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It took only nine ticks of the clock for Minnesota Gophers rookie Logan Cooley to give his team a lead, and that was just the beginning of their dominance of the Spartans on Friday.

Logan Cooley scored nine seconds into the opener of the Big Ten series and added two assists, and fellow freshman phenom Jimmy Snuggerud had a goal and two assists. Justen Close made 21 saves for the shutout.

Another packed house saw another thrilling game that went beyond 60 minutes — but only by 49 seconds.

Video links (when available) are below in the Comments section Olivier Nadeau can’t stop scoring. The Gatineau right wing lit the lamp in each of his three games last week, all Olympiques...

Minnesota scored a season-high seven goals, two by Cooley in the opening period, to crush the Badgers 7-1 at 3M Arena at Mariucci.

The Gophers were sharp early right out of the gate, got scoring from everywhere in the lineup

Minnesota scored three goals in the final 8:26 of the third period to blow open game one of the series, taking down the Spartans 5-0.

The goalie stood strong early and the offense took over late as the Minnesota Gophers beat an upstart Michigan State team for the 10th time in a row, opening up a close contest late for their most lopsided win of the season.

Full coverage of No. 2 Minnesota vs No. 3 Michigan on Thursday and Friday in a top-five men's college ice hockey Big Ten showdown.

Full coverage of No. 2 Minnesota vs No. 3 Michigan on Thursday and Friday in a top-five men's college ice hockey Big Ten showdown.