Logan Cooley with a 5pt night. Photo By Craig Cotner

Gophers Play Like Champs in 7-2 Drubbing of Penn State

State College, PA – The hand-wringing from the Gopher faithful this week was almost audible. After a disappointing split in Madison, Minnesota fans were getting a little restless after learning that the team would be without defensemen Brock Faber and Ryan Chesley for at least a week. Many were wondering whether the team might let…

Badgers Spoil Banner Saturday for Gophers

Badgers Spoil Banner Saturday for Gophers

Madison, WI – With their first chance to win the Big Ten regular season championship, the Gophers dropped the ball. Despite an overall better effort Saturday night, the Minnesota Gophers (21-8-1 Overall (3-3 OT), 14-3-1-2 B1G) were beaten 3-1 by a rejuvinated-looking Wisconsin Badgers team (11-19-0 (1-0), 4-16). The loss means that the Gophers will…

Mike Koster left the game in the 2nd after getting checked with contact to the head. Photo By Craig Cotner

Gophers Overcome Early Struggles to Sweep Spartans

Minneapolis, MN – In Friday’s game between Minnesota and Michigan State, it took all of nine seconds for the Gophers to take control of the contest. Saturday’s game took much longer to start feeling comfortable. Behind a flurry of goals in the second half of the game, the Minnesota Gophers (20-7-1 Overall (3-3 OT), 13-2-1-2…

Justen Close backstops a 8-0 shutout of MSU. Photo by Eric Miller, GopherSports.

Cooley’s Early Goal Sets the Tone as Gophers Romp Spartans 8-0

Minneapolis, MN – Michigan State was in it with a chance for 8 seconds in Friday’s affair against the Minnesota Gophers. By the ninth second, the Gophers had taken control. Logan Cooley scored on a partial breakaway at 0:09 of the first period, and Minnesota never looked back, scoring eight unanswered goals to dominate the…

Adam Fantilli was pretty big in the weekend series vs Minnesota. Photo By Craig Cotner

Gophers Tie It Late Again; Michigan Flips Script to Win 5-4 in OT

Minneapolis, MN – At the end of the day, it was a split in this weekend’s series between the Michigan Wolverines and the Minnesota Gophers. It felt more like a slugfest. After an emotional overtime win Friday night, the Gophers (15-4-3-3-1 Overall, 11-2-1-2 B1G) found themselves down a goal late in the third once more….