Tampa Bay Bound! Gophers Beat Huskies 4-1 in Regional Final to Advance to Frozen Four
Going to Tampa! Photo by Craig Cotner Fargo, ND – The weather is nice this time of year in Tampa Bay. The Minnesota Gophers are going to be able to enjoy it. The Gophers (28-9-1) advanced to the Frozen Four in Tampa with a 4-1 victory over the St. Cloud State Huskies (25-13-3) in the West Regional final. Minnesota will face Boston University on Thursday, April 6th. Brodzinski celebrates his goal. Photo by Craig Cotner After a slow start in Thursday’s first-round game against Canisius, Minnesota looked like they were shot out of a cannon to start against St. Cloud.…
After Sluggish Start, Gophers Use Huge 3rd Period to Beat Canisius 9-2
Bryce Brodzinski with a Hat Trick against Canisius. Photo By Craig Cotner Fargo, ND – For about 30 minutes of game time Thursday night, the #16-seed Canisius Golden Griffins were the cinderella story of the NCAA hockey tournament. Canisius jumped out to a 2-1 lead early in the second period, and was looking to play spoiler. Then the Gophers showed up. The #1 overall seed Minnesota Golden Gophers (27-9-1) took a while to heat up, but once they did there was no stopping them, scoring eight unanswered goals in the final 31:45 of play to eliminate Canisius (20-19-3) by a…
Bulldogs Get By Gophers
Jan 27, 2017Two Gates Power Play Goals not Enough, as Miska paces Bulldogs Tough loss for Goldy tonight – they dropped a disappointing and maybe even frustrating 3 – 2 loss…
North Star College Cup Shelved
Jan 27, 2017Minneapolis, Minn.–After a four-year cycle, the North Star College Cup is no more, as fan apathy towards college hockey in Big Ten and National College Hockey Conference era stubbornly persists.…
Streak Ends at Seven
Jan 21, 2017Madison, Wisc.–The Gophers had a chance Saturday to extend their winning streak to the longest in over a decade, but let it slip away midway through the second period and…
Kloos’ OT Winner Pushes Gopher Streak to 7
Jan 20, 2017Badgers Tie It Up Late Before Kloos Wins it in Overtime Madison, WI – Just seven games ago, after a resounding 8-3 loss to Ohio State on December 3rd, the…
Gophers Extend Winning Streak to Six
Jan 14, 2017Minneapolis, Minn.–Vinni Lettieri notched his first hat trick as a Gopher by scoring on the power play, a penalty shot, and converting an empty netter in Minnesota’s 4-2 win over…