Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey
Current season
University	University of Minnesota
Conference	Big Ten
First season	1921–22
Head coach	Bob Motzko 8th season, 161–82–21 (.650)
Assistant coaches	Steve Miller Ben Gordon Brennan Poderzay
Arena	3M Arena at Mariucci Minneapolis, Minnesota
Student section	The Ice Box
Colors	Maroon and gold[1]
Fight song	Minnesota Rouser
Mascot	Goldy Gopher
NCAA tournament champions
1974, 1976, 1979, 2002, 2003
NCAA tournament runner-up
1953, 1954, 1971, 1975, 1981, 1989, 2014, 2023
NCAA tournament Frozen Four
1953, 1954, 1961, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2022, 2023
NCAA tournament appearances
1953, 1954, 1961, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Conference tournament champions
WCHA: 1961, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2007 Big Ten: 1967, 2015, 2021
Conference regular season champions
WCHA: 1953, 1954, 1970, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013 Big Ten: 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2025 [a]
Current uniform

The Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team at the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota. They are members of the Big Ten Conference and compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I ice hockey. The Golden Gophers are one of the most prominent and storied programs in college hockey, having made 41 NCAA Tournament appearances and 23 trips to the Frozen Four. They have won five NCAA national championships, in 1974, 1976, 1979, 2002 and 2003.^[3] The team also shared the 1929 National Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship with Yale,^[4] and captured the national Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) championship for amateur hockey in 1940.^[5][6]

The Gophers are currently coached by Bob Motzko, who joined the team in 2018, having previously served as assistant coach on the 2002 and 2003 national championship teams.^[7] They have played at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis since 1993. The team's main historical rivalries are with the University of Wisconsin and the University of North Dakota, although several other schools claim Minnesota as their archrival.

For much of the team's history, there has been a strong emphasis on recruiting native Minnesotan high school and junior hockey players, as opposed to out-of-state, Canadian, or European players. This helped high school ice hockey grow in Minnesota, particularly starting with Hall of Famer John Mariucci, who refused to recruit players from Canada. Minnesota high school ice hockey programs grew from 26 in 1945^[8] to over 150 in 1980.^[9] Hall of Famer and hockey legend Herb Brooks, who coached the Golden Gophers to three national championships in the 1970s, famously drew on Minnesota talent for his 1980 Miracle on Ice gold medal Olympic team, which included 9 of his former Golden Gophers players. Head coach Doug Woog championed home-grown talent even more, only recruiting Minnesota players in the late 1980s and 1990s. While current rosters occasionally feature players from outside the state, the team continues to heavily recruit Minnesota hockey players to the present day.^[10]

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