Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey
Appearance
Minnesota Golden Gophers men's hockey | ||||
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Head Coach | Don Lucia 8th year, 209-88-29[1] | |||
Home Ice | Mariucci Arena Capacity: 10,000 Surface: 200' x 100' | |||
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Championships | ||||
National Championships (5)
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WCHA Regular Season Championships (11)
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WCHA Tournament Championships (13)
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Pageantry | ||||
Colors | Maroon and Gold | |||
Fight Song | Minnesota Rouser | |||
Mascot | Goldy Gopher | |||
Rivals | Wisconsin Badgers North Dakota Fighting Sioux |
The Minnesota Golden Gophers men's hockey team is one of the oldest and most storied programs in college hockey history. They compete in NCAA Division I and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
Current Coaching Staff
- Head Coach: Don Lucia
- Assistant Coaches: Mike Guentzel, John Hill, and Robb Stauber
- Director of Hockey Operations: Mark Bahr[3]
Arenas
- Minnesota State Fairgrounds Hippodrome
- St. Paul Auditorium (1932 - 1950)
- Minneapolis Arena (1922 - 1950)
- Williams Arena/Old Mariucci Arena (1950 - 1993)
- Mariucci Arena (1993 - Present)[4]
Individual Award Winners
National
- Neal Broten - 1981
- Robb Stauber - 1988
- Brian Bonin - 1996
- Jordan Leopold - 2002[5]
First Team All-Americans
- John Mariucci - 1940
- Harold Paulson - 1940
- Gordon Watters - 1951
- Lawrence Ross - 1952
- John Mayasich - 1954, 1955
- Richard Dougherty - 1954
- James Mattson - 1954
- Kenneth Yackel, Sr. - 1954
- Richard Burg - 1958
- Jack McCartan - 1958
- Murrary Williamson - 1959
- Louis Nanne - 1963
- Craig Falkman - 1964
- Douglas Woog - 1965
- Gary Gambucci - 1968
- Murrary McLachlan - 1970
- Walter Olds - 1970
- Lester Auge - 1975
- Michael Polich - 1975
- William Baker - 1979
- Timothy Harrer - 1980
- Neal Broten - 1981
- Steven Ulseth - 1981
- Patrick Micheletti - 1985
- Robb Stauber - 1988
- Brian Bonin - 1995, 1996
- Mike Crowley - 1996, 1997
- Jordan Leopold - 2001, 2002
- John Pohl - 2002
- Keith Ballard - 2004
- Ryan Potulny - 2006[6]
Western Collegiate Hockey Association
Players
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Coach
- Coach of the Year
- Glen Sonmor - 1970
- Herb Brooks - 1974
- Brad Buetow - 1980
- Doug Woog - 1990
- Don Lucia - 2006
Hall of Famers
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References
- ^ "Don Lucia - Year by Year Statistics".
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(help) - ^ "Gopher Hockey All Time Records".
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(help) - ^ "Men's Hockey - 2006-07 Coaches". November 9 2006.
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(help) - ^ "Gopher Hockey History - The Arenas". November 9 2006.
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(help) - ^ "Gopher Hockey History - Hobey Baker Award". November 9 2006.
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- 2006-07 Minnesota Men's Hockey Yearbook. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics.