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Wisconsin players celebrate a goal in the Badgers’ 3-1 upset win over No. 1 Minnesota this past Saturday night (photo: Tom Lynn).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature.<\/i><\/p>\n

1. Minnesota loses for the first time<\/h4>\n

The top-ranked team in the country is undefeated no more.<\/p>\n

Minnesota\u2019s first loss of the season was delivered by the Golden Gophers\u2019 oldest rival, Wisconsin, a 3-1 road loss Saturday night. Senior Tarek Baker\u2019s second goal of the season at 1:59 in the third period was the game winner, and Robbie Beydoun had 35 saves in the win.<\/p>\n

The Gophers beat the Badgers 5-3 on Sunday, bringing Minnesota\u2019s record to 11-1-0 for the season.<\/p>\n

2. New Hampshire upsets Boston College<\/h4>\n

The No. 2 team in the country, Boston College, split a home-and-home series with New Hampshire, each team winning on the road and each doing so in overtime.<\/p>\n

In Friday\u2019s 4-3 UNH win, Kalle Ericksson scored with less than 30 seconds remaining in the 3-on-3 overtime to give the Wildcats the win. It was the sophomore defenseman\u2019s third goal of the season \u2013 the third of his career \u2013 and his first game-winning goal. Senior Mike Robinson made 35 saves for New Hampshire.<\/p>\n

In Sunday\u2019s game at the Whittemore Center, New Hampshire tied the game, 2-2, on the power play late in the third period. Junior Marc McLaughlin had the game-winner for BC just 25 seconds into overtime on the power play. Spencer Knight returned to the Boston College net after earning the gold medal with Team USA in the IIHF World Junior Championship, recording his fifth win of the season.<\/p>\n

3. Another streak comes to an end<\/h4>\n

Bowling Green\u2019s nine-game win streak was halted by visiting Bemidji State. After beating the Beavers 3-2 Thursday night, the Falcons found themselves trailing 3-2 when Aaron Miller scored a goal 4-on-4 for Bemidji State at 3:28 in the third.<\/p>\n

Evan Dougherty answered for the Falcons at 11:12 and the game went into OT tied 3-3, but 13 seconds into overtime, senior Ethan Somoza scored his fourth of the season to give the Beavers the win, breaking the Falcons\u2019 streak and making the roughly 900-mile, 15-hour bus ride home a bit easier.<\/p>\n

4. Another home-and-home series, and it was lit<\/h4>\n

One of the most dramatic series of the weekend was the home-and-home split between archrivals Michigan and Michigan State. After suffering an embarrassing 9-0 loss Friday in Ann Arbor, the Spartans rebounded with a 3-2, last-minute win in East Lansing Saturday.<\/p>\n

Remarkably, nine different Wolverines scored in Friday\u2019s contest, with Thomas Bordeleau\u2019s fourth goal of the season at 5:08 in the first holding up as the game-winner. It was the freshman\u2019s third GWG this season. Strauss Mann made 21 saves in his second shutout of the season.<\/p>\n

With a 2-1 lead and less than five minutes to go in Saturday\u2019s rematch in Munn Ice Arena, the Wolverines were poised to sweep, but the Spartans scored two in the last three minutes to win the game. Cole Krygier tied the game at 17:59 and Josh Nodler\u2019s first goal of the season at 19:23 put the Spartans on top. Michigan State junior goaltender Drew DeRidder, pulled after the third goal in Friday\u2019s game, made 38 saves in the win.<\/p>\n

The teams entered and exited the weekend tied for fifth place in the Big Ten.<\/p>\n

5. Speaking of splits \u2026<\/h4>\n

All seven Big Ten teams played this weekend along with guest Arizona State, and every series resulted in a split.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it. That\u2019s the note. That\u2019s the exasperating note.<\/p>\n

6. It really was a one-goal game<\/h4>\n

St. Cloud State won a pair of one-goal games on the road against Minnesota Duluth, but Saturday\u2019s contest was quite literally a one-goal game, as junior defenseman Nick Perbix scored at 3:58 in 3-on-3 OT to lift the Huskies 1-0 over the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n

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? Picture Perbix! <\/p>\n

The defenseman goes ?-to-? and scores on a nifty move to give @SCSUHUSKIES_MH<\/a> the OT victory#NCHCHockey<\/a> x #unleashSCSU<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/XBhyZVb9bI<\/a><\/p>\n

— The NCHC (@TheNCHC) January 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n