Gophers end shootout drought; Huskies sweep Beavers; Gopher women sweep; UMD falls in dramatic fashion
Some stellar upsets around college hockey over the weekend, but nothing apocalyptic in the Land of 10,000 Skates. You like that? Yeah, I like that too.
Here’s the rundown of action from October 9–12, 2025, on this week’s edition of Minnesota’s College Hockey Scoreboard Show.
And for the 54th straight St. Cloud State men’s game, local sponsor Jupiter Moon still hasn’t brought me a scoop. At least my kids love it. I mean, I had some at Albany Pioneer Days last summer, but on to the show.
We’ll begin on the men’s side …
Boston College made another trip to the Midwest, this time stopping in Minneapolis at 3M Arena at Mariucci. The 11th-ranked Eagles came away 1-0-1 on the weekend, taking Thursday’s opener 3-1 over the 12th-ranked Gophers with goals from three different players, including Drew Fortescue’s second of the season on an empty-netter that iced it. On Friday, the game ended in a 2-2 draw, but there were two notable moments — Dean LeTourneau scored his first collegiate goal after going 0-for during his rookie year at BC, and Minnesota won a shootout for the first time since 2020. Even wilder? It’s the Gophers’ first home shootout win in 17 years. Minnesota rekindles its old WCHA rivalry with that school in Grand Forks this weekend at The Ralph.
The first series between future NCHC foes went the way of North Dakota, as the 10th-ranked Fighting Hawks swept the home-and-home with No. 19 St. Thomas, taking Friday’s opener 6-2 at The Ralph and Sunday’s rematch 5-2 at the building formerly known as The X. Five different players scored for North Dakota on Friday, giving Dane Jackson his first win behind the bench as head coach. The Hawks repeated the balanced attack Sunday with five more goal scorers. Lucas Wahlin scored in both games for the Tommies, giving him three goals on the season. As noted earlier, North Dakota hosts the Gophers next weekend in what will surely be a spirited series — and that’s just talking about the stands. St. Thomas heads to Colorado Springs to take on Air Force in a series that may or may not be streamed, depending on the status of the U.S. government. Yes, the shutdown impacted stream staffing at Air Force this past weekend.
No. 20 Minnesota State split a weekend set in Omaha against their fellow Maverick brethren. In Friday’s opener, Omaha scored four straight to take a 4-1 lead and cruised to victory. Minnesota State flipped the script on Saturday, never trailing in a 4-1 win over the hosts. All five goals came on the power play, with Charlie Lurie’s first of the year officially going in as the game-winner. Minnesota State heads to Madison next weekend to face former coach Mike Hastings and the Badgers of Wisconsin in a Thursday–Friday series at the Kohl Center. State Street Brats and Ian’s Pizza … Love Madison.
Scout Truman and Max Plante each scored their third goals of the year as Minnesota Duluth took the first game of its home series at AMSOIL, beating Augustana 4-1. The second game looked a lot different — the Bulldogs outshot the Vikings 40-16, but Augustana earned a 4-0 win to split the series. Hunter Bischoff scored twice for Augie, including one of two third-period empty-netters. Duluth meets Bemidji State this weekend in a home-and-home: the Beavers host Friday’s opener before UMD closes the series at home. Yeah. Bent Paddle.
Speaking of home-and-homes and Bemidji, St. Cloud State swept its series with the Beavers, winning 4-3 at the Sanford Center on Friday and 4-2 at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on Saturday. Austin Burnevik scored in each game, giving him three goals on the season. Oliver Peer scored twice in Friday’s loss for Bemidji, while Nolan Road netted his first career goal in Saturday’s Husky win. Reilly Funk added his fourth of the year for the Beavers. Bemidji’s Adam Flammang was checked hard into the boards early in the third period and had to be carted off. He gave a thumbs up to his bench as he was taken from the ice — here’s hoping for a safe and speedy recovery for the St. Michael native. Guy’s a real gamer. Get well soon dude.
On the women’s side, the national spotlight was on the top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers and the fourth-ranked Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs. If there’s ever a case study in snatching victory from the jaws of defeat — or vice versa — check out the final few minutes of of Wisconsin’s 4-3 Saturday win. Trailing 3-2, UMD was hit with a five-minute major after Badger coach Mark Johnson challenged for elbowing off a face-off - that grammatically sounds painful as it is. After review, Wisconsin went on the power play with an extra attacker, and Caroline Harvey tied it with 20 seconds left. Off the ensuing face-off, Wisconsin won the draw, skated down, and Cassie Hall buried the game-winner 12 seconds later. That game was straight-up drunk. Wisconsin controlled the second game, peppering Eve Gascon with 54 shots in a 4-0 win. The Badgers improve to 6-0 and are unbeaten in their last 33 dating back to last season. UMD will host Minnesota State this coming week.
No. 3 Minnesota swept 10th-ranked St. Cloud State in a home-and-home, taking the first game 4-1 at Ridder with four different Gophers scoring, including the first of three goals on the weekend by Abbey Murphy — she now has 12 on the year. Sarah Paul’s third of the season stood as the game-winner as Minnesota broke a 3-3 tie with a pair of goals in the third. St. Cloud hosts St. Thomas next weekend, while the Gophers welcome second-ranked Ohio State.
Speaking of the Buckeyes, they swept visiting Bemidji State in Columbus, scoring on four of their first nine shots in Friday’s 6-0 win. Saturday was tighter — Bemidji grabbed an early lead, but Ohio State came back to win 2-1. Hailey Armstrong scored her sixth of the year for the Beavers, while Hilda Svensson netted the game-winner for Ohio State midway through the second. Bemidji State heads to Mankato next weekend to take on Minnesota State.
And speaking of …
St. Thomas and Minnesota State split their WCHA weekend in Mankato. On Friday, Teagan Kulenkamp scored her second of the year in overtime to give the Tommies a 2-1 win. Saturday went the Mavericks’ way as Hailey Hanson made 15 saves for the shutout, and three different players scored, including Zoe Lopez’s fourth of the season.
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