Month: December 2016

Schierhorn Named Tournament MVP Gophers Win First Mariucci Classic Title Since 2012 Minneapolis, MN – This senior class has won a lot of big games in their four-year careers: National Semifinals, Conference Titles, big rivalry games. One thing they hadn’t accomplished was a Mariucci Classic title. The annual post-holiday tournament was something of a cakewalk for Minnesota in the past, but first-round losses to Colgate (2013) and Merrimack (2014), along with an OT loss in the championship […]

Minnesota gets production from key players to earn victory over Michigan State East Lansing, MI – After you speak to Don Lucia enough, you start to learn his coaching philosophies.  One that the Gopher coach frequently utters is that the “big players need to play big.” Minnesota (8-5-2 Overall, 2-1-0 B1G) definitely had its big players play a big role in the Gophers’ 4-2 road victory against the Michigan State Spartans (4-7-1 Overall, 0-1-0 B1G) Friday […]

Bristedt and Sheehy each score twice to lead Minnesota Minneapolis, MN – The good thing about an ugly win is that it counts just as much as a dominating performance.  Gopher coach Don Lucia is intimately aware of this fact: “Sometimes you’ve gotta grind out games.  This is one of those where we had to grind it out.” Lucia’s candid assessment of the game is about as good a summary as any, as #11 Minnesota […]