University of Minnesota Athletics
Danny Irmen Named WCHA Offensive Player of the Week
1/31/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Hockey
On Friday, the Fargo, N.D., native recorded his second career hat trick to lead the Golden Gophers to a 5-4 win over the Badgers. Irmen scored UM’s first, fourth and fifth goals to notch his third three-point game and second game-winning goal of the season. With his hat trick, Irmen became the 54th Golden Gopher in school history to score 50 or more career goals. On the night, he led all players with seven shots and was an impressive +4.
On Saturday, Irmen added two assists (on UM’s first and second goals) to help Minnesota to a 3-1 win over Bucky. With his helper on Ben Gordon’s goal in the third period, Irmen now has four assists on game-winning goals. With his two assists, he earned his ninth multi-point game in 19 games played this season. For the night, he had two shots and was a +2. For the weekend, Irmen had nine shots and led the team as a +6. All of his points on the weekend came during 5-on-5 situations.
Irmen now is on a four-game point streak (4-3--7) and has 12-14--26 in 18 games since returning from a nine-game absence with a broken finger. With his five points on the weekend, he is now only nine points short of becoming the 75th player in school history with 100 career points. Irmen currently has 50-41--91. He is currently third on the team in scoring this season with 12-14--26.
This week’s award is the second for Irmen this season and the fourth in his career.
The second-ranked Golden Gophers (18-6-4, 13-5-2 WCHA) take a break from play this weekend before heading back on the road next weekend for a WCHA series at eighth- place Michigan Tech during Winter Carnival on Friday-Saturday, Feb. 10-11, at MacInnes Arena in Houghton, Mich.
