The Minnesota Golden Gophers will try to keep up their winning ways this weekend with their first road Big Ten series of the season against the Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor. The Gophers come into the weekend ranked #4 in the USCHO.com poll and #2 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Poll. The Wolverines are the team receiving the most votes without being ranked in the USCHO poll.
Minnesota comes into Ann Arbor after a home sweep of Michigan State last weekend. Eric Schierhorn was named the Big Ten’s #1 Star of the Week after allowing just one goal on the weekend backstopping the Gophers to a 3-1 win on Friday and a 4-0 win on Saturday.