MADISON, Wis. -- Joe Pavelski's power-play goal at 6:49 of the second period proved to be the game-winning goal, as fourth-ranked Wisconsin earned a 1-0 victory and series sweep of the Michigan Tech hockey team in the first round of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Playoffs Saturday night at the Kohl Center. The Huskies finished the 2005-06 campaign with a 7-25-6 overall record and a 6-16-6 mark in WCHA competition.

Michael-Lee Teslak stopped 29-of-30 shots in net for MTU and concluded his rookie year with a 7-14-4 record. Brian Elliott made 19 saves for the Badgers and improved to 22-4-3 on the season.

Wisconsin (25-9-3, 17-8-3 WCHA) compiled a 30-19 shot advantage in the contest.

The Huskies went 0-for-4 on the power play, while the Badgers were 1-for-6 with a man advantage.

Notes: Six seniors -- Nick Anderson, Chris Conner, Taggart Desmet, Pekka Saittakari, Brandon Schwartz and John Scott -- played their final games in a Husky uniform tonight . . . Conner leaves Houghton as Michigan Tech's all-time leader in shorthanded goals (15) and shorthanded goals in a single season (8) . . . The winger ranks 19th among all MTU players in career goals (69) and he is 35th all-time in overall point scoring (69-60--129).