Michigan and Minnesota tied 1-1 early in the 1st, both teams...

[Puckhead]

scored goals in the first minute of the game.

 

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Michigan scores their second of the game to take a 2-1 lead just as a Michigan power play expired.

 

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Still 2-1 Michigan with 7:02 to play in the first

 

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First period in the books. Michigan leads by a score of 2-1

 

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Midway through the second period Minnesota scores a power play goal to tie the game at 2

 

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Nieves goes end to end, scoring a goal and putting Michigan back on top 3-2

 

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Connor finds a rebound out front, putting it away for Michigan's second straight goal, making it 4-2 Michigan, about 9 to play

 

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With just under 5 to play in the second Connor scores his second of the period to make it a 5-2 Michigan lead

 

[Puckhead]

That last goal chased the Minnesota goalie

 

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Late in the second Minnesota gets on back making it 5-3

 

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End of two, Michigan 5, Minnesota 3

 

[Puckhead]

Third period ready to go

 

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Shuart finds the back of the net, now 6-3 Michigan

 

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Around 6 to play in game, Motte with short handed goal makes it 7-3 Michigan

 

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Connor gets a hat trick, scoring a power play goal making it 8-3 Michigan. Under 5 minutes

 

[STPGopherfan]

scored goals in the first minute of the game.

Wow do my Gophers suck tonight...... Michigan is good, but 8 goals? Third goalie in....

 

[Puckhead]

Final, Michigan 8, Minnesota 3. They keep pace with PSU who was beating up on Providence tonight. Because PSU is playing out of conference and Michigan beat Minnesota, Michigan will move into first place in the Big Ten.

 

[alfadriver]

Holy cow is that offense fun to watch. Tonight, they even got some cycling going that was pretty threatening.

Still frustrating to see Downing and Werenski not cover their guy in front of the net- two tip ins via that.

But seeing the offense move the puck, and get some great shots off. Hard to put a "best" on those- Boo's goal was pretty amazing, Connor's third goal was some really heads up passing, his second was "what?", the 5 hole they found a few times. It's quite entertaining.

BTW, those first two periods are the kind of end to end, no stop play I really enjoy watching.