The University of Wisconsin Superior fell to the no. 7 University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Blugolds by a 2-0 final in the Yellowjackets' regular season finale on Friday night at Wessman Arena in Superior.

UW-Superior (7-15-2, 1-5-1 WIAC) honored its five seniors before the game - defensemen Matt Audette (Thief River Falls, Minn./Lincoln H.S.), Eric Shand (San Dimas, Calif./San Dimas H.S.) and Owen Stauber (Hermantown, Minn./Hermantown H.S.), and forwards Jordan Neduzak (Morden, Man./Morden Collegiate Institute) and Anton Svensson (Sodertalje, Sweden/Igelstavikens Gymnasium) but then got down to business against No. 7 UW-Eau Claire (15-5-3, 4-2-0 WIAC). The two teams skated to a fairly even first period, with the Blugolds held a 10-6 advantage in the shots on goal department headed to the locker room for the first time. The Yellowjackets would come out firing in the second period, out-shooting UWEC 13-11 in during the second frame, but it was the Blugolds who would held the advantage after two. Garrett Clement scored his 11th of the season for Eau Claire at 5:02 of the second, getting an assist from Patrick Moore. The Blugolds went on the powerplay shortly after scoring that goal, but UW-Superior kept them scoreless on one shot in the chance. The Yellowjackets would have a powerplay chance late in the period after a goaltender interference penalty assessed to Clement, who tripped up junior Kyle Miller (Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake H.S.) in front of the net.

Unfortunately for UWS, the tide continued to turn in the favor of UW-Eau Claire in the third period. The Blugolds would get four chances on the powerplay in the third period, including an extended 4-on-3 opportunity early in the period. The Yellowjackets would hold UWEC scoreless with the man advantage, but the Blugolds broke through with the game-clincher at 15:27 of the period as Colton Wolter gave them the 2-0 advantage, assisted by Kyle Lee and Mac Jensen. Eau Claire finished 0-for-5 on the powerplay while UW-Superior would finish 0-for-1.

Junior Brandon Anderson (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Tech H.S.) and freshman Tanner Skaja (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Tech H.S.) each had four shots to lead the Yellowjackets. Miller made 31 saves before being pulled for the extra skater with 1:02 remaining. Jay Deo had 22 stops in a shutout effort for UW-Eau Claire.

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Fifth-seeded UW-Superior will open up the WIAC Tournament on Friday night at the fourth seeded University of Wisconsin Stout. Official start times for the first round games have yet to be announced.