2019–20 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season explained

The 2019–20 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season was the 99th season of play for the program. They represented the University of Minnesota in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. This season marked the 30th season in the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Bob Motzko, in his second season, and played their home games at 3M Arena at Mariucci.

On March 12, 2020, the Big Ten announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[1]

Roster

As of September 14, 2019.^[2]

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=12 style="color:white; background:#862334; " | Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style="color:white; background:#862334; " | Regular Season|- !colspan=12 style="color:white; background:#862334; " | |-!colspan=12 style="color:white; background:#862334; " | Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style="color:white; background:#862334; " | |- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"|colspan=12|Minnesota Won Series 2–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"|colspan=12|Remainder of Tournament Cancelled

Scoring statistics

Name	Position	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
		37	11	19	30	33
		37	9	18	27	10
		37	10	16	26	8
		37	8	16	24	34
		35	15	8	23	12
		35	12	8	20	10
		35	4	10	14	2
		37	3	10	13	14
		37	7	5	12	16
		35	6	5	11	10
		37	1	8	9	8
		35	2	6	8	4
		37	0	8	8	20
		21	2	5	7	0
		35	2	5	7	16
		32	3	3	6	2
		33	2	4	6	2
		37	1	5	6	29
		20	0	4	4	8
		36	0	3	3	8
		16	2	0	2	2
		2	0	0	0	10
		3	0	0	0	0
		16	0	0	0	0
		25	0	0	0	0
Bench	-	-	-	-	-	10
Total			100	166	266	258

^[3]

Goaltending statistics

Name	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	Saves	Shut Outs
	16	829	7	5	1	34	366	1	.915	2.46
	25	1389	9	9	6	59	671	0	.919	2.55
	3	29	0	0	0	3	11	0	.786	6.09
Empty Net	-	11	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
Total	37	2260	16	14	7	98	1048	1	.914	2.60

Rankings

See main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.

Poll	Week
	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23 (Final)
USCHO.com	NR	NR	NR	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	18	18	19	18	18
USA Today	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

^[4]

Players drafted into the NHL

2020 NHL Entry Draft

Round	Pick	Player	NHL team
2	45	Brock Faber†	Los Angeles Kings
3	80	Jake Boltmann†	Calgary Flames
6	180	Joe Miller†	Toronto Maple Leafs

† incoming freshman

^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Big Ten Statement on Competitions, Recruiting. https://web.archive.org/web/20200314133943/https://bigten.org/news/2020/3/12/big-ten-statement.aspx. dead. March 14, 2020. Big Ten Conference. March 12, 2020. April 19, 2020.
2. Web site: University of Minnesota Athletics. 2019–20 Men's Ice Hockey Roster. July 27, 2017.
3. News: Univ. of Minnesota 2019-2020 Skater Stats . Elite Prospects . March 7, 2020.
4. News: USCHO Division I Men's Poll . USCHO.com . December 6, 2019.
5. News: NHL DRAFT: Second day of NHL Draft concludes, nearly 70 players with NCAA ties chosen overall . USCHO.com . October 8, 2020.