FSN: Peaking Gophers look to avoid letdown in final stretch

per FSN:

The Minnesota men's hockey team is back in first place -- but the Gophers are far from satisfied.

After what was a disappointing start to the Big Ten season, Minnesota had to climb its way back up the conference standings. With a sweep of Michigan this past weekend, the Gophers are now tied with the Wolverines for first in the Big Ten. Minnesota seems to be playing its best hockey of the year at a pretty good time in the season to do so.

With that in mind, the Gophers now have to avoid a letdown during the remaining eight regular-season games.

"That's something we talked about at practice yesterday is that we haven't done anything yet. Great, we clawed our way back into contention. But there's eight games to go," Gophers coach Don Lucia said Wednesday. "Basically 40 percent of the Big Ten season is left to be played. You can't take a step back. Obviously you're not going to win every game, but we want to continue to play the way we're playing."

http://www.foxsports.com/north/stor...look-to-avoid-letdown-in-final-stretch-021815

Go Gophers!!

Certainly hope the Gophers aren't too high on themselves going on the road to play a team less than 1 game behind them.