Schierhorn shaky yet again Boston, MA – As far as trends go, this might be one the Minnesota Gophers want to eliminate. The Gophers (5-4-2 Overall) staked themselves to a 4-2 lead entering the third, but a lack of aggressiveness until it was too late combined with less-than-stellar goaltending play by Eric Schierhorn led to…
Mankato beats Minnesota 4-1, drops Gophers to 1-15 in their last 16 against MN schools Mankato, MN – If it feels like a long time to you since the Gophers beat another Minnesota school, you’re in good, miserable company. The Minnesota State Mavericks (8-4-1 Overall, 5-4-1 WCHA) used two powerplay goals to power their offense…
SCSU’s Jake Wahlin Scores OT Game Winner to Complete Huge Husky Comeback Minneapolis, MN – This is not the article I was hoping to write tonight. This one’s gonna sting for a while. The University of Minnesota Gophers (2-1-0 Overall) lost to the St. Cloud State University Huskies (1-2-0 Overall) in a way that only Minnesota…
Pitlick Records Hat Trick in Gopher Blowout Minneapolis, MN- Over the past several years, the Minnesota Gophers (2-0-0) have played exhibition games to warm up prior to their season. This year, Minnesota already had played two regular season games to tune up for their exhibition-tilt against the United States Under-18 Team. Coming off of a season-opening sweep…
Defensemen, Freshmen Power Minnesota to 6-0 Victory Anchorage, Alaska – The Minnesota Golden Gophers opened last season at home against Vermont, and went down in a disappointing 3-0 game. This year started out a little better. Minnesota (1-0-0 Overall) got off to a solid start, beating their former WCHA foes the University of Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves…
Minnesota Advances to B1G Tournament Final vs Michigan with Season on the Line Minneapolis, MN – “We needed the one goal to kind of get us going.” Coach Don Lucia knows that his team needs a spark sometimes to kickstart the offense. Trailing 1-0 to The Ohio State University after two periods at the Xcel Energy…
Minnesota Called Offside on Tying Goal, Drop Opener to Wisconsin Minneapolis, MN – “[The referees] told me he was offsides. I got a chance to look at the replay, and he was offsides.” Gopher coach Don Lucia has a gift of keeping an even keel in emotional situations. He’s the sort of guy that never gets…
East Lansing, MI – After a hard-fought victory over the Michigan State Spartans Friday night, the Minnesota Gophers (18-15-0 Overall, 13-5-0 B1G) laid a massive egg Saturday evening, getting shut out by Michigan State for just the second time in school history, and the first time in nearly sixty years, in a humiliating 5-0 defeat….
