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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
