Drew Claussen

Minnesota and Wisconsin were the only two Big Ten teams in action this weekend. The Gophers played in their home tournament, the Mariucci Classic, and tied Colgate before downing RPI. The Badgers split a home series with former WCHA foe Alaska-Anchorage. Here are three things that I saw in the four games. 1. Gophers look … Read more

MINNEAPOLIS —- Minnesota wasn’t happy with a Friday night tie against Colgate, and with the first period about to expire in Saturday’s game against Rensselaer, things weren’t looking much better. However, the Gophers bounced back from conceding the game’s first goal to the Engineers and picked up a 6-2 win in the third place game … Read more

MINNEAPOLIS —- Colgate may be a young team, but it gave everyone a glimpse of its full potential this weekend. The Raiders beat No. 2 Ferris State, 3-0, Saturday afternoon in the championship game of the Mariucci Classic. Colgate tied Minnesota 2-2 last night and advanced to the championship game by beating the Gophers 2-1 … Read more

[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000lG6nb6W9cBo” g_name=”20140103-Minnesota-Colgate” 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.Y6oDZ0OEelYAXpp3Jq5ldmRWH1eCofPGp5Lpi8PXUTJr6rL4xHg–” ]MINNEAPOLIS — The hype going into the Mariucci Classic was a potential Saturday matchup between No. 1 Minnesota and No. … Read more

Very light weekend in terms of games in the Big Ten, but here are three things I saw in the three games. Kerdiles makes up for mistake in a big way  At the end of a very long shift on the power play, Wisconsin sophomore Nic Kerdiles attempted a long cross-ice pass. Instead of finding … Read more

The Big Ten officially opened up conference play this weekend, and the three conference contests provided a ton of entertainment. Here are three things I saw. Seth Ambroz is apparently a goal scorer now The fact that Minnesota swept Wisconsin this weekend isn’t that shocking. The fact that Seth Ambroz netted four goals is. Ambroz lit the … Read more

Five of the six Big Ten teams were in action this weekend. Minnesota swept Minnesota State-Mankato, Wisconsin split with Miami, Michigan split with Nebraska-Omaha, Ohio State swept Canisius and Penn State was swept by Massachusetts-Lowell. Here are three things I saw. Minnesota uses two goaltenders to sweep Mankato Adam Wilcox starting between the pipes for … Read more

[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000Hnr8Jt_TATE” g_name=”20131116-MinnesotaState-Minnesota-JGR” 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.Y6ozJ6m1oBwfevbzY3wSzprXy.D8hIb.rUVEqMbovve_nNoREBQ–” ]MINNEAPOLIS — Michael Shibrowski’s last start in net for Minnesota was Oct. 19, 2012 against Michigan Tech. He made his … Read more

[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000wwRFO3Tk7j4″ g_name=”20131115-MinnesotaState-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.Y6ozKBw6oNqUQFK.0rsXx_YmNcoitgygkxHCZLvcIgNSGLD9vnA–” ]MINNEAPOLIS — A leg injury forced Connor Reilly to watch every game from the stands last season. This year, the … Read more

Four out of the five Big Ten teams in action last weekend enjoyed playing another round of non conference games at home — all five  enjoyed some success, going a combined 7-1-1 . Here are three things I saw. 1. Wisconsin rebounds against Lake Superior State The Badgers’ losses to Boston College and Boston University … Read more