The Minnesota Gophers escaped a slow start that Gopher head coach Bob Motzko tried really hard to avoid and bounced back after a poor opening 10 minutes to defeat the Michigan State Spartans 5-1. With the win the Gophers advance to host next Saturday’s Big Ten Championship game at 3M Arena at Mariucci against the Michigan Wolverines. It will be a rematch of last years game won 4-3 by Michigan.
Minnesota tried several different things during their bye week to try to avoid coming out flat after a week off, but it didn’t seem to work.