An announced crowd of 52,051 was at Chicago’s Soldier Field on Sunday afternoon for the Hockey City Classic. After Notre Dame defeated Miami of Ohio 2-1 in an opening game, No. 18 Wisconsin edged No. 2 Minnesota 3-2.

Following a scoreless first period, the Badgers went up 3-0 on second-period goals from Kevin Schulze, John Ramage and Sean Little. Minnesota countered with third-period goals from Seth Ambroz and Zach Budish (with an extra attacker with 1:42 to play. Minnesota led in shots 38-19. Minnesota remained tied with North Dakota for fourth in the WCHA (but has two games in hand on the teams directly ahead, Minnesota State-Mankato and Nebraska-Omaha). Wisconsin moved into sixth place. From the Wisconsin State Journal here, St. Paul Pioneer Press here and Minneapolis Star Tribune here.

WCHA Standings and Summary Courtesy of College Hockey Stats.net

 1 St. Cloud State   31  22 15- 6- 1 .705  74- 47   30 18-11- 1 .617  99- 72
 2 Nebraska Omaha    30  24 14- 8- 2 .625  83- 70   32 18-12- 2 .594 112- 88
 3 Minnesota State   29  24 14- 9- 1 .604  77- 57   32 20- 9- 3 .672 104- 71
 4 Minnesota         28  22 12- 6- 4 .636  73- 53   30 20- 6- 4 .733 110- 59
   North Dakota      28  22 11- 5- 6 .636  72- 56   30 16- 8- 6 .633  96- 74
 6 Wisconsin         27  24 10- 7- 7 .562  54- 53   30 13-10- 7 .550  68- 62
 7 Denver            25  22 10- 7- 5 .568  70- 64   29 15- 9- 5 .603  98- 77
 8 Colorado College  20  22  8-10- 4 .455  72- 77   30 11-14- 5 .450 100-105
   Minnesota Duluth  20  24  8-12- 4 .417  59- 72   30 10-16- 4 .400  73- 89
10 Bemidji State     16  24  5-13- 6 .333  50- 72   30  6-17- 7 .317  62- 89
   Michigan Tech     16  24  6-14- 4 .333  62- 82   30 10-16- 4 .400  89- 94
12 Alaska Anchorage  10  26  2-18- 6 .192  50- 93   30  4-19- 7 .250  61-104

Minnesota          2 vs Wisconsin          3       Box