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 win the final game of the season in St. Paul. Winning the first game of the season there is a step in the right direction. After four straight St. Thomas goals turned a 2-0 Minnesota lead into a 4-2 Tommie advantage, the Gophers (1-0-0 Overall) struck back in the third, scoring three times to take the lead and once in overtime to prevail over St. Thomas (1-2-0) by a 6-5 margin at the Xcel Energy Center. Aaron Huglen scored the…
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 anticipated project is finally underway reducing the size of the ice surface from an Olympic sized 200 x 100 to a more NHL sized 200 x 89 with tighter corners. The project includes replacing the refrigeration system for both Mariucci and Ridder Arena from a discontinued R-22 refrigerant to an ammonia based one, updating the lighting to a modern energy efficient system and adjusting the seating and ramping to accommodate a playing surface 16 inches lower than the original. The…
Gophers Convert Big Lead, Beat Harvard 4-2
Nov 18, 2017Minneapolis, MN – After a weekend of blown leads at Michigan, Minnesota fans could not be blamed for wondering whether this Gopher team had it in them to convert leads…
Gophers Fold Again, But Hang On For ‘Tie’
Nov 11, 2017Not entirely sure where to start with one. Because as bad as some of it looked, there was a lot of good to come from it. It wasn’t a loss…
Gophers Blow 3-0 Lead, Lose to Michigan 5-4 in OT
Nov 11, 2017Ann Arbor, MI – So far into the young 2017-2018 season, the Gophers have started out slow before roaring back into their games, to a good amount of success and…
Gophers Sweep Sparty
Nov 4, 2017Schierhorn Makes 21 Saves for 10th Career Shutout Minneapolis, Minn. — It wasn’t exactly a Picasso for the Gophers, but they made enough brush strokes to sweep the Spartans with…
Gophers Top Spartans 3-1
Nov 3, 2017Tyler Pitlick celebrates Minnesota’s 3rd goal. Photo by Craig Cotner Minneapolis, MN – Behind another solid effort from Eric Schierhorn and goals by Ryan Lindgren, Brent…