Drew Claussen

The regular season is over, and before we all move on to predicting conference tournaments and at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament, let’s take a look back at the last regular season weekend in the Big Ten. 1. Gophers clinch at Yost Junior Kyle Rau netted a goal at the 2:44 mark of overtime in … Read more

Happy Oscar Sunday (for those who don’t know, I’m freakishly into awards shows for some unknown reason). Now that the show is over and I’ve composed myself after Leo went another year without winning best actor, let’s take a look at what happened in the Big Ten this weekend. 1. Minnesota’s seniors shine on Saturday  … Read more

It was a weekend that produced a sweep for Minnesota, a sort of sweep for Michigan State and a split for the Badgers and Buckeyes. Here are three things that I saw from this weekend’s action in the Big Ten. 1. The Gophers  I was really intrigued to see how Minnesota would respond after getting … Read more

Hope everyone had a great weekend. Hey, at least the six Big Ten games provided more entertainment value than the Super Bowl. Here are three things I saw. 1. Penn State is still searching for it first conference win  I said in my picks on Friday that I wasn’t going to pick Penn State to … Read more

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[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000OwgE.x7XKgI” g_name=”20140125-Minnesota-Duluth-Minnesota” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”f” f_up=”f” target=”_self” wmds=”llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y676qFi70N5pzH5zT5umPvp98lMJJymDHodS.ecF60WVTVM.C.w–” ] ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota and Minnesota-Duluth played two high-scoring games earlier this season, so you knew goals wouldn’t … Read more

[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000eu7JdkPkyJI” g_name=”20140124-Minnesota-StCloudState-Coleman” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”f” f_up=”f” target=”_self” wmds=”llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y676rPiBCe6yVFXZKx49sB4FPuDAYZPRDgSOlYjIW9u_3A6R3zg–” ] ST. PAUL, Minn. — Friday night was the first time this season that Minnesota took the ice at Xcel … Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — It’s been said before that hockey is a game of bounces — the first game of the North Star College Cup proved that notion correct. Minnesota-Duluth downed Minnesota State 5-4 in overtime in the first game of Minnesota’s inaugural Division I hockey tournament at the Xcel Energy Center. Alex Iafallo scored … Read more

Another light weekend in terms of conference games this weekend in the Big Ten. The two conference series both produced sweeps. Here are three things that I saw this weekend. 1. Gophers beat Buckeyes outside Minnesota’s second time playing in the Hockey City Classic was better than its first. The Gophers defeated Ohio State 1-0 … Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Ohio State and No. 1 Minnesota were both winless in outdoor games heading into their contest at TCF Bank Stadium on Friday night, so something had to give. The Gophers shutout the Buckeyes (11-7-1, 1-3-1 Big Ten) 1-0 in the night game of the Hockey City Classic, which was held at Minnesota’s football … Read more