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…
Michigan Beats Gophers 2-1 to Advance to Big Ten Championship
Minneapolis, MN – Behind a dominating effort, the Michigan Wolverines (21-13-3) beat the Minnesota Gophers (22-10-5) 2-1 to make the Big Ten title game. Jimmy Snuggerud scored his 21st goal of the season with the goalie pulled at 18:36 of the third period to make it a game, but at the end it was too little too late for the Gophers, who now await their fate a week from now once the conference championships are decided. “I didn’t like us for big stretches tonight,” said coach Bob Motzko. “We lost a lot of draws tonight, we didn’t establish a hard…
Six Thoughts as Big Ten Standings Look Unfamiliar
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Badgers Complete Sweep of #1 Gophers
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Red Wave Crashes Minnesota’s Border Battle Opener
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North Dakota Fights Back to Take Split with Minnesota
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Gophers Fifth Year Players Show Out
Oct 20, 2023Grand Forks — Gopher hockey fans have lamented for years over the average age of their roster compared to their opponents. Almost every year, you could look at the College…