Minnesota Hockey: First Game Vs. Notre Dame #TBT

Storied rivalry, Notre Dame and Minnesota. As a former WCHA opponent the two teams have faced each other 45 times (Gophers are 27-15-3). That's almost 4 times as many games as Minnesota has played Penn State! Keeping this post quasi historical let's look at their first match up from 1925.

The Fighting Irish took the train into Minnesota early to get a couple games against St. Thomas before taking on the Gophers. The series was billed as the most exciting of the season. Minnesota was breaking in the new Minneapolis Arena (located at 2900 Dupont Ave, in Uptown, where the Rainbow Foods is today!