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 Overcome Early Struggles to Sweep Spartans
Minneapolis, MN – In Friday’s game between Minnesota and Michigan State, it took all of nine seconds for the Gophers to take control of the contest. Saturday’s game took much longer to start feeling comfortable. Behind a flurry of goals in the second half of the game, the Minnesota Gophers (20-7-1 Overall (3-3 OT), 13-2-1-2 B1G) turned around an early MSU lead to down the Michigan State Spartans (13-13-2 (1-1), 6-9-3). The Gophers won the game 6-3 and swept the two-game series, expanding their lead in the Big Ten standings. The nature of college hockey is often that two teams…
Gophers Shut Out Badgers 4-0
Jan 22, 2016Win Moves MN to Solo 1st Atop the B1G Standings Madison, WI – It looks like the Gophers picked a good time to start playing good hockey. Minnesota (12-10-0 Overall,…
Gophers Sweep Sparty with 3-1 Saturday Win
Jan 16, 2016Third period goals from Kloos, Connor Reilly, and Bristedt ENG get three points Minneapolis, Minn. – Comebacks have been rare for this year’s Gopher hockey program and there wasn’t much…
Gophers Cruise to 5-2 Victory over Spartans
Jan 15, 2016Win Vaults Minnesota into Tie for First Place in B1G Standings Minneapolis, MN – The turmoil of ‘arrogant little jerks’, poorly developing players, and myopic coaching were nowhere to be…
Gophers Dominate Nittany Lions 7-1
Jan 9, 2016Minnesota Rides Stout Defense, Timely Goal Scoring to Easy Victory State College, PA – After controlling the play for the majority of the game on Friday, the Gophers may have…
Minnesota Loses 3-2 to Penn State in Overtime
Jan 8, 2016Gophers Fail to Capitalize on Three Breakaways, Lose in OT in Happy Valley State College, PA – The Gophers have made something of a habit of mounting comeback bids recently.…