WCHA Final Faceoff Held at AMSOIL Arena

Gophers drop WCHA title game to Badgers

DULUTH — For the second time in three seasons, Wisconsin celebrated a postseason championship at Minnesota Duluth’s Amsoil Arena. The No. 1-ranked and WCHA regular-season champion Badgers, who won their 2023 NCAA championship in Duluth, repeated as WCHA Final Faceoff champions on Saturday with a 4-3 victory over Minnesota. The result drops the Gophers from the No. 3 overall seed to the No. 4 seed in next week’s NCAA tournament. Minnesota will ho…

Women’s college hockey: Gophers pull off comeback to beat Ohio State in WCHA tournament

Leads weren’t safe in the opening games of the WCHA Final Faceoff on Friday at Amsoil Arena in Duluth. After the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs let an early lead slip away in a 3-1 loss to Wisconsin in the first game, Ohio State couldn’t close out a lead against the Minnesota Gophers women’s hockey team. The Buckeyes jumped on top 2-0 in the opening 9:23 of the second semifinal only to give up two goals to the Gophers in the closing six minutes of th…

WCHA Final Faceoff Held at AMSOIL Arena

DULUTH, Minn. — AMSOIL Arena is the home of another popular hockey tournament this weekend, as the puck drops on the 2025 WCHA Final Faceoff. Four women’s hockey teams are facing off, including the Minnesota Gophers and Duluth’s very own Bulldogs. AMSOIL is hosting the tournament for the first time and over a decade, and fans from all over the region are flocking to Duluth to cheer on their team. AMSOIL Arena even underwent some changes to prepa…

Women’s Ice Hockey: No. 2 Ohio State falls to No. 4 Minnesota 6-2 in the WCHA semifinals

The Ohio State women’s hockey team huddles before the game against Minnesota Friday. The No. 2 Buckeyes fell to the No. 4 Gophers 6-2 in the Final Faceoff Semifinal at AMSOIL Arena. Credit: Ohio State Athletics After two goals in the first 10 minutes, it seemed like Ohio State was headed for a blowout win against Minnesota. However, the Golden Gophers took control and scored the game’s final six goals as No. 4 Minnesota defeated No. 2 Ohio State…

Six Unanswered Scores Send Gophers to WCHA Final Faceoff Championship - University of Minnesota Athletics

The fourth-ranked and third-seeded Golden Gopher women's hockey team (28-10-1, 19-8-1 WCHA) will look to win their second WCHA Final Faceoff Championship in three years after taking down second-ranked and second-seeded Ohio State (27-7-3, 19-6-3 WCHA) 6-2 in the semifinals on Friday.