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Alt, Haula bring early departures from Gophers hockey team to 5

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The final count is in for the Minnesota men's hockey team. The Gophers have lost five players early to the pros. Defenseman Mark Alt and forward Erik...

sports / gophers Mon, Apr 08, 2013 - 12:56pm

Rick Pitino says son is ready for Minnesota job

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rick Pitino is one proud papa. A day after his son Richard Pitino agreed to become the next head coach at Minnesota, Rick Pitino proclaimed the 30-year-old...

sports / gophers Thu, Apr 04, 2013 - 5:01pm

Root lifts Yale past Minnesota in OT, Gophers hockey season ends

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Jesse Root scored 9 seconds into overtime to give fourth-seeded Yale a 3-2 victory over top-seeded Minnesota in the NCAA West Regional semifinals Friday. Kenny...

sports / gophers Fri, Mar 29, 2013 - 4:42pm

Lots of ups and downs have preceded Minnesota's tournament bid

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Golden Gophers were ranked as high eighth in the country, and then they weren’t ranked at all. They beat No. 1 Indiana, and then they...

sports / gophers Tue, Mar 19, 2013 - 9:44pm

Gophs get No. 11 seed for NCAA tourney, play UCLA

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota made the NCAA tournament for the first time in three years, and the Gophers had their best record against ranked teams in Tubby Smith's six seasons...

sports / gophers Mon, Mar 18, 2013 - 5:35am

UND-Minnesota hockey tickets a hot commodity

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Tickets for this weekend's college hockey series between longtime rivals North Dakota and Minnesota are selling for hundreds of dollars. The Friday and Saturday games at...

sports / gophers Wed, Jan 16, 2013 - 9:06am

Kayla Hirt, left, hugs Minnesota teammate Leah Cotton during a recent game this season .Hirt, the former Bemidji Lumberjack has recovered from two knee surgeries and is a red-shirt freshman for the Gophers and is finally seeing playing time this season. University of Minnesota Athletics photo

Back on the court: Ex-BHS star Hirt returns to Gophers after two injurues

MINNEAPOLIS – When Kayla Hirt stepped onto the elevated floor at Williams Arena Oct. 31 in Minnesota’s women’s basketball exhibition game against Concordia-St. Paul, the former Bemidji Lumberjack realized that...

sports / gophers Wed, Nov 21, 2012 - 12:21am