The Sota Pod

For Games from October 16-19, 2025

Division I Men

Fri: St. Thomas 2, #14 Providence 2 (UST wins SO)

Sat: #14 Providence 7, St. Thomas 4

St. Thomas’ men’s program opened up its new barn by jumping out to a 2-0 lead on a pair of shorthanded goals against No. 14 Providence, but the Friars tied things up with a pair in the third to earn a 2-2 tie. The Tommies won the shootout, giving them absolutely no points in this non-conference tilt. St. Thomas’ new rink is off to a wild start. The wild women’s series coupled with the men’s series against Providence may have not given the hosts the desired outcomes, but man, they were some fun games. No. 14 Providence won the weekend picking up a 7-4 win on Saturday night, rallying from a 4-1 deficit to score the games last six goals and leave St. Paul with a victory. Alex Gaffney scored his fifth of the season for the Tommies, who fell to 2-4-1. St. Thomas will have a home-and-home to open its final CCHA season with Minnesota State.

Fri: #18 Minnesota-Duluth 3, #13 Minnesota 0

Sat: #18 Minnesota-Duluth 4, #13 Minnesota 1

Zam Plante scored his fifth of the season and Adam Gajan picked up his first shutout of the season as No. 18 UMD opened up a weekend series at Mariucci with a 3-0 win over the host Gophers. The Bulldogs outshot the Gophers 24-17. Max Plante scored a pair of goals and No. 18 Minnesota Duluth completed its first sweep of No. 13 Minnesota since 2021 and the first sweep at Mariucci since 2009. The Bulldogs are off to a 7-1 start for the first time since the 1989-90 season. The Gophers fell to 2-5. UMD will open up NCHC play next week in Grand Forks, taking on North Dakota, while the Gophers will have a Thursday-Saturday series at No. 17 Wisconsin to open up Big Ten play.

Fri: #20 Minnesota State 4, RPI 2

Sat: #20 Minnesota State 2, RPI 1

In Mankato, 20th-ranked Minnesota State outshot RPI 40-19 as four different player scored as the Mavericks opened up the non-conference series with a 4-0 win. In Game Two, RPI outshot Minnesota State 30-18, but Alex Tracy stopped 29 of those 30 attempts. It was enough as Charlie Lurie’s third goal of the season came 32 seconds into the third period, which was good enough to be the game winner. Minnesota State improved to 3-1-2. RPI is 0-6. Minnesota State will open CCHA play next weekend with a home-and-home with St. Thomas.

Fri: Bemidji State 1, Augustana 0, OT

Sat: Bemidji State 3, Augustana 2

Oliver Peer continued his solid early season, scoring his fourth of the year in overtime giving host Bemidji State a 1-0 over Augustana to open up CCHA play. Raythan Robbins stopped 27 shots to earn his first career collegiate shutout. Max Namestnikov scored his first career goal as three different Beavers scored to give Bemidji State a 3-2 win over visiting Augustana to earn the weekend sweep. Bemidji State will head east to take on Bowling Green.

Fri: St. Cloud State 5, Alaska Anchorage 2

Sat: St. Cloud State 5, Alaska Anchorage 1

Five different players scored and Finn Loftus scored his first career goal as St. Cloud State beat old WCHA foe Alaska Anchorage 5-2 on Friday at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Austin Burnevik scored twice, giving him eight on the season, which currently stands second in the country behind Penn State’s J.J. Wiebusch. Patriks Berzins stopped 28 shots for his second win of the season, while Aiden Welch scored his first collegiate goal for the Huskies to cap off the homecoming sweep at The Herb. The Huskies host returning national champion Western Michigan to open up NCHC play next weekend.

Division I Women

Fri: #3 Minnesota 4, #4 Minnesota Duluth 0

Sat: #3 Minnesota 3, #4 Minnesota Duluth 2

Ava Lindsay scored twice as third-ranked Minnesota scored three second-period goals to skate past host UMD in game one of their WCHA series at Amsoil. Hannah Clark made 24 saves for her third shutout of the season. Abbey Murphy scored twice, giving her a nation-leading 14 goals in the first 10 games of the season as the Golden Gophers finished off the road sweep against fourth-ranked Minnesota Duluth 3-2. Hannah Clark stopped 37 shots. Duluth’s Caitlin Kraemer scored her eight goal of the season, which is fifth in the nation. Minnesota heads to top-ranked Wisconsin next weekend, while UMD heads over to St. Cloud to take on the host Huskies.

Sat: #1 Wisconsin 4, Minnesota State 0

Sun: #1 Wisconsin 8, Minnesota State 0

Four different players scored as top-ranked Wisconsin opened up its Saturday-Sunday series with Minnesota State with a 4-0 win in Madison. It was a rough outing for visiting Minnesota State as the top-ranked Badgers closed out the sweep with an 8-rip shutout of the Mavericks. Eight different Badgers scored, and contrary to what you might have heard on BTN+, it’s highly unlikely Minnesota State’s Avery Stilwell was having too much fun in there in goal. Badgers must have loaded up on that Destination Hydration Jump Around Spring Water … or as we used to call it, BadgerMax. Minnesota State drops to 5-5 on the season and will host Bemidji State next weekend. Bemidji was off this weekend.

Fri: #2 Ohio State 5, #10 St. Cloud State 1

Sat: #2 Ohio State 4, #10 St. Cloud State 2

Sanni Vanhanen scored twice as Ohio State broke open a 2-1 game with three third-period goals. Maria Mikaelyan scored her fifth of the year for the Huskies, who were outshot in Game One 40-12. Second-ranked Ohio State rallied from a 2-0 deficit to compete the home sweep over 10th-ranked St. Cloud State with a 4-2 win on Saturday in Columbus. Joye Dunne scored a natural hatty in the third period to give her eight goals on the season. St. Cloud State hosts UMD this coming weekend.

Fri: Providence 7, #13 St. Thomas 6

Sat: #13 St. Thomas 5, Providence 1

The women’s debut at Lee & Penny Anderson Arena was an exciting one, but not a winning one for the host St. Thomas Tommies. Despite holding Providence to 14 shots, half of those shots found the net as the Friars picked up a 7-6 overtime win in a wild game in St. Paul on Friday afternoon. Reichen Kirchmair scored four goals, including the game-winner halfway through the extra period. Four different players found the net, including Rylee Bartz, who scored her seventh of the season as the Tommies rebounded from Friday’s heartbreaker with a sound 5-1 win over Providence to earn the home split at the new building. St. Thomas improved to 7-3 and will host Ohio State next weekend.

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#MNCAA Episode 150

Drew and Nate dive in to the North Dakota Series split up in Grand Forks, talking about thew lows of Friday's third period to the highs of Saturday's 4-goal explosion. They touch on some of the strong signs from the team from the weekend headed into the next series against UMD

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Fellowship of the Rink Ep 86

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For Games from October 16-19, 2025

Splits and ties dominated the scoreboard over the weekend. We had some old WCHA rivalries rekindled, some in-state scraps and some bizarre flips from one game to the next. But that’s all normal in the world of men’s and women’s Division I college hockey - or so I’ve learned. It’s time for Minnesota’s College Hockey Scoreboard Show. 

Wisconsin vs Minnesota State (at Wisconsin)

Thu, Oct. 16, 2025: #17 Wisconsin 1, #20 Minnesota State 1 (UW wins SO)

Fri, Oct. 17, 2025: #17 Wisconsin 2, #20 Minnesota State 2 (UW wins SO)

Mike Hastings got the better of his old team if you're looking for a criteria to break ties. On Thursday, No. 17 Wisconsin and No. 20 Minnesota State skated to a 1-1 tie with the Badgers winning in the shootout. On Friday, it was the same, only this time it was a 2-2 tie with the Badgers scoring twice in the second to tie the game and then winning the shootout. Minnesota State hosts RPI in Mankato this coming weekend in a non-conference series. But you knew that. RPI was non-conference, that is. 

North Dakota vs Minnesota (at North Dakota)

Fri, Oct. 17, 2025: #8 North Dakota 5, #13 Minnesota 2

Sat, Oct. 18, 2025: #13 Minnesota 5, #8 North Dakota 1

It was a split in Grand Forks with old friends meeting up on the ice at Ralph Engelstad Arena. North Dakota opened the series with a 5-2 win, while the Gophers took the second game on Saturday 5-1. 

Dylan James and E.J. Emery scored twice on Friday as the Fighting Hawks reeled off four straight goals to pull away. UND outshot the Gophers 32-15 on Friday. Saturday night was tighter on shots as UND held just a three-shot advantage, but five different Gophers scored to spread the wealth and head back to the Twin Cities with the win. Brody Lamb scored his fourth of the season. Minnesota will host UMD this weekend. 

Minnesota Duluth vs Bemidji State (at Minnesota Duluth)

Fri, Oct. 17, 2025: Minnesota-Duluth 7, Bemidji State 3

Sat, Oct. 18, 2025: Minnesota-Duluth 5, Bemidji State 1

Minnesota-Duluth picked up a sweep over in-state rival Bemidji State on a home-and-home series. The first night up in Bemidji, the host Beavers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first five minutes of the game, but UMD screamed back, scoring six straight across the first and second periods to come away with a 7-3 win on Friday. Max and Zam Plante each scored twice. On Saturday at AMSoil, UMD jumped out to a 3-0 lead and cruised to a 5-1 victory. Jayson Shaugabay scored twice while Zam Plante added his fourth of the season to lift Duluth to 5-1 on the season. Bemidji State hosts Augustana to open up CCHA play next weekend, while Duluth heads to the Twin Cities for a non-conference series with the Gophers. 

Air Force vs St. Thomas (at Air Force)

Fri, Oct. 17, 2025: St. Thomas 11, Air Force 2

Sat, Oct. 18, 2025: Air Force 6, St. Thomas 2

St. Thomas split a wacky series with Air Force in Colorado Springs. In Friday's game, the Tommies scored five first-period goals and continued to pour it on the Falcons. Alex Gaffney, Luc Laylin and Josh Giuliani each scored twice in and 11-2 mudholing at Clune Arena. The 11 goals is a new record in St. Thomas' short tenure as a Division I school. Then came Saturday as Air Force bounced back, picking up a 6-2 win to earn the split. Gaffney and Giuliani picked up the goals in the second game for the Tommies. St. Thomas will open up the brand new Lee & Penny Anderson Arena on Friday as the men and women host Providence.

St. Cloud State vs Vermont (at St. Cloud State)

Fri, Oct. 17, 2025: Vermont 2, St. Cloud State 1 (OT)

Sat, Oct. 18, 2025: St. Cloud State 4, Vermont 0

St. Cloud State earned what could be termed a disappointing split in a weekend series at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, dropping the first game 2-1 in overtime before rebounding 4-0 on Saturday. Both games looked the same, with one exception - the scoreboard. On Friday, the Huskies outshot the Catamounts 46-21, but Sebastian Tornquist's rebound in the extra period gave Vermont the win. On Saturday, all four Huskies goals came on the powerplay, including a pair by Austin Burnevik. St. Cloud outshot Vermont 45-21 in the series finale. St. Cloud hosts Alaska-Anchorage this coming weekend.

Women

Minnesota Duluth vs Minnesota State (at Minnesota Duluth)

Fri, Oct. 17, 2025: #4 Minnesota-Duluth 5, Minnesota State 0

Sat, Oct. 18, 2025: #4 Minnesota-Duluth 3, Minnesota State 1

Caitlin Kraemer scored twice in Minnesota-Duluth's home opener and the host Bulldogs cruised 5-0 over Minnesota State on Friday . Transfer Thea Johansson scored twice, giving her career point #100 as UMD completed the sweep over Minnesota State with a 3-1 win at AMSoil on Saturday. The Bulldogs are now 13-0-2 in their last 15 meetings with Minnesota State dating back to the 2021-22 season. UMD will host Minnesota this coming weekend, while Minnesota State has to Madison to face the top-ranked Badgers. 

St. Cloud State vs St. Thomas (at St. Cloud State)

Fri, Oct. 17, 2025: #10 St. Cloud State 4, St. Thomas 3 (OT)

Sat, Oct. 18, 2025: St. Thomas 4, #10 St. Cloud State 3 (OT)

St. Cloud State and St. Thomas split a weekend set at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in a pair of 4-3 overtime contests. Friday's game saw St. Cloud State rally to score late to force overtime and then score the game winner in the extra frame. Alice Sauriol scored twice, including the game-winner. Saturday's series finale was a flip of the script from Friday as Jenessa Gazdik scored the game-winner coming out of the box in overtime as St. Thomas rallied from a two-goal deficit to pick off the host Huskies. St. Thomas is at home to christen its new rink, the Lee & Penny Anderson Arena, against visiting Providence. St. Cloud State hits the road to face Ohio State.

Minnesota vs Ohio State (at Minnesota)

Sat, Oct. 18, 2025: #2 Ohio State 4, #3 Minnesota 1

Sun, Oct. 19, 2025: #3 Minnesota 6, #2 Ohio State 3

Second-ranked Ohio State took the first game of the series with the third-ranked Gophers 4-1, giving coach Brad Frost's team their first loss of the season. Ohio State jumped out to a 3-0 lead and never looked back. Six different players for the Golden Gophers as they earned a split with the second-ranked Buckeyes with a 6-3 win at Ridder on Sunday afternoon. Bella Fanale scored her fifth of the season, while Nelli Laitinen scored her fourth of the year. The Gophers are now 7-1 on the season and head to Duluth next weekend for a WCHA series with the fourth-ranked Bulldogs.

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Episode 29 of Wildly Informed!

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Wildly Informed Ep29 - START of the 2025 Season | Analytics Agenda: 5v5 Play NOT BAD

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#MNCAA Episode 149

Drew chats about the loss and tire to Boston College, the shootout woes finally being behind the Gophers, and about what he wants to look out for if the team is going to improve and remain competitive against their arch rival this weekend against North Dakota!

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MNCAA Ep149 - Gophers Shootout woes are OVER! | Preview for Rivalry weekend against North Dakota

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Fellowship of the Rink Ep 85

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