Gopher Game Notes Only MN & MSU have more than 1 regular season BigTen title. Minnesota: 7 Michigan State: 2 Notre Dame: 1 Wisconsin: 1 Penn State: 1 Ohio State: 1 Michigan: EL ZIPPO!

6⃣ days until Opening Night Six four-year #Gophers—Jackson LaCombe, Tommy Novak, Justin Holl, Vinni Lettieri, Travis Boyd, and Ryan Johnson—skated in the NHL last season. Only Providence (seven) iced more four-year college players in the NHL in 2024-25.

5⃣ days until Opening Night Teddy Townsend scored five shootout goals (5-for-7) in 2024-25, tying for the USHL lead. Fellow 2025-26 #Gophers freshmen Finn McLaughlin (3-for-3), Tate Pritchard (1-for-2), and L.J. Mooney (1-for-2) also scored USHL shootout goals last season.

4⃣ days until Opening Night In June, Nate Schmidt became the fourth former #Gophers player to skate in multiple Stanley Cup Finals, joining Mike Polich, Neal Broten, and Phil Kessel. Schmidt had a program-record five assists in the six-game series.

2025-26 #GOPHERS SEASON OUTLOOK LAST SEASON Minnesota is coming off a 25-11-4 campaign in 2024-25 that culminated in the program’s record-setting 42nd NCAA Tournament appearance. The Gophers won their first eight conference games for the third time ever en route to a final Big

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3⃣ days until Opening Night Last year, Jimmy Snuggerud joined John Mayasich and Dick Dougherty as the only #Gophers to score 20-plus goals in each of their first three college seasons. Both Mayasich and Dougherty completed the feat in the 1953-54 season.

2⃣ days until Opening Night In 2025, Oliver Moore became the first Gopher to win two World Juniors gold medals. Before Moore, gold and bronze winners Ryan Lindgren, Jimmy Snuggerud, and Ryan Chesley were the only #Gophers to win two medals at the event.

SERIES PREVIEW: No. 8/7 #Gophers (0-0-0, 0-0-0 B1G) vs. Michigan Tech (0-0-0, 0-0-0 CCHA) Friday, October 3, 2025 • 7:00 p.m. CT Saturday, October 4, 2025 • 7:00 p.m. CT 3M Arena at Mariucci (Minneapolis, Minn.) LAST TIME OUT Last season, Minnesota went 25-11-4 and reached its

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ERIK JOHNSON Professional Career: • 1x Stanley Cup Champion (Colorado, 2022) • 1x NHL All-Star Game selection (Colorado, 2015) • 1x NHL YoungStars Game participant (St. Louis, 2008); recorded a goal and an assist in the game • Is the only No. 1 overall NHL Draft

1⃣ day until Opening Night Last November, Brodie Ziemer became the first #Gophers freshman to score an overtime goal at Wisconsin. Before Ziemer, only Pat Micheletti had scored an OT goal versus Wisconsin as a Minnesota rookie, doing it at home in 1982.

The last time the Gophers played Michigan Tech you’d have to go back to 2012, when Seth Ambroz popped the game winner with under 4 to go in the third

Did You Know: This upcoming 2025-26 season will be the first one without a former UAH Charger on an NCAA hockey team. The last 2 former Chargers to play in the NCAA were Nick Michel (Minnesota) and Brian Scoville (Utica) in 2024-25.

Jackson LaCombe: 8 years x $9 million.

Three years ago today, Owen Bartoszkiewicz earned his first collegiate win for the #Gophers with a 27-save effort against one of his future teams, Lindenwood. This weekend, Bartoszkiewicz visits 3M Arena at Mariucci with his newest school, Michigan Tech.

0⃣ days until Opening Night In the process of doubling his freshman season point total, Jimmy Clark took zero penalties in 39 games last season. Clark followed an 11-point 2023-24 with 22 points in 2024-25. The Edina native also had a +15 plus/minus.

It has been 2058 days since Brannon McManus scored a shootout goal for Minnesota. It was AT Notre Dame on 2/14/20 The last HOME shootout goal was by Tyler Sheehy on 2/17/18 against Ohio State. Full Shootout History here with a lot help by Gopher Game Notes gopherpucklive.com/shootout-histo…

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The #Gophers score first in their season opener for the eighth-consecutive year. Brodie Ziemer, who scored Minnesota's first goal five times last season, scores the team's first goal of 2025-26.