Going into Saturday afternoon’s Western Collegiate Hockey Association finals matchup featuring the nation’s top two teams, all indicators pointed to a heavily contested heavyweight matchup. The Buckeyes had defeated the Badgers in their first three matchups of the season, but the Badgers erased a two goal deficit in the final matchup of the regular season to defeat the Buckeyes.
With 13:30 remaining in the first period, Casey O’Brien found Kirsten Simms all alone with space in front of the net. Simms went side to side, finishing the goal off over the left side of Ohio State Goaltender Raygan Kirk.