After starting the season with a 12-game unbeaten streak, the Minnesota men’s hockey team has a new record — one that will likely cause them to drop off the perch of the national polls:
Three games, zero wins.
Despite losing its first game of the season in Saturday night’s 4-0 shutout against Denver, the Minnesota men’s hockey team retained its No. 1 ranking in both national polls.
The 6-foot, 150-pounder became the first athlete in school history to earn All-American honors three times with a 17th-place finish in his last national competition.
Although both the Minnesota men’s and women’s cross country teams earned automatic bids to today’s NCAA championship, the two teams have used very different means to get to Terre Haute, Ind.
The Minnesota men’s hockey team broke a streak of starting four-straight weekends with a tie on Friday when the top-ranked Gophers outplayed Denver 5-2 on the road.
