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We Have What We Need, We Need What We Have

February 11, 2022 Eric Vegoe Comments Off

Gophers have games in hand with Buckeyes, but key upcoming series will have huge implications for conference race and best chance to make an impact to their PairWise Ranking during rest of regular season Minneapolis, Minn. — Players coming into the locker room to start a crucial February stretch of Gopher Hockey noticed a new message on the team’s white board last week, ‘We Have What We Need.’ Storylines throughout January focused on goaltender Jack […]

Gopher Men's Hockey Ticket Sales in Big Ten

Gophers Men’s Hockey Season Ticket Sales Down Eight Percent for 2017-18

August 22, 2017 Eric Vegoe Comments Off

Minneapolis, Minn. — Gopher men’s hockey season ticket sales for 2017-18 are down eight percent with 5,474 tickets sold compared to last season’s 5,977. The number continues a downward trend for sales since their first year in the Big Ten when the university sold 7,394 season tickets. Minnesota men’s hockey ‘pick-your-pack’ tickets went on sale Tuesday to Gophers Score members and will go on sale to the public Wednesday. GopherPuckLive has tracked season ticket scanning […]

Buckeyes Blowout Gophers 8-3

December 4, 2016 Eric Vegoe Comments Off

Minneapolis, Minn. — The last time Minnesota surrendered eight goals to a visiting team at Mariucci Arena was nearly 20 years ago when Minnesota Duluth handed the Gophers an 8-4 loss on Valentine’s Day in 1997. Saturday, it was the Buckeyes who dealt the Gophers heartbreak handing them an 8-3 loss in front of 9,178 at Mariucci. #10 Ohio State (9-2-4, 1-1-0-0) was Don Lucia’s pick to win the Big Ten this season and the […]

Gophers Top Big Ten Coaches Poll for 2016-17 Season

September 26, 2016 Eric Vegoe Comments Off

Minneapolis, Minn. – Pre-season speculation is underway in college hockey and a Big Ten Hockey Coaches Poll predicted a fourth consecutive regular season title for the Gophers. The coaches also noted Justin Kloos, Jake Bischoff, Leon Bristedt and Eric Schierhorn on the Big Ten Watch List. Minnesota has won all three conference titles in the latest version of the Big Ten Hockey Conference, and the last two of the old version of the WCHA. If […]

Four-Goal Third Helps Gophers Beat Ohio State 4-2

March 18, 2016 Chris Eckes Comments Off

Minnesota Advances to B1G Tournament Final vs Michigan with Season on the Line Minneapolis, MN – “We needed the one goal to kind of get us going.” Coach Don Lucia knows that his team needs a spark sometimes to kickstart the offense. Trailing 1-0 to The Ohio State University after two periods at the Xcel Energy Center Friday night, Lucia’s team was in need of a boost if they wanted to keep their season alive. That […]

GPL Podcast #89 Guest: Dave Schwartz

February 24, 2016 Craig Cotner Comments Off

KARE11 sports anchor Dave Schwartz joins the GPL Podcast as we talk about the sweep of Ohio State. How the BigTen conference still sucks and the fans really hate it. The biggest series of the year against Michigan. It’s vital that MN does well this weekend. We also talk about the High School Hockey Tournament and the affect on the Tourney due to the USHL. We also answer your questions. As usual there is bonus […]

Justin Time! Kloos Scores OT Winner to Down Ohio State

February 12, 2016 Chris Eckes Comments Off

Gophers Give Up Goal With 0.1 Seconds Left but Bounce Back with Kloos OT Goal Columbus, OH – There’s a saying in golf that ‘there’s no pictures on the scorecard’, meaning it is the end result that counts and not the way you arrived at it. Tonight, the Gophers (15-13-0 Overall, 10-2-0 B1G) are glad there are no pictures on their scorecard after a sloppy but ultimately victorious 5-4 effort against The Ohio State University […]

GPL Podcast #88 PSU Split

February 10, 2016 Craig Cotner Comments Off

We talk about the split with PSU. Cammy improvements. How do we get the students back to Mariucci? Preview Ohio State. You can listen to the podcast above, or via iTunes / Google Play.Check out older episodes on the Podcast Page.