Final: #Gophers advance to the championship game of the Mariucci Classic! #PrideOnIce pic.twitter.com/CRmWreL8Cz
— Minnesota Men’s Hockey (@GopherHockey) January 2, 2016
UCONN Huskies 2
Minnesota Gophers 3
The Minnesota Gophers opened the Mariucci Classic with a 3-2 victory over UCONN.
1. Fasching finds the big answer
The Gophers answered some adversity in the third period. Just 21 seconds after UCONN evened the score at 2 in the third period, Hudson Fasching put Minnesota right back on top, with what turned into the eventual game winner.
GOAL: Another short-lived tie as @GopherHockey’s Hudson Fasching answers Letunov, 3-2 Minnesota in the 3rd https://t.co/gl2EY5XuKT
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2. Cammarata gives Minnesota their first lead
Minnesota trailed 1-0 in the second, but a pair of goals just 23 seconds apart turned the tables on the Huskies, Taylor Cammarata netted the second one.
GOAL: The tie game doesn’t last long as @GopherHockey’s Vinni Lettieri secures the 2-1 lead in the 2nd https://t.co/AbmC9Z81ao
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3. Back at .500
To say it’s been a trying season so far for the Gophers would probably be an understatement, but the win helped Minnesota get back to .500. The Gophers are now 8-8-0 on the season.
Up Next:
The Gophers will play in the championship of the Mariucci Classic Saturday night against Harvard at 7 p.m.
