Some bad puck luck, 46 shots allowed, six penalties and a head-scratching defensive performance culminated in the No. 10 Michigan Wolverines (14-10-1, 8-7 B1G) falling 5-4 to the Wisconsin Badgers (11-12-2, 6-9 B1G) Friday night.
It was a dream start for Michigan, as former Badger and current Wolverine Will Whitelaw wasted no time in his return to Madison. Not even two minutes after puck drop, Whitelaw got the scoring underway with a wicked wrist shot from the left circle.
The Kohl Center crowd was quieted for a moment, but after a stretch of icings, a TJ Hughes retaliatory penalty and an Ethan Edwards interference call, Wisconsin eventually leveled the score halfway through the first period.