Minneapolis, MN – After a disappointing first 40 minutes in Saturday’s regular season finale, the Minnesota Gophers (20-9-5 Overall (4-1 OT), 10-6-3-5 B1G (41 pts)) capped off a furious comeback with an extra-attacker goal to send the game to overtime against the Michigan Wolverines (18-13-3 (1-1), 10-10-2-2 (36)). However, a last-minute penalty on Rhett Pitlick…
Minneapolis, MN – After enduring some first-period rust, the Minnesota Gophers (20–8-5 Overall (4-0 OT), 10-6-3-4 B1G 40 Pts) poured it on the Michigan Wolverines (17-13-3 (0-1), 10-10-1-2 34 Pts), scoring four unanswered goals in the second and third to win 6-2 and clinch third place in the Big Ten conference. Jaxon Nelson tallied a…
South Bend, IN – This weekend for Minnesota was about facing adversity. The Gophers probably feel like they got a full season’s worth against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Friday and Saturday night. After a brutal 6-1 drubbing at the hands of the hosts, the visiting Minnesota Gophers (19-8-5 Overall (4-0 OT), 9-6-3-4 B1G (37…
Minneapolis, MN – Don’t look now, but the Gophers are rolling. Now 9-1-1 in their last 11 games, the Minnesota Gophers (18-7-5 Overall (3-0 OT), 11-5-4 B1G) added another quality defensive performance to their recent pile of them, shutting out the Penn State Nittany Lions (12-13-3 (0-0), 4-11-3) by an identical 3-0 scoreline to Friday…
Minneapolis, MN – Rhett Pitlick scored two goals in the first 3:49 of play, Justen Close made 36 saves, and the Minnesota Gophers (17-7-5 Overall (3-0 OT), 8-5-2-4 B1G (32 pts)) shut out the Penn State Nittany Lions (12-12-3 (0-0), 4-10-2-1 (17)) 3-0 in front of a regular-season record 10,750 fans at Mariucci. The record…
Madison, WI – After an emotional and hard-fought weekend, the Minnesota Gophers (16-7-5 Overall (3-0 OT), 7-5-2-4 B1G 29 pts) came out of Badger weekend with a win and a tie against #4-ranked Wisconsin (20-6-2 (2-1), 10-3-2-1 35 pts). Typically, a result like that on the road would be something to celebrate. However, two controversially-disallowed…
East Lansing, MI – After a Friday night letdown punctuated by a Spartan game-winning goal with four seconds left in the third period, Saturday’s Gopher team meant business. An indication of what this team can be if they play good hockey for 60 minutes, the Minnesota Golden Gophers (15-7-4 Overall (2-0 OT), 7-5-1-3 B1G) beat…
East Lansing, MI – After building a 2-0 lead heading into the third period, the Minnesota Gophers (14-7-4 Overall (2-0 OT), 6-5-1-3 B1G) collapsed in epic fashion, failing to score on three third-period powerplay chances and giving up three goals (the last one with just 4 seconds remaining) to steal defeat from the jaws of…
