Gophers Grind 3-2 Win Over Omaha
Sioux Falls, SD — All season the Gopher’s focus has been getting back to the Frozen Four for a third consecutive season. It wasn’t about winning a conference title. It wasn’t about winning a conference tournament. It was about making the NCAA tournament and making a run to Xcel Energy Center. Well they cleared the first milestone Thursday night with a 3-2 win over Omaha in front of 5,691 fans at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center. The Gophers were led by a few of their most experienced players as Jaxon Nelson scored the game tying and game winning goals during…
GPL Bracketology 2024 Edition: Who Goes Where?
With all the conference tournament games in the books, we now know the 16-team NCAA field. Congrats to UMass, narrowly sneaking ahead of Colorado College to nab the last spot in the field (and mess up the brackets a bit, more on that later). I’ve been thinking through what I believe the brackets will look like when revealed by the selection committee Sunday afternoon. Here’s what I’ve come up with: Let’s go step by step to try to mimic the committee as much as possible. Step 1: Identify and rank the 16 teams in the tournament- BC BU Denver Michigan…
Sluggish Gophers Drop Series Opener 4-2 to Notre Dame
Nov 18, 2023Minneapolis, MN – Behind 33 saves by 1st Team Big Ten goaltender Ryan Bischel alongside a bevy of blocked shots, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish spoiled the homecoming for the…
Late Snuggerud Goal in Ann Arbor Earns Tie for Gophers
Nov 12, 2023Ann Arbor, MI – Jimmy Snuggerud scored with 4:26 left in the third period as the Minnesota Gophers (5-3-2 Overall, 1-2-0-1 B1G) salvaged a tie on the road against the…
Gophers Come Back To Beat Michigan 4-3
Nov 10, 2023Ann Arbor, MI – Minnesota’s Jimmy Clark scored in the final second of the second period to spark a rally, as the Gophers (5-3-1 Overall, 1-2-0-0 B1G) scored three unanswered…
Gophers, Bulldogs Skate to Thrilling 3-3 Tie
Nov 5, 2023Duluth, MN – In an up-and-down affair that featured two overtime power plays, the Minnesota Gophers (4-3-1 Overall, 0-2-0 B1G) settled for a 3-3 tie with the home Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs…
Gophers Best Bulldogs 5-1
Nov 3, 2023Minneapolis, Minn. — Since the breakup of the old WCHA, Minnesota Duluth sure has had Minnesota’s number. The Bulldogs have had quite the run going 13-3-2 against the Gophers after…