Over the past 21 years, only two eventual NCAA champions failed to advance out of the first round of their conference tournament.

Notre Dame made it a short run for the Gophers men's hockey team in the Big Ten Tournament. The Irish beat the Gophers 4-1 on Sunday at 3M Arena at Mariucci in Minneapolis to knock them out in the best-of-three quarterfinals.

It’s hard enough to win a hockey game when you give away a goal. Doing it twice in the same game is a sure recipe for disaster. The Gophers were stung by two major blunders by goalie Liam Souliere

The Gophers jeopardized their shot at a No. 1 seed by failing to get out of the first round of the Big Ten tournament against the last-place Irish.

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Fighting Irish goalie Owen Say made 38 saves as Notre Dame beat the Gophers men's hockey team 4-1 Sunday night at 3M Arena at Mariucci. The loss in game three of the best-of-three series knocked the Gophers out of the Big Ten Tournament.

The Gophers were eliminated from the Big Ten Tournament after a 4-1 loss to Notre Dame Sunday night at 3M Arena at Mariucci. Minnesota now has to wait 2 weeks to learn its NCAA Tournament fate. The Gophers have not won a national championship since 2003.