The Badgers and Minnesota went to the third period scoreless but the Gophers struck four times to complete a season sweep for the first time in 22 years.

Coach Bob Motzko said the Gophers hockey team has played “three really good games and three really average ones” in the past three weeks. Things weren’t looking good Friday when Wisconsin took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission.

In front of the largest crowd in 3M Arena at Mariucci history, the fourth-ranked Golden Gophers scored four times in the third period to win, 4-1 and finish off a series sweep of No. 17/18 Wisconsin in Big Ten Conference men’s hockey action Saturday evening.

The Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s hockey team will look to try and get back to their winning ways when this host the Wisconsin Badgers in a Border Battle matchup this weekend at 3M Arena at Mariucci.