Box Score 
| | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | Ohio State
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Wisconsin
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Scoring Summary | | 2nd | 08:54 | OSU | Gust (Greco) | | 3rd | 10:50 | OSU | Weis (Angeli, Cristofoli) | | | Goaltender Summary | Min | GA | Sv | | OSU | Tompkins (5-7-1) | 60:00 | 0 | 17 | | WIS | Rumpel (4-22-4) | 60:00 | 2 | 40 | | Statistical Comparison
| OSU | WIS | | Shots on Goal | 42 | 17 | | Power Plays | 0-4 | 0-3 | | Penalties-Minutes | 3-6 | 5-21 | | |
March 14, 2015
MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin men's hockey team's (4-25-5, 2-15-3-2 Big Ten) regular season was capped with a 2-0 loss to Ohio State (13-18-3, 8-11-1-1 Big Ten), Saturday night at the Kohl Center.
Joel Rumpel was his usual self, keeping the Badgers right in it until the very end. The senior goaltender recorded his sixth 40-save performance of the year and 57th career game allowing two goals or less.
| Fast Facts | | ? Rumpel recorded 6th 40-save performance of year | | ? Five UW seniors played last game at Kohl Center | |
UW finished the first period tied for the 13th time this season, but an unlucky bounce just over halfway through the second gave Ohio State a lead it would never relinquish.
An unselfish play by Jack Dougherty to block a slap shot from point-blank range turned out to hurt Wisconsin in the end.
The puck recoiled off the UW defenseman's body right back to Gust who corralled the puck and fell to his knees, before backhanding a pass in front. With Dougherty smarting from the shot, Tyler Lundey stood all alone and easily tapped the puck in. Rumpel had come out of his crease to face the shot Dougherty blocked and was unable to dive back in time to prevent the goal.
Wisconsin put together a flurry of shots following the goal, which flustered OSU and eventually led to a Badgers power play.
UW kept the puck in the enemy zone for the entirety of the man advantage other than one quick regroup. A scramble in front was Wisconsin's best chance to put one past Buckeyes netminder Matt Tompkins. At one point it looked as if UW had tied the score, but the potential goal was waived off, as the whistle sounded just before the puck crossed into the net.
The Badgers gathered three shots on the power play and six overall on three man advantages in the game.
Wisconsin killed a five-minute checking-from-behind penalty to keep the game close. Kevin Schulze created a 3-on-2 scoring chance off a shot block as the penalty expired.
Ohio State had a perfect scoring chance on a third-period power play, but Matthew Weis whiffed on a backdoor play, which would have been a sure-goal.
The freshman quickly recovered from the missed opportunity, though, tallying just over a minute after the Wisconsin penalty was over.
Weis skated the puck into the UW zone and rung a shot off the short-side post to beat Rumpel for his eighth goal of 2014-15.
UW was unable to rally, as Tompkins made 17 stops to earn his fifth victory this year.
The Badgers look to extend their season Thursday at 7 p.m. CT inside Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, as sixth-seeded Wisconsin takes on third-seeded Michigan in a first-round Big Ten Tournament game. The winner faces second-seeded Michigan State on Friday at 7 p.m. CT. The entire conference tournament can be seen on BTN.
