Nov. 21, 2021: Gopher captains Sammy Walker and Jack LaFontaine lead the way in the series split over the Penn State Nittany Lions. –> Follow @Dylanloucks4 on Twitter MINNEAPOLIS, MINN – The Gophers Friday night woes continue following their third straight Friday night loss to open the weekend series. Coming into Friday’s game the Gophers had […] READ MORE
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Series Split: Two Highlight-reel Goals Help Propel Gophers Over Ohio State
Nov. 13, 2021: Freshman forward Matthew Knies records a goal and an assist in the series split. –> Follow @Dylanloucks4 on Twitter MINNEAPOLIS, MINN – After an impressive first period of play in game one, the Gophers carried a 3-0 lead into the second period but eventually watched it slip away. Earlier in the week […] READ MORE
Gophers Avoid The Sweep With A Win In Game Two
Follow Dylan on Twitter –> @DylanLoucks4 MADISON, WIS. – Through the first period and a half of game one in Wisconsin, the Gophers looked like the much better team. Firing pucks from every angle and playing a strong physical game, the Gophers had themselves a 2-0 lead halfway through the second. But the Gophers’ defensive game […] READ MORE
Gophers Open Big Ten Play With A Sweep Over Notre Dame
Follow Dylan on Twitter –> @DylanLoucks4 MINNEAPOLIS- When the Gophers got swept by the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs last weekend, Gophers head coach Bob Motzko said despite two losses he liked the way his team played. The result wasn’t what they had envisioned but the overall structure of the game they played was what he […] READ MORE
Minnesota-Duluth Completes Series Sweep Over The Gophers
Follow Dylan on Twitter –> @DylanLoucks4 University of Minnesota drops to 3-3-0 on the year following 5-3 and 2-1 losses against the Bulldogs. Nearly 8,000 fans packed the great Amsoil arena on Saturday night to witness University of Minnesota-Duluth complete a weekend sweep over the Gophers. Duluth has had the Gophers’ number since 2013 when the […] READ MORE
Gophers Split The Series On The Heels Of A Sammy Walker Overtime Winner
Follow Dylan on Twitter –> @DylanLoucks4 There were plenty of storylines coming into the home-and-home against the No. 2 ranked St. Cloud State Huskies. Whether it be the battle of the brothers with the Perbix’s and the Brodzinski’s or Bob Motzko’s return to St. Cloud, we were in for a treat. One thing is for […] READ MORE
Three Takeaways On The Gophers Sweep Over The Mercyhurst Lakers
Follow Dylan on Twitter–> https://twitter.com/DylanLoucks4 The Minnesota Golden Gophers opened the season with a sweep over the Mercyhurst Lakers. The Gophers outshot the Lakers 88 to 44 and out scored them 12-7. As we look ahead to what’s next for the Gophers, take a look at my three takeaways from the weekend series against the […] READ MORE
Gophers’ Hockey Season Preview
With the Gophers 101st season just around the corner and the 2021 schedule being released to the public, it is time to preview the season. While looking at 5 reasons why the Gophers may win it all and 3 reasons why they may not. You could not have scripted it any better, the 100th season […] READ MORE
Top Chaska (MN) senior Mallory Heyer talks about her commitment to Gophers
Mallory Heyer, a 6-foot-1 senior forward from Chaska (MN) High, committed to Minnesota last October. She is ranked as the fourth-best senior in Minnesota by Prep Hoops and as the 54th best senior in the country by ESPN. Heyer is part of a four-player recruiting class of local talent that are ranked as the second, […] READ MORE
Q&A with Gophers women’s basketball commitment Nia Holloway
Nia Holloway, a 6-foot senior forward from Eden Prairie (MN) High, committed to Minnesota last October. She is ranked as the fifth-best senior in Minnesota by Prep Hoops. Holloway is part of a four-player recruiting class of local talent that are ranked as the second, third, fourth and fifth best players in the state. She […] READ MORE