Gopher Game Notes

Javon Moore, who scored his last goal of 2025-26 against Penn State, scores his first of 2026-27 against the Nittany Lions and now has goals in three-straight games against them. Tarin Smith collects his first college point with the secondary assist.

With Luca Di Pasquo and Melvin Strahl each earning a victory last week, two different #Gophers goaltenders recorded a win in a sweep of North Dakota for the first time since Justin Johnson and Adam Hauser on Feb. 8-9, 2002. Both Di Pasquo (last year) and Strahl (last week) got the first wins of their Gopher careers against the Fighting Hawks.

Including postseason, the #Gophers earn their 38th all-time sweep of North Dakota and their first since Nov. 4-5, 2011. Minnesota sweeps a top-three opponent for the first time since beating No. 3 Michigan on the road in back-to-back games on Nov. 17-18, 2022.

Before Christian Humphreys, the last time a player scored his first two-career #Gophers goals in the same game versus North Dakota was on Oct. 31, 1997 when both Aaron Miskovich and Erik Westrum did it in a 6-5 win. Dylan Mills also scored his first Gopher goal in that contest.

Last night, Christian Humphreys became the first player to score his first two #Gophers goals in the same game since Jimmy Snuggerud scored his first three versus Minnesota State on Oct. 7, 2022. The goals were Humphreys' first college points in 697 days. The Michigan transfer amassed 153 CHL points during that time.