The No. 13 Wisconsin men's hockey team played Colgate in the first round of the 2007 Badger Hockey Showcase, losing 3-2 in a shootout.
However, the result of the game will go as a tie on both team's records, as the shootout was just to decide who would move onto the championship game Saturday.
The Badgers entered Friday's game without three of their top five scorers, as freshman forward Kyle Turris, sophomore forward Blake Geoffrion, and sophomore defenseman Jamie McBain are all participating in the World Juniors tournament this year in Sweden.
The loss of these players, coupled with the 20 day layover from Wisconsin's last series, only added to the challenge set before the Badgers Friday night.
The first period saw Wisconsin come out of the gate with a lot of intensity and momentum.
The Badgers were able to control the puck through the first half of the period, although the team's overall play was sloppy. But with their intensity, the puck seemed to be bouncing the Badgers way.
However, the second half of the period was a different story.
Colgate took the lead with a goal at the 12:30 mark as senior forward Tyler Burton was able to bounce a rebound off of his body and into the net for a 1-0 Colgate lead.
The play was reviewed, and ruled a goal, much to the chagrin of the Badger faithful who braved the wintry weather.
Later in the period, junior forward Ben Street had a great opportunity to capitalize for Wisconsin, as he was almost able to gather his own rebound and put it past Raider senior goaltender Mark Dekanich.
Dekanich made some fairly impressive saves in the first, including a glove save on a three-on-two opportunity for Wisconsin.
For UW, Gudmandson made five saves in the first, while Dekanich made 11.
The second period began in the same way the first period ended, with Wisconsin playing slow and out of sync.
But the Badgers seemed to get their act about midway through the period, and the shot total reflected that. Colgate was able to almost draw even with Wisconsin in terms of shots, until the Badgers pulled away midway through.
Wisconsin had a total of eight shots in the second period, compared to Colgate's four.
At the 15:56 mark, senior forward Josh Engel received a penalty for high-sticking. As soon as the penalty began, freshman forward Patrick Johnson received a penalty of his own for charging.
To add to the 5-3 advantage, Street gave his stick to a teammate seconds into the penalty kill, leaving him at the top of the triangle with only his body as a blocker.
But UW was able to kill of the penalties, and received a thunderous applause from the crowd.
But even with the 19-10 advantage in shots, UW was unable to find the back of the net in the second period.
The third period presented a very different story, as a total of three goals were scored.
Sophomore forward Aaron Bendickson tied the game at one with a goal at the 1:36 mark. Bendickson deked past a defender a put the puck past Dekanich's right leg pad.
The Raiders would soon take the lead again, as a puck deflected off of senior defenseman Kyle Klubertanz's skate and into the goal. But the lead would be short-lived, as Street notched his tenth assist of the season on a pass to Johnson who deflected the puck past Dekanich for his fourth goal of the season.
The teams would skate to a tie and played one overtime period before going to the shootout.
Each team received seven chances before Burton snuck one past Gudmandson, and freshman forward Podge Turnbull was unable to keep the shootout going for UW.
We kind of ran out of time,"" Street said. ""If we had a 20-minute overtime it might have gone a different way.""
UW will now turn its attention to Bowling Green who lost 4-3 Friday to Northeastern.
