WCHA Final Faceoff: Championship - Minnesota @ Wisconsin

Trailing 3-0 midway through the championship game may make some teams uneasy. For the 2010-2011 Wisconsin Badgers it proved to give them determination to win. After Sarah Erickson gave Minnesota a 2-0 lead after one period, and teammate Sarah Davis put the gophers up 3-0 the Badgers offense started it's engine. In what has to be one of the best comebacks in league championship history, the Badgers would score four out of the games next five points to send the game to overtime. Brianna Decker struck first for Bucky on the power play and less than a minute later Meghan Duggan would make the game one goal closer. Assists were credited to the other two thirds of the super line tandem Hilary Knight and Brianna Decker. The Gophers seemed undeterred by the sudden closeness of the contest as 3:01 later in the period Jen Schoullis combined with Amanda Kessel and Sarah Erickson to give the gophers a 4-2 advantage. In the final frame neither team was able to regain its scoring prowess as award winners Noora Räty and Alex Rigsby got a chance to shine. However as the Period wore on the Badgers seemed to gain the upper hand once more as Madison Packer restarted the Badgers scoring engine that drew the Badgers within a goal. Two minutes later it was the WCHA Player of the Year tying the game for Bucky and setting up an epic overtime session. After out shooting the gophers nearly 5-1 in OT, Geena Prough dished to Kelly Nash who's shot managed to beat Räty and send the Badgers back to Madison with the 5-4 victory and the 2011 WCHA Final Faceoff Championship.