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…
Cooley’s Early Goal Sets the Tone as Gophers Romp Spartans 8-0
Minneapolis, MN – Michigan State was in it with a chance for 8 seconds in Friday’s affair against the Minnesota Gophers. By the ninth second, the Gophers had taken control. Logan Cooley scored on a partial breakaway at 0:09 of the first period, and Minnesota never looked back, scoring eight unanswered goals to dominate the Michigan State Spartans by a 8-0 margin on Friday night. After Cooley’s goal, the game settled down a bit, with the Gophers (19-7-1 Overall (3-3 OT), 12-2-1-2 B1G) mostly controlling play in the first period but without another goal to show for it. That changed…
Crimson Win Mariucci Classic Championship 4-3 Over Gophers
Jan 2, 2016Brodzinksi, Bristedt, Johnson score three unanswered goals, but team can’t hold onto lead Minneapolis, Minn.—The Gophers set out Saturday seeking their first Mariucci Classic Championship in three seasons and knew…
Gophers Win Mariucci Classic Opener 3-2 Over UConn
Jan 1, 2016Fasching’s 3rd Period Game-Winner Gets Gophers to .500 Minneapolis, MN – Gopher Head Coach Don Lucia has maintained all season long that his leaders will have to step up for…
Gophers Head to Break Atop Big Ten Standings
Dec 12, 2015Gophers score first and hold on to beat Wolverines 3-2 Ann Arbor, Mich.—Every time the Gophers and Wolverines are set for a tilt Don Lucia talks about the Michigan 10-minute…
Another Lopsided Loss, as Gophers Trounced 8-3 in Ann Arbor
Dec 11, 2015Ann Arbor, MI – Hockey is a fast game, and things can fall apart quickly, too. It’s hard to imagine after having watched a five-goal blowout win by Michigan, but just…
Overtime Sweep
Dec 5, 2015Bristedt saves Collins with OT goal after back and forth affair All ‘things’ (concerning the first 6 to 7 weeks of the season) being equal, it was certainly an entertaining…