For the past few seasons, the Golden Gophers hockey team has been very uniform when it comes to their goaltenders. Minnesota has not had a backup goaltender play more than ten games in a season since Alex Kangas and Jeff Frazee split the duties in 2007-2008. You have to go all the way back to the 2009-10 season to find a season where the Gopher backup started more than five games in a season what was not due to injuries when Kent Patterson started six games to Kangas’ 33. For the past ten seasons, its been a one man show in net, whether it belonged to Kangas, or Patterson, Adam Wilcox, or Eric Schierhorn.
Minnesota Hockey: 2017-18 Season Preview—Goaltenders
