Minneapolis, MN – For the first time since 2017, the Minnesota Gophers are Big Ten regular season champions! The Gophers (21RW-9RL-2OTW-2OTL Overall, 17-4-1-2 B1G) won their last eight regular season games and got a little help on the final weekend from Notre Dame, who swept the Michigan Wolverines at home, to emerge at the top of the conference table on the final day of the season. The Badgers (7-20-2-2 Overall, 5-14-1-3 B1G) never were able […]
Minneapolis, MN – About halfway through the Gophers-Badgers game, Notre Dame was polishing off a 4-1 victory over Big Ten leading Michigan. After that, Minnesota took care of business. Behind Ben Meyers’ first career hat trick and Justen Close’s first career shutout, the Gophers (20RW-9RL-2OTW-2OTL Overall, 16-4-1-2 B1G) won Friday’s game 5-0 over the Wisconsin Badgers (7-19-2-2 Overall, 5-14-1-3 B1G). The win gave Minnesota three more points, vaulting them into first place in the conference […]
Another big sweep and the Gophers killed some demons at Penn State. They also signed probably the biggest recruit for next season as well, so things are going well. BUT… It’s BADger week and of course that means that we get Todd Milewski on the show to talk about all things Wisconsin Hockey. SPONSORED BY… Jerry Peters of First Class Mortgage! Click this link to check out a custom page we have created just for […]
State College, PA – After a season of splits, the Gophers finally seem to be letting the good times roll. Following perhaps their most complete weekend of the season, capped off with a dominating 5-1 Saturday win in Columbus to complete the road sweep, the Gophers headed into Happy Valley to face the Penn State Nittany Lions. While PSU has not been good this year, the Minnesota has struggled against the Nittany Lions on the […]
The Gophers hit the road and got a HUGE sweep against Ohio State. We cover that great result as well as a bit of the US Team falling in the Olympics. Now the team heads to Hockey Valley and we’ll see if they can slay some ghosts. 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 […]
Columbus, OH – Three weeks ago, the sky started to fall. Gopher captain and Mike Richter-winning goalie Jack LaFontaine signed with the Carolina Hurricanes, and with the NHL pulling out of the Olympics, the University of Minnesota hockey team was set to lose three of its best players to the US Olympic team over the crucial final month of the Big Ten regular season. The rumors of this team’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Over […]
Gophers have games in hand with Buckeyes, but key upcoming series will have huge implications for conference race and best chance to make an impact to their PairWise Ranking during rest of regular season Minneapolis, Minn. — Players coming into the locker room to start a crucial February stretch of Gopher Hockey noticed a new message on the team’s white board last week, ‘We Have What We Need.’ Storylines throughout January focused on goaltender Jack […]
Former Buckeye and one of our favorite guests in Paul Caponigri joined this week! We talked about the sweep of MSU. The troubles in Michigan. And of course the big weekend coming up against Ohio State. 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 […]