MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Gophers men’s hockey team went scoreless for 1 hour, 44 minutes and three seconds. That’s the longest duration the Gophers have gone without scoring a goal all season. With the Maroon and Gold’s firepower up front in Matthew Knies, Logan Cooley and Jimmy Snuggerud, among other secondary scorers, it’s a safe bet that it will be the longest scoring drought all season.
The Gophers hadn’t scored since Jaxon Nelson’s go-ahead goal in their New Years Eve exhibition match with Bemidji State. The Maroon and Gold finally scored and ended the drought when Knies got one through goalie Jaxon Castor on the power play for the first time in the series at 3M Arena At Mariucci on Sunday afternoon to earn the non-conference split and 2-1 win over the St.