College Hockey

The NCAA will investigate a confrontation between University of Wisconsin hockey players and a referee who worked the Badgers’ championship game defeat by Lake Superior State.

Referee Tim McConaghy, who called 16 penalties on the Badgers in their 5-3 setback Saturday night at Albany, N.Y., was verbally accosted by at least 10 Wisconsin players after the Lakers had scored an empty-net goal with two seconds left to clinch the victory.