GopherPuckLive is going to give you six thoughts to think about a couple times throughout the season as they chase an elusive sixth NCAA Championship. Coach Bob Motzko doesn’t expect that his team will win the league by 19 points again this year, but he’s not shying away from the high expectations either.
Tampa, Fla. — Coming into the Frozen Four there were high hopes for the pace of play based on the sheer volume of skill amongst the teams in Tampa. The Gophers boasted 14 draft picks in their line-up and the Terriers tallied 11 in theirs. Neither team disappointed during an intense Minnesota 6-2 win over Boston University during the first semi-final of the weekend. However it wasn’t necessarily the Gophers top line or the Terriers heralded freshman defensemen that made the most noise, it came from some of the team’s depth players.
Minneapolis, Minn. — Looking over a roster of 14 NHL draft picks, plenty of pundits think it is an easy job to put together a lineup for Minnesota. The reality is that it’s always a challenge to find the right chemistry and every fall the concern over early lineups are brushed aside by Bob Motzko…
Minneapolis, Minn. — When the University of Minnesota men’s hockey program decided it was time to make a change in leadership behind the bench, it wasn’t necessarily because the team was losing the majority of their games, it was because they were losing the wrong ones. The Gophers seemed to struggle on the biggest stages…
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…
Fifth-year goalie will immediately join Carolina taxi squad Minneapolis, Minn. — Gophers men’s hockey coach Bob Motzko was watching the Minnesota Vikings wrap up their season Sunday when his phone rang and it brought the type of news that usually doesn’t come until after his own team wraps up their season — fifth year player…
The number of season ticket holders continues its decline, the actual number of fans coming to the rink reversed its trend in 2019-20. The numbers of tickets scanned grew from the 5,284 attending in 2018-19 to 5,799 in 2019-20, a ten percent increase.
During availability Bob Motzko said after getting five of six from Michigan he did what all old coaches do, go through the film and pick out all the things the team did wrong. The head hockey coach has said during the first ten games that he has to remember to be patient with this team…
A special summer GPL Podcast as we test new streaming software that we will start using next season. We talk about Snuggerud’s return, Matthew Wood coming over from UConn and Liam Souliere from Penn State. Current gopher hitting the transfer portal. The non-conference schedule. Basically an off-season update for the Gophers. Audio You can listen…
John King, from Pulltab Sports, joined us to recap the season and preview next year! A lot of Transfer Portal talk. Pino, Strobel, Fish and Barto gone. Wood and Souliere in. Snuggerud is back. So much to talk about along with the opponents for next season.
Minneapolis, Minn. — Minnesota head coach Bob Motzko has been cautious with dipping into the transfer portal, but he’s always said that grabbing an experienced goaltender can make a lot of sense for teams and this offseason Liam Souliere made a lot of sense for the Gophers. Souliere is a 25-year-old college hockey veteran that…
Minneapolis, Minn. — Gophers coach Bob Motzko hinted throughout the season that just because Minnesota had not been very aggressive in the transfer portal the past couple years didn’t mean they were going to avoid dipping their toes in the portal at some point. Sunday afternoon there were two tweets just minutes apart from Mike…
Minneapolis, Minn. — While the Gophers knew they were going to be saying goodbye to graduate Jaxon Nelson as he signed his contract with the Boston Bruins this week, the future of sophomore Jimmy Snuggerud was something less certain. A quick social post Tuesday afternoon cleared it up and the team’s leading goal score will…
Minneapolis, Minn. – Jaxon Nelson did all he could down the stretch trying to get his college team to the Frozen Four next weekend. Nelson came back for a fifth season to captain Minnesota and scored 11 goals and two assists during the final eight game stretch that came up just short of advancing to…
Sioux Falls, SD — During the first period of the Sioux Falls Regional it looked like the script was going according to plan for the Gophers. Jaxon Nelson scored the opening goal on his birthday for the Gophers and linemate Bryce Brodzinski put home the game’s second goal to give Minnesota an early two-goal lead….
The Gopher’s come back and get te 3-2 win over Omaha. We did a quick 15 minute wrap of the big win.
