Committing to the Gophers alongside his older brother when they were 13 and 14, Cruz Lucius formally announced his change in plans this week, opting to head to Wisconsin instead.
A member of Wisconsin's 2006 NCAA title team, Andy Brandt will return to his old school as an assistant for Tony Granato. Also, Adam Nightingale's first Michigan State roster is taking shape, and the Gophers hand out their season-ending awards.
Ben Dexheimer and Luke Mittelstadt have found chemistry and offense while paired on the blue line for the USHL's Madison Capitols. Their friendship will become a friendly rivalry next season when Dexheimer is a Badger and Mittelstadt is a Gopher.
The 2022 NCAA women's hockey tournament bracket will be unveiled at 8 p.m. tonight on ESPNews, and the Bulldogs are once again projected to make the field.
Ohio State will seek its share of the WCHA title on Sunday when the Badgers try to beat Minnesota for a fourth time this season. The Buckeyes scored twice in the second period and held off Wisconsin to win in Saturday's semifinal round.
The conference title race was over before the first period ended on Saturday, as the Minnesota Gophers got some help to win the Big Ten for the first time since 2017. Then they took care of their own business in a sweep of Wisconsin.
Kerigan Dowhy concluded her Bemidji State career with 44 saves on 49 shots faced, while Wisconsin’s Kennedy Blair stopped 15 shots to earn the shutout.
Jaxon Nelson is back from an injury, Ben Meyers is back from the Olympics and the Minnesota Gophers are back on top of the Big Ten with one game left in the regular season after they won their seventh in a row on Friday.
