Box Score

OMAHA, Neb. – The UNO Mavericks strengthened their hold on fourth place in the WCHA with a 4-1 win over the Wisconsin Badgers on Friday night at Qwest Center Omaha.  The game was played in front of a crowd of 15,137, the largest to see a Maverick home game in school history.

With the win, the Mavericks improved to 17-10-2 on the season and 13-6-2 in the WCHA.  In the process, they snapped the Badgers' five-game win streak.  Wisconsin is now 19-9-3 and 11-8-2 in league play.

The two teams will square off again on Saturday night at 7:07 p.m. at Qwest Center.

The Mavericks trailed going into the second period but tied the game on a power play just 1:21 into the stanza.  Joey Martin walked off the left wing wall and fired a shot past goaltender Scott Gudmandson for his 30th point of the season.

The Mavs took the lead just 2:22 later.  Alex Hudson sent the puck ahead to #Johnnie Searfoss# who took a bad-angle shot.  It broke off Gudmandson and tricked behind him.  Searfoss curled the net, grabbed the puck and fired it home.

UNO stretched its lead to 3-1 when Hudson cut around a fallen defender and roared into the Wisconsin zone, beating Gudmandson with a backhander for an unassisted goal.

Rich Purslow iced the game with an empty net goal in the final minute.

Wisconsin took the lead at 14:54 of the first period when Mark Zengerle found Jordy Murray alone in the slot.  He fired a shot past #John Faulkner# for his 15th goal of the season.

Faulkner made 31 saves to earn his career-high 16th win of the year while Gudmandson took the loss with 28 saves.