Liam Souliere made 28 saves as his shutout helped the Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s hockey team defeat the Penn State Nittany Lions 1-0 at 3M Arena at Mariucci on Saturday night.
The win moves the Gophers’ record to 7-1-0 overall and 2-0-0 in conference play. Penn State moves to 4-3-0 overall and 0-2-0 in Big Ten play.
Souliere’s performance led the Gophers, but a worthy adversary met him: Arsenii Sergeev stopped 11 shots for Penn State.
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With both goalies on fire, it was the Gophers’ nation-leading offense that was the difference as Jimmy Clark scored the game-winner in the final minute of regulation to give Minnesota its sixth straight win.
The goal came with just 26 seconds remaining in the game after Luke Mittelstadt fired the initial shot towards the net and Clark was charging from the left circle, with his stick out in front of him, directing the puck on target where it flew past Sergeev.