MADISON, Wis. – The No. 7 Wisconsin men's hockey team saw goals from freshman brothers Sean and Jason Dhooghe in the Badgers 2-2 overtime tie with No. 4/5 North Dakota (6-2-2, 1-1-0 NCHC) on Saturday night at the Kohl Center.

Wisconsin (6-4-1, 1-1-0 Big Ten) was outshot by the Fighting Hawks, 32-24, but the Badgers held a 1-0 lead for most of the contest.

Freshman forward Sean Dhooghe opened the scoring at the 16 minute, 43-second mark, successfully converting on a penalty shot to put the Badgers up, 1-0. When Dhooghe's penalty for holding the stick expired, he collected a long pass and skated in on UND goaltender Peter Thome, but was held by Dixon Bowen. In the resulting penalty shot, Dhooghe waited for UND goaltender Peter Thome to commit to his right, then dragged the puck across and slid it behind Thome's left pad.

The 1-0 lead would stand until the 4:00 mark of the third frame, when the Fighting Hawks tied the game up after a scramble that had UW goaltender Kyle Hayton trying to recover from the ice.

Jason Dhooghe got in on the scoring 4:39 later, putting Wisconsin back in the lead, 2-1, on his first career goal. Dhooghe took advantage of traffic in front of the UND net, slamming a loose puck past Thome from just outside the slot.

North Dakota tied the game late in the third, sneaking a puck between Hayton's pad and the pipe. The score would stay 2-2 through regulation and overtime, the game resulting in a tie.

The teams competed in an exhibition shootout, and the Badgers coming away with a 2-0 win on goals from Ryan Wagner and Linus Weissbach.

Senior Kyle Hayton saw just one shot in the overtime frame and made 30 saves in the contest.
 
Notes to Know
-Sean Dhooghe became the second Badger this season to score his first career goal on a penalty shot, joining Tarek Baker, who did so on Oct. 6 against Ohio State.
-An exhibition shootout took place after overtime, with UW prevailing 2-0 on goals by Ryan Wagner and Linus Weissbach. Hayton stopped both North Dakota shots.
-The U.S. National Sled Hockey Team, which will represent the United States at the 2018 Paralympic Games, held a scrimmage after the Badgers' game.
-A season-high 12,409 fans were in attendance for the contest.
 
Straight From the Rink
Head Coach Tony Granato
On both the Dhooghes scoring 
"They're roommates too. They do a lot together, so it was appropriate that they score their first collegiate goals together. I think the fans recognized who the Dhooghes were tonight too, which was very exciting." 
 
On Wyatt Kalynuk's spectacular diving play
"Wyatt's been outstanding all year. Again we went down to five D tonight which is never easy, especially with that five-minute kill. It's pretty taxing on our defensive group. I thought with how hard they forechecked and how hard they came through the neutral zone, I thought our defensive group— especially led by him— did an outstanding job. He was great. (Peter) Tischke was great as always, but Wyatt plays like a veteran defenseman." 
 
On adjustments after Inamoto's ejection
"You have to be smarter on the offensive side with your forwards being smart on their puck decisions because you have to make sure you don't put them in a position where they get stuck on the ice for long. Especially in the second period, we needed to change quicker. Those are some factors that go into it, but just like they did against Northern Michigan when we went down to five relatively early in the game, they played great." 
 
On Josh Ess and Wyatt Kalynuk as a D pair
"Coach Osiecki puts the pairs together and has a ton of confidence in those guys. That's the biggest thing; when your coach can throw you over the boards in situations when you're young players like that and still have confidence in them. They play like it. They don't play like freshmen, all of those guys. And Tyler (Inamoto) as well. Tyler had an unfortunate break there. He played it the way he was supposed to play it. He plays hard and unfortunately he was tossed. All three of those young players have a ton of poise for freshman D." 
 
On Tyler Inamoto's penalty
"There was the stuff after they could have given them too. They had three of their players come in on retaliations and got pretty good crosschecks and whacks in on Tyler and somebody else who was out there. I get the call. Hockey is about protecting the players that are on the ice, and if you think that someone was put in a dangerous position, you have to protect the players so I get that part. I think we're a little frustrated that they had a chance to give North Dakota a pair (of penalties) as well." 
 
On freshman offense being interchangeable
"I think you try to find the combinations that complement each other. We're a team that uses multiple line combinations as the year goes a long, and a lot of times as the game goes along. I think that's a positive thing for those guys to be able to play together. The more they play and the more you can play them together. You know that they're gaining confidence in themselves and they're doing what's expected of them as players and in college hockey. All of our freshmen have done a great job of understanding their role and they've all improved since the season's gone along. It's been a lot of positives from their place as we move along the season." 
 
On decision to put the third line out to start the game
"I thought that they played well yesterday. They played the most consistent of any line in yesterday's game. I also wanted to match certain lines against North Dakota's lines and thought that was a good way to start the game with that matchup." 
 
On Kyle Hayton's play
"You can see the excitement he had. The more pucks that came around, the more excited he got. At the end of the game before the shoot out started, he came to the bench and said how much he loves shootouts. Everyone else was kind of nervous about them and he was over there with his mask up telling everybody how great this is, how we have a shootout tonight. He's a leader, a competitor back there. He has a lot of energy. He's very poised and confident and like you said he made some huge saves for us all weekend. He is what we expected him to be. He's a great goaltender." 
 
Freshman Sean Dhooghe
On the Dooghes scoring their first goals together
"It's cool scoring your first goal. And then when your brother is on your side doing the same thing that same night in front of a huge crowd in such a big game is really special.

"We actually had a lot of family in town, so it made it that much more special. I have taken a peek at my phone and there's a lot of stuff on there, so I'm excited to see." 

On not getting the win tonight: 
"It's a little bittersweet. It's going to go down as a tie. We're really going to take things weekend away, and bring a lot of learning points from it. We didn't play a solid 60 either night, so there's nothing we can do now. We learn from it, have a hard week of practice and get ready to go for next weekend."

On tying and then preparing mentally for a shootout: 
"Anytime you shoot a puck on net it's going to count. A lot of guys were excited. As coach said, Kyle (Hayton) was pretty excited. I think him coming to the bench with that excitement really got the guys going." 
 
Freshman Jason Dhooghe
On the Dooghes scoring their first goals together
"It's just something special. We'll never forget this. After him (Sean) missing that breakaway, I was just waiting for my turn to bury one too." 
 
Freshman Josh Ess
On playing together with Wyatt Kalynuk
"Us freshmen spend a lot of time together and it's kind of fun playing with fellow freshmen. We have lots of confidence in each other and it's a lot of fun to go out there and compete with guys you're closest with." 

On killing a five-minute penalty: 
"It built us a lot of confidence right after that. The crowd got into it. It got loud and boosted our momentum. We just took that as a positive and moved on." 
 
Up Next
Wisconsin returns to Big Ten play with a road trip to Michigan State on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10-11. Both games are set for a 6 p.m. CT start.



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