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The #1 ranked Gopher Hockey team (17-4-4, 9-4-4 WCHA) hosted #14 ranked Minnesota State-Mankato (16-8-3, 10-8-1 WCHA) tonight at Mariucci Arena in front of 10,076 as part of their home and home series this weekend. In a heartbreaker, it was the visiting Mavericks that take home the win, 2-1...

The stage was set for the University of Minnesota women’s hockey team on Friday afternoon as they attempted to garner sole possession of the NCAA all-time unbeaten streak. The Golden Gophers were matched up against co-record holder and rival Wisconsin, but the hype didn’t get to the team’s head...

The #1 ranked Gopher Hockey team held their weekly press conference at Mariucci Arena. Head Coach Don Lucia met with the media, as did Erik Haula and Center Nate Condon. The team takes on Minnesota State-Mankato this weekend in a home and home series following a win and a tie versus North Dakota...

Mike Carman recently participated in an outdoor game with his team, the Hershey Bears. The Bears, a minor league affiliate of the Washington Capitals, took to the outdoors last Sunday against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at Hersheypark Stadium. The Bears lost to the Penguins by a final...

For the second consecutive week, University of Minnesota junior Amanda Kessel has been named WCHA Offensive Player of the Week. The forward compiled seven points (3g-4a) in a weekend sweep of Minnesota State, while also becoming the 24th player in NCAA women’s hockey history to surpass the 200...

Senior captain Megan Bozek of the University of Minnesota women’s hockey team has been listed as one of the 11 nominees for the 18th BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award. This annual award is given to one men’s and women’s hockey player at the Division I or III level who excels...

Heard one of the better nicknames that has come up in a while tonight. Bestowed upon North Dakota's 5'6" and 161 pound Rocco Grimaldi.... "Grimaldi Baggins". Anybody got anything that beats that one?

The Gophers (17-3-4, 9-3-4 WCHA) played North Dakota (13-7-4, 8-4-4 WCHA) for the last time as WCHA foes tonight at Mariucci Arena in front of 10,256. Battling back from a couple of two goal deficits, Minnesota managed to come away with a tie, putting them in a two way tie atop the WCHA...

The #1 ranked Gophers Hockey team (17-3-3, 9-3-3 WCHA) "welcomed" North Dakota (13-7-3, 8-4-3 WCHA) into Mariucci Arena Friday night, and in front of the third largest crowd in Mariucci history at 10,318, they took down the sixth ranked team that does not currently have a nickname by a final...

The #1 ranked Gopher Hockey team held their weekly press conference today at Mariucci Arena. Head Coach Don Lucia met with the media, as did Captain Zach Budish and Center Nate Condon. The team takes on North Dakota this weekend at home following a sweep of Alaska-Anchorage here last weekend...

Minnesota forward Kyle Rau, who topped all league players with a six-point week as the No. 1 ranked Gophers won all three of their games against Notre Dame and Alaska Anchorage, has been named Red Baron® WCHA Offensive Player of the Week for January 15. A 5-8, 173-pound sophomore left winger...

Amanda Kessel tallied 10 points (6g-4a) last weekend in a sweep of North Dakota. The WCHA announced Wednesday afternoon that University of Minnesota women’s hockey player Amanda Kessel was named Co-Offensive Player of the Week. The junior from Madison, Wis. had a career weekend as she tallied...

First League Sweep Of The Season The #1 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers (16-3-3, 8-3-3 WCHA) closed out the weekend series with the Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves (3-13-4, 1-12-3 WCHA) tonight at Mariucci Arena, with a 7-1 win in front of 9,607, and their first WCHA sweep of the season. Here is...

Gophers Win Ugly The Gophers (15-3-3, 7-3-3 WCHA) had to rally to beat the Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves (3-12-4, 1-11-3 WCHA) 4-3 tonight at Mariucci Arena in front of 9,625. It took two power play goals in the last four minutes of the game to get it done, both scored during a five minute major...

The #1 ranked Golden Gophers (14-3-3, 6-3-3 WCHA) hosted the #2/3 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish (14-5-0, 10-1-0 CCHA) tonight at Mariucci Arena in front of 10,021, in an out of the ordinary Tuesday night matchup of the top two teams in college hockey. Here is what I saw. *The game saw the...

The University of Minnesota and the Gophers men’s hockey program will honor the U.S. National Junior Team that earned gold at the 2013 IIHF Junior World Championships last weekend in Ufa, Russia during the first period of tonight’s matchup between the No. 1 Gophers and the No. 2/3 Fighting Irish...

MINNESOTA’S BJUGSTAD AND WILCOX NAMED RED BARON WCHA MEN’S PLAYERS OF THE WEEK RED BARON WCHA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK NICK BJUGSTAD • JUNIOR, FORWARD, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MADISON,Wis.–University of Minnesota forward Nick Bjugstad,who tallied six scoring points in Mariucci Classic...

The Gophers (13-3-3, 6-3-3 WCHA) beat Boston College (12-3-1, 9-2-1 Hockey East) 8-1 tonight at Mariucci Arena in front of 10,393. The victory was sweet for Gopher fans, who were left with a bitter taste in their mouth after being embarrassed by the Eagles in last years frozen four. This time it...

The Gophers (12-3-3, 6-3-3 WCHA) opened the Mariucci Classic hockey tournament, hosting the Air Force Falcons (5-8-4, 4-4-2 AHA) tonight at Mariucci Arena in front of 10,113. Minnesota beat Air Force by a final score of 4-0, with 2 goals coming in the latter stages of the third period. Here is...

MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota freshman defenseman Mike Reilly has been selected to skate for the U.S. squad at the upcoming 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ufa, Russia. The U.S. will look to earn its third medal in four years at the event, which runs from Dec. 26, 2012-Jan. 5, 2013. Team USA...