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Vegoe’s Top 20 – 10/21/2024

ByEric Vegoe Mon. Oct 21, 2024Mon. Oct 21, 2024

1-Denver 2-Boston University3-Boston College4-Minnesota5-Michigan State 6-North Dakota 7-Maine 8-Colorado College 9-Providence 10-Cornell 11-St. Cloud 12-Quinnipiac 13-Michigan 14-Western Michigan 15-Omaha 16-Minnesota State 17-Massachusetts 18-UMass Lowell 19-Ohio State20-Northeastern DU raised their NCAA record 10th championship banner this past weekend and handled Northeastern without any trouble. They welcome a struggling Wisconsin team to Magness Arena next, but we…

Vegoe’s Top 20 – 10/14/2024

ByEric Vegoe Mon. Oct 14, 2024Wed. Oct 16, 2024

1 Denver,
2 Boston University,
3 North Dakota,
4 Boston College,
5 Michigan State,
6 Omaha,
7 Minnesota,
8 Quinnipiac,
9 Colorado College,
10 St. Cloud

Vegoe’s Top 20 – 10/7/2024

ByEric Vegoe Mon. Oct 7, 2024Mon. Oct 7, 2024

1-Denver 2-Boston College 3-Minnesota 4-Boston University 5-Michigan State 6-North Dakota 7-Wisconsin 8-Omaha 9-Quinnipiac 10-Colorado College 11-St. Cloud 12-Cornell 13-Providence 14-Michigan 15-Maine 16-Bemidji State 17-Western Michigan 18-Massachusetts 19-Minnesota State 20-St. Thomas College hockey season is under way for some schools, so there was a little bit of movement in my Top 20. North Dakota played an…

Vegoe’s Top 20 – 9/23/2024

ByEric Vegoe Mon. Sep 23, 2024Mon. Oct 7, 2024

1-Denver 2-Boston College 3-Minnesota 4-North Dakota 5-Boston University 6-Michigan 7-Colorado College 8-Michigan State 9-St. Cloud 10-Omaha 11-Quinnipiac 12-Cornell 13-Providence 14-Maine 15-Minnesota Duluth 16-Massachusetts 17-Bemidji State 18-St. Thomas 19-Western Michigan 20-Sacred Heart

Rhett Pitlick looking up at the scoreboard from the Minnesota bench.

Pitlick Transfers from Minnesota to Mankato

ByEric Vegoe Sat. Sep 21, 2024Tue. Sep 24, 2024

Minneapolis, Minn. — It’s a rare opportunity for drafted hockey players to decide where they want to start their professional hockey career, but the chance presented itself to forward Rhett Pitlick and he took it…. well kind of. The Montreal Canadiens owned Pitlick’s rights after selecting him in the fifth round of the 2019 NHL…

Liam Souliere will transfer from Penn State to Minnesota for his final season of eligibility. Photo by Craig Cotner.

Minnesota Adds Experienced Goalie Souliere from Portal

ByEric Vegoe Wed. Apr 17, 2024Thu. Aug 8, 2024

Minneapolis, Minn. — Minnesota head coach Bob Motzko has been cautious with dipping into the transfer portal, but he’s always said that grabbing an experienced goaltender can make a lot of sense for teams and this offseason Liam Souliere made a lot of sense for the Gophers. Souliere is a 25-year-old college hockey veteran that…

Matthew Wood transfers to Minnesota. Photos courtesy of the University of Connecticut and the NHL.

Matthew Wood Picks Minnesota Out of Transfer Portal Over Michigan and North Dakota

ByEric Vegoe Sun. Apr 7, 2024Thu. Aug 8, 2024

Minneapolis, Minn. — Gophers coach Bob Motzko hinted throughout the season that just because Minnesota had not been very aggressive in the transfer portal the past couple years didn’t mean they were going to avoid dipping their toes in the portal at some point. Sunday afternoon there were two tweets just minutes apart from Mike…

Jimmy Snuggerud is returning for his Junior year at Minnesota! Photo by Craig Cotner.

Snuggerud Announces He’s Back for 24-25

ByEric Vegoe Tue. Apr 2, 2024Thu. Aug 8, 2024

Minneapolis, Minn. — While the Gophers knew they were going to be saying goodbye to graduate Jaxon Nelson as he signed his contract with the Boston Bruins this week, the future of sophomore Jimmy Snuggerud was something less certain. A quick social post Tuesday afternoon cleared it up and the team’s leading goal score will…