Gophers Maul Nittany Lions 5-1

Gophers Maul Nittany Lions 5-1

Pitlick Scores Twice to Pace Gophers Minneapolis, MN – “These games are huge for the end of the year.” Jake Bischoff stressed that the Gophers understood the importance of this weekend’s series against #4/6 Penn State.  The way Minnesota played, Friday night’s contest looked like it was the most important game of their lives. Minnesota…

Gophers Overpower Wolverines 5-2

Gophers Rally from Early Deficit to Win Tyler Sheehy’s 2G-1A Lead Team Minneapolis, MN – If the Gophers were rusty following their off-week, they sure did not show it Friday night. With a dominant offensive performance, the Minnesota Gophers (12-5-2 Overall, 4-1-0 B1G) blew out Michigan (8-10-1, 1-4-0) 5-2 on Friday.  Minnesota thoroughly dominated the possession…

Gophers Win Mariucci Classic with 4-1 Victory over UMass

Schierhorn Named Tournament MVP Gophers Win First Mariucci Classic Title Since 2012 Minneapolis, MN – This senior class has won a lot of big games in their four-year careers: National Semifinals, Conference Titles, big rivalry games. One thing they hadn’t accomplished was a Mariucci Classic title. The annual post-holiday tournament was something of a cakewalk for…

Gophers Beat Spartans 4-2

Minnesota gets production from key players to earn victory over Michigan State East Lansing, MI – After you speak to Don Lucia enough, you start to learn his coaching philosophies.  One that the Gopher coach frequently utters is that the “big players need to play big.” Minnesota (8-5-2 Overall, 2-1-0 B1G) definitely had its big players…

Minnesota Closes Boston Trip with 4-2 Win over Boston College

Lettieri breakaway at 11:10 of the third clinches game for Gophers Win is Lucia’s 700th coaching victory Boston, MA – Coming off a gut-wrenching loss at Northeastern Friday night, the Gophers needed something good to happen to turn around the road trip. A trip to Boston College’s Conte Forum was just what the doctor ordered. Minnesota…

Gophers Blow Another Third Period Lead, Lose to Northeastern 6-4

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…