in a game since a 5-2 loss to North Dakota on Jan. 19. Coincidently, that was the last was the last time they lost.

Wisconsin snapped its own three-game winless streak against MSU by scoring the game’s first four goals. The last two were power-play goals by Michael Davies and Davis Drewiske that came just 71 seconds apart following penalties by Rylan Galiardi and Kalinski.

Much of the Mavericks’ success this season has been built on discipline, especially cutting down penalty minutes. Coach Troy Jutting even benched players early in the year for taking what he felt were stupid or selfish penalties. Galiardi’s infraction was a slash behind the play that was called by the assistant referee.

“That was a stupid penalty, a really stupid penalty,” Jutting said. “We have been doing a good job of not taking that penalty — not tonight, unfortunately.”

The Mavericks committed 11 penalties, compared to just six in the series opener, a 3-0 win. Kalinski, who was called for hooking had a similar assessment for his own penalty.

“Obviously, that wasn’t smart by me,” he said.

Following Friday night’s game, Wisconsin players vowed to come out stronger Saturday, and they did, outshooting the Mavericks 9-6 and taking a 1-0 lead on freshman Patrick Johnson’s goal at 4:58.



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The Mavericks attempted just 11 shots in the period, although one of those, by Andrew Sackrison, beat goalie Shane Connelly but hit the right post less than two minutes into the game.

“That was important, especially a play like that,” Jutting said. “That early in the game, that was really important.”

In the second period, the Badgers did something they haven’t done in three previous games against goalie Mike Zacharias: They scored a second goal.

At 6:51, sophomore forward John Mitchell crashed the net as Aaron Bendickson took a shot from the right circle and deflected the puck over Zacharias’ shoulder.

Connelly, meanwhile, had a stellar start, shutting out the Mavericks until Geoff Irwin scored with 1:54 remaining in the second period. Between the Badgers’ power-play goals, Irwin had a clean breakaway only to have his shot swallowed up by Connelly’s glove.

Kalinski made the third period interesting at 7:15 when he scored his sixth career short-handed goal — tying a team record — to make it a two-goal game again.

“We just didn’t match (Wisconsin’s effort),” Kalinski said. “We didn’t play our game, and, obviously, that showed by it being 4-nothing.”

At the end of the weekend, though, the two teams were tied for fourth place in the WCHA standings again, and the series split gave the Mavericks the tiebreaker over the Badgers (14-12-6, 10-10-4) should they need it for conference tournament seedings.

“When you go on the road against a quality hockey team like they are, you have to get one (win) for sure,” Jutting said. “Am I happy? No. I want to win both. But we had to win one for sure.”

The Mavericks will be off next weekend and will next play Nebraska-Omaha on Feb. 26 at Mankato. Their next WCHA series is Feb. 29-March 1 at Colorado College.

Minnesota State 0-1-1--2

Wisconsin 1-3-0--4



FIRST PERIOD

Scoring: 1. UW-P. Johnson 7 (Street 15) 4:58

Penalties: MSU bench (too many on ice) 2:37; Davis, MSU (roughing) 3:19; Davies, UW (roughing) 3:19; Friesen, MSU (interference) 9:21; Drewiske, UW (hooking) 9:45; Stewart, MSU (roughing) 11:44; Goloubef, UW (roughing) 11:44; UW bench (too many on ice) 12:48; Linder, MSU (interference) 16:14



SECOND PERIOD

Scoring: 2. UW-Mitchell 6 (Bendickson 4, Klubertanz 14) 6:51; 3. UW-Davies 9 (McBain 14, Geoffrion 17) ppg 11:59; 4. UW-Drewiske 2 (McBain 15, Davies 6) ppg 13:10; 5. MSU-Irwin 9 (Wiley 6, Linder 7) 18:06

Penalties: McDonagh, UW (slashing) :55; Galiardi, MSU (slashing) 11:40; Kalinski, MSU (obstruction-hooking) 12:42; P. Johnson, UW (tripping) 19:00



THIRD PERIOD

Scoring: 6. MSU-Kalinski 8 (unassisted) shg 7:15

Penalties: Geoffrion, UW (interference) 4:33; Mouillierat, MSU (holding) 5:27; Wiley, MSU (unsportsmanlike conduct) 9:21; Turris, UW (unsportsmanlike conduct) 9:21



SUMMARIES

Shots on goal: MSU 6-12-14--32; UW 9-10-10--29. Penalties: MSU 11 for 22 minutes; UW 10 for 20 minutes. Power-play opportunities: MSU 0 for 5; UW 2 for 6. Goalie saves: MSU-Zacharias 8-7-10--25 (4 GA); UW-Connelly 6-11-13--20 (4 GA)

MSU called its timeout at 13:10 of the second period. UW called its timeout at 19:10 of the third period.

Referee: Derek Shepherd. Assistant referees: Dan Carey, Ed Moberg.

Attendance: 15,237