No. 3 Gophers Clean No. 4/5 Bulldogs on the Highway

DULUTH, MINN. – The No. 3-ranked University of Minnesota ladies’s hockey group earned a press release victory on Friday evening, shutting out No. 4/5 Minnesota Duluth, 4-0, at AMSOIL Arena. The Gophers erupted for 3 objectives within the second interval and added yet another within the third to safe their third shutout win of the 2025-26 season.

The groups skated by means of a scoreless opening body, with the Gophers holding a 13–7 benefit in photographs on aim. Madison Kaiser, Nelli Laitinen, and Sydney Morrow every recorded a pair of photographs to tempo the Gopher offense early.

The ‘U’ broke by means of simply 47 seconds into the second interval. From the excessive slot, Morrow fired a wrist shot by means of site visitors that was redirected in entrance by Ava Lindsay, giving the Gophers a 1-0 lead.

Less than three minutes later, the Maroon and Gold doubled their benefit. Josefin Bouveng despatched a crisp go from the left circle to Kaiser, who collected the puck within the low slot and buried it previous the UMD goaltender for a 2-0 lead.

The Gophers stored rolling halfway by means of the interval as Lindsay struck once more. Morrow intercepted a go alongside the half wall and threaded a cross-ice feed to Lindsay, who one-timed residence her second of the sport to increase the result in 3-0 at 12:33 of the second.

Minnesota capped the scoring late within the third interval on the ability play. Jamie Nelson carried the puck from the best dot into the excessive slot and snapped a shot underneath the goaltender’s glove for her second aim of the season, sealing the 4-0 win.

Hannah Clark was excellent in web, turning apart all 24 Bulldog photographs to earn her third shutout of the yr.

With the victory, Minnesota improves to 8-1-0 (4-1-0 WCHA), whereas Minnesota Duluth falls to 6-3-0 (2-3-0 WCHA).

Quotable

“A great game short handed here tonight,” stated Head Coach Brad Frost. “We’re really proud of our defense for stepping up, our forwards were doing a good job of blocking shots, and obviously Hannah Clark was great with the shutout. A tough place to play on the road but our team did a great job.”

Notable

– Brad Frost strikes to fourth in all-time wins in NCAA ladies’s hockey historical past with 536 passing Mike Carroll.

– Hannah Clark collected 24 saves to earn her second shutout of the season and third of her profession.

– Ava Lindsay posted her third profession multi-goal recreation. 

– Jamie Nelson scored for the second consecutive recreation. 

 

Up Next

The Gophers shut out their two-game sequence towards the Bulldogs on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 3:00 p.m. CT. The recreation will stream dwell on B1G+ and FOX9+.