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Fired hockey coach Mel Pearson speaks for the first time on ‘what really went down' at Michigan

After 40 years as a college hockey coach, Mel Pearson will not be on a campus this season, having been dismissed from the University of Michigan in August. The claims against him and others there were numerous and thoroughly investigated. In an exclusive hour-long interview with The Rink Live where no topics were off limits, Pearson offered his side of the story regarding the case made against him and his hockey program.

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Local View: B1G hockey could leave UMD women out in the cold

From the column: "If the Big Ten made a women’s hockey league, the UMD women likely wouldn’t fare as well (as the UMD men have)."

September 19, 2022 01:42 PM

College

Future Gopher Logan Cooley picked third overall by Arizona; two more Gophers go in NHL Draft opening round

Before he will don a NHL sweater for what all expect will be a lengthy and lucrative pro career, Logan Cooley will skate for the Minnesota Gophers for at least one season. But when he is ready to try hockey for a paycheck, it will be as a member of the Coyotes.

July 07, 2022 10:37 PM

NHL: Carolina Hurricanes at Colorado Avalanche

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Back in his home state, Ben Meyers has a special night in Avalanche regular season finale

Playing at Xcel Energy Center for the first time since he was a Delano high schooler five years ago, Colorado Avalanche rookie forward Ben Meyers had his own cheering section of former Gophers teammates in his return to Minnesota.

April 29, 2022 10:06 PM

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Minnesota Gophers assistant, Detroit Lakes native Garrett Raboin tabbed to start Augustana hockey program

After a decade as an assistant coach with Bob Motzko, first at St. Cloud State and now with the Gophers, Garrett Raboin is getting the opportunity of a lifetime, heading to Sioux Falls to start the new Augustana men's hockey program.

April 18, 2022 10:53 AM

By Jess Myers

College

Frozen Four notebook: Mavericks' Reggie Lutz has his hockey hero at home

Long before Reggie Lutz was born, his father Danny faced a medical challenge that he has stared down and never let affect what he does as a hockey dad. Also: Gophers forward Schmidt honored for classroom work, and Denver is a surprisingly good seafood town.

April 08, 2022 02:18 PM

By Jess Myers

College

Denver advances to Frozen Four title game after Carter Savoie's OT goal against Michigan

Denver played the defensive game it needed to play in the NCAA Frozen Four semifinals, limiting powerful Michigan's offense and holding off the Wolverines long enough to win in overtime and advance to the national title game.

April 07, 2022 08:57 PM

By Jess Myers

College

Frozen Four Notebook: Motzko drawing on past NCAA triumphs and failures as Mavericks showdown looms

Michigan wants to run-and-gun, Minnesota State Mankato wants to do its own thing, and Denver's Bobby Brink wants to advance and maybe play his boyhood heroes for the NCAA title as the NCAA Frozen Four semifinals get underway.

April 06, 2022 05:05 PM

By Jess Myers

College

Gophers freshmen emerge at the right time to fuel second-half surge and Boston trip

When it appeared the sky was falling on the Minnesota Gophers in January, their coach stayed calm, installed a new goalie and got vital contributions from a talented group of rookies, earning the program's first Frozen Four trip since 2014.

April 05, 2022 10:40 AM

By Jess Myers

College

State of Hobey: Brink, McKay and Meyers are hat trick finalists for college hockey's top honor

The trophy given to the top player in men's college hockey will be returning to Minnesota, one way or another, as two Minnesotans and a Chicagoan who plays in Minnesota are the three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award.

March 31, 2022 01:27 PM

By Jess Myers

College

NCAA regionals off day draws mixed, but mostly positive, reviews in year one

The Gophers rested. The Wolverines played games. The Mavericks had almost too much rest. But all three won their regionals after college hockey added an off day this season for the first time.

March 30, 2022 03:46 PM

By Jess Myers

Minnesota vs Western Michigan, UMASS, NCAA

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Boston for Bob's birthday: Gophers stifle Western Michigan, earn first Frozen Four trip since 2014

Goals in the first and third periods, along with a solid performance in goal from Justen Close, lifted the Minnesota Gophers past Western Michigan and back to the Frozen Four on coach Bob Motzko's birthday

March 27, 2022 07:01 PM

By Jess Myers

College

Gophers' Ben Meyers, two Mavericks named to Hobey finalist list

One day after he was named the Player of the Year in the Big Ten, Minnesota forward was also named a top 10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Award and could become the first Gopher in two decades to win the trophy. Minnesota State University-Mankato has a pair of finalists in goalie Dryden McKay and forward Nathan Smith.

March 16, 2022 04:11 PM

By Jess Myers