MADISON, Wis. — In a late game push, the Wisconsin men's hockey team fell just short of the No. 9 Penn State Nittany Lions Saturday night at the Kohl Center, falling 3-2.

A pair of late-in-the-period goals accounted for Wisconsin's scoring including a goal from Junior Ty Pelton-Byce with 11 seconds to play in the second period and a goal from Dylan Holloway with a minutes to play in the third.

Holloway scored the game-winning goal in the final minutes of the game to beat been Penn State last night.

In the battle of goaltenders at the Kohl Center, Wisconsin goalie Daniel Lebedeff tallied 33 saves between the pipes tonight while Penn State's Peyton Jones recorded 27.

Other point scorers for the Badgers include Alex Turcotte and K'Andre Miller both assisting on goals.

Notes to know:

• Junior defensemen Tyler Inamoto played his 100th career collegiate game and posted a season-high seven blocked shots in the contest.

Junior Tyler Inamoto tallied his 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣th career game tonight in the first period!

He and the rest of the #Badgers are ready for the second

Congrats @InamotoTyler 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/XOBzH088pL
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerMHockey) February 16, 2020
 

• Dylan Holloway recorded the first multi-point game of his career and extended his career-long point streak to four games. He has a goal in three out of the last four tilts.

Straight from the Rink

Head Coach Tony Granato:
"It was a good effort by our guys to get close, but we have to push it to the other side a little bit. With four games to go to be ready... this is a time to find ways to be a little bit better and give a little bit more because we're not far away. We're really not. We're skilled, we should have learned from a lot of lessons we've gone through this year. So get at it on Monday, and Arizona State will be another good team next weekend."

Junior Forward Ty Pelton-Byce:
On the momentum in the third period
"Obviously, them scoring didn't help. When you're trying to battle back and they get a goal it is pretty tough on morale but I thought we stayed with it pretty well."

Freshman Forward Cole Caufield:
On improving this weekend
"I think our mindset going forward is that every game is a playoff game. I liked how our team battled back, tonight especially. Splits aren't what we want but I liked how our team played and I liked the fight. We've got a bunch of guys that want to be here and want to win. It was a good weekend, we've got a lot of positives to look forward to."

Up Next: Wisconsin will play host to its final home series of the season next weekend against No. 10 Arizona State. Game times are 7 p.m. both Friday and Saturday night with radio broadcasts on WIBA 1310.