Big Ten hockey wrapped up its regular season on Saturday night with Michigan hockey’s 2-1 overtime loss to Notre Dame in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines got star defenseman Luke Hughes back from injury, but mustered just one goal on 49 shots against Ryan Bischel, the Fighting Irish goalie who leads the nation in saves and is one of three Big Ten semifinalists for the Mike Richter Award (given annually to the nation’s best college goalie).
The win gave Notre Dame two points in the standings to slide the Irish into the No. 4 seed in the upcoming Big Ten tournament, leaping past Penn State and Michigan State; it’s another boost for the Irish’s beleaguered NCAA tourney chances.