Last weekend was the first time this season that Wisconsin's men's and women's hockey teams both played regular season games. The women's team remained dominant with a sweep of Minnesota Dululth, while the men's team split their season-opening series against Lindenwood.

A resume with six national championships was not enough to intimidate the men’s hockey team in its season opener Friday night.

Jaeden Mercier scored two goals for Lindenwood (2-0-0), including the first of the contest on the power play 11 minutes, 51 seconds into the first period. Gavin Morrissey answered with a power-play goal of his own 3 minutes, 51 seconds later, but then Lindenwood broke it open.