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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.
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Minnesota swept No. 3 North Dakota for its first two wins under Brett Larson.
But did the Gophers actually answer their biggest questions?
I revisited four areas of concern from their 0-3-1 start to see what's improved, and what still needs work.
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Pucks in Deep is BACK!
Our first episode of the season features Minnesota senior forward Tanner Ludtke.
We talk about the Gophers’ season so far, his journey at Minnesota, and this weekend’s big series against Penn State.
Link: youtu.be/8EI4CxEP6JQ?is=WcFa…
Logan Cooley is the fifth former Gopher to record four-or-more NHL hat tricks, following Thomas Vanek, Phil Kessel, Neal Broten, and Blake Wheeler.
Twenty different former #Gophers have combined to score 57 NHL hat tricks, all-time.
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.
Last week at 18 years, 45 days old, Wyatt Cullen became the youngest Gopher to score a goal since Ben Brinkman tallied his first Gopher goal in a 3-2 win at Wisconsin on Nov. 9, 2018, just 36 days after his 18th birthday.
After becoming the youngest player to score a goal for the #Gophers since 2018 and the youngest Gopher to record a hat trick in the NCAA era, Wyatt Cullen lands Big Ten First Star of the Week honors.
Cullen is the eighth Minnesota freshman to earn a Big Ten First Star and the first since Logan Cooley on Dec. 13, 2022.
⭐ B1G First Star of the Week! ⭐
Freshman Wyatt Cullen earns B1G First Star of the Week honors after a four-point night and hat trick to lead the #Gophers to a home sweep of No. 3 North Dakota! 🔥
What a weekend for the rookie! #PrideOnIce
🗒️: z.umn.edu/bqfi
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Keeping Sean Romeo and his family and friends in our thoughts and prayers ❤️
#SeanSavesLifes
ALT Sean Romeo 1994-2026 #SeanSavesLives
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Some #FutureGopher〽️ representation in the NHL Central Scouting prelim list for the 2027 NHL Draft!
'B' grade- Gunnar Conboy, Freddie Schneider, & Ben Geiger
'W' grade- Luca Jarvis & Broden McArthur
Highly anticipated prospect Landon DuPont was among players to earn an A rating on NHL Central Scouting's preliminary players to watch list for the 2027 #NHLDraft.
Full list: bit.ly/4iaDDow
Brett Larson is now 4-2-0 in his career at 3M Arena at Mariucci. The wins:
• 7-2 vs. No. 2 Minnesota State (Dec. 28, 2019)
• 2-1 vs. No. 4 #Gophers (Oct. 15, 2021)
• 5-3 vs. No. 3 North Dakota (Oct. 22, 2026)
• 5-3 vs. No. 3 North Dakota (Oct. 23, 2026)
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.
#Gophers freshmen to score a hat trick against North Dakota:
• John Mayasich (four goals, Feb. 15, 1952)
• Tim Harrer (March 5, 1977)
• Cory Laylin (Feb. 11, 1989)
• Darby Hendrickson (Nov. 30, 1991)
• Wyatt Cullen (Oct. 23, 2026)
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Tanner Henricks is currently 3rd in the country in average time on ice per game at 24:26
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The #Gophers have swept North Dakota in men's hockey and won the Floyd of Rosedale in the same week for the second time.
On Oct. 25, 1980, the hockey team capped a sweep with a 4-3 overtime win in Grand Forks and the football team beat Iowa at home, 24-6.
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.
Wyatt Cullen is the seventh NCAA-era player to score his first three #Gophers goals in the same game and the first since Jimmy Snuggerud on Oct. 7, 2022.
Minnesota's last hat trick versus North Dakota was Casey Hankinson's four-goal game on Nov. 9, 1996.