2007–08 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season

NCAAIceHockeyTeamSeason
Season=2007–08
PrevSeason=2006–07
NextSeason=2008–09
Team=Minnesota Golden Gophers
Sex=men


ImageSize=
Conference=Western Collegiate Hockey Association
ShortConference=WCHA
ConferenceRank=7th
Poll#1=USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
Poll#1Rank=#11cite news|url=http://insidecollegehockey.com/5Polls/0708/otherpolls.htm | title= Polls | publisher= Inside College Hockey | date=2008-03-17 | accessdate=2008-03-18]
Poll#2=USCHO.com/CSTV
Poll#2Rank=#10
Record=19–17–9
HomeRecord=9–8–3
RoadRecord=6–7–6
NeutralRecord=4–2–0
HeadCoach=Don Lucia
Captain=Derek Peltier
AltCaptain=Mike Howe
Evan Kaufmann
Ryan Stoa
Blake Wheeler
Arena=Mariucci Arena
Champion=
NCAATourney=NCAA First Round
NCAATourneyResult=L 2–5 vs. Boston College

The 2007–08 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's hockey season. The team was coached by Don Lucia and played their home games at Mariucci Arena. This season was the second time during Lucia's tenure where all the players were from the state of Minnesota. [cite news|url=https://admin.xosn.com/pdf2/92247.pdf?SPSID=38855&SPID=3322&KEY=THOQROSZZVVZQTO.20071024171611&DB_ACCOUNT_TYPE=AGENT&TITAN_ACTIVE=YES&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=8400 |title=Minnesota vs. Ohio State Game Notes | work=gophersports.com | publisher= University of Minnesota Athletic Communications | date=2007-10-23 | accessdate=2007-10-30]

Roster

As of March 24, 2008. [http://www.gophersports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8400&KEY=&SPID=3322&SPSID=38856]

Junior forward Ryan Stoa suffered a knee injury during the team's October 13, 2007 win over Michigan. He missed the remainder of the season.cite news|url=http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2007/10/16/72163871|title=Gophers will finish season without Stoa on the ice|publisher=Minnesota Daily |last=Deutsch |first=Brian |date=2007-10-16 |accessdate=2008-02-10] Sophomore forward Kyle Okposo left the team on December 19, 2007 to sign with the New York Islanders.cite news |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3162223|title=Sophomore Okposo leaves Minnesota to sign with Islanders|publisher=ESPN|date=2007-12-19 |accessdate=2008-02-10] Senior defenseman Tom Pohl suffered a skull fracture during the team's WCHA first round playoff series with Minnesota State, ending his hockey career.cite news |url=http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/17002976.html|title=U's Tom Pohl says he’s lucky, not bitter after skull fracture|publisher=StarTribune|date=2008-03-25 |accessdate=2008-03-25]

eason standings

"Note: PTS = Points; GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against"

Regular season

Season Stats

coring Leaders

"Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes"

Goaltending

"Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average"

Awards and records

Awards

WCHA

*All-WCHA Third Team: Blake Wheeler
*All-Rookie Team: Cade Fairchild

Records

Milestones

References