The #3 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s hockey team will close out the regular season this weekend with a home series against the #7 ranked Michigan Wolverines. Minnesota controls it’s own destiny to win the Big Ten’s regular season championship and earn a quarterfinal bye in the Big Ten Tournament. But if the Gophers falter, the opportunity is there for Wisconsin to slide ahead of the Gophers and claim the title.
Minnesota heads into this weekend after a unscheduled break. Minnesota did not play last weekend due to their series at Penn State being cancelled due to COVID issues in the Nittany Lions program.