The Notre Dame Fighting Irish closed their series against the Minnesota Golden Gophers with a 4-3 OT victory Saturday in Minneapolis. This followed a series opener during which the Irish struggled to get up to speed in the first period and fell to Minnesota 5-2.

Matthew Wood scored in the third period to force overtime before the No. 3 Golden Gophers fell to Notre Dame in a Big Ten Conference men's hockey matchup Saturday evening inside 3M Arena at Mariucci.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish hockey team pulled off a big upset Saturday, beating the Minnesota Golden Gophers 4-3 in overtime. Blake Biondi, who was once a Minnesota Mr. Hockey, scored the game winner at 3:46 in overtime to propel the Irish past a Minnesota squad that had rallied to tie the game at 3 in the third period.