Steve Pesek
Steve Pesek (@stevepesek) is a hockey writer for Gold and Gopher. He works as a sports broadcaster in Minnesota and covers high school and amateur athletics across the Midwest and sees the future of Golden Gopher athletics on a daily basis. A Minnesota alumnus with more gold student section t-shirts than your local Kohl’s store. ([email protected])
There is a special way in which athletes come together to play for their country. The sport of hockey is no different as right now the 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s World Championships…Read More
The University of Minnesota could be well represented at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Last week USA Hockey announced its 41 player roster for their Women’s National Team selection…Read More
The University of Minnesota Golden Gopher football team picked a beautiful day to hold their first outdoor practice of the season in the 2013 Spring Game. The sun was out and the scoreboard temperature…Read More
With the weather outside not cooperating with the intended University of Minnesota spring practice football schedule, the Golden Gophers make do by bringing practice indoors to the Gibson-Nagurski Football…Read More
Add Erik Haula to the list of recent University of Minnesota Golden Gopher men’s hockey players to leave for the pro ranks. Now with 167 points leaving the program to graduation or professional…Read More
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It appears that another junior defender on the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers has signed a…Read More
The depth of talent at the top of the University of Minnesota men’s hockey roster is so good that…Read More
The 2012-13 hockey season for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers started with high expectations…Read More
The University of Minnesota men’s hockey team is looking for redemption as they seek to improve…Read More
The University of Minnesota women’s hockey team of 2013 was good. Really good. Like record breaking…Read More
With the firing of Tubby Smith this week, the University of Minnesota is in a rare place to make a big…Read More
The crowds raced through the doors an hour before game time at Ridder Arena for the 2013 Women’s…Read More
Forty games into the season, the University of Minnesota women’s hockey team is still looking…Read More
The University of Minnesota picked up its second Patty Kazmaier Award Saturday at McNamara Alumni…Read More
The sellout crowd at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis were treated to a great start to the 2013 Women’s…Read More
A quick start to the second period was all the Colorado College Tigers needed to dispatch the University…Read More
It took overtime, but the University of Minnesota men’s hockey team has their opponent for the…Read More
A year ago today, the University of Minnesota women’s hockey team was basking in the glory of…Read More
For 20 years Mariucci Arena has hosted Western Collegiate Hockey Conference games between the University…Read More
The term “standing on your head” is used to describe a goaltender who is playing at an elite…Read More