Hockey

The Owatonna boys' hockey team built a 3-0 lead by early in the second period and held on for a 3-2 win over Rochester John Marshall at the Rec Center Thursday night. The win earns the Huskies a season split with JM and keeps alive hopes for a home playoff game according to OHS coach Josh Storm.

It was a long night on the road for the Minnesota Wild. This time, it was worth it.

The Gophers settled for a weekend series split with No. 1 Notre Dame as the Fighting Irish claimed a 4-1 victory Saturday night.

Casey Mittelstadt tapped in the game-winning goal in overtime to help the Gophers knock off No. 1 Notre Dame in the Big Ten series opener Friday night.

Evgeni Malkin scored two power-play goals and Sidney Crosby had three assists to reach another career milestone as the Pittsburgh Penguins topped the Minnesota Wild 6-3 on Thursday night.

Daniel Winnik walked the final block to the arena so he wouldn't be late. Tyler Ennis rear-ended teammate Matt Dumba as the two approached Minnesota's Xcel Energy Center. Jonas Brodin arrived just minutes before the pregame warmups because of a blizzard hitting the Twin Cities.

Gopher Hockey team captain Tyler Sheehy eclipsed 100 career points in his 100th career game on Thursday night, scoring twice including the game winner and adding an assist as Minnesota topped Michigan State 5-4.

Ryan Suter gave Minnesota the lead on a 4-on-4 early in the third period, Devan Dubnyk made 34 saves and the Wild held off the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 on Wednesday night to end a two-game slide.

Dougie Hamilton scored 2:39 into overtime to lift the Calgary Flames over the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Darian Romanko's early third-period goal proved to be the game-winner in a defensive affair as the Gophers shut out No. 1 St. Cloud State 2-0 Sunday evening.

Colorado beat the Minnesota Wild 7-2 Saturday night.

The Gophers scored first against top-ranked St. Cloud State but could not capitalize on the early momentum, falling 5-2 at the National Hockey Center on Saturday night.

A former Minnesota Gophers captain has resigned as assistant coach of the White Bear Lake girls' hockey team after acknowledging he entered the team's locker room without knocking.

Nino Niederreiter had a hat trick in his return from injury, Mikko Koivu contributed a goal and two assists, and the finally fully healthy Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-2 on Thursday night.