For a brief moment, there was a stunned silence in Ridder Arena, filled with both Wisconsin Badgers and Minnesota Golden Gophers fans for the 2024 Kwik Trip WCHA Final Faceoff semifinal.
No. 2 Wisconsin trailed No. 5 Minnesota 3-2 with 8.8 seconds left when senior Casey O’Brien snapped a shot from behind the net off Gopher goaltender Skylar Vetter. Minnesota fans standing in disbelief, and Wisconsin fans waiting to exhale after making sure the puck went in.
The Badgers brought the pressure to begin overtime before the Gophers had them on the ropes.