You can pinch yourself. It’s real. It’s really happening. The 100th season of Minnesota Golden Gophers hockey does in fact begin tonight against the Penn State Nittany Lions at 3M at Mariucci Arena. College hockey in Minnesota is back!
Of course it’s going to be a very weird season. No normal fans will be allowed. In fact after this series against Penn State under the new MN COVID restrictions even the players parents won’t be allowed in...at least until potentially 2021. But just like having football back got some people out of the funk, the hope is that as the US slides back deeper into another wave of COVID related funk that the college hockey season, and soon the college basketball season might be able to provide some entertainment to get people over the hump.