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BIG TEN MEDAL OF HONOR 100TH ANNIVERSARY SPOTLIGHT – Minnesota’s Michael J. Polich: Polich, who earned the Big Ten Medal of Honor in 1975, helped lead Minnesota to its first NCAA championship in 1974. The Hibbing, Minn., native paced the Gophers in scoring for three straight seasons, tallying...

Spartans’ Jake Hildebrand and Lee Reimer and Gophers’ Sam Warning claim honors First Star Jake Hildebrand, Michigan State G – So. – Butler, Pa. · Stopped 77 of the 79 shots he faced (.975 save percentage) to help Michigan State sweep Penn State · Made a career-high 48 saves...

The Gophers (7-0-1-0 B1G, 17-2-3 Overall) completed the sweep of Ohio State (1-4-1-0 B1G, 11-8-1 Overall) tonight at Mariucci Arena in front of 9,972, overcoming a 2-0 deficit, to win it by a final score of 4-2. Here is what I saw. - Gophers hit a crossbar and a pipe within the first five...

The #1 Gophers (6-0-1-0 B1G, 16-2-3 Overall) welcomed the Ohio State Buckeyes (1-3-1-0 B1G, 11-7-1 Overall) into TCF Bank Stadium tonight, for the Hockey City Classic. Minnesota won the game 1-0 on a goal by Taylor Cammarata in front of 45,021, the largest crowd to every see a hockey game in...

The #1 Gopher Hockey team held their weekly press conference at Mariucci Arena this afternoon. Head Coach Don Lucia met with the media, as did Adam Wilcox. The team takes on Ohio State this weekend in a Friday-Saturday matchup, with Friday nights meeting being the much anticipated Hockey City...

BIG TEN MEDAL OF HONOR 100TH ANNIVERSARY SPOTLIGHT – Wisconsin’s Erik Raygor: During his four years as a forward at Wisconsin, Erik Raygor made quite the impression on the ice and in the community. A three-year letterwinner from 1994 to 1998, Raygor recorded 86 points in 130 games for the...

After backstopping the No. 1 Minnesota men’s hockey program to the first sweep in Big Ten Conference history, Adam Wilcox has been named the league’s Third Star of the Week. The South St. Paul, Minn., native picked up his first career Big Ten weekly honor after stopping 64 of 68 shots (.941...

Wisconsin’s Michael Mersch, Ohio State’s Ryan Dzingel and Minnesota’s Adam Wilcox claim honors First Star Michael Mersch, Wisconsin F – Sr. – Park Ridge, Ill. · Registered five points (three goals, two assists) to lead the Badgers to a series sweep of Michigan · Notched his...

The #1 Gopher Hockey team held their weekly press conference at Mariucci Arena Friday afternoon. Head Coach Don Lucia met with the media, as did Brady Skjei and Travis Boyd. The team are taking on Penn State for the first time ever this weekend at Pegula Ice Arena, the home to Nittany Lions...

Minnesota hosts Ohio State in a WCHA series at Ridder Arena this weekend This weekend, No. 1 Minnesota (19-1-0, 13-1-0 WCHA) hosts Ohio State (7-11-2, 2-10-2-0 WCHA) in its first series of 2014. The Gophers face off against the Buckeyes at 7:07 p.m. CT Friday and 6:07 p.m. CT Saturday...

BIG TEN MEDAL OF HONOR 100TH ANNIVERSARY SPOTLIGHT – Michigan State’s Robert Jasson: Jasson, who earned the Big Ten Medal of Honor in 1958, tallied 34 points from the blue line between 1955-56 and 1957-58. Named the team’s Most Valuable Player at the conclusion of the 1956-57 campaign, Jasson...

Travis Boyd and Kyle Rau of the top-ranked Minnesota men’s hockey program have earned Big Ten honors as the conference’s First and Second Stars of the Week, respectively, according to a release today by the league. Boyd picked up his first-career Big Ten honor after leading all Big Ten skaters...

Minnesota’s Travis Boyd and Kyle Rau and Wisconsin’s Jake McCabe claim honors First Star Travis Boyd, Minnesota F – Jr. – Hopkins, Minn. · Paced all Big Ten players with four points (two goals, two assists) while leading the Gophers to a win and a tie at the Mariucci Classic ·...

It was supposed to be the #2 Ferris State Bulldogs and #1 Minnesota in the Championship game of the Mariucci Classic tonight. But the Gophers (3-0-1-0 B1G, 12-2-3 Overall) couldn’t get the job done against Colgate Friday night, and ended up in the third place game against the R.P.I. Engineers...

The Gophers (12-2-3, 3-0-1 B1G) and Colgate (7-9-3, 5-3-2 ECAC) met tonight at Mariucci Arena in the second game of the Mariucci Classic tournament. Colgate surprised everyone in the building, by tying Minnesota, and then winning the shootout, 2-1, to advance to the Championship game. 9,520 was...

Minnesota will be well-represented at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia The University of Minnesota women's hockey program has seven Golden Gophers representing their home countries in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Team Finland's women's ice hockey roster...

BIG TEN MEDAL OF HONOR 100TH ANNIVERSARY SPOTLIGHT – Michigan’s Jason Botterill: Botterill, who earned the Big Ten Medal of Honor in 1997, tallied 186 points in 150 career games, including 57 points (32 goals, 25 assists) during Michigan’s run to the 1995-96 NCAA title. A three-time Academic...

The University of Minnesota, in conjunction with Xcel Energy Center, Bemidji State University, Minnesota State University, St. Cloud State University and the University of Minnesota Duluth, has announced that tickets for the inaugural North Star College Cup at Xcel Energy Center are now on sale...

The Gophers will host the 2015 and 2018 women's national championships NCAA Championships Site Selections | About Ridder Arena The University of Minnesota will host the 2015 and 2018 NCAA Women's Frozen Fours at Ridder Arena, the NCAA announced via a webcast at NCAA.com Wednesday afternoon...

Gophers earn three WCHA Player of the Week awards Three Gophers have been recognized with Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Player of the Week awards following Minnesota's road sweep at Ohio State last weekend. Rachael Bona, Milica McMillen and Dani Cameranesi picked up weekly...