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Captain. Leader. All-B1G again. 👏
Luke Mittelstadt lands on the Preseason All-Big Ten Second Team as the #Gophers skate into the new season picked 3rd in the coaches' poll
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8⃣ days until Opening Night
Last December, Liam Soulière became the eighth NCAA-era goaltender to shut out Michigan twice when he helped the #Gophers complete the first shutout sweep of the Wolverines since 1943.
Soulière also blanked top-ranked Michigan for Penn State in 2022.
9⃣ days until Opening Night
Nathan Airey set a #Gophers NCAA-era record by winning the first nine starts of his career between the pipes.
The record previously belonged to Jim Mattson, who won his first eight starts in 1952.
The #Gophers' 35-game regular-season schedule in 2025-26 features 25 games against teams ranked in USCHO's national preseason poll and eight more games against unranked teams that received votes.
Minnesota enters the season ranked No. 8 after ending 2024-25 at No. 9.
The #Gophers' 35-game regular-season schedule in 2025-26 features 25 games against teams ranked in USCHO's national preseason poll and eight more games against unranked teams that received votes.
Minnesota enters the season ranked No. 8 after ending 2024-25 at No. 9. https://t.co/WjhSXCDItB
1⃣1⃣ days until Opening Night
The #Gophers scored 11 goals in their sweep at Notre Dame last November.
Prior to last year, Minnesota had not scored more than seven goals in any of its nine series at Notre Dame since it recorded 3-2 and 8-7 wins in 1980.
1️⃣2️⃣ days until Opening Night
Logan Cooley set a new #Gophers record by racking up 12 points at the 2025 IIHF Men's World Championships, helping Team USA win its first gold since 1933.
Aaron Broten previously held the school record with 11 points in 1987.
1⃣3⃣ days until Opening Night
The #Gophers had a season-long streak of 13-consecutive goals scored between Nov. 30 and Dec. 13, 2024.
The streak was Minnesota's longest since it scored 19 goals in a row between Feb. 19 and March 12, 2022.
A day after scoring the first USHL goal by a #Gophers commit in 2025-26, Gavin Katz potted the first USHL shootout goal of the new season by a future Gopher.
Katz and fellow Minnesota recruit Matthew Grimes each had one assist in Sioux Falls' 3-2 shootout win over Green Bay.
A day after scoring the first USHL goal by a #Gophers commit in 2025-26, Gavin Katz potted the first USHL shootout goal of the new season by a future Gopher.
Katz and fellow Minnesota recruit Matthew Grimes each had one assist in Sioux Falls' 3-2 shootout win over Green Bay. https://t.co/8Eq2vu0uRR
Levi Harper nets the first regular-season CHL goal by a #Gophers commit in 2025-26, scoring in his OHL debut for the Saginaw Spirit.
Harper later added a game-tying assist for Saginaw, which trailed 3-0 after the first period.
The Niagara #IceDogs have re-acquired D Artem Frolov & F Hayden Reid from the Flint Firebirds in exchange for F Charlie Hotles & three draft picks.
18-year-old Frolov was a 2nd round pick of Niagara in 2023, while 19-year-old Reid was a 3rd round pick in 2023, also by Niagara.
On top of that, the Gophers have a winning record in every Big 10 arena during the leagues history:
Compton 13-5-2 (.700)
Munn 14-6-3 (.674)
Value City 15-7-2 (.666)
Kohl 13-7-2 (.636)
Yost 11-8-5 (.563)
Pegula 12-11-1 (.520)
On top of that, the Gophers have a winning record in every Big 10 arena during the leagues history:
Compton 13-5-2 (.700)
Munn 14-6-3 (.674)
Value City 15-7-2 (.666)
Kohl 13-7-2 (.636)
Yost 11-8-5 (.563)
Pegula 12-11-1 (.520) https://t.co/7t9O1pZqwc
#PrideOnIce continues to roll in the new recruiting cycle after picking up a B1G commitment from Levi Harper!
The Florida🌴 ‘08 born RHD had an outstanding showing this summer for Team 🇺🇸 at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup🥇and will play this year for @SpiritHockey
〽️ore on Harper👇
1⃣4⃣ days until Opening Night
Jackson LaCombe's 14 goals in 2024-25 tied for the sixth-most in a season by an Anaheim Ducks defenseman.
Among #Gophers blueliners, only LaCombe, Reed Larson, Brady Skjei, and Alex Goligoski have had a 14-goal NHL campaign.
Earlier today, #Gophers commit Gavin Katz scored a goal in his Green Bay Gamblers debut.
With the power-play tally, Katz became the first Minnesota commit to score a USHL regular-season goal in 2025-26.
RIP to one of the state’s best multi-sport athletes John Harris. A Roseau native, Harris, is best known for his heroics including winning the 1993 US Amateur Championship.
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Harris came to the U of M on a hockey scholarship. He was Herb Brooks’ first captain and was the…
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