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.

Stuck in a tie game with Notre Dame early in the third period and with their Big Ten tournament lives on the line, the Gophers men’s hockey team needed a spark. Up stepped Connor Kurth, who scored the go-ahead goal and set up the winner in a 4-2 victory over the Fighting Irish on Saturday night at 3M Arena at Mariucci.

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

Then, after Wood’s power-play goal with six seconds left in the first brought the Gophers within 2-1, a second mistake by Souliere gave Notre Dame a 3-1 lead 1:18 into the secon

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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 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.