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Holy cow, Jimmy Snuggerud made the right decision and he's coming back. I was hating on him a lot lately thinking he was already out the door. If he comes back with a renewed focus and energy, I'll take all that BS back.

Saturday, March 30 at 5:30PM ESPNU (but you should just go to the game) Denny Sanford Center, Sioux Falls, SD No excuse for not making this trip if you're a fan. Just. do. it. The Gophers take on the best 17 year old college hockey player of the 21st century and the #1 overall draft pick in...

Thursday, 3/28 @ 7:30PM ESPNU Denny Sanford Center, Sioux Falls, SD I'll load a bunch of stats and facts in here ahead of the game. First random one: both starting goalies are under 6'. I would not be surprised if that is the only first round matchup where that is the case.

Thursday, 10/26 @ 8PM on BTN Friday, 10/27 @ 8PM on BTN I'm predicting a split against a uw team that will clearly be much better under Mike Hastings.

Still the most intense series for the players. Still the most intense series for the fans. Friday, 10/20 @ 7PM - Fox9 Saturday, 10/21 @ 6PM - Fox9+ Gophers are decimated by injuries to their best two D, a top 9 forward, and the backup goalie. Every healthy body will be dressed (13F + 6D + 2G)...

Preseason polls are starting to come out which means hockey isn't that far off. USCHO ranks the Gophers #3 behind BU and Qpac. With Cooley they would have been number 1. I think anyone #1-#8 has about an equal chance of winning it all this year, with BU the rightful (slight) favorite before the...

Thursday, April 6 - 4PM CST - ESPN2 Amalie Arena - Tampa, FL A matchup of two blue bloods of college hockey. The Frozen Four is composed of the 1, 2, 3, and 5 overall seeds which may be the lowest sum of seeds the 16-team tournament has ever seen. Minnesota: 5 titles (last 2003), 12 final...

Pairwise as of 1/16: #1 vs. #8 Friday 1/20 @ 7PM - BSN aka FSN Saturday 1/21 @ 7PM - BTN Between this series and the SCSU series, this is either the best or second best team the Gophers will play in the regular season. If Nazar plays it might be the best. Don't read too much into last series...

Home and home, Saturday/Sunday Saturday 1/7 @ 6PM in St. Cloud - CBS Sports Network Sunday 1/8 @ 3PM at Mariucci - Bally Sports North aka FSN Could be a heck of a series... Really, this SHOULD be the best series of the entire year. Cooley/Snuggerud/Mittelstadt/Chesley for the U and Peart for...

First place vs. last place. Another year, another bad badger team. What a shame. They are 7-9, Gophers are 13-5. But uw is just 1-7 in the Big Ten after somehow stealing a win from Michigan. Fri. Dec 9 @ 8PM on BTN Sat. Dec 10 @ 6PM on Bally Sports North Even in down years, the badgers often...

5:30 on BTN tonight 5:00 on BTN tomorrow Effort needs to be way better than last weekend. Goal for the weekend: Win 1 in regulation, other one to at least a shootout (avoid a loss in the record books)

This should be a good one... Thursday 11/17 @ 5:30PM on BTN Friday 11/18 @ 5:00PM on BTN Weird days and times but it is what it is. I don't mind Thursday games for away games as it's more interesting to me than Thursday night football. Key to the weekend: Stay out of the box. Michigan PP is...

Friday 10/21 @ 7PM (Bally Sports North Extra aka FSN+) Saturday 10/22 @ 7PM (Bally Sports North aka FSN) The Gophers are #1 in the polls for the first time since 1/11/21. The last time UND visited Mariucci it was a flat out disaster. At that time UND was 10-1-2 and the Gophers were unranked...

Despite being a much better team than at the end of the Lucia era, the Gophers have not been good against MN teams under Motzko and those that trash-talk "4th best team in MN" still have some supporting data. It needs to be better, and this roster vs. the somewhat depleted Mankato roster should...

Gopher hockey starts the season ranked #2 in both polls, behind (rightfully) the defending champions. https://www.uscho.com/rankings/ https://www.uscho.com/rankings/national-polls/ They should be 2-0 heading into a #2 vs #3 matchup against 0-0 Mankato on 10/7 and 10/8. After that it's #4 UND...

There will be quite a bit of action over the next few months to fill in the roster for next season (and beyond). Names to keep an eye on: Jake (F) and Zach Sondreal (F) Carsen Musser (G) John Stout (D) Non-Minnesotans that would be coups: Cole Eiserman (F) Gabe Perreault (F) Nick Moldehnauer (F)

The #1 recruit in the class and potential #1 overall draft pick this year, Logan Cooley, flipped his commitment from Notre Dame to the Gophers today. This is after the Gophers just got a potential top 10 draft pick for 2023-24 in Oliver Moore. If I had to give some star ratings to the strong...

The series this weekend has been canceled because of Covid problems for Alaska and moved to January. The Gophers will only have two games against a lowly Mercyhurst team before playing fellow title contender St. Cloud on 10/15-10/16 and then UMD on 10/22-10/23.

Gophers should have at least three picks in the draft (Friday and Saturday). Michigan may have four top ten picks and five or six first round picks including potentially both #1 (locked in) and #2. Last year and this year combined for them make up likely the best two class group ever assembled...

Quick note from a lifelong Gopher hockey fan. If you're looking for something to watch tonight and aren't already aware, there is a massive hockey game on BTN at 7PM CST. Golden Gophers vs badgers for the Big Ten conference championship. This is the biggest game in modern Big Ten hockey history...