The UW-Superior men’s hockey team exceeded all expectations this season. The team was projected to finish fifth in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference this season.

After a 15-game unbeaten streak the Yellowjackets would claim the regular season conference title after a shootout victory over UW-Stevens Point. The Yellowjackets would also receive a bye in the first round of the WIAC postseason tournament.

The Yellowjackets would welcome in UW-River Falls to Wessman Arena. In three regular season games the Jackets claimed victory twice and a tie in the other ultimately losing in a shootout to the Falcons.

In game one of the series the Yellowjackets would dominate taking the game 4-1. The Yellowjackets goals came from the sticks of Reed Stark and the other three coming from Collin Pederson.

Yellowjackets Celebrate a Goal Scored Against UW-River Falls
Photo by Andrew Mathews | The Promethean

In game two of the series the Yellowjackets would need either a win or a tie to advance to the championship game of the WIAC but the Falcons had other plans.

The Falcons would score a goal in the first period just sneaking over the shoulder of goaltender Jack Boschert. They would tack on a goal in the second period to take a 2-0 lead over the Yellowjackets. UWS would add a goal late in the game from Sam Brennan but were unable to score another, setting up a mini game to determine the winner of the series.

In the first period of the mini game the Falcons were able to score a power play goal two minutes into the period. The Yellowjackets kept getting denied the tie to the game until Reed Stark would score with three minutes left in the period to tie the game. The Falcons however would break the hearts of the Yellowjackets as Cole Teleki would send a goal past Jan Skorpik with just one minute remaining in the period.

The Yellowjackets Finish Their Season With An Overall Record of 19-5-3
Photo by Andrew Mathews | The Promethean

The Yellowjackets magical season would come to an end in crushing fashion losing to UW-River Falls twice both by scores of 2-1.