http://www.GopherSports.com We’re counting down the top moments from the 2011-12 Minnesota Gophers hockey season, and #2 on the list comes during Minnesota’s 2-1 MacNaughton Cup-clinching win over Wisconsin March 3.
Sophomore blueliner Nate Schmidt dove and stopped the puck with stick, barely preventing it from leaving the offensive zone. He then got up, faked a shot, eluded a sliding Badger and then hammered home his third and most important goal of the season.
The magnificent individual effort gave Minnesota a 2-1 lead and finished a third-period rally that ended with the Gophers holding the MacNaughton Cup as outright WCHA champions.
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Sorry, this should have been the #1 moment from the 2012 season.
Me too, Which time was the crowd louder, this goal or Rau's goal in the last minute against UND?
Uhh… no. It's kinda tough to top smoking the Whioux to get to the frozen four
And Schmidt still goes undrafted. Boggles my mind.
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