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Over the past 21 years, only two eventual NCAA champions failed to advance out of the first round of their conference tournament.

The third-ranked Minnesota men’s hockey team gifted Notre Dame a pair of goals and could not recover during a 3-2 loss at home inside 3M Arena at Mariucci Friday night in game one of the Big Ten Conference Tournament Quarterfinals.

The Gophers were eliminated from the Big Ten Tournament after a 4-1 loss to Notre Dame Sunday night at 3M Arena at Mariucci. Minnesota now has to wait 2 weeks to learn its NCAA Tournament fate. The Gophers have not won a national championship since 2003.

Stuck in a tie game with Notre Dame early in the third period and with their Big Ten tournament lives on the line, the Gophers men’s hockey team needed a spark. Up stepped Connor Kurth, who scored the go-ahead goal and set up the winner in a 4-2 victory over the Fighting Irish on Saturday night at 3M Arena at Mariucci.