The Gophers needed a win....and couldn't get it.
The Michigan Wolverines defeated the Gopher Hockey Team 5-3 in the Big Ten Championship Game, ending Minnesota's season. The Gophers needed to win the Big Ten Tournament to make the NCAA Tournament after a poor non-conference showing, but Michigan made sure that would not happen.
Minnesota's main goal coming into the game was to avoid taking penalties and putting the Wolverines' #1 power-play unit in the country on the ice. As an unfortunate symbolism to the Gophers season, that didn't happen, and Michigan made them pay.