Both the Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s and women’s hockey teams will face ranked opponents this weekend for the first time this season. The men will play a home and home against in-state rival #8 Minnesota-Duluth while the women head out to Columbus for a series at #9 Ohio State Buckeyes.
The Gopher men come into the weekend riding a three game winning streak after sweeping the Niagara Purple Eagles last weekend. It took extra time on Friday night as Minnesota played poorly for a good chunk of the game but got a Sammy Walker OT game winning goal 47 seconds into the extra period to escape with a 3-2 win.