Month: March 2022

Worcester, MA – Head Coach Bob Motzko and Assistant Coach Garrett Raboin happen to share a birthday, and it happens to be March 27th. The Gophers got their coaches a trip to Boston. Behind stifling team defense, timely offense, and a bit of luck, the Minnesota Gophers (24W-10L-2OT3W-2OT3L) beat the Western Michigan Bronocs (24-11-2-1) by a 3-0 score in the Worcester regional final to move on to the Frozen Four, two weekends hence in Boston, […]

Worcester, MA – This time of year, every team is going to face adversity. For the Gophers, they got it out of the way early. After UMass was credited with two goals that could have been waived off in the first period, Minnesota found itself in a 2-0 hole with under five minutes to play. Like they have all season, though, the Gophers (23W-10L-2OT3W-2OT3L) did not give up, rallying from down 3-1 in the second […]

Minneapolis, MN – Michigan won a 4-3 hockey game Saturday night to claim the Big Ten playoff title. Both teams will move on to play in the NCAA tournament. Those are the facts. There’s a lot to talk about with the Big Ten title game, and only a small portion of it has to do with the play on the ice. The Gophers (22RW-10RL-2OTW-2OTL) went up 1-0 in the first minute of the game, before […]

Minneapolis, MN – “Hopefully that was our clunker.” Gopher coach Bob Motzko was critical of his Gopher team following their semifinal victory against Penn State Saturday night, and his assessment was not inaccurate. However, despite the shaky performance, Minnesota (22RW-9RL-2OTW-2OTL Overall) was able to sneak past the Nittany Lions (16-19-1-1) to advance to the championship game next weekend against Michigan. Said Motzko: “We survived it, and you have to do that in one-and-done tournaments.” While […]