Author: Chris Eckes

State College, PA – The final regular season series of the 24-25 season did not lack for drama, with Penn State winning an overtime thriller Friday night to move onto the good side of the Pairwise bubble and deny Minnesota a chance to win the Big Ten title outright.

State College, PA – Needing at least an overtime win to control their destiny heading into the final day of the Big Ten regular season, Minnesota came up agonizingly short once again in the extra session.

Minneapolis, MN – The Kurth-Clark-Wood line is back, and better than ever.

The trio, which was red-hot early in the year before being split up in The Great Injury Blight in the middle of the year, combined for three goals (Kurth 2, Wood 1) and seven points to lead the Minnesota Gophers (23-7-4 Overall (1-3 OT), 13-3-1-5 B1G) to a 6-3 Saturday victory and series sweep over the visiting Ohio State Buckeyes (20-10-2 (3-1), 11-6-2-3).

The win (and 6 weekend points) moves Minnesota into first place in the Big Ten after a 5-point Penn State weekend over Michigan State.

Minneapolis, MN – Behind two Brody Lamb goals and 25 saves from newly-minted #1 goalie Liam Souliere, the #3 Minnesota Gophers (22-7-4 Overall (1-3 OT), 12-3-1-5 B1G) beat the #6 Ohio State Buckeyes (20-9-2 (2-2), 11-5-2-3) in a defensive struggle that ultimately resulted in a 4-1 Minnesota win.

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Minneapolis, MN – In Friday night’s tilt between the Minnesota Gophers and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Minnesota built a…