Badgers Spoil Banner Saturday for Gophers
Madison, WI – With their first chance to win the Big Ten regular season championship, the Gophers dropped the ball. Despite an overall better effort Saturday night, the Minnesota Gophers (21-8-1 Overall (3-3 OT), 14-3-1-2 B1G) were beaten 3-1 by a rejuvinated-looking Wisconsin Badgers team (11-19-0 (1-0), 4-16). The loss means that the Gophers will have to wait at least one more weekend to attempt to claim the Big Ten regular season title. Minnesota’s Mike Koster opened the scoring for the Gophers on Saturday. His first-period goal at 18:28 seemed like it would swing the momentum the Minnesota’s way heading…
Close Brilliant as Gophers Beat Bucky 4-1 Friday
Madison, WI – Usually, it’s Minnesota’s high-flying offense or all-time defensive corps that garners headlines for the #1 Gopher hockey team. Every once in a while, though, the goalie makes a few headlines of his own. Justen Close was brilliant Friday night when the rest of his team was subpar, making 21 saves in the first period alone (and 36 for the night) to lead the Minnesota Gophers (21-7-1 Overall (3-3 OT), 14-2-1-2 B1G) to a 4-1 win over the Wisconsin Badgers (10-19-0 (1-0), 3-16-0). Wisconsin came out looking like the #1 team in the nation Friday night, piling on…
Gophers Split With Penn State
Feb 6, 2016Minneapolis, Minn. – Minnesota spotted Penn State two goals before finding their game. The Gophers (14-13-0, 9-3-0) rallied for a brief third period lead, but Penn State (17-8-3, 7-5-0-0) capitalized…
Gophers Earn Big Win Over Penn State 4-1
Feb 5, 2016Cammarata #1 Star with GWG and an Assist Minneapolis, MN – What a difference a week can make. After a disappointing, winless weekend at the North Star College Cup, the…
Gophers Fall 3-2 to Mavericks
Jan 31, 2016St. Paul – Minnesota entered the North Star College Cup well aware of their recent struggles against their in-state rivals. They leave the weekend with two more losses falling 4-2…
Beavers Best Gophers in North Star Cup Opener
Jan 30, 2016Markus Gerbrandt celebrates the game winning goal for Bemidji State (Photo by Craig Cotner)Bemidji Comes Back in 3rd to Beat Minnesota 4-2 St. Paul, MN -…
Gophers Send Badgers Back to the Barn
Jan 23, 2016Gophers Score in Bunches, Early and Late, Sweep Bucky with Blowout Plenty of Gopher offense, plenty of cheap shot Badger play…some things rarely change in this rivalry. The Gophers jumped…