Mandatory Credit: Joseph Scheller-The Columbus Dispatch Hockey Osu Women Hockey / Joseph Scheller/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK The No. 3 ranked Gophers welcomed No. 1 ranked Wisconsin for a pivotal rivalry series, but they weren't able to start on ...

The No. 3/4 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's hockey team was blanked at home Friday night by No. 1 Wisconsin, 5-0. The Gophers were outshot by the Badgers 32-18, the largest shots-on-goal margin for Minnesota this season.

A border-battle rivalry game between the Minnesota Gophers and Wisconsin Badgers kicked off the conference season at Ridder Arena.The Badgers dominated the game’s early stretch, holding it deep inside the Gophers zone,

The Gophers started out aggressive and took up all the space on the ice in a 7-5 win Friday over slow-starting Minnesota Duluth at Amsoil Arena — the opener of a two-game series here rather than the traditional home-and-home series that these two teams have played for more than a decade.