Jimmy Snuggerud scored twice to lead the third-ranked Gophers men’s hockey team to a 5-3 victory over Notre Dame Saturday night in South Bend, Indiana, completing a two-game series sweep, while that the third-ranked Gophers women were unable to overcome a three-goal deficit in a 3-1 loss to No. 9 St. Cloud State on Saturday in St. Cloud, Minn. to divide the series.

The Gophers (12-2-0) fell behind 1-0 after Axel Kumlin’s power-play goal for the Irish (5-9-0) in the first period, but the U’s scored three without response, including two from Snuggerud. Oliver Moore started the run, scoring just 1 minute, 17 seconds into the first period, and Snuggerud’s power play goal at 1:45 of the second made it 2-1.

Snuggerud scored again 7 minutes, 59 seconds into the second period, but the Irish rallied to tie the game before the third period. Danny Nelson scored with just under five minutes left in the middle of the period, and Brennan Ali scored a power play goal with just 22 seconds remaining in the second period, tying the game at 3-3 before the 20 last minutes.

Brodie Ziemer scored the game-winning goal 13 minutes and 15 seconds into the third period, and Mike Koster closed out the win with an empty net with 11 seconds remaining. Nathan Airey made 20 saves on 23 Notre Dame shots.

“We deserved the win (Saturday),” Gophers coach Bob Motzko said in a statement. “We got ourselves in trouble a little bit, and Notre Dame came back with our two errors. We were in a dominant period and we really could have put the game away, but that’s hockey, and we We found ourselves in a tied hockey game. I give our guys credit; we came back and played hard. Now we’re going home, and hopefully we can cook at home and let our fans have it. chance to watch.

The Gophers women (11-4-1) weren’t as lucky and saw their seven-game winning streak come to an end. Minnesota was in the game for most of the night, with both teams unable to score in the first 20 minutes. Abby Promersberger put the Huskies (9-5-2) first with a goal 9 minutes, 24 seconds into the second period.

The 1-0 lead held until the third period, where the Huskies took control with two goals in the first 3 minutes and 9 seconds of the period. Breija Parent scored just 1 minute, 49 seconds into the period, and Avery Farrell added another at 3:09.

The Gophers answered back 3 minutes, 18 seconds later when Natalie Mlynkova finally got them on the board, but they couldn’t find another goal late. Minnesota ran into some hot goaltending as the Huskies’ Sanni Ahola stopped 38 of 39 shots.

Ahola was the first star of the game.

Hannah Clark made 25 saves on 28 St. Cloud State shots for the Gophers.

The Gophers men return to action on Black Friday when they host Alaska at 7 p.m. at 3M Arena in Mariucci. The women won’t return to action until Dec. 6 when they travel to St. Thomas for a 7 p.m. faceoff in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. .