After a weekend off earned by virtue of winning the Big Ten Regular Season Championship, the Minnesota Gophers hockey team retakes the ice Saturday night in a Big Ten semifinal game against Penn State at 3M Arena at Mariucci. Minnesota will look to advance to the Big Ten Championship game for the second consecutive season, and this time with a win they won’t need to leave the friendly confines of their home rink. But first they will need to get past a plucky Penn State Nittany Lions team that has dashed the Gophers dreams on more than one occasion.