Gophers men’s hockey gets Erik Pahlsson back for next series vs. Mercyhurst
Gophers forwards Oliver Moore and Brodie Ziemer remain with Team USA at the World Junior championships.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 3, 2025 at 12:42AM
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Gophers update: The third-ranked Gophers will get freshman forward Erik Pahlsson back from injury, but they remain without World Junior championship participants Oliver Moore and Brodie Ziemer. Minnesota is coming off a three-week holiday break. Pahlsson has been out since mid-November while Moore and Ziemer will remain with Team USA through the weekend after their team advanced to the tournament’s final four with Thursday’s thumping of Switzerland.
Mercyhurst update: The Lakers (2-15-3) rank 64th out of 64 Division I teams in the PairWise rankings used to determine the NCAA tournament field. “This is a very important series for us,” Gophers senior captain Aaron Huglen said. “We’re going to handle it like any other team. It’s going to be a good challenge for us.”
Matthew Wood got the scoring going with a goal only 9 seconds into the game.
