University of Minnesota Athletics
Sunday, January 8
3:00 PM
University of Minnesota
16-6-0
2
vs
1
St. Cloud State
15-5-0
1
2
3
OT 1
F
St. Cloud St.
0
0
1
0
1
Minnesota
0
0
1
1
2
Team Stats
SCS
MIN
Shots
22
30
PPG
0
1
SHG
0
0
Penalties
3
3
Penalty Mins
6
6
Faceoffs Won
23
18
Game Leaders
+/-
1
Goals
1
Sh
1
A
1
+/-
1
Goals
1
Sh
1
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
6
A
1
+/-
1
Goals
0
Sh
1
A
1
Players Mentioned
Goaltender
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Photo by: Brace Hemmelgarn
Cooley's OT Heroics Cap Marquee Victory over SCSU
1/8/2023 6:30:00 PM | Men's Hockey
Motzko wins career game 100 at Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS - With the overtime clock ticking away, Logan Cooley dazzled the sellout crowd with a game-winning goal and the No. 1/3 ranked Golden Gophers men's hockey team skated to a 2-1 win against No. 4 St. Cloud State Sunday afternoon inside 3M Arena at Mariucci.
Brock Faber made a perfect play in the defensive end for Minnesota (16-6-0 overall) to break up the Huskies (15-5-0 overall) attack and got the home side on the rush. Cooley picked up the puck from his captain and cut to the middle of the ice before waiting for the goaltender to commit and lifted the game winner into the open cage with 18.8 seconds remaining. The win gave Gophers' head coach Bob Motzko his 100th career victory for the Maroon and Gold, coming against the team he led for 13 seasons.
Minnesota needed to come up with an immediate defensive stand after being whistled for a penalty on the game's first shift. After erasing the man advantage, the home side found itself on a power play that forced SCSU to make saves as the teams continued to battle for every inch on the ice. Minnesota, the second-least penalized team in the nation, went to the box two more times before the end of the period and returned to full strength each time during a scoreless opening frame, and stayed out of the box for the remainder of the matinee.
The Gophers got their legs moving early in the second stanza and pinned the Huskies deep inside their own zone, but again, could not find the shooting lanes to get on the board. Following a Justen Close save on one end, Minnesota pushed the tempo and got a partial break before Jaxon Nelson had the puck cleared at the last second. The home side continued to press with its speed advantage and spent two-straight shifts in the offensive zone, only to be denied and the teams went to the locker room deadlocked, 0-0.
Cooley drew a penalty one minute into the third and the Maroon and Gold pounced at the chance, scoring on the man advantage. The current Gophers ignited the capacity crowd minutes after honoring its two most recent NCAA championship teams as Matthew Knies tipped home a Cooley pass after a cross-ice feed by Jimmy Snuggerud for a 1-0 edge at the 2:55 mark. Minnesota nearly doubled its lead as a Nelson shot on another power play beat the SCSU netminder and rang off the left post.
The Huskies got the tying goal seconds after their penalty expired, generating a 3-on-1 break as the player came out of the box. It was the Gophers that continued to carry a majority of the play and spent most of the period in the SCSU end, but the regulation buzzer went off and the game headed into overtime.
It was a cautious extra period for both sides as neither wanted to make a critical mistake until Faber forced the issue and got Minnesota up the ice. Cooley sent the home fans happy with his 11th goal of the year in the matchup of two of the best teams in the country. Close made 21 saves during the victory picking up his 13th win of the season.
Noteworthy
Knies scored his 12th goal of the year, tying Snuggerud for the team lead, as the sophomore has a goal in 12 of 22 games played this season ... After Cooley's seven-game point streak was snapped Saturday, the freshman tallied a goal and an assist Sunday ... The Gophers went 1-for-3 on the power play and have scored on the man advantage in 14 contests, while they held SCSU to 0-for-3 on special teams ... Coach Motzko is now the seventh coach in program history to win 100 career games ... Minnesota played in front of its third sellout crowd at home with an announced attendance of 10,192 ... The Gophers honored their 2002 and 2003 NCAA National Championship teams during the second intermission welcoming nearly every member of the squads back to 3M Arena at Mariucci.
Coach Motzko's Comments
"Our compete level was tremendous all weekend," Minnesota head coach Bob Motzko said. "We were rusty with what happened to us this week. It affected our game, but it didn't affect how hard we played. Adversity, you have to handle it and I give our guys a ton of credit."
Next Up: Away at Notre Dame (Jan. 13)
It's back to Big Ten action for the remainder of the regular season as the Gophers travel to Notre Dame for a weekend series Jan. 13-14. Catch both games streaming on Peacock or tune in to the Gopher Radio Network 103.5 FM/AM-1130 KTLK.
Brock Faber made a perfect play in the defensive end for Minnesota (16-6-0 overall) to break up the Huskies (15-5-0 overall) attack and got the home side on the rush. Cooley picked up the puck from his captain and cut to the middle of the ice before waiting for the goaltender to commit and lifted the game winner into the open cage with 18.8 seconds remaining. The win gave Gophers' head coach Bob Motzko his 100th career victory for the Maroon and Gold, coming against the team he led for 13 seasons.
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— Minnesota Men's Hockey (@GopherHockey) January 8, 2023
Minnesota needed to come up with an immediate defensive stand after being whistled for a penalty on the game's first shift. After erasing the man advantage, the home side found itself on a power play that forced SCSU to make saves as the teams continued to battle for every inch on the ice. Minnesota, the second-least penalized team in the nation, went to the box two more times before the end of the period and returned to full strength each time during a scoreless opening frame, and stayed out of the box for the remainder of the matinee.
The Gophers got their legs moving early in the second stanza and pinned the Huskies deep inside their own zone, but again, could not find the shooting lanes to get on the board. Following a Justen Close save on one end, Minnesota pushed the tempo and got a partial break before Jaxon Nelson had the puck cleared at the last second. The home side continued to press with its speed advantage and spent two-straight shifts in the offensive zone, only to be denied and the teams went to the locker room deadlocked, 0-0.
Cooley drew a penalty one minute into the third and the Maroon and Gold pounced at the chance, scoring on the man advantage. The current Gophers ignited the capacity crowd minutes after honoring its two most recent NCAA championship teams as Matthew Knies tipped home a Cooley pass after a cross-ice feed by Jimmy Snuggerud for a 1-0 edge at the 2:55 mark. Minnesota nearly doubled its lead as a Nelson shot on another power play beat the SCSU netminder and rang off the left post.
The Huskies got the tying goal seconds after their penalty expired, generating a 3-on-1 break as the player came out of the box. It was the Gophers that continued to carry a majority of the play and spent most of the period in the SCSU end, but the regulation buzzer went off and the game headed into overtime.
It was a cautious extra period for both sides as neither wanted to make a critical mistake until Faber forced the issue and got Minnesota up the ice. Cooley sent the home fans happy with his 11th goal of the year in the matchup of two of the best teams in the country. Close made 21 saves during the victory picking up his 13th win of the season.
Noteworthy
Knies scored his 12th goal of the year, tying Snuggerud for the team lead, as the sophomore has a goal in 12 of 22 games played this season ... After Cooley's seven-game point streak was snapped Saturday, the freshman tallied a goal and an assist Sunday ... The Gophers went 1-for-3 on the power play and have scored on the man advantage in 14 contests, while they held SCSU to 0-for-3 on special teams ... Coach Motzko is now the seventh coach in program history to win 100 career games ... Minnesota played in front of its third sellout crowd at home with an announced attendance of 10,192 ... The Gophers honored their 2002 and 2003 NCAA National Championship teams during the second intermission welcoming nearly every member of the squads back to 3M Arena at Mariucci.
Coach Motzko's Comments
"Our compete level was tremendous all weekend," Minnesota head coach Bob Motzko said. "We were rusty with what happened to us this week. It affected our game, but it didn't affect how hard we played. Adversity, you have to handle it and I give our guys a ton of credit."
Next Up: Away at Notre Dame (Jan. 13)
It's back to Big Ten action for the remainder of the regular season as the Gophers travel to Notre Dame for a weekend series Jan. 13-14. Catch both games streaming on Peacock or tune in to the Gopher Radio Network 103.5 FM/AM-1130 KTLK.
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