The Bulldogs played their first official WCHA game, vs Wisconsin, at Amsoil Arena January 14, 2011 shutting out Wisconsin 2-0. UMD scored both their goals, on powerplays, in the first period. Justin Fontaine got UMD up 1-0 at 13:17 from David Grun and Mike Connolly, and Mike Connolly put the 'Dogs up 2-0 at 16:43 from Gun and Fontaine. Kenny Reiter, helped out by great defensive play by his team, got the shutout on 22 shots for UMD. Scott Gudmandson got the loss for the Badgers, stopped 25 of 27 shots he faced.

The Bulldogs got down 2-0 in the first period on goals by Badgers' Justin Schultz and Podge Turnbull, then spent a bunch of the second period killing penalties, and were down 3-0 after the second period. In the third period, UMD was on the powerplaya lot of the period instead of killing penalties, but couldn't light the lamp until Joe Basaraba scored with 1:59 left in the period. Travis Oleksuk cut the Badger lead to 3-2 with 25 seconds left, but UMD ran out of time to get the tying goal. Kenny Reiter stopped 23 of 26 shots faced, and UMD held Wisconsin without a single shot on goal in the third period.

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