News, Notes, Tid-Bits and Quotes: Badgers Bad Weekend Made Worse by Gophers Sweep

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Ambroz has been on fire lately, including the game winning goal on Saturday! The Gophers (2-0-0 B1G, 11-2-1 Overall) met the Wisconsin Badgers (0-2-0 B1G, 4-5-1 Overall) Saturday night at Mariucci Arena in front of 9,973. In maybe the most entertaining game of the year, Minnesota used late game heroics by Seth Ambroz, to get […] READ MORE





PICTURES!! Norwood Teague Unveils Gophers Master Facilities Plan

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Gophers AD Norwood Teague unveiled an ambitious, bold and aggressive Master Facilities Plan Wednesday afternoon in front of the University’s Board of Regents. The $190 million dollar Phase One initiative is designed to be a “Gopher athlete village” and is reportedly going to be privately funded.     READ MORE


Brian Bonin and The Career That Was

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The first three Gopher Hobey Baker winners! A star soccer player, Brian Bonin made a named for himself as a sophomore hockey player in 1989, when he totaled 25 goals and 28 assists in leading the Bears to the State Tournament. The team lost 5-1 in the opening round to eventual champ Roseau, but rebounded […] READ MORE


Pitcher Jim Brower and The Career that Was

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Jim Brower capped off his Gophers career by being named All-Big Ten as a junior and awarded the Dave Winfield award in 1994 as the Gophers top pitcher. Jim Brower played for the 1985 East Tonka Little League World Series squad, and by the time he was a sophomore, had lettered in five sports – […] READ MORE


Gophers Baseball Season Ends After Big Ten Tournament Loss

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On Saturday, May 25, the Nebraska Huskers eliminated the Minnesota Gophers from the 2013 Big Ten Baseball tournament and advance to another elimination game playing against Ohio State. The game between the Huskers and the Gophers was the third game Minnesota had played in 24 hours, and came after a 3-1 win over Illinois earlier […] READ MORE


2013 Golden Goldys Gala Set for April 15 at TCF Bank Stadium

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University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics will hold the seventh-annual Golden Goldys, a student-athlete awards gala, at TCF Bank Stadium, Monday night, April 15. Dinner is set for 6 p.m., with the awards beginning at 7 p.m. For the third-straight year, the Golden Goldys and the Scholar Athlete awards will be held in a joint ceremony. […] READ MORE


Seth Helgeson Signs with Albany Devils

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Seth Helgeson, Minnesota’s lone senior this season and an alternate captain on the 2012-13 squad, has signed an amateur tryout deal with the Albany Devils of the American Hockey League (AHL). Albany is the AHL affiliate of the New Jersey Devils, who drafted Helgeson in the fourth round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft (114th […] READ MORE