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…
Minneapolis, MN – Perhaps more than any weekend this year, question marks abounded for the Minnesota Gophers heading into their series against the Michigan State Spartans. Coming off a disappointing split at Notre Dame, the Gophers have had a hard time stringing wins together this year, and they’ll be forced to finish the regular season…
Minneapolis, MN – It’s been two steps forward, one step back for this Gopher team since the Christmas break. Minnesota played some great games in January, racking up four regulation wins, one overtime win, and two exhibition wins over the month. However, it’s the recent losses (two in regulation, one in OT) that are leaving…
