***OFFICIAL MINNESOTA VS QUINNIPIAC NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHP IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

[nitramnaed]

Just kill me!

 

[STPGopher]

Well we played into their hands.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Sorry, but that was a choke job. Q outplayed us in every facet

 

[From the Parkinglot]

 

[Gold Vision]

Coaching and goaltending today were the issues. Brutal.

 

[scools12]

Congrats to Quinnpiac.

Along with the inability to win a face-off and Motzko making the decision to not play the 3rd period cost the Gophers.

Motzko deserved to lose.

 

[GopherGod]

And no we have to deal with Wisconsin with a real coach in the future. The job is only going to get tougher, crap. Crappy goal tending

 

[STPGopher]

Just kill me!

good thing sharp objects are out of reach.

 

[bleedsmaroonandgold]

Unfortunately, that's been characteristic of this team the last few years. We take a game or a period off too often. We were 20 minutes from a title, and for some reason instead of giving it everything we had, we decided to try to sleep walk through the third period.

 

[SHGopher]

FIRED!





Minnesota’s Matthew Knies was named Big Ten Player of the Year and teammate Brock Faber chosen as Defensive Player of the Year for the second-straight season.

Notre Dame’s Ryan Bischel was tabbed Goaltender of the Year while Adam Fantilli of Michigan earned Freshman of the Year honors.

Minnesota’s Logan Cooley and Jimmy Snuggerud finished as conference co-scoring champions with 36 points each. In addition, Minnesota’s Bob Motzko was named Coach of the Year for the third time.

The Big Ten also recognized seven Sportsmanship Award honorees. The students chosen are individuals who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. These students must also be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.

2022-23 BIG TEN HOCKEY AWARD WINNERS/ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS

PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Matthew Knies, So., F, MINN

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Brock Faber, Jr., D, MINN

GOALTENDER OF THE YEAR:
Ryan Bischel, Sr., G, ND

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR:
Adam Fantilli, Fr., F, MICH

COACH OF THE YEAR:
Bob Motzko, MINN

CO-SCORING CHAMPIONS:
Logan Cooley, Fr., F, MINN (36 points)
Jimmy Snuggerud, Fr., F, MINN (36 points)

All-BIG TEN – FIRST TEAM
Adam Fantilli, Fr., F, MICH
Logan Cooley, Fr., F, MINN
Matthew Knies, So., F, MINN
Luke Hughes, So., D, MICH
Brock Faber, Jr., D, MINN
Ryan Bischel, Sr., G, ND

ALL-BIG TEN – SECOND TEAM
Mackie Samoskevich, So., F, MICH
Jimmy Snuggerud, Fr., F, MINN
Jake Wise, 5th, F, OSU
Jackson LaCombe, Sr., D, MINN
Mason Lohrei, So., D, OSU
Justen Close, Sr., G, MINN

ALL-BIG TEN – HONORABLE MENTION
Gavin Brindley, Fr., F, MICH
T.J. Hughes, Fr., F, MICH
Jagger Joshua, Sr., F, MSU
Stephen Halliday, Fr., F, OSU
Connor MacEachern, Sr., F, PSU
Kevin Wall, Sr., F, PSU
Ryan Johnson, Sr., D, MINN
Nick Leivermann, Gr., D, ND
Corson Ceulemans, So., D, WIS
Dylan St. Cyr, Gr., G, MSU
Jakub Dobeš, So., G, OSU

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM:
Adam Fantilli, Fr., F, MICH *
Logan Cooley, Fr., F, MINN
Jimmy Snuggerud, Fr., F, MINN
Seamus Casey, Fr., D, MICH
Luke Mittelstadt, Fr., D, MINN
(no goaltender)

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS:
Jay Keranen, Sr., D, MICH
Dylan St. Cyr, Gr., G, MSU
Ryan Johnson, Sr., D, MINN
Landon Slaggert, Jr., F, ND
Jake Wise, 5th, F, OSU
Paul DeNaples, Sr., D, PSU
Brock Caufield, Gr., F, WIS

* unanimous selection

 

[Section 100]

Gophers ALLOWED themselves to be dominated. This was 100% on the coaching staff.

 

[From the Parkinglot]

Coaching and goaltending today were the issues. Brutal.

What did you want the coach and goaltending to do differently? Please be specific.

 

[Crappie]

Congrats to Quinnpiac.

Along with the inability to win a face-off and Motzko making the decision to not play the 3rd period cost the Gophers.

Motzko deserved to lose.

Another Coyle hire.

 

[MRJ]

Congrats to Q.

 

[STPGopher]

Quinnipiac is better than the BigTen...

 

[scools12]

Unfortunately, that's been characteristic of this team the last few years. We take a game or a period off too often. We were 20 minutes from a title, and for some reason instead of giving it everything we had, we decided to try to sleep walk through the third period.

That is on the head coach.

 

[stocker08]

Unfortunately, that's been characteristic of this team the last few years. We take a game or a period off too often. We were 20 minutes from a title, and for some reason instead of giving it everything we had, we decided to try to sleep walk through the third period.

It's not that they took the third period off.....it's just that they made almost no effort to score. Just nursed that one goal lead and let Quinnipiac shoot over and over. Just a shameful way to lose that game.

 

[WayOfTheGopher]

Another season down the drain. That top line is gone, Close is gone, half the defense will leave.

 

[46Gophers]

This team had everything it needed to win it all and did what was necessary to get there and then totally pissed on themselves especially in that third period. What a choke!!!!

 

[Crappie]

That is on the head coach.

Playing scared for the entire third.

 

[STPGopher]

Sorry, but that was a choke job. Q outplayed us in every facet

Yes. After they scored the first time, we let them control the tempo and the game.

 

[saintpauljeff]

This goes to OT and might as well flip a coin

The older I get the less I invest into sports fandom. And this is the reason why.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

This team had a chance to lay claim at being the best in program history. But when it was on the line they failed. A 2 goal lead and they sat down. Such a typical Minnesota team

 

[From the Parkinglot]

Another season down the drain. That top line is gone, Close is gone, half the defense will leave.

Close is not gone, he has another year to play. If this game fought Cooley and Snuggy one thing it’s that they are physically not ready to play against older players. Cooley was a no factor tonight and Snuggy was only good on the power play in the first period.

 

[BleedGopher]

Go Gophers!!

 

[BleedGopher]

Go Gophers!!

 

[GopherGod]

Close is not gone, he has another year to play. If this game fought Cooley and Snuggy one thing it’s that they are physically not ready to play against older players. Cooley was a no factor tonight and Snuggy was only good on the power play in the first period.

I don’t see Close coming back as that much of a positive.

 

[gopherdudepart2]

Played not to lose instead of to win. HORRIBLE situation back on your heels strategy. Not good effort on face off's.

 

[Governor Sibley]

Barf

 

[Ewert86PC]

WTF were the defenseman after the faceoff?

Letting an opponent get behind means you were out of position.

Why did Jaxon Nelson have to try to do the defenseman job?

Utterly embarrassing.