Schierhorn Named Tournament MVP Gophers Win First Mariucci Classic Title Since 2012 Minneapolis, MN – This senior class has won a lot of big games in their four-year careers: National Semifinals, Conference Titles, big rivalry games. One thing they hadn’t accomplished was a Mariucci Classic title. The annual post-holiday tournament was something of a cakewalk for…
Minneapolis, Minn.–Minnesota returned from their 20-day winter break with some rust on their structure, but none on their skill. Brent Gates Jr. tallied his first collegiate hat trick, Leon Bristedt scored a bar down snipe, and Justin Kloos added an empty netter in a 5-1 win over Mercyhurst to open the Mariucci Classic in front…
East Lansing, Mich. — Inconsistency was the buzzword swarming Gopher hockey this week as the Gophers had one more chance before break to correct a trend of seesaw series. Minnesota delivered 120 minutes of consistent defense, held Michigan State to just 33 shots on the weekend, earned a pair of 4-2 wins, and their first…
Minnesota gets production from key players to earn victory over Michigan State East Lansing, MI – After you speak to Don Lucia enough, you start to learn his coaching philosophies. One that the Gopher coach frequently utters is that the “big players need to play big.” Minnesota (8-5-2 Overall, 2-1-0 B1G) definitely had its big players…
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…
Bristedt and Sheehy each score twice to lead Minnesota Minneapolis, MN – The good thing about an ugly win is that it counts just as much as a dominating performance. Gopher coach Don Lucia is intimately aware of this fact: “Sometimes you’ve gotta grind out games. This is one of those where we had to…
