Winless Weekend Bumps Wisconsin Women’s Hockey Back Down To No. 2

The rival Minnesota Golden Gophers just snatched the W-C-H-A title from Wisconsin — and now they’ve leap-frogged over the Badgers to the number-one ranking in this week’s college women’s hockey poll.  Wisconsin returns to second place.  The Badgers suffered two shootout losses over the weekend against Ohio State.  They needed four points to earn at least a share of their fourth straight conference title — and they got two.  The Gophers get the bye and Wisconsin will host St. Cloud State starting Friday in the best-of-three quarterfinal playoff series.