MINNEAPOLIS — The No. 1 University of Minnesota Gophers hockey team’s defensive core features two of the nation’s top defensemen in Minnesota Wild prospect Brock Faber and Anaheim Ducks prospect Jackson LaCombe. So when one goes down to injury, concern is naturally the response.
“We got really quiet,” Gophers head coach Bob Motzko said about the injury LaCombe sustained in the first 10 minutes of practice on Thursday before drills had even started, according to Motzko.
With Faber out of the lineup due to injury in last weekend’s tilt against Penn State, the Gophers responded with a sweep.