University of Minnesota Athletics
Thursday, February 25
Mariucci Arena
7:30 PM
University of Minnesota
2
vs
6
Michigan
Gophers Fall to Michigan in Opener
2/25/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Hockey
Feb. 25, 2016 
MINNEAPOLIS (GopherSports.com) -- Steve Johnson and Tommy Novak rattled off late goals for the Gopher Hockey program as No. 20 Minnesota dropped a 6-2 Big Ten contest to No. 6 Michigan on Thursday night at Mariucci Arena.
After Michigan pocketed a goal in both the first and second periods, the teams combined for six goals in the final 10 minutes of the third period. The Wolverines (20-4-5 overall, 10-2-3-2 Big Ten) opened the night with six-straight goals including a hat trick from Alex Kile and a two-goal night from Kyle Connor. Max Shuart also scored for the Wolverines.
After Michigan pocketed a goal in both the first and second periods, the teams combined for six goals in the final 10 minutes of the third period. The Wolverines (20-4-5 overall, 10-2-3-2 Big Ten) opened the night with six-straight goals including a hat trick from Alex Kile and a two-goal night from Kyle Connor. Max Shuart also scored for the Wolverines.
The Gophers (16-14-0 overall, 11-4-0-0 Big Ten) got on the board at 17:23 of the third period when Johnson scored his third of the year off a setup from Taylor Cammarata. Novak added his fourth goal of the year at 18:28 with assists from Nick Seeler and Jack Glover.
Minnesota outshot the Wolverines 33-24 in the series opener as Eric Schierhorn took the loss for the Gophers, moving to 16-14-0 in his freshman campaign.
The two Big Ten rivals meet in the series finale on Friday at 8 p.m. CT.
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