Minnesota State silenced college hockey’s largest arena on Friday night. On Saturday, the Mavericks got to hear what 15,000 screaming fans really sound like.

Before a sold-out Kohl Center, No. 13 Minnesota State saw its seven-game winning streak come to an end as 10th-ranked Wisconsin won the Western Collegiate Hockey Association game 4-2.

“We haven’t been on a roll like this in quite a few years,” Mavericks forward Jon Kalinski said. “Maybe it was a wake-up call for everybody.”

The Mavericks (16-11-4, 10-10-4 in WCHA) hadn’t allowed four goals in a game since a 5-2 loss to North Dakota on Jan. 19. Coincidently, that was the last was the last time they lost.

Wisconsin snapped its own three-game winless streak against MSU by scoring the game’s first four goals. The last two were power-play goals by Michael Davies and Davis Drewiske that came just 71 seconds apart following penalties by Rylan Galiardi and Kalinski.

Much of the Mavericks’ success this season has been built on discipline, especially cutting down penalty minutes. Coach Troy Jutting even benched players early in the year for taking what he felt were stupid or selfish penalties. Galiardi’s infraction was a slash behind the play that was called by the assistant referee.

“That was a stupid penalty, a really stupid penalty,” Jutting said. “We have been doing a good job of not taking that penalty — not tonight, unfortunately.”

The Mavericks committed 11 penalties, compared to just six in the series opener, a 3-0 win. Kalinski, who was called for hooking had a similar assessment for his own penalty.

“Obviously, that wasn’t smart by me,” he said.

Following Friday night’s game, Wisconsin players vowed to come out stronger Saturday, and they did, outshooting the Mavericks 9-6 and taking a 1-0 lead on freshman Patrick Johnson’s goal at 4:58.

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The Mavericks attempted just 11 shots in the period, although one of those, by Andrew Sackrison, beat goalie Shane Connelly but hit the right post less than two minutes into the game.

“That was important, especially a play like that,” Jutting said. “That early in the game, that was really important.”