Gopher Hockey Articles

February 17th, 2023: Down their captain, Brock Faber, and Freshman defender Ryan Chesley, Logan Cooley stepped up and recorded a goal and four assists in the 7-2 win over Penn State.  –> Follow @Dylanloucks4 on Twitter Last weekend against Wisconsin the Gophers lost their captain, Brock Faber, to a shoulder injury in the second period. […] READ MORE

February 11th, 2023: Gophers hand Wisconsin their fourth Big Ten win of the year in the 3-1 loss to the Badgers.  –> Follow @Dylanloucks4 on Twitter Jimmy Snuggerud became the first Gopher freshman to record 40 points in a season since Kyle Rau did back in 2011-2012. But unfortunately, that was the only positive out […] READ MORE

February 10th, 2023: Gophers’ goaltender Justen Close made 21 first period saves and 36 total to keep his team in It after an extremely sloppy opening period. –> Follow @Dylanloucks4 on Twitter Last season the Gophers defeated the Wisconsin Badgers in the last game of the year to capture the regular season Big Ten title. […] READ MORE

January 28th, 2023: From down a goal twice, the Gophers complete the comeback on Hockey Day Minnesota over the Michigan State Spartans.  –> Follow @Dylanloucks4 on Twitter Minneapolis, MINN –Back in 2007, the Gophers beat the Denver Pioneers 5-4 capping off their first-ever win on Hockey Day Minnesota. The Dallas Stars beat the Minnesota Wild […] READ MORE

January 27th, 2023: Garrett Pinoniemi completed the two-point conversion as the Gophers scored eight goals against Michigan State.  –> Follow @Dylanloucks4 on Twitter Minneapolis, MINN – Nine seconds. Nine seconds is all it took for Logan Cooley to walk right in and score the game’s first game. A tone setter and the Gophers didn’t look back. […] READ MORE

January 21st, 2023: More late magic for the Gophers but this time Michigan spoils the fun with an overtime winner from Jacob Truscott. –> Follow @Dylanloucks4 on Twitter Minneapolis, MINN – There weren’t many positives to come out of this game besides the way Aaron Huglen and Bryce Brodzinski played and how much that means for […] READ MORE

January 20th, 2023: Jackson LaCombe does it again for the second Friday in a row, this time the Gophers win it in overtime as Matthew Knies scores with 8.8 seconds left. –> Follow @Dylanloucks4 on Twitter Minneapolis, MINN – Jackson LaCombe and Brock Faber were recently put up for Hobey Baker nomination, tonight they both […] READ MORE

January 14th, 2023: Justen Close stops 38 shots tonight for his fourth shutout of the year and seventh of his career and Ryan Johnson continues his impressive play.  –> Follow @Dylanloucks4 on Twitter The way Ryan Johnson has been playing for the Gophers has been outstanding. Johnson is a senior defender who is known for being […] READ MORE

January 13th, 2023: Gophers fall to the Fighting Irish in the shootout despite LaCombe’s game-tying goal with 24 seconds left. –> Follow @Dylanloucks4 on Twitter The Gophers fall in the shootout after the late comeback sparked by Jackson LaCombe’s game-tying goal with 24 seconds left. Trevor Janicke and Justin Janicke had the goals for the […] READ MORE