Vegoe’s Top 20 – 10/14/2024
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
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
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 New this year is a Top 20 Poll on GopherPuckLive — I’ll give my perspective on who I think the best teams across the…
Pitlick Transfers from Minnesota to Mankato
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…
Minnesota Adds Experienced Goalie Souliere from Portal
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 Picks Minnesota Out of Transfer Portal Over Michigan and North Dakota
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…
Snuggerud Announces He’s Back for 24-25
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…
Jaxon Nelson Signs with Boston Bruins
Minneapolis, Minn. – Jaxon Nelson did all he could down the stretch trying to get his college team to the Frozen Four next weekend. Nelson came back for a fifth season to captain Minnesota and scored 11 goals and two assists during the final eight game stretch that came up just short of advancing to…