After Ian Murphy put Notre Dame up first with his goal 7 minutes, 43 seconds into the first period, Jimmy Snuggerud answered just under five minutes later. When Carter Slaggert scored a go-ahead goal 2 minutes, 25 seconds into the second period, Luke Mittelstadt had another answer 3 minutes, 5 seconds later, knotting it back up at 2-2.

Jimmy Snuggerud scored two of Minnesota’s five first-period goals and the third-ranked Gophers held on to defeat Notre Dame 5-2 at 3M Arena at Mariucci on Friday. Cal Thomas, John Mittelstadt and