College Hockey Scoreboard Show

Minnesota State stays hot; Gophers outshot, still beat Denver in OT - CHS 12-01-25

MN College Hockey Scoreboard Show For Games from November 25-30 2025 We didn’t have a super full plate of games across the Division I slate, but we had a pretty decent Thanksgiving week of games overall in the State of Hockey, complete with postponements and snowy travel. It’s time for another edition of Minnesota’s College Hockey Scoreboard Show where as always, it’s not about the analysis, it’s not about the breakdowns, it’s JUST. THE. SCORES. AND MAYBE A DAD JOKE OR THREE. Division I Men Minnesota State vs. Northern Michigan Fri: #14 Minnesota State 4, Northern Michigan 0 Sat: #14 Minnesota State 3, Northern Michigan 2 No. 14 Minnesota State kept Northern Michigan winless with a weekend sweep in Marquette. In Game One, Liam Watkins scored twice as the Mavericks prevailed 4-0. Alex Tracy stopped 35 shots for his second shutout of the season. In the series finale, three different players scored and Tristan Lemyre scored his eighth of the year to lift the considerably underranked Mavericks to 10-2-4 on the season. The Mavericks host Ferris State in CCHA action this weekend in Mankato. They’ve won six in a row and haven’t lost in regulation since the season opener against Omaha. North Dakota vs. Bemidji State Fri: #6 North Dakota 5, Bemidji State 3 Sat: #6 North Dakota 2, Bemidji State 1, OT Five different players scored as sixth-ranked North Dakota took the first game of its home-and-home series with Bemidji State 5-3. The Fighting Hawks needed overtime to claim Game Two at the Ralph as Ben Strinden scored his ninth of the years, as did Will Zellers, who scored the OT game-winner. Bemidji State will host Augustana as the teams return to conference action this weekend. St. Thomas vs. Michigan Tech Fri: St. Thomas 3, Michigan Tech 3 (UST wins SO) Sat: St. Thomas 2, Michigan Tech 1 St. Thomas picked up five out of six points on the weekend, tying Michigan Tech in Houghton in Game One and picking up the extra point with the shootout win. Lucas Van Vliet scored twice in Game One, while Game Two also went the Tommies way with a 2-1 win with Van Vliet scoring the eventual game-winner midway through the second. St. Thomas hosts Lake Superior State at “The Penny” this weekend. Sorry Lee, that’s what they’re calling it - not my rules. Minnesota vs. Denver (Hall of Fame Game) Sat: Minnesota 6, #4 Denver 5, OT Despite getting outshot 52-25 and only putting up one shot in overtime, that’s what Minnesota needed to pick off fourth-ranked Denver 6-5 in overtime at Ball Arena in Denver for the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game. Javon Moore found the goal with 35 seconds left in overtime. Six different players scored. The Gophers are sitting 7-9-1 and will head to Columbus to take on Ohio State. Division I Women Bemidji State vs. Lindenwood Fri: Lindenwood 7, Bemidji State 4 Sat: Lindenwood 2, Bemidji State 2 (LU wins SO) It was tough sledding for Bemidji State this weekend and that’s not a pun about the weekend snowstorm through the midwest. Lindenwood took out the Beavers in suburban St. Louis, picking up a 7-4 win on Friday. The teams skated to a 2-2 tie on Saturday with the host Lions taking the shootout, which is essentially meaningless in non-conference action. Bemidji State will host Minnesota-Duluth this weekend. St. Cloud State at D1 in DC (Colgate / Clarkson) Fri: #14 St. Cloud State 3, #12 Colgate 2, OT Sat: #10 Clarkson 2, #14 St. Cloud State 0 No. 14 St. Cloud State played a pair of ECAC regulars in the somewhat annual D1 in DC event in Northern Virginia. Game One saw Sofianna Sundelin score a hat trick, which included the overtime game-winner as the Huskies upended No. 12 Colgate 3-2. The second game saw no offense as Clarkson shut down the Huskies and the No. 10 Golden Knights took a 2-0 win. St. Cloud State will hit the road to take on No. 12 Minnesota State this weekend. Minnesota State vs. Dartmouth Fri: #15 Minnesota State 5, Dartmouth 2 Sat: #15 Minnesota State 5, Dartmouth 0 No. 15 Minnesota State stayed hot, winning their fourth in a row in a weekend sweep over Dartmouth. Five different players scored in Friday’s 5-2 win over the Big Green and the same thing happened again on Saturday as five different players scored in a 5-0 shutout. Lauren Goldsworthy, Mercury Bischoff and Ayla Puppe scored in both games. Bischoff now has 10 goals on the season. The Mavericks will host St. Cloud State this weekend. Division III Men Tuesday Marian 2, Augsburg 1, OT MSOE 6, St. Mary’s 4 Hamline at Concordia-Moorhead — Postponed, rescheduled for February. Friday Lawrence 5, St. Scholastica 0 Saturday Bethel at MSOE — Postponed. #14 Bowdoin 4, Gustavus Adolphus 2 St. Olaf 7, Lake Forest 4 #13 UW-Superior 5, St. Scholastica 2 Sunday Gustavus Adolphus 1, Colby 1 (Gustavus wins SO) St. Olaf 3, Lake Forest 2 Division III Women Tuesday Gustavus Adolphus 1, #12 UW-Eau Claire 0, OT #1 UW-River Falls 2, St. Olaf 1 St. Scholastica 3, UW-Superior 2 Saturday St. Benedict 3, Lake Forest 2 Sunday St. Benedict 6, Lake Forest 1 #12 UW-Eau Claire 3, St. Scholastica 1 I’m Jason Bryant (@jasonmbryant). Leave a rating, review, or feedback at collegehockeyscoreboardpod.com [https://collegehockeyscoreboardpod.com] and check out all the shows from The Sota Pod. For now, that’s Minnesota’s College Hockey Scoreboard Show for November 23-30 , 2025. The Sota Pod is dedicated to covering anything & EVERYTHING when it comes to hockey or craft beer in the great state of Minnesota.  The Sota Pod (Apple Podcasts): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sota-pod/id1495602444 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thesotapod

Minnesota State women sweep Gophers for first time in nearly two decades; Splits abound on the men's side

We’ve got more splits than a bad bowling alley. After a weekend that saw me in Oklahoma, thus, unable to do an adequately mid-job at doing a show, we’re back out of the box and back for another episode of Minnesota’s College Hockey Scoreboard Show. Here’s a tip I learned from our man State of Hoppy - take that Lucky Seven 7th Avenue Pizza, 14 minutes, then finish with a minute or two on broil and BOOM. Scorched roof of your mouth goodness. Probably why I didn’t record this show earlier. And Happy Thanksgiving. For our Canadian Friends, that’s THURSDAY.  This week, we start with the women, and here’s why   Division I Women Fri: Minnesota State 3, #2 Minnesota 1 Sat: Minnesota State 4, #2 Minnesota 1 Mercury Bischoff scored a hat trick on Saturday and scored four goals on the weekend as Minnesota State swept No. 2 Minnesota 3-1 and 4-1, giving the Mavericks their first sweep over the Golden Gophers since 2006. I didn’t even know my wife then. I still lived in Pennsylvania and hadn’t yet made the mistake of purchasing my first house with an awful credit score at the age of 27. Anyway. Minnesota State improved to 8-7-1, while the Gophers fell to 12-4. Minnesota State will host Dartmouth in non-conference action this coming weekend, while Minnesota is off until its home-and-home in two weeks with St. Thomas.   Fri: #3 Ohio State 3, #5 Minnesota Duluth 1 Sat: #3 Ohio State 4, #5 Minnesota Duluth 1 Ohio State’s Joye Dunn scored three goals on the weekend as No. 3 Ohio State swept fifth-ranked Minnesota Duluth, picking up a 3-1 win on Friday and a 4-1 win in Duluth on Saturday. The Bulldogs are off until they get back to WCHA action in December at Bemidji State.   Fri: #10 St. Cloud State 4, Bemidji State 0 Sat: Bemidji State 6, #10 St. Cloud State 5, OT Payton Remick scored twice in No. 10 St. Cloud State's 4-0 win over Bemidji State at the Sanford Center on Friday. The second game was wild, as Bemidji State built a 4-1 lead, then fell behind 5-4, only to tie it up with 30 seconds left and then win it in overtime 6-5. Hailey Armstrong's seventh of the year was the game-winner. Bemidji State goes on the road next week for a non-conference series at Lindenwood, while St. Cloud State will head to D1 in DC to take on Clarkson and Colgate in the nation's capital.   Fri: #1 Wisconsin 8, #15 St. Thomas 0 Sat: #1 Wisconsin 4, #15 St. Thomas 3, OT Top-ranked Wisconsin rolled past No. 15 St. Thomas on Friday, shutting out the Tommies 8-0 before the Tommies made the Badgers fight for the final game. Wisconsin ultimately prevailed, with Cassie Hall's overtime game-winner giving the Badgers the 4-3 win. It was the sixth OT game this season for the Tommies, who fell to 8-10 overall. The Tommies are off until the aforementioned home-and-home with the Gophers the first weekend of December.   Division I Men Fri: Minnesota 3, #5 Penn State 2 Sat: #5 Penn State 2, Minnesota 1 It was a much more believable split this weekend for Minnesota as the Golden Gophers came off last week's split with LIU and promptly split with No. 5 Penn State at 3M Arena at Mariucci. In the opener, three different players scored including Brodie Ziemer's seventh of the year in the Gophers' 3-2 win over the Nittany Lions. On Saturday, Penn State picked up a 2-1 win. The Gophers fell to 6-9-1 on the season and will head to Denver over the Thanksgiving break for the U.S. Hall of Fame Game in Denver against the Pioneers at Ball Arena.   Fri: Bowling Green 3, St. Thomas 2, OT Sat: St. Thomas 6, Bowling Green 2 St. Thomas ended up taking four out of six points in a weekend split with Bowling Green in the CCHA. Bowling Green won the opener 3-2 in overtime. Game Two saw the Tommies pick up a 6-2 win with Alex Gaffney scoring twice and Carsen Musser stopping 39 shots in net. The Tommies are 5-6-2 and head to the UP next week to face Michigan Tech.   Fri: #14 Minnesota State 3, Michigan Tech 0 Sat: #14 Minnesota State 3, Michigan Tech 2 No. 14 Minnesota State won its fourth in a row with a pair of CCHA wins at home against Michigan Tech. The Mavericks blanked the Huskies 3-0 in the first game as it was light work for Alex Tracy, who only had to stop 12 shots in the shutout. Game Two saw three different Mavericks score, including Evan Murr's sixth of the season. Minnesota State will head to the UP to face Northern Michigan this coming weekend.   Fri: Bemidji State 7, Northern Michigan 3 Sat: Bemidji State 6, Northern Michigan 2 Bemidji State put up 13 goals in a pair of games to sweep Northern Michigan 7-3 and 6-2, improving to 9-5-2 and sending Northern to its 14th straight loss to open the season. Connor McClennan scored four goals in the opener, while Oliver Peer put up a hat trick in the second game. Bemidji State stands in first place in the CCHA and will have a home-and-home non-conference series with North Dakota this weekend.   Fri: #4 Minnesota Duluth 4, Colorado College 2 Sat: Colorado College 2, #4 Minnesota Duluth 1, OT No. 4 Minnesota Duluth took four of six points in a weekend split at Robson Arena in Colorado Springs against Colorado College. In Game One, Max Plante netted a hat trick, giving him 13 goals on the year as the Bulldogs beat CC 4-2. On Saturday, Adam Gajon stopped 38 shots but it wasn’t enough as CC picked up the 3-on-3 overtime win 2-1. UMD is a point behind conference leaders Denver and Western Michigan and will head into the Thanksgiving Break 12-3. They’re off until they head to Lawson to take on Western Michigan the first weekend in December. Fri: Miami 6, St. Cloud State 5, OT Sat: St. Cloud State 4, Miami 2 St. Cloud State took four out of six points in a weekend split at Miami, dropping the first game 6-5 in overtime in a game where the Huskies tied the game twice after falling behind by two goals. Gavyn Thoreson had his first two-goal game of his career on Friday, while on Saturday, the Huskies built a 3-0 lead and then hung on to beat the RedHawks 4-2. Grant Ahcan scored twice, including an empty netter that iced it with a minute left. The win snapped St. Cloud State's four-game losing streak. The Huskies are off this week and will host North Dakota when conference play kicks back up in December.   Division III Men Augsburg vs. St. Scholastica Fri: Augsburg 4, St. Scholastica 1 Sat: St. Scholastica 4, Augsburg 1 Concordia-Moorhead vs. Gustavus Adolphus Fri: Gustavus Adolphus 4, Concordia-Moorhead 3 Sat: Gustavus Adolphus 2, Concordia-Moorhead 0 Hamline vs. Bethel Fri: Bethel 4, Hamline 1 Sat: Hamline 3, Bethel 2, OT St. John’s vs. St. Olaf Fri: St. John’s 2, St. Olaf 1 Sat: St. John’s 2, St. Olaf 2 (SJU wins SO) Division III Women Hamline vs. Bethel Fri: #9 Hamline 1, Bethel 0 Sat: Bethel 4, #9 Hamline 0 Gustavus Adolphus vs. Concordia-Moorhead Fri: Concordia-Moorhead 3, Gustavus Adolphus 2 Sat: Gustavus Adolphus 3, Concordia-Moorhead 2 St. Mary’s vs. St. Catherine Fri: St. Mary’s 4, St. Kate’s 2 Sat: St. Kate’s 1, St. Mary’s 0, OT St. Olaf vs. St. Benedict Fri: St. Benedict 1, St. Olaf 0 Sat: St. Olaf 5, St. Benedict 1 Augsburg vs. St. Scholastica Fri: St. Scholastica 1, #2 Augsburg 1 (CSS wins SO) Sat: #2 Augsburg 6, St. Scholastica 1 I’m Jason Bryant (@jasonmbryant). Leave a rating, review, or feedback at collegehockeyscoreboardpod.com [https://collegehockeyscoreboardpod.com] and check out all the shows from The Sota Pod. For now, that’s Minnesota’s College Hockey Scoreboard Show for November 21-22, 2025. The Sota Pod is dedicated to covering anything & EVERYTHING when it comes to hockey or craft beer in the great state of Minnesota.  The Sota Pod (Apple Podcasts): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sota-pod/id1495602444 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thesotapod

UMD, Gophers pick up weekend sweeps; MIAC action ramps up

Sports are hard. Trying to maintain your place in college hockey’s upper echelon is also hard. When you think about it, there’s 16 teams that get to make the tournament. There’s six conferences, so that’s five spots you aren’t going to get right off the top. That means you have to be one of the best 11 teams in the country each and every year for your fanbase not to complain that the sky is falling. But that’s sports. Rationality goes out the window. WIth that in mind, here’s this weekend’s Minnesota College Hockey Scoreboard, devoid of breakdowns, analysis or anything outside of the scores. Remember, it’s JUST. THE. SCORES.   Division I Men Fri: #16 Minnesota State 4, Bowling Green 4 (MSU wins SO) Sat: Bowling Green 1, Minnesota State 1 (BGSU wins SO) We split the points in the CCHA over the weekend as Bowling Green and No. 16 Minnesota State saw both games end in ties, with each team taking the extra point in a shootout. On Friday, Tristain Lemyre scored twice for the Mavericks in the 4-4 tie that saw the home squad take the shootout. On Saturday, Luca Benincasa scored the lone Maverick goal as this one ended 1-1 with the Falcons taking the shootout point. The Mavericks are 4-2-4 and have tied both games in a series for the second time this season. They head to Lake Superior State next weekend.   Fri: Bemidji State 4, Lake Superior State 1 Sat: Bemidji State 3, Lake Superior State 2, OT Bemidji State improved to 6-4-1 on the season with a weekend sweep of Lake Superior State at the Sanford Center. Four different players scored in Friday's 4-1 win, including Adam Flammang's fourth of the year. Flammang struck again on Saturday, but it was Oliver Peer's sixth of the season that was the dagger as the Beavers prevailed 3-2 in overtime. Bemidji will head to the UP next weekend to take on Michigan Tech in Houghton.   Fri: Minnesota 3, Notre Dame 0 Sat: Minnesota 4, Notre Dame 1 Minnesota got off the schneid with a home sweep of Notre Dame in Big Ten action. Three different Gophers scored on Friday, including Brody Lamb's fifth of the season, a third-period empty netter, while Luca Di Pasquo stopped 19 shots in the 3-0 shutout. On Saturday, Lamb scored again and L.J. Mooney scored his third of the year as the Gophers picked up the 4-1 win. Di Pasquo stopped 33 shots for his second win of the weekend. The Gophers host LIU this coming weekend.  Fri: #7 Minnesota Duluth 4, St. Cloud State 0 Sat: #7 Minnesota Duluth 3, St. Cloud State 2, OT On the shores of the lake they called Gitche Gumee, Four different players scored as seventh-ranked Minnesota Duluth stayed hot, shutting out rival St. Cloud State at AMSOIL 4-0. Adam Gajan only had to stop 18 shots to pick up the shutout. Game two was tighter as the Bulldogs rallied from a 2-1 deficit to earn the sweep with Max Plante's goal halfway through overtime. UMD will host Omaha next week, while St. Cloud State finishes up its season set on Tuesday at St. Thomas. The Tommies were off this past weekend. They have the Huskies on Tuesday and head to Augustana over the weekend.  Division I Women Fri: #14 St. Thomas 5, Bemidji State 0 Sat: Bemidji State 2, #14 St. Thomas 1 In the only series of the weekend in the WCHA, Rylee Bartz scored her eighth goal of the season leading five different goal scorers as No. 14 St. Thomas opened up its weekend set at Bemidji State with a 5-0 win over the Beavers. Julia Minotti stopped 17 shots for her second shutout of the year, her first since the season opener. On Saturday, Bemidji State got even, with Izy Fairchild and Shelby Sandberg both scoring their first goals of the year in the 2-1 Bemidji State upset. Bemidji State improves to 3-6-1, while St. Thomas falls to 8-6. Bemidji State is at Minnesota this coming weekend, while St. Thomas hosts Minnesota Duluth. Division III Men St. John’s rolled past St. Scholastica 7-1 on Friday, then played to a 4-4 tie Saturday with the Johnnies winning the shootout to take the weekend. Augsburg and Concordia-Moorhead met in MIAC play, skating to a 1-1 draw Friday with the Cobbers taking the shootout. Augsburg answered Saturday with a 4-1 win on the road. St. Olaf pulled out a 3-2 overtime win Friday over UW-Eau Claire, then dropped a 3-2 overtime heartbreaker Saturday to UW-Stout. St. Mary’s beat UW-Stout 4-1 on Friday before falling 4-1 Saturday to #15 UW-Stevens Point in Winona. #12 UW-Superior edged Gustavus Adolphus 4-3 on Friday and tied St. Olaf 3-3 Saturday, taking the shootout. UW-River Falls picked up a 4-3 overtime win Friday at Hamline and a 3-2 overtime victory Saturday at Gustavus Adolphus.   Division III Women #15 Hamline picked up a 9-1 win over UW-Superior on Friday afternoon. St. Kate’s and UW-Stevens Point split their series — the Wildcats won 6-2 Friday before the Pointers answered Saturday with a 3-1 victory. St. Olaf and UW-Eau Claire also split. The Oles took Friday’s game 2-1, but the Blugolds bounced back Saturday for a 3-2 win. #1 UW-River Falls beat had a busy run through the Land of 10,000 Skates - they beat St. Benedict 7-1 on Tuesday, #3 Augsburg 4-0 Friday, and St. Scholastica 4-3 Saturday. I’m Jason Bryant (@jasonmbryant). Leave a rating, review, or feedback at collegehockeyscoreboardpod.com [https://collegehockeyscoreboardpod.com] and check out all the shows from The Sota Pod. For now, that’s Minnesota’s College Hockey Scoreboard Show for October 24-26, 2025. The Sota Pod is dedicated to covering anything & EVERYTHING when it comes to hockey or craft beer in the great state of Minnesota.  The Sota Pod (Apple Podcasts): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sota-pod/id1495602444 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thesotapod

St. Cloud State splits with No. 3 Western Michigan; Gopher women hand No. 1 Badgers first loss in split

College hockey’s been nuts this year and we’ve got ebbs and flows, peaks and valleys. It’s enough to make you pull your hair out - or if you don’t have any, grow in gray. Conference action is here. You already hate the NPI even though it’s not even worth looking at until January at the earliest. Did you learn NOTHING from years of not understanding Pairwise? It’s like you’re Lowell Sun. Anyway, it’s time for  Minnesota’s College Hockey Scoreboard Show, where there’s no breakdowns, no analysis, it’s just the scores! Division I Men Thu: #14 Wisconsin 5, #19 Minnesota 2 Sat: #14 Wisconsin 4, #19 Minnesota 0 Christian Fitzgerald scored twice as No. 14 Wisconsin opened up its series with No. 19 Minnesota on Thursday with a 5-2 win. Wisconsin completed the sweep, handing the Gophers their fourth straight loss in a 4-0 win on Saturday night. Quinn Finley and Blake Montgomery scored two goals apiece for Wisconsin. The Gophers fell to 2-7-1 and host Notre Dame this coming weekend. Fri: Bemidji State 4, Bowling Green 4 (BSU wins SO) Sat: Bemidji State 3, Bowling Green 2 Bemidji State and Bowling Green skated to a 4-4 tie with the visiting Beavers picking up the extra CCHA point with the shootout win in the first game of the weekend series. Hudson Thornton’s second of the year was the OT game-winner as Bemidji took the weekend series with a 3-2 overtime win in the second game. Fri: #10 Minnesota Duluth 4, #8 North Dakota 3 OT Sat: #8 North Dakota 5, #10 Minnesota Duluth 1 Ty Hanson’s third goal of the year was the OT game-winner as No. 10 UMD opened up its NCHC series at The Ralph with a 4-3 win over the host Fighting Hawks. Max Plante scored twice to give him nine goals on the season. In the second game, host North Dakota shut down red-hot Minnesota Duluth with a 5-1 victory. Five different players scored for the Fighting Hawks, who limited UMD to just 20 shots on goal and earned the weekend split. UMD will host St. Cloud State this weekend at AMSOIL. Fri: #16 Minnesota State 3, St. Thomas 1 Sat: St. Thomas 4, #18 Minnesota State 3 OT No. 16 Minnesota State scored three third-period goals to run past host St. Thomas 3-1 in St. Paul in the first game of their weekend home-and-home series. Alex Tracy stopped 24 shots in net for the Mavericks. Nathan Pilling’s fourth of the year came in overtime and gave St. Thomas a win in Mankato to split the home-and-home series. St. Thomas is off this weekend, while Minnesota State will host Bowling Green. Fri: #3 Western Michigan 6, St. Cloud State 5 Sat: St. Cloud State 5, #3 Western Michigan 1 Zack Bookman’s power-play goal with just over four minutes left was the game-winner as third-ranked Western Michigan took the first game of the weekend NCHC series in a 6-5 win at St. Cloud State. Liam Valente scored twice for the Broncos. Patriks Berzins made 32 saves and Jack Reimann had his first career multi-goal game as St. Cloud State earned the weekend split with what some could dub an eye-opening 5-1 win to close out the series. Austin Burnevik scored in both games, giving him 10 goals on the season and extending his point streak to 11 games in a row, dating back to last season. St. Cloud State heads to AMSOIL this coming weekend to face rival Minnesota Duluth. Division I Women Fri: Minnesota State 2, Bemidji State 2 (MSU wins SO) Sat: Minnesota State 2, Bemidji State 0 Minnesota State picked up the extra WCHA point, winning the shootout in Friday’s opener as the Mavericks and the Beavers skated to a 2-2 tie. In Game Two, Minnesota State took all the points as Kamryn Van Batavia and Mercury Bischoff scored for the host Mavericks, who improved to 6-5-1. Bemidji State will host St. Thomas this weekend, while Minnesota State is at Ohio State. Fri: #3 Minnesota 5, #1 Wisconsin 1 Sat: #1 Wisconsin 7, #3 Minnesota 2 Josefin Bouveng scored twice and Abbey Murphy scored her 15th of the season as Minnesota handed Wisconsin its first loss of the year and snapped the Badgers’ 37-game unbeaten streak with a 5-1 win in Madison. Top-ranked Wisconsin bounced back to earn a split in resounding fashion as the Badgers put seven in the net, chasing starting goalie Hannah Clark in a 7-2 rout in Madison. Abbey Murphy scored her 16th of the year in the loss. Murphy leads the nation in goals and is tied for the lead in points with 25. The Golden Gophers are off next weekend. Fri: #5 Minnesota Duluth 5, #10 St. Cloud State 3 Sat: #5 Minnesota Duluth 3, #10 St. Cloud State 2 Five different players scored and Thea Johansson scored her eighth of the season as fifth-ranked UMD opened up the weekend series in St. Cloud with a 5-3 win over the 10th-ranked Huskies. UMD continued its mastery of St. Cloud State, taking the weekend sweep with a 3-2 win on Saturday. Thea Johansson scored two more goals, giving her three on the weekend and 10 on the year. UMD has the weekend off, as do the Huskies, who dropped their fifth straight. Fri: #2 Ohio State 3, #13 St. Thomas 2 OT Sat: #2 Ohio State 8, #13 St. Thomas 0 St. Thomas goalie Julia Minotti made 40 saves and gave the Tommies a fighting chance, but the second-ranked Buckeyes came away with a 3-2 overtime win as Sanni Vanhanen buried the OT game-winner 97 seconds into the extra frame. Game Two was no treat for the Tommies as the Buckeyes put eight on the board with Joy Dunne scoring four of them for Ohio State. St. Thomas will head to Bemidji State next weekend. We also kicked off the Division III season over the weekend with the MIAC teams in full display. We’ll start with the men. Division III Men Augsburg dropped both games over the weekend, falling 4–1 to #6 Aurora on Friday and 3–2 to #11 UW-Stevens Point on Saturday. Concordia-Moorhead and Concordia Wisconsin split their series in Moorhead — the Cobbers won 5–2 on Friday before the Falcons evened things up with a 6–1 victory on Saturday. MSOE and St. Scholastica also split their weekend — the Raiders opened with a 4–2 win Friday before St. Scholastica took Saturday’s rematch 3–1. St. John’s and Marian played to a 4–4 tie on Friday with the Johnnies winning the shootout. St. Mary’s and Lake Forest skated to a 5–5 tie Friday, Lake Forest taking the shootout, then the Cardinals rebounded Saturday with a 4–2 win to claim the weekend edge. St. Olaf and #5 St. Norbert split their series — the Green Knights shut out the Oles 3–0 on Friday, but St. Olaf came back with a 5–4 overtime win on Saturday. Beloit fell 6–2 to Bethel in its lone game of the weekend. Division III Women #2 Augsburg won both games over #9 Adrian, taking Friday’s opener 4–1 and Saturday’s finale 3–2. Hamline swept Aurora, posting shutouts of 4–0 on Friday and 5–0 on Saturday. St. Catherine rolled past Dubuque in both games, winning 7–1 Friday and 5–0 Saturday. #5 Gustavus Adolphus and #6 St. Norbert split their ranked matchup — Gustavus took game one 3–2 before St. Norbert answered with a 2–1 overtime win in game two. Bethel swept MSOE, earning a 4–2 win on Friday and a 9–0 rout on Saturday. St. Mary’s and Concordia Wisconsin split their weekend — Concordia Wisconsin won 3–1 on Friday before St. Mary’s blanked the Falcons 1–0 Saturday. St. Scholastica picked up a weekend sweep at Lawrence with 1–0 and 3–1 victories. UW-Eau Claire took both games from Concordia-Moorhead, 3–1 Friday and 2–0 Saturday. UW-Stevens Point beat St. Olaf twice, 2–1 on Friday and 2–1 in overtime on Saturday. I’m Jason Bryant (@jasonmbryant). Leave a rating, review, or feedback at collegehockeyscoreboardpod.com [https://collegehockeyscoreboardpod.com] and check out all the shows from The Sota Pod. The Sota Pod is dedicated to covering anything & EVERYTHING when it comes to hockey or craft beer in the great state of Minnesota.  The Sota Pod (Apple Podcasts): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sota-pod/id1495602444 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thesotapod

St. Thomas christens new building with some wild ones; UMD men sweep Gophers

It was a wild opening to the new Lee and Penny Anderson Arena on the campus of St. Thomas this weekend, UMD is starting off the men’s season on a heater, while the other Minnesota State, Bemidji State and St. Cloud State all picked up sweeps. The powers in women’s hockey are still that. It’s another week of college hockey action on the ice in the State of Hockey, so it’s time for Minnesota’s College Hockey Scoreboard Show, where there’s no breakdowns, no analysis, it’s just the scores!   Division I Men Fri: St. Thomas 2, #14 Providence 2 (UST wins SO) Sat: #14 Providence 7, St. Thomas 4 St. Thomas’ men’s program opened up its new barn by jumping out to a 2-0 lead on a pair of shorthanded goals against No. 14 Providence, but the Friars tied things up with a pair in the third to earn a 2-2 tie. The Tommies won the shootout, giving them absolutely no points in this non-conference tilt. St. Thomas’ new rink is off to a wild start. The wild women’s series coupled with the men’s series against Providence may have not given the hosts the desired outcomes, but man, they were some fun games. No. 14 Providence won the weekend picking up a 7-4 win on Saturday night, rallying from a 4-1 deficit to score the games last six goals and leave St. Paul with a victory. Alex Gaffney scored his fifth of the season for the Tommies, who fell to 2-4-1. St. Thomas will have a home-and-home to open its final CCHA season with Minnesota State.   Fri: #18 Minnesota-Duluth 3, #13 Minnesota 0 Sat: #18 Minnesota-Duluth 4, #13 Minnesota 1 Zam Plante scored his fifth of the season and Adam Gajan picked up his first shutout of the season as No. 18 UMD opened up a weekend series at Mariucci with a 3-0 win over the host Gophers. The Bulldogs outshot the Gophers 24-17. Max Plante scored a pair of goals and No. 18 Minnesota Duluth completed its first sweep of No. 13 Minnesota since 2021 and the first sweep at Mariucci since 2009. The Bulldogs are off to a 7-1 start for the first time since the 1989-90 season. The Gophers fell to 2-5. UMD will open up NCHC play next week in Grand Forks, taking on North Dakota, while the Gophers will have a Thursday-Saturday series at No. 17 Wisconsin to open up Big Ten play.  Fri: #20 Minnesota State 4, RPI 2 Sat: #20 Minnesota State 2, RPI 1 In Mankato, 20th-ranked Minnesota State outshot RPI 40-19 as four different player scored as the Mavericks opened up the non-conference series with a 4-0 win. In Game Two, RPI outshot Minnesota State 30-18, but Alex Tracy stopped 29 of those 30 attempts. It was enough as Charlie Lurie’s third goal of the season came 32 seconds into the third period, which was good enough to be the game winner. Minnesota State improved to 3-1-2. RPI is 0-6. Minnesota State will open CCHA play next weekend with a home-and-home with St. Thomas.   Fri: Bemidji State 1, Augustana 0, OT Sat: Bemidji State 3, Augustana 2 Oliver Peer continued his solid early season, scoring his fourth of the year in overtime giving host Bemidji State a 1-0 over Augustana to open up CCHA play. Raythan Robbins stopped 27 shots to earn his first career collegiate shutout. Max Namestnikov scored his first career goal as three different Beavers scored to give Bemidji State a 3-2 win over visiting Augustana to earn the weekend sweep. Bemidji State will head east to take on Bowling Green.  Fri: St. Cloud State 5, Alaska Anchorage 2 Sat: St. Cloud State 5, Alaska Anchorage 1 Five different players scored and Finn Loftus scored his first career goal as St. Cloud State beat old WCHA foe Alaska Anchorage 5-2 on Friday at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Austin Burnevik scored twice, giving him eight on the season, which currently stands second in the country behind Penn State’s J.J. Wiebusch. Patriks Berzins stopped 28 shots for his second win of the season, while Aiden Welch scored his first collegiate goal for the Huskies to cap off the homecoming sweep at The Herb. The Huskies host returning national champion Western Michigan to open up NCHC play next weekend.  Division I Women Fri: #3 Minnesota 4, #4 Minnesota Duluth 0 Sat: #3 Minnesota 3, #4 Minnesota Duluth 2 Ava Lindsay scored twice as third-ranked Minnesota scored three second-period goals to skate past host UMD in game one of their WCHA series at Amsoil. Hannah Clark made 24 saves for her third shutout of the season. Abbey Murphy scored twice, giving her a nation-leading 14 goals in the first 10 games of the season as the Golden Gophers finished off the road sweep against fourth-ranked Minnesota Duluth 3-2. Hannah Clark stopped 37 shots. Duluth’s Caitlin Kraemer scored her eight goal of the season, which is fifth in the nation. Minnesota heads to top-ranked Wisconsin next weekend, while UMD heads over to St. Cloud to take on the host Huskies.  Sat: #1 Wisconsin 4, Minnesota State 0 Sun: #1 Wisconsin 8, Minnesota State 0 Four different players scored as top-ranked Wisconsin opened up its Saturday-Sunday series with Minnesota State with a 4-0 win in Madison. It was a rough outing for visiting Minnesota State as the top-ranked Badgers closed out the sweep with an 8-rip shutout of the Mavericks. Eight different Badgers scored, and contrary to what you might have heard on BTN+, it’s highly unlikely Minnesota State’s Avery Stilwell was having too much fun in there in goal. Badgers must have loaded up on that Destination Hydration Jump Around Spring Water … or as we used to call it, BadgerMax. Minnesota State drops to 5-5 on the season and will host Bemidji State next weekend. Bemidji was off this weekend.  Fri: #2 Ohio State 5, #10 St. Cloud State 1 Sat: #2 Ohio State 4, #10 St. Cloud State 2 Sanni Vanhanen scored twice as Ohio State broke open a 2-1 game with three third-period goals. Maria Mikaelyan scored her fifth of the year for the Huskies, who were outshot in Game One 40-12. Second-ranked Ohio State rallied from a 2-0 deficit to compete the home sweep over 10th-ranked St. Cloud State with a 4-2 win on Saturday in Columbus. Joye Dunne scored a natural hatty in the third period to give her eight goals on the season. St. Cloud State hosts UMD this coming weekend.   Fri: Providence 7, #13 St. Thomas 6, OT Sat: #13 St. Thomas 5, Providence 1 The women’s debut at Lee & Penny Anderson Arena was an exciting one, but not a winning one for the host St. Thomas Tommies. Despite holding Providence to 14 shots, half of those shots found the net as the Friars picked up a 7-6 overtime win in a wild game in St. Paul on Friday afternoon. Reichen Kirchmair scored four goals, including the game-winner halfway through the extra period. Four different players found the net, including Rylee Bartz, who scored her seventh of the season as the Tommies rebounded from Friday’s heartbreaker with a sound 5-1 win over Providence to earn the home split at the new building. St. Thomas improved to 7-3 and will host Ohio State next weekend.  I’m Jason Bryant (@jasonmbryant). Leave a rating, review, or feedback at collegehockeyscoreboardpod.com [https://collegehockeyscoreboardpod.com] and check out all the shows from The Sota Pod. For now, that’s Minnesota’s College Hockey Scoreboard Show for October 24-26, 2025. The Sota Pod is dedicated to covering anything & EVERYTHING when it comes to hockey or craft beer in the great state of Minnesota.  The Sota Pod (Apple Podcasts): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sota-pod/id1495602444 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thesotapod