
Gopher Game Notes
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Notes from the #Gophers’ 5-2 loss to North Dakota: • The Gophers have one win through their first five games of a season for the first time since they started 1-3-1 in 2018-19 in Bob Motzko’s first season as the team’s head coach. Minnesota had won its previous three series…

The first ECHL goal by a former Gopher in 2025-26 comes from Bryce Brodzinski, who scores his first for the Savannah Ghost Pirates. Brodzinski, who has since scored another goal to tie Savannah's game against Norfolk (his former team), led ECHL #Gophers with 53 points last year.
Tanner Ludtke is the seventh player to score his first #Gophers goal at Ralph Engelstad Arena. Ludtke is the first player to score his first Gopher goal shorthanded since Grant Cruikshank versus Minnesota Duluth on Oct. 22, 2021.
Mason Moe becomes the sixth player to score his first #Gophers goal at Ralph Engelstad Arena, joining Mike Erickson, Nate Hagemo, Seth Helgeson, Mark Alt, and Oliver Moore. All-time, 52 players have scored their first Gopher goals against North Dakota.
#PrideOnIce lineup set and ready for the series opener in Grand Forks at 7 p.m.

From the Minnesota Daily, February 20, 1958:

Walking by the students lined up for the game and down the ramp, I was surprised no one gave me the ‘F you’. Then I heard a banging on the glass looking down on the ramp, I look up to see one fine young man give me the bird. All is good in the forks 😁
There has been at least one penalty called in the last 46 regulation periods between the #Gophers and North Dakota at Ralph Engelstad Arena. The streak began when the teams followed a penalty-free second period with an 84-PIM third period in their meeting on Jan. 10, 2009. In…

The #Gophers' leading scorers in their 28 all-time games against North Dakota at Ralph Engelstad Arena are North Dakota natives Ryan Potulny and Danny Irmen. Mike Hoeffel's seven goals in those games are the most by any player from either school.

SERIES PREVIEW: No. 13/14 #Gophers (1-2-1, 0-0-0 B1G) at No. 8 North Dakota (2-0-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) Friday, October 17, 2025 • 7:00 p.m. CT Saturday, October 18, 2025 • 6:00 p.m. CT Ralph Engelstad Arena (Grand Forks, N.D.) LAST TIME OUT Minnesota hosted No. 11 Boston College in a…

Carter Casey is the WHL's Rookie of the Week after posting a 31-save shutout on Saturday. Three of Casey's four goals against and his lone loss this season came in a relief outing. The #Gophers commit has stopped 61-of-62 shots and is 2-0-0 in two starts.
SERIES PREVIEW: No. 13/14 #Gophers (1-2-1, 0-0-0 B1G) at No. 8 North Dakota (2-0-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) Friday, October 17, 2025 • 7:00 p.m. CT Saturday, October 18, 2025 • 6:00 p.m. CT Ralph Engelstad Arena (Grand Forks, N.D.) LAST TIME OUT Minnesota hosted No. 11 Boston College in a…

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L.J. Mooney and Tanner Ludtke became the 44th and 45th #Gophers to record shootout attempts and the 11th and 12th Gophers to score shootout goals, respectively, all-time. Ludtke, Matthew Wood, Rhett Pitlick, and Garrett Pinoniemi scored college shootout goals for other schools.

Tanner Ludtke had no idea about the Gopher shootout history before scoring during the SO Friday night. youtube.com/shorts/vk5OTEQ…
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Ludtke on the shootout
After recording four assists in his first nine NHL games last season, Oliver Moore scores his first professional goal in his second game for the AHL's Rockford IceHogs. Moore is the sixth member of the 2024-25 #Gophers to score a goal in the pros.
Sam Rinzel becomes the 88th former Gopher to score an NHL goal. Rinzel joins Warren Miller, whose first NHL tally was scored on Dec. 3, 1979 for the New York Rangers, as the only #Gophers to score their first NHL goals against Montreal.
Last night, Tucson's Sammy Walker beat Ontario's Erik Portillo to score the first 2025-26 AHL goal by a former #Gophers player. Walker later assisted the game-tying goal with 22 seconds left in regulation and scored the game-winning goal in overtime.
Notes from the #Gophers’ 2-2 tie against Boston College: • Minnesota moved to 18-13-4 against Boston College, all-time, including 10-2-2 in Minneapolis and 5-2-2 at 3M Arena at Mariucci. The series was Minnesota’s first at home against a Hockey East school since it swept…

Before tonight, Minnesota's only home shootout victory was on Dec. 30, 2007 against Air Force in the Dodge Holiday Classic consolation game.


Prior to tonight, the #Gophers had lost 11-straight shootouts overall and 11-straight home shootouts. Before goals by L.J. Mooney and Tanner Ludtke, Minnesota had missed 28-straight shootout attempts and had converted just one of its last 37 attempts.
Prior to tonight, the #Gophers had lost 11-straight shootouts overall and 11-straight home shootouts. Before goals by L.J. Mooney and Tanner Ludtke, Minnesota had missed 28-straight shootout attempts and had converted just one of its last 37 attempts.
Brodie Ziemer scores the #Gophers' first power-play goal of the season. Ziemer's lone tally on the man advantage last season was a third-period game-tying goal against Michigan State on Dec. 13, 2024.
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