The Minnesota Gophers women’s hockey team begins it’s postseason run this weekend when they host St. Thomas in a Best-of-three first round WCHA Playoffs series. The winner will advance to the WCHA Final faceoff at Ridder Arena next weekend. Minnesota is the #2 seed in the playoffs while the Tommies are the #7 seed.
Minnesota and St. Thomas faces off last weekend in Mendota Heights at the Tommies home rink. It was not a great one for Minnesota. While the Gophers did take five of a possible six points in the series, Minnesota dropped a point to St.