Gophers men’s hockey drops Ice Breaker championship in OT

The Minnesota Gophers men’s hockey team had some chances but came out on the wrong side in the Ice Breaker Tournament championship on Saturday night, falling 2-1 to Omaha in overtime.

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The Maroon and Gold got on the board first when Mason Nevers jammed in a rebound with 5:34 left in the first period.

The Gophers were strong defensively in the first, too, taking over 10 minutes before allowing the Mavericks to even get a shot on goal.

However, in the second, after a great attempt by Brody Lamb on the power play rang up the post, Omaha went down the ice and scored shorthanded to even the score at 1-1.

After two periods, the Gophers had a staggering 39-11 edge in shots, but Mavericks goalie Simon Latkoczy was a brick wall.

Minnesota peppered him with over a dozen more shots in the third period but the game went to overtime and, 54 seconds later, Omaha netted the winner.

Three Gophers did make the all-tournament team, as did Omaha’s netminder. They are:

• F Connor Kurth,
• D Ryan Chesley, and
• D Sam Rinzel.

The Gophers are back in action next weekend at in-state rival UMD for a series at Amsoil Arena. Those will both be shown on Fox 9+.