Saturday was the start of the most anticipated series of the season as a jam packed Ridder Arena watched as Minnesota squared off against Wisconsin. Of course the Badgers had Ann-Reneé Desbiens, their starting goaltender with 50 career shutouts to her name, in goal. Minnesota placed goaltender Sidney Peters between the pipes to face the number one team in the nation.
Once the puck dropped the Badgers got the first shot, but Sophie Skarzynski’s shot after a breakaway down the side was a better opener and was followed up with another one by Caitlin Reilly. Not two minutes into the game play started getting physical, as the puck rapidly went back and forth across the rink because neither team could hang onto it.