Men’s D-I: Minnesota

This Week in D-I Women’s Hockey: Oct. 5, 2006

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One was a surprise, the other expected to be there, but now the question facing both the Minnesota and St. Lawrence hockey programs is can they get back to the Frozen Four again. Both teams have been among the sport’s elite since the first NCAA-sponsored national championship in 2001. The Saints have made four of … Read more

Briggs Suspended Three Games By Gophers

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Minnesota senior goaltender Kellen Briggs has been suspended for three games due to an unspecified rules violation. Minnesota’s athletic department made the announcement in a brief statement Wednesday afternoon. Briggs will sit out the Golden Gophers’ Oct. 6 game against Maine and the Oct. 13-14 series against Wayne State. Briggs appeared in 32 games last … Read more

2006-07 Minnesota Season Preview

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It is becoming a tradition that the Minnesota Gophers lose an abundance of key players every year. Equally traditional, however, is that they bring in talent capable of filling those voids, and this year is seemingly no different. The Gophers lost four of their top five scorers, and defenseman Alex Goligoski is their leading returner. … Read more

Injuries Force Gophers’ Hagemo To End Hockey Career

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Minnesota, which suffered considerable losses during the offseason as players departed early for the pro ranks, lost another player Tuesday, this time to injury. Defenseman Nate Hagemo, a promising element of the Gophers’ blueline, will not return to the ice in the wake of a shoulder injury he suffered in 2004-05. Hagemo, a native of … Read more

Kessel Signs With Boston

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The Minnesota Golden Gophers losts another player to the NHL as sophomore Phil Kessel signed a multi-year contract with the Boston Bruins. “Phil is a player with world-class speed and gifted offensive talents,” said Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli. “We feel he is ready to begin his professional development and we are looking forward to … Read more

NHL Top Pick Johnson Set To Enroll At Minnesota

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Ending lengthy speculation which intensified after the NHL Draft, Minnesota recruit Erik Johnson is set to enroll in college and play for the Golden Gophers this fall. In a release by the St. Louis Blues, who took Johnson first overall, team president John Davidson announced the decision. “We feel this is a win-win situation for … Read more

Phil Kessel: Something To Prove?

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Phil Kessel was indisputable college hockey’s hottest incoming commodity a year ago. Saturday, the Minnesota sophomore-to-be saw his stock drop a bit, Jim Connelly reports.

Chucko Third Gopher To Leave For Pros

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First it was Ryan Potulny, then Danny Irmen. Now it’s Kris Chucko who will depart Minnesota’s men’s hockey team early. Chucko said he signed a three year, $900,000 contract with the Calgary Flames. He also said he will stay and finish the semester at Minnesota before going to Calgary in September to try out for … Read more

Chucko Latest Gopher To Leave Early

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The annual exodus of underclassmen to the professional ranks continued to hit Minnesota hard over the weekend, as sophomore Kris Chucko became the latest Golden Gopher to hang up his college jersey for an NHL contract. Chucko, a first-round draft pick (24th overall) by Calgary in 2004, signed a contract with the NHL’s Flames and … Read more

Gopher Goes: Irmen Leaves For NHL’s Wild

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The Minnesota Golden Gophers’ 2006-07 prospects sustained another blow Wednesday with the departure of junior forward Danny Irmen, who renounced his final year of college eligibility to move into the professional ranks. Irmen, a native of Fargo, N.D., signed a contract with the NHL’s Minnesota Wild, team president and general manager Doug Risebrough announced. The … Read more

For Minnesota, Shocking NCAA Loss Overshadows Success

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When asked for a fitting epitaph for his team’s 2005-2006 season, Minnesota’s men’s hockey coach Don Lucia let out a long sigh. “Good question,” Lucia said. “I don’t know. I don’t think I could have one little phrase or one little thing that I can put on it.” When viewing the scope of the Gophers’ … Read more

Minnesota’s Potulny Departs College For NHL’s Flyers

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Golden Gopher center Ryan Potulny has decided to forgo his senior year of eligibility and has signed a professional contract with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the University of Minnesota announced Wednesday. “With the year that Ryan had, I can fully understand that he feels ready for the next level,” Golden Gopher … Read more

NCAA Championship Game Preview
Minnesota vs. Wisconsin

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No. 2 seed Wisconsin’s NCAA final opponent Minnesota fell to the Badgers four of five times in the regular season en route to the WCHA regular season and postseason titles so the Badgers would seem to be a strong favorite for the Sunday 3 p.m. CT contest. Yet Minnesota’s chances are better than those results … Read more

Minnesota’s Chucko To Return For Final Five Semifinal

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Minnesota’s men’s hockey team has been forced to play with slightly re-shuffled lines the past three weekends as it has been without the services of sophomore forward Kris Chucko. But, for this weekend’s Western Collegiate Hockey Association’s Final Five, the Gophers’ lines – for at least one night – will go back to their old … Read more

Keeping Their Distance

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Look, but don’t touch — that was Minnesota’s approach to its MacNaughton Cup title when the Cup was presented to the Gophers last weekend.

Minnesota’s Frazee Takes Lumps, Lessons In Net

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If a player struggled to live up to considerable hype, watched as the job he was competing for was claimed by someone else and went through off-ice troubles, you would say he’s had a heck of a rough career, right? But, if all these things happened in just one season — let alone that player’s … Read more