The back-to-back doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday were the first outdoor college hockey games ever played at Wrigley Field, and despite biting cold for both games, fans came prepared for the first-ever Frozen Confines series.

With the win, Michigan State snapped Wisconsin’s perfect outdoor record, handing the Badgers their first loss in four outdoor games. The Spartans improve to 2-3-1 outdoors, famously having tied their rival Michigan Wolverines in the 2001 “Cold War” game at Spartan Stadium that kicked off the outdoor ice hockey phenomenon.

After neither team found the net during the three-on-three overtime period, Ohio State eventually ended the game in a seven-round shootout. Nonetheless, the final score moved Wisconsin to an impressive 20-1-1, 14-1-1 WCHA on the season and concluded the Badgers’ season series against the Buckeyes (13-5-3, 8-5-3 WCHA).

The Frozen Confines Big Ten Hockey Series at Wrigley Field was meant to be a showcase. The timing was perfect. MSU is a program ready to be showcased.

There's nothing quite like the magic of outdoor hockey, and when you set the rink at Wrigley Field under the Saturday night lights, it becomes a spectacle for the ages.

No. 1 Michigan State scored with 1.4 seconds left in overtime to spoil the Badgers' comeback at the Frozen Confines.

Michigan State hockey went to Wrigley Field in Chicago to play an outdoor game against the Wisconsin Badgers. The Spartans and Badgers played to an overtime thriller, where the Spartans were, able to secure the massive victory,

Wisconsin men’s hockey fell to the Michigan State Spartans in overtime at ‘The Frozen Confines: Big Ten Hockey Series,’ an outdoor event at Chicago’s Wrigley Field on Saturday. Ranked No. 1 in the USA TODAY/USA Hockey Poll, the Spartans opened the contest with a 2-0 edge in the second quarter. Wisconsin, however, battled back.

MSU's Daniel Russell scored with 1.4 seconds left in overtime to give the Spartans a win over Wisconsin on a frigid Saturday night at Wrigley Field.

Saturday’s experience for the Univ. of Wisconsin’s men’s and women’s hockey in the Frozen Confines at Wrigley Field -- which involved playing top-level competition in the outfield in one of the most storied stadiums in baseball -- will go down as one beyond the wildest dream every Badgers player and coach ever had.

Mark Johnson had plans to make the most of the Frozen Confines, but wasn't allowed. And the Badgers hockey teams tried not to let the final score be the takeaway from their experiences playing outdoors.

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