Minneapolis, MN – With a team as talented as Michigan, it doesn’t take much to create scoring opportunities. The Wolverines have seven first-round NHL draft picks on their roster, including four of the top five from the most recent draft, and that talent was on full display this weekend at Mariucci Arena. Minnesota themselves are…
East Lansing, MI – A lot has happened since the Gophers last won in Michigan just a month ago. A 5-1 Friday clinic was followed up by a disappointing 6-2 Saturday finish for Minnesota’s fifth-straight split. Minnesota had four players (Brock Faber, Matthew Knies, Chaz Lucius, Ryan Johnson) depart for the World Junior tournament in…
Grand Forks, ND – With the football Gophers picking up a win in the longest college football rivalry Saturday afternoon, it was only fitting that another storied Gopher rivalry resumed on the ice. The rivalry between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and North Dakota Fighting Hawks was back on display this weekend, as the #11 Gophers…
Minneapolis, MN – For the third time in as many weeks, the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers came out of their Big Ten weekend series with a win and a loss. This time, it helped them gain ground on first-place Michigan, who was swept by Notre Dame. The Gophers (7-5-1-1 Overall, 5-2-0-1 B1G) dropped Friday’s…
Madison, WI – The old adage goes ‘split on the road, sweep at home’. Through two weekends of Big Ten hockey, the Gophers have managed to do one point better. After sweeping Notre Dame in the Big Ten opener last weekend, the Minnesota Gophers (6-4-0 Overall, 3-0-0-1 Big Ten) managed to escape from the Kohl…
Minneapolis, MN – It has certainly been the best of times for the University of Minnesota-Duluth’s hockey team recently. Perennially mired in mediocrity, UMD’s fortunes have changed since winning their first NCAA championship at the Xcel Energy Center in the 2010-2011 season. Over the past 10 years, it would be hard to argue that any…
Minneapolis, MN – The “speed limit” certainly increased on the Gopher season this weekend. After the Mercyhurst series, coach Bob Motzko mentioned several times that the sledding got tougher for this Minnesota team immediately, with home-and-homes against #2 St. Cloud and #5 Minnesota-Duluth before launching into their Big Ten schedule. The Gophers (3-1-0) split with…
Minneapolis, MN – The Minnesota Gophers were set to begin their 2021-2022 season a week ago with a series against the Alaska Nanooks. COVID concerns meant the Nanooks never made it out of Fairbanks, and Minnesota was forced to remain idle one more long week before finally squaring off against the Mercyhurst Lakers. It was…
