{"id":126771,"date":"2021-03-06T21:10:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T03:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=126771"},"modified":"2021-03-06T21:47:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T03:47:10","slug":"saturday-roundup-wisconsin-becomes-first-mens-division-i-team-in-more-than-25-years-to-go-worst-to-first-capturing-big-ten-title-with-2-1-win-at-michigan-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2021\/03\/06\/saturday-roundup-wisconsin-becomes-first-mens-division-i-team-in-more-than-25-years-to-go-worst-to-first-capturing-big-ten-title-with-2-1-win-at-michigan-state\/","title":{"rendered":"SATURDAY ROUNDUP: Wisconsin becomes first men’s Division I team in more than 25 years to go worst-to-first, capturing Big Ten title with 2-1 win at Michigan State"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wisconsin took home the Big Ten regular-season title with a 2-1 win over Michigan State on Saturday. The Badgers went from last place a year ago to the top of the league. (File photo: Jim Rosvold)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the first time since Maine accomplished the feat in 1994-95, Wisconsin capped an improbable second half of the season, completing a worst-to-first turnaround from last season to capture the Big Ten regular-season title with a 2-1 victory over Michigan State.<\/p>\n

With a 17-6-1 mark in league play, Wisconsin finished with a .729 winning percentage, two-thousandths of a percentage point against of Minnesota, which played two less games and finished at 16-6-0.<\/p>\n

As a result, the Badgers will have a bye through the first-round of the Big Ten tournament and play the lowest remaining seed after quarterfinal games are complete.<\/p>\n

Hobey Baker front-runner Cole Caufield scored both Badgers goals, in a game where Michigan State jumped to a 1-0 lead on a Charlie Combs goal and held that lead until the final second of the second period.<\/p>\n

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?\ufe0f: Cole Caufield breaks the tie!<\/p>\n

?: Holloway pic.twitter.com\/Fg2LS3ewOD<\/a><\/p>\n

— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerMHockey) March 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n