Back on Dec. 3 in Madison, the Gophers gave two-time defending NCAA women's hockey champion Wisconsin its first loss of the season.
On Friday night, the Badgers, ranked No. 1 then and now, lost their second game. Again to Minnesota. Except at Ridder Arena this time.
Amy Potomak's goal with 2 minutes, 34 seconds to play gave the No. 5 Gophers a 2-1 victory over Wisconsin and capped her eventful game.
The redshirt senior forward assisted on Minnesota's first goal for her 100th career point and, in the third period, was given a major penalty on which the Badgers (18-2-3) scored their only goal.
Another home team hero was goalie Makayla Pahl. She stopped 40 shots. Wisconsin goalie Kennedy Blair had only 20 saves.
Madeline Wethington, a junior defenseman gave the Gophers a 1-0 lead at 13:22 of the middle period. She started with the puck from the right point, then skated to the top of the right circle before firing a shot that eluded Blair with traffic in front. Wethington's younger sister Audrey, a sophomore forward, got the other assist — the first of two for her.
The Badgers tied the score on Daryl Watts' power-play goal from in front at 8:28 of the third. It came 19 seconds after Potomak got a five-minute major penalty for boarding after a long officials' review of the play.
