For the third time in the past four hockey seasons, a Gophers blueliner is the top defensive player in the Big Ten. Sophomore ...

That meant Brock Faber and Matt Boldy re-joining ... (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Three years ago, almost to the day, Faber and Minnesota Gophers teammates Matthew Knies and Ben Meyers skated for ...

The Big Ten announced its postseason men's hockey awards on Tuesday and two Gophers took home significant honors. Sophomore ...

Faber was named captain in his junior year and led the Gophers to the NCAA Championship game before finishing his college career and joining the Wild. Brock Faber is playing under his rookie ...

Thomas is following in the footsteps of Brock Faber, the former Gophers All-American who was the runner-up for the Calder Trophy for the Wild last year and is coming off a standout performance in ...

Playing 10 games in 20 nights since the 4 Nations, Faber’s average ice time is 27:19 — second-highest in the NHL. It's ...

Minnesota's Sam Rinzel was named the Big Ten Conference Defensive Player of the Year, headlining the 2024-25 postseason awards, it was ...

Minnesota’s Sam Rinzel was named the Big Ten Conference Men’s Hockey Defensive Player of the Year, headlining the 2024-25 ...

Three years ago, almost to the day, Faber and Minnesota Gophers teammates Matthew Knies and Ben Meyers skated for the Americans at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. Their team was ...

Current Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber won that honor in 2022 and 2023 while skating for the Gophers. Rinzel has posted 10 goals and 21 assists in 39 games while playing the classic ...

Rinzel is the first Gophers player to be named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year since Brock Faber won the award back-to-back years in 2022 and 2023. He is the sixth Minnesota player to take ...