Gophers Win a Wild One at the X to Open 23-24 Season
St. Paul, MN – With the Frozen Four at the Xcel Energy Center this season, the Minnesota Gophers hope to…
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Six Thoughts As Season Starts
GopherPuckLive is going to give you six thoughts to think about a couple times throughout the season as they chase an elusive sixth NCAA Championship. Coach Bob Motzko doesn’t expect that his team will win the league by 19 points again this year, but he’s not shying away from the high expectations either.
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3M Arena at Mariucci Will Almost Be NHL-Sized for 2023-24 Season
Minneapolis, Minn. — 3M Arena at Mariucci has looked like a sandbox for much of this offseason as a long…
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Running It Back: Cooley, Snuggerud, Close, Nelson, Brodzinski Returning for Epic 23-24 Season
Minneapolis, MN – The Bard himself said that “parting is such sweet sorrow.”
Fortunately, it’ll be another season before the Gophers part with some of the key pieces of the team’s back-to-back Frozen Four runs.
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Quinnipiac Stuns Gophers in OT to Win First NCAA Title
Tampa, FL – We had them right where we wanted them, and we let ‘em off the hook.
Despite building a two-goal lead early in the second period, the Minnesota Gophers (29-10-1) couldn’t score that next goal to put the Quinnipiac Bobcats (34-4-3) away for good. Quinnipiac mounted a furious charge after the second Gopher goal, outshooting Minnesota 26-8 after the first period and potting three unanswered goals, the last just 10 seconds into overtime, to win their first national championship 3-2.
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Patient Gophers Advance to NCAA Championship Game with 6-2 Win over BU
Tampa, FL – For the first time since 2013-2014, the Gophers are headed to the National Title game.
Despite giving up the first goal of the game and hitting numerous posts throughout the contest, the Minnesota Gophers (29-9-1) persevered, finding their footing through some serious Terrier puck luck to down Boston University (29-11-0) by a 6-2 final score.
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Gophers Depth Gets Them to Title Game
Tampa, Fla. — Coming into the Frozen Four there were high hopes for the pace of play based on the sheer volume of skill amongst the teams in Tampa. The Gophers boasted 14 draft picks in their line-up and the Terriers tallied 11 in theirs. Neither team disappointed during an intense Minnesota 6-2 win over Boston University during the first semi-final of the weekend. However it wasn’t necessarily the Gophers top line or the Terriers heralded freshman defensemen that made the most noise, it came from some of the team’s depth players.
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Gophers Finding Right Combination for Success
Minneapolis, Minn. — Looking over a roster of 14 NHL draft picks, plenty of pundits think it is an easy…
