The No. 3 Minnesota women’s hockey team scored five goals, while the Gopher men allowed five goals to No. 1 Michigan in a night of split results on the rink. Gophers women top Bemidji State A 5-3 win at Bemidji State improved the Minnesota women’s record to 18-4 overall on the season as the Goph ers took a 5-0 lead through two periods before allowing their host a trio of scores in the final frame. Abbey Murphy put the visitors in the lead for good with a goal at 15:10 of the first period, an advantage that was doubled just 14 seconds later by Ava Lindsay as Minnesota took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission. The onslaught continued in the second period, with Kendra Distad scoring at 10:20, followed by an Annabella Fanale goal at 11:08, and one final tally by Sydney Morrow on the power play at 17:27. Bemidji State had a mini uprising in the third period, but it wasn’t enough as Gopher goaltender Hannah Clark made 16 saves in the victory. With the win, Minnesota remained solidly in third place in the WCHA with a 13-4 record in conference play, one game behind second-place Ohio State (14-3) and circuit leader Wisconsin (14-1-2). The Gophers and Beavers play against at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in a game televised on BTN+. Wolverines roll Gophers men It was a different story back in Minneapolis, where the nation’s top-ranked team, Michigan, turned a close game into a 5-1 blowout at 3M Arena at Mariucci. The Wolverines and Gophers were tied at 1-all after the first period as Tanner Ludtke‘s goal at 18:33 countered Michigan’s opening tally at 5:14. However, it was all Michigan from there as the visitors scored two goals 20 seconds apart midway through the second period and then added two more in the third to skate away with the four-goal triumph despite 47 saves from Gophers goaltender Luca Di Pasquo, while his teammates put just 18 shots on net in the contest. The Wolverines improved to a Big Ten-best 19-4 overall and 10-3 in conference play. Minnesota fell to 8-13-1 overall and just 4-7 in the circuit. The conference rivals meet once again at 6 p.m. Saturday at Mariucci, with the game televised by both Fox 9+ and BTN+. Related Articles Tommies hockey: Men blast Bemidji, women fall to Wisconsin Ranking the Gophers’ top 10 transfer portal additions Men’s basketball: Tommies take down Fighting Hawks Change in goal for Wolverines as top-ranked Michigan visits Gophers Gophers struggle offensively in loss to No. 3 UCLA ...read more read less