Box Score 
| | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | Penn State
| 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | Wisconsin
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
| | | | | Scoring Summary | | 2nd | 02:32 | WIS | Schulze (McGuire, Ustaski) | | 2nd | 04:38 | PSU | Robinson (Glen, Brooks) | | 2nd | 05:36 | PSU | Gardiner (Richard, Loik) | | 2nd | 12:54 | PSU | Olczyk (Autio) | | 3rd | 07:53 | PSU | DeRosa (Conway) | | 3rd | 14:46 | WIS | Zulinick (LaBate, Besse) | | | Goaltender Summary | Min | GA | Sv | | PSU | Skoff (6-3-2) | 60:00 | 2 | 23 | | WIS | Rumpel (1-8-1) | 57:21 | 4 | 29 | | WIS | Empty Net | 2:39 | 0 | -- | | Statistical Comparison
| PSU | WIS | | Shots on Goal | 33 | 25 | | Power Plays | 1-1 | 0-4 | | Penalties-Minutes | 4-8 | 1-2 | | |
Dec. 6, 2014
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin men's hockey team (1-10-1, 0-2-0-0 Big Ten) was unable to overcome a three-goal second period by Penn State (9-4-2, 3-1-0-0 Big Ten) Saturday night, as the Nittany Lions won, 4-2, at the Kohl Center.
"We are going through a tough stretch right now and we might not understand the lessons that we're going to get from this time until we're past it," UW head coach Mike Eaves said, "but what we can control right now is keeping our effort at a high level and coming back on Monday purposely ready to get better. Those are the things that we can control and that was the message to the kids as they left the rink."
| Fast Facts | | • Joel Rumpel made 29 saves | | • Morgan Zulinick scored in second-straight game | | • Schulze scored for the first time in exactly one year | |
Despite a scoreless first period, each team had its opportunities.
UW goaltender Joel Rumpel made 12 saves in the first 20 minutes, while the Badgers pressured Penn State net minder Matthew Skoff with nine shots.
Wisconsin had its best chance to score on its second power play of the frame.
Jedd Soleway tipped a shot from the point just wide of the net early in the man advantage before a shot by Grant Besse forced Skoff to make a tough save through traffic later in the power play.
Cameron Hughes nearly set up two goals late in the period, winning a face off which led to a Chase Drake slap shot and making a behind-the-back pass to Morgan Zulinick on the back door.
Both teams made up for a lack of scoring in the first period with a total of four goals in the second.
UW tallied first before the Nittany Lions responded with four-straight goals.
Kevin Schulze scored his first goal of the year, receiving the puck off the left sideboards and one-timing it top shelf. The White Bear Lake, Minnesota native's tally was his first in exactly a year and against the same opponent.
Two clunky PSU goals followed Schulze's, as a bouncing puck in front was shoveled past Rumpel to tie the score and the go-ahead tally bounced off the leg of PSU's Max Gardiner in front and barely trickled over the goal line before the Badgers' goaltender could stop it.
The Nittany Lions caught another break on the penalty kill later in the second.
As Schulze attempted to start a rush out of the UW zone, his stick snapped, weakening the breakout pass and allowing the opponent to intercept the puck. Penn State capitalized with a wrister past Rumpel.
The goal came on a UW power play and marked the second short-handed goal the Badgers have allowed in 2014-15.
The teams split the scoring in the third, as each netted a goal.
PSU proved to be in the right place at the right time on its fourth goal, as Ricky DeRosa finished a rebound for his second tally of the season. Rumpel made a nice pad save on a wraparound attempt prior to the goal, but the puck redirected directly to DeRosa standing in front of the net.
Wisconsin did not surrender, though.
With just over five minutes left in the game, Zulinick carried the puck across the middle from left to right and backhanded a shot past Skoff. It was the sophomore's second-straight game with a goal, giving him a total of three on the season.
"I thought we played a lot better tonight," Zulinick said. "We had a couple of unfortunate bounces-that one goal that Kevin Schulze's stick snapped on the power play. That was unfortunate, and the other goal, it was bouncing, just a lucky bounce in the net, but I thought we played a lot better than last night, and we're going to keep moving forward, building on this."
The Badgers had multiple opportunities on a late-game power play, but could not find the back of the net.
Rumpel made 29 saves, while Skoff finished with 23.
"The team played a lot better (than last night), it was a lot better effort all around. The guys were going hard, winning races, winning battles," Rumpel said. "(We had) some bad bounces, we still battled back, but it just wasn't quite enough tonight."
Wisconsin returns to the ice next Friday for an exhibition game with the U.S. Under-18 squad at the Kohl Center. Puck drop is slated for 7 p.m.
