University of Minnesota Athletics
Saturday, January 16
3M Arena at Mariucci
5:00 PM
University of Minnesota
11-3-0
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Notre Dame
7-6-1
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Notre Dame
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Minnesota
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Minnesota Falls 2-1 in Series Finale
1/16/2021 8:32:00 PM | Men's Hockey
MINNEAPOLIS – The No. 1 Gopher men's hockey suffered a 2-1 loss to Notre Dame on Saturday night as the Maroon & Gold were swept at 3M Arena at Mariucci for the first time in over a year.Â
Minnesota (11-3-0 overall, 9-3-0-0-0-0 Big Ten) surrendered an early goal to Solag Bakich at 1:54 of the first period before Notre Dame (7-6-1, 5-4-1-0-1-1) adding a power-play goal from Max Ellis at 10:37 of the second period.Â
The Gophers, who outshot the Irish 26-24 on the night, brought the game within a goal with Jaxon Nelson's third of the year at 17:36 of the third period, but the home squad couldn't find the equalizer. The extra-attacker goal was set up by Ryan Johnson and Sammy Walker.Â
Jack LaFontaine (10-3-0) made 22 saves on 24 shots in the losing effort while Dylan St. Cyr (5-4-0) stopped 25 of 26 to earn the win. Â
Minnesota returns to play next weekend with a two-game nonconference series against Arizona State at 3M Arena at Mariucci. The action starts on Thursday, Jan. 21 at 7:00 p.m. CT (TV: FOX Sports North; Stream: BTN+/FOX Sports Go; Radio: 1130 KTLK-AM/103.5 FM) with the finale set for Friday, Jan. 22 at 4:00 p.m. CT (TV: FOX Sports North; Stream: BTN+/FOX Sports Go; Radio: 1130 KTLK-AM/103.5 FM).
Quotes from Coach
"We hope this is the weekend that we're going to grow up from and turn us around," Minnesota head coach Bob Motzko said. "Tip your hat to Notre Dame…we have to know now that this is the type of game you're going to see the second half of the year.Â
Noteworthy
Saturday's game marked the 13th time in the last 14 meetings between Minnesota and Notre Dame that the game was decided either in a tie, a one-goal deficit or an empty-net goal…this weekend marks the first time Minnesota has been swept at 3M Arena at Mariucci since dropping a pair of games to North Dakota on Nov. 28-29, 2019.Â
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Minnesota (11-3-0 overall, 9-3-0-0-0-0 Big Ten) surrendered an early goal to Solag Bakich at 1:54 of the first period before Notre Dame (7-6-1, 5-4-1-0-1-1) adding a power-play goal from Max Ellis at 10:37 of the second period.Â
The Gophers, who outshot the Irish 26-24 on the night, brought the game within a goal with Jaxon Nelson's third of the year at 17:36 of the third period, but the home squad couldn't find the equalizer. The extra-attacker goal was set up by Ryan Johnson and Sammy Walker.Â
Jack LaFontaine (10-3-0) made 22 saves on 24 shots in the losing effort while Dylan St. Cyr (5-4-0) stopped 25 of 26 to earn the win. Â
Minnesota returns to play next weekend with a two-game nonconference series against Arizona State at 3M Arena at Mariucci. The action starts on Thursday, Jan. 21 at 7:00 p.m. CT (TV: FOX Sports North; Stream: BTN+/FOX Sports Go; Radio: 1130 KTLK-AM/103.5 FM) with the finale set for Friday, Jan. 22 at 4:00 p.m. CT (TV: FOX Sports North; Stream: BTN+/FOX Sports Go; Radio: 1130 KTLK-AM/103.5 FM).
Quotes from Coach
"We hope this is the weekend that we're going to grow up from and turn us around," Minnesota head coach Bob Motzko said. "Tip your hat to Notre Dame…we have to know now that this is the type of game you're going to see the second half of the year.Â
Noteworthy
Saturday's game marked the 13th time in the last 14 meetings between Minnesota and Notre Dame that the game was decided either in a tie, a one-goal deficit or an empty-net goal…this weekend marks the first time Minnesota has been swept at 3M Arena at Mariucci since dropping a pair of games to North Dakota on Nov. 28-29, 2019.Â
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Team Stats
ND
MINN
Shots
24
26
PPG
1
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
6
5
Penalty Mins
12
10
Faceoffs Won
25
22
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
+1
Goals
1
Sh
4
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
4
A
1
+/-
+1
Goals
0
Sh
1
A
1
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
5
A
0
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