Month: November 2020

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Gophers Sweep Buckeyes to Stay Perfect in 20-21

November 25, 2020 Chris Eckes 0

Minnesota Starts 4-0 for 1st Time Since 14-15 Minneapolis, MN – Normally, Gopher fans have to wait a whole week to see their team take the ice again. 2020 has disrupted everything, included the beloved Friday-Saturday cadence of college hockey. The Minnesota Gophers (4-0-0-0 B1G, 4-0-0 Overall) hosted the Ohio State Buckeyes (0-2-0-0, 0-2-0) in a rare Monday-Tuesday series, just a few days after Minnesota swept Penn State to open the 2020-2021 campaign. The Gophers […]

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Sammy Walker Adding Steps to His Game

November 23, 2020 Eric Vegoe 0

Minneapolis, Minn. — If Minnesota is going to take the next step as a program, then they’re going to need to see some of their top players make the transition from good to elite. Gophers coach Bob Motzko hopes that his junior captain might be one of the players ready to make that leap. “Our biggest challenge here is we have an entire group of guys who have to take that next step,” Motzko said. […]

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GPL Podcast #178: Guest Paul Caponigri

November 22, 2020 Craig Cotner 0

BTN’s Paul Caponigri joins us on the podcast to talk about the SWEEP of the Nittany Lions at Mariucci and preview the Mon/Tue matchup with the Ohio State Buckeyes. SPONSORED BY… Jerry Peters of First Class Mortgage! Click this link to check out a custom page we have created just for him and First Class Mortgage! Audio Video You can listen to the podcast above, or on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Amazon Music. […]

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Gophers Sweep Penn State to Open Unusual 100th Season

November 21, 2020 Chris Eckes 0

Key Upperclassmen Power Minnesota to Victories Minneapolis, MN – Cast your minds back, if you will, to late February. After a miserable first half of the season, the Gophers fought back to a 9-2-1 record since the Christmas break and had actually put themselves in position to win the Big Ten regular season title. Then, Penn State came to town, winning 5 of 6 points and securing their own conference title. Minnesota sputtered to the […]

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Gophers Open Season Against Nemesis Nittany Lions

November 19, 2020 Eric Vegoe 0

Minneapolis, Minn. — When Bob Motzko first took the men’s hockey head coaching job at Minnesota he said that before his program could get older, they’d have to get a lot younger. Motzko will still start his third year behind the bench of the Gophers with the fourth youngest roster in all of college hockey, but he boasts the most returning point scorers in the nation with 87.2 percent coming back. He also has a […]

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GPL Podcast #177: Let’s Get This Season started!

November 18, 2020 Craig Cotner 0

After a very long layoff due to COVID19, the season is FINALLY starting for the Gopher Hockey team! So we preview the series with Penn State. Answer your Twitter and YouTube Chat questions. And just get you ready for the first block of the season! SPONSORED BY… Jerry Peters of First Class Mortgage! Click this link to check out a custom page we have created just for him and First Class Mortgage! Audio Video You […]