Minneapolis, Minn.–Two alums are joining the Gopher Hockey staff for the 2016-17 season. Ben Gordon will be the Assistant Director of Operations and Corey Millen will be a undergraduate assistant for the program while working toward his degree in recreation, park, and leisure studies. Gordon is returning to campus following a successful stint assistant coaching…
Minneapolis, Minn.–Gopher hockey commit Rem Pitlick has had a busy summer and was planning to return to the Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) for 2016-17. However, the son of former University of Minnesota defenseman Lance Pitlick is now going to be playing for Don Lucia in the maroon and gold for the 2016-17 season, and is expected to…
After adding Notre Dame as a sports affiliate to men’s hockey in late March, the Big Ten will officially announce sometime this off-season that campus sites are coming to Big Ten Hockey Tournament starting in 2017-18. It’s expected that the higher seeds will be the host for all games in conference tournament play. The format…
The trendy thing to do this season has been writing hot takes on the atmosphere at Mariucci Arena since the formation of the Big Ten Hockey Conference. Star Tribune’s Rachel Blount authored an article calling the Big Ten” a buzzkill for Minnesota fans.” Andy Greder wrote this season that the “gap is widening between the…
St. Paul, Minn. – Expectations are always high at Minnesota, players and fans expect the program to win banners every season, but the 2015-16 team will have to just settle for one as they fell 5-3 to Michigan in front of 6,180 at Xcel Energy Center in the Big Ten Tournament final. Minnesota (20-17-0) sits…
Minneapolis, Minn. — Nothing has come easy for Gopher hockey this season, but their leaders stepped up Saturday as Leon Bristedt, Hudson Fasching and Justin Kloos all scored goals in a Big Ten title clinching 4-1 win over Wisconsin in front of 10,383 at Mariucci Arena. The regular season title was the program’s fifth consecutive…
Kloos Tallies 100th Career Point as a Gopher Minnesota’s split with Michigan last weekend gave the Gophers a lead going into the last lap for a third consecutive Big Ten Title. Coming out of the first turn, Minnesota defeated Michigan State 4-2 while Michigan slipped by falling 7-4 to Ohio State 7-4, giving Minnesota a…
Minneapolis, Minn. — Minnesota travelled to Ann Arbor in December trying to get out of Yost Arena still ahead of Michigan in the Big Ten Standings. They had the same goal this weekend at Mariucci Arena and an overtime game-winner by Hudson Fasching put the Gophers back in first place with a 3-2 win over…
