Six Thoughts as Big Ten Standings Look Unfamiliar
There have only been four Big Ten conference games played so far this season, but it’s a little odd to see Wisconsin on top of the league standings to start the season. The Badgers came to Mariucci and left with all six points by sweeping Minnesota last weekend. “Guys… it’s October,” said Wisconsin coach Mike Hastings. “It’s big. I’m happy for people back in Madison and our followers, but at the end of the day, Monday will come and Michigan’s coming to town. It’s not going to get any easier.” The other Big Ten series played so far ended up…
Badgers Complete Sweep of #1 Gophers
Minneapolis, Minn. — Gophers coach Bob Motzko put his team through a lengthy video session Friday after a frustrating 5-2 loss to the Badgers on Thursday. The coach felt his team lost too many battles and gave away too many pucks. While the message got through to his squad resulting in a better effort, No. 14 Wisconsin (7-1-0 Overall, 2-0-0 B1G) held on to win Friday’s game 3-2 and headed back to Madison with a sweep over No. 1 Minnesota (3-3-0, 0-2-0). The Gophers coaching staff put together 76 chronological clips to review with the team. It was a painful…
Gophers, Bulldogs Skate to 1-1 Draw in Season Opener
Oct 6, 2018Duluth, MN – Minnesota and UMD have a storied in-state rivalry, but this year’s playing comes with a little extra juice. UMD has beaten Minnesota eight-straight times, with the ‘U’s…
GPL Celebrates 15 Years!
Apr 9, 2018Happy 15th Birthday to GPL! It was on this day, back in 2003, that GPL was created! It was not actually Gopher Puck Live back then. The first few months…
A New Beginning at Minnesota
Mar 29, 2018Instead of doing a story about Bob Motzko, the new hockey coach at Minnesota… I thought I would just head down to the U and capture the event in pictures.…
2017-18 Gophers Scanned Ticket Numbers Lowest in Four Seasons
Mar 21, 2018Minneapolis, Minn. — There may have been less no shows than a year ago, but scanned ticket data shows actual 2017-18 attendance for University of Minnesota men’s hockey was the…
Woeful Gophers Lose Again in B1G Tourney Opener
Mar 2, 2018Two Last-Minute Second Period Goals Too Much for Maroon and Gold State College, PA – The home team was once again jovial in Happy Valley. For Gopher fans, the last three…