Christian Fitzgerald had a hat trick to power Wisconsin past the visiting Gophers 5-2 on Thursday night as the men’s hockey teams opened play in the Big Ten Conference. Fitzgerald, a senior who ...

The Tigers trailed early in the second half but pulled away quickly to hand Minnesota its first loss this season.

Records: Gophers (2-1, 0-0 Big Ten) were off last week after a 27-14 loss to California on Sept. 13. Rutgers (3-1, 1-0) lost 38-28 to Iowa last Friday. History: Minnesota is 3-1 all-time against ...

No. 14 Wisconsin scored twice on the power play and blanked Minnesota, 4-0, Saturday night at Kohl Center to complete a weekend sweep in the teams’ first Big Ten Conference series of the season.

For the first time since before the 2020 pandemic, the weekly national college hockey rankings did not include the Gophers ...