The Minnesota Gophers hockey teams both earned huge sweeps over the weekend that saw them gain ground on both their conference opponents at the top of the conference standings, but set them up in a great place in their respective pairwise rankings. The Gopher men now sit just two points out of first place in the Big Ten, while the Gopher women can clinch their first WCHA regular season title in three seasons next weekend.
The Gopher men went into Columbus to face a #8 ranked Ohio State team that had not lost in regulation since splitting a series with the Gophers in Minneapolis back in November.