One night after suffering its worst loss of the season at Ohio State, the No. 3-ranked Minnesota Gophers men’s hockey team bounced back to smite the Buckeyes in a 6-1 win at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

The Gophers were an entirely different team Saturday than they were in a 5-1 Friday loss, taking it to their hosts from the opening puck drop.

Minnesota scored its first goal on the power play less than three minutes into the game on Mike Koster’s initial tally. The Gophers added two more scores off the sticks of Maxon Nevers and Connor Kurth to up their lead to 3-0 with 12 minutes yet to play in the first period.

Koster netted his second power-play goal less than two minutes into the middle stanza, with Jimmy Snuggerud wrapping the second period with a third Minnesota goal on the man advantage to close out the frame.

Ryan Chesley closed the Gophers’ account with one final goal for the visitors midway through the third period to put Minnesota up 6-0 before Ohio State’s Gunnarwolfe Fontaine’s power-play strike in the dying embers of the contest ruined goaltender Liam Souliere’s bid for a shutout. Souliere ended up with 32 saves on 33 shots faced in the game.

With the resounding victory, Minnesota upped its record to 18-4-2 overall, with the Gophers now 9-2-1 in Big Ten play. the Gophers return home to take on Notre Dame next weekend.

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