The #2 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s hockey team returned to action after a more than three week layoff due to the holiday break and oponent COVID postponements on Thursday night, and looked rusty as expected. It took a pair of third period Grace Zumwinkle goals, but it was enough for Minnesota to defeat St. Cloud State 2-1 and move to 6-1 on the season.
Minnesota planned to kick off the 2021 portion of their schedule last weekend, but their scheduled series against Minnesota-Duluth was postponed after the Bulldogs had COVID issues with their roster. Instead Minnesota has to wait a extra few days and added a third game to what was originally a home and home series against St.