Minnesota junior goaltender Justen Close recorded 24 saves en route to earning his third career shutout.

In his 100th collegiate game, junior co-captain Ben Meyers scored the game-winning overtime goal for Minnesota in their 4-3 victory.

Minnesota is 4-0-0 all-time against the Minutemen.

Freshman Matthew Knies scored two power-play goals with less than a minute remaining in regulation as Minnesota’s comeback effort fell short.

Head coach Bob Motzko won Big Ten Coach of the Year for the second time in his tenure with Minnesota.

Junior co-captain Ben Meyers recorded his fourth-consecutive multi-point performance after tallying one goal and an assist.

Fifth-years Ona Loper and Lexy Ramler tied each other in the all-around with a score of 39.650 to share the all-around title.

The Gophers led by two goals after the first 40 minutes, but ultimately fell to Ohio State in overtime.

Minnesota will move on to play in its first WCHA Championship since 2019.

Six of the top ten players in the country will be skating at Ridder Arena this weekend.