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  • My dad went to that game

  • gotta be the greatest hockey atmosphere in the history of life after the tie goal was scored

  • I've seriously watched this 15 times. Whenever i'm in a bad mood this just cheers me up. Go Gophers!

  • Back when Lucia looked like coach Bombay haha

  • True story: Johnny Pohl is now a high school teacher in MN, where I go to school.

  • ONE WORD=AMAZINGG :) LETS GET ANOTHER ONE BOYS!! :)

  • C'mon Gophers, bring another one home this season.

  • Amazing. 

  • Koalska was always my favorite player :)

    My parents were at this game, they said when Potulny scored that goal it was so loud in the Xcel that the place was shaking.

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  • @titangirl2013

    I was there to. Your parents are right. Loudest I have ever heard the X get....and that includes Wild playoff games (season ticket holder) and even concerts! The place was electric that night. What made it so much more special is how QUIET it was, down a goal...58 seconds left. The place might as well of crumbled to the ground when the game was tied late. Simply epic, a night I will never forget.

  • Greatest video of alltime!

  • The Minnesota chant when they score in the third gives me goosebumps every time. Love this damn hockey team.

  • @ZachFoolery

    Same here bro, I bleed Maroon and Gold.

  • @BKRand0mSauce im dating koalskas niece, and i asked him if he thinks about that goal once and awhile. he says everyday...and i get the goosebumps everytime.

  • To this day....still the greatest hockey game I have ever seen.Go Gophers!!!!!

  • Greatist gopher hockey game of the decade

  • Im a huskie, but this will always be the greatest game in my mind.

  • WOW! Awesome video, I got chills!! I was at Stub and Herbs watching this game and the bar was packed. When that OT goal went in, the place erupted, beer everywhere, pandemonium. Incredible.

  • 9 People must Not be from Minnesota or they don't know what American Hockey is. hahah SKOL Gophers ! ! ! :) No-one Remembers a loser and I don't intend to be one ! ! ! GREAT SONG CHOICE :)

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  • I was also QUITE glad that "Shhhh Guy" was in the box when it ended - KARMA!!

  • @lardy125 Love your comment :)

  • Loved the bench-leap by Koalska, what a great picture that is!

    

  • i still get goosebumps remembering watching it. @Woggletar9012 couldn't have put it any better. thumps up if your still watchin this in 2011!

  • I watched this with my older brother when i was 8 years old and im soo glad i watched it! I still remember jumping like idiots.

  • 9 People don't know real hockey.

  • this would happen more often if our boys would stick around for more than two years

  • @mpbecker3 very true

  • I wonder how the Gophers enjoyed watching while the BULLDOGS took it home on their home ice this year.

  • @countrySTAR06 i was actually glad to watch them win it since im sick of the mediocrity that all the minnesota teams are going through right now. it was a nice change.

  • @countrySTAR06 been the done that

  • @countrySTAR06 been there done that

  • i like lucias sick 80s hair cut

  • I remember watching this when i was 14 and listening to Wally Shaver and Lou Nanne instead of those biased ESPN announcers. One of the greatest sports moments of my life!

  • gives me chills every time

  • BEST GAME EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  • that is just flat out awesome !

  • My favorite Minnesota Hockey moments:

    High School: North St. Paul beating Hill Murray in OT 2005 Section Quarterfinals

    NHL: Wild beating Colorado in OT 2003 Game 7

    NCAA: Gophers beating Maine in OT 2002 National Championship

  • Fire lucia

    

  • I recall watching this game and believe the Shutte player from Maine (the one that did the 'shhhhhh" gesture to the crowd after he scored his 1st goal) was the one that got called for the pentatly in OT. Also I think Grant Potulny, who had the game winner, was the only non-Minnesotan on the gophers that year. Thank goodness Lucia dind't keep that same policy of "ONLY MN players" that Woog did

  • Screw u crappinjew r u from Maine or something fuck u and it whole family

  • Ya!! Go gophers

  • def one of the gayest games ever witnessed to man kind

  • @crappinjew Sorry we took away the only thing that your shitty state could ever be proud of

  • Whats the song title?

  • @WW2medicfan winning it all by the outfield is the song

  • @bornonice87 thnx

  • this should have a million views!

  • Minnesota and Maine both suck

  • Man I miss this. I hope the gophs turn it around soon.

  • also you gotta love the call of the game. you could tell shaver was really into it

  • my favorite part about the game winner is that potulny didn't immediately take off after scoring to do a "sick cele" so everybody would think he was cool. you can tell that he was absolutely filled with excitement and he celebrated like so. you dont see too many kids like that these days, that dont play hockey partly because people think they are cool.

  • Greatest Video Ever Made!

  • any one have the full game

  • Patrick O, Jordan L. :)

  • straight up some of the sickest cellys ive ever seen

  • I agree this was so unbelievable! I thought I was gonna go DEAF!

  • what song is this

  • @kevin20891 "Winning it All" by the Outfield

  • I watched this game with two former roommates. We went crazy when the Gophers won the game. We jumped up out of out chairs and cheered. One of those roommates was my best friend Tim. He passed away in '08 from a congenital heart disease. Every time I watch this video it reminds me of him and how we high fived and cheered after the win. A simple hockey game I know.. but what a great memory. What can I say? We're from Minnesota... the State of Hockey!

  • It's truly a shame that instead of returning this program back to the glory days, Lucia seems to be more interested in sucking cock than win another championship.

  • gives me chills!!!

  • coach lucia looked young

  • GOPHERS R THE BEST TEAM EVER AND ALWAYS WILL BE !

  • Two words:GOOSE BUMPS!

  • @MegaTaco33

    I know, I totally got some when the announcers started screaming when we scored in OT! Oh man some good memories..

  • no one can come into minnesota and expect to beat the gophers in the ncaa championship. go gophers

  • Hands down the Best Moment in that I have witnessed in Hockey period....and to go back 2 back was even sweeter.....Go Gophers

  • was probably one of the coolest moments of my life. I watched this game with my family and we were all in tears after we won it all. I had the honor of going to the FInal Four game at the xcel. It was so amazing. When 18,000 fans were chanting go gophers.

  • I have been tryin to find a picture of johnny pohl's (#9 on the gophers) goal that went off the post and in. If anyone can help me find any pictures of him in that game I would appreciate it.

  • yes

    

  • msu vs. bc might have been better

  • whats the song called?

  • @mamlhockey winning it all

  • That was the best

  • i remember jumping up and down and screaming as loud as i could when the gophers tied it up...good times

  • Pohl's goal was BOSS!

  • Now I remember why I love Gopher hockey!

  • I was soooo happy that night. Gophers did it...

  • team was loaded with studs

  • the curse of shawn walsh,all of his cheating finally caught up with his irish ass

  • maine rules

  • Awesome game go gophers!!!!!

  • only time i did'nt want minnasota to win GO MAINE!!!!!!!

  • I will never forget being at this game. For as long as I live, and I live to remember, that this will be the memory of a life time. So long ago and I can only remember the passion as if it were last night. This is the most exciting game I'll ever go to. GO GOPHERS!! (:

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  • This game absolutely broke my heart. I had known coach Walsh and was absolutely devistated when we lost, but at the same time, what an amazing treat for a program with as much history as Minnesota to be able to win a national championship in front of their home fans...absolutely an amazing game all the way around...even if it did make me cry...lol

  • greatest hockey game that has happened since the 1980 olympics

  • @Woggletar9012 best college game was maine versus michigan at providence triple overtime win by maine that was #1 my friend 1996

  • @cuff1957 that was a good one but since im a gophers fan im more bias towards this one otherwise thats my number 2 favorite game

  • @cuff1957 no sir, this is, what maine did IN st.paul that night was unbelievable. Then for Minnesota to pull out a miracle at home, just doesn't compare bud.

  • @chimaira1069 what are u talking about. to win a national championship at home after coming from behind at the last minute. that is what people dream of!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • @chimaira1069 ya im sorry i read it wrong! You dont know how stupid i feel right now. haha

  • matt koalska is my uncle! he is so cool! i remember this game. when he jumped into the box when he tied it up. sooo sick!

  • i watched it on television while i was at work here in Montana. i used to live in Minnesota and of all of the sporting events i miss going to (twins, vikes, wolves), i miss the gophers hockey games the most! we need a return to greatness. been too long since we've gotten the big one!

  • i cant wait til this happens again, i will drive from northern MN to the campus to riot with the students hahaha

  • i wish it was still like this :(

  • yes i was there as well as a fourth grader. without a doubt the best hockey game i have ever seen played in my entire life. i will never ever forget how loud the minnesota chant was at the end of the game. absolutely epic.i think i tear up a little every time i hear wally and glen going nuts over the game tying and winning goals haha

  • I was there, on of the best days of my life. Mpls. was crazy

  • whats the name of the song?

  • That must've been the loudest rouser chant ever.... I wish I could have been there!

  • my cousins Jordan Leopold captain

  • his siblings play hockey at my Assosciation haha

  • @nrrinkrat matt koalska is my uncle haha assistant cap

  • @nrrinkrat heyy ive met him!! Hes my uncles friend, Pat Oleary ,

  • johnny pohl is sick

  • johnny pohl's goal was a SNIPE

  • top tit

  • travis weber is from my town he is my goali coach he played on this team and the year this game he won it in 03 then he quit cuz lucia is a dick

  • I think Pohl's helmet never came down, haha stuck up in the rafters somewhere.

  • i remember those days that was when we excepted nothing less than the gophers being ranked number 1

  • whats the name of this song

  • @SBRHBK 'winning it all' by the outfield

  • winning it all by outfield or somthing like that

  • i was there and have talked to johnny pohl i know him kinda

  • My uncle was in there

  • ive been in the locker room and met mostly everyone on that team

  • Nick Leddy is the gophers key

  • cant spell sucks without SCSU.outlaw fan

  • Tough year for the Gophers...Go Huskies! Nice to finally sweep you guys after 7 in a row...

  • in from Winnipeg, pretty big vikings fan, dont pay attention to gophers hockey at all, but damn , i got goosebumbs watchin that, great video.

  • GOPHERS!

  • graet moment

  • I'm a SCSU fan, but I can appreciate this moment. Seeing the Gophers come back and make the Xcel Energy Center go wild was a special moment. Huskies fans have the big rivalry with Minnesota, and someday hopefully we will win a tourney game and be in this spot.

    I wish Johnny Pohl had got more of a chance with St. Louis. He played one game there and right after he left the Blues went through tons of depth players prior to the rebuild. Would have loved to see him get a 3rd/4th line spot in STL.

  • sorry i forgot it was at the xcel energy center

  • when koalska jumped into the minn. bench i think could possibly be the best moment in sports history. either that or the US / Russian miracle on ice

  • this game is probably one of the best games i ever seen! johnny pohl sniped that shot for the second goal. then when matt koalska scored the goal to tie it up and jumped into the arms of his teamates that was just awesome. and when grant potulny won the game i think anyone watching this would wanna just scream for happiness. Great Video.

    GO GOPHERS!

  • I was a shit faced freshman in college, yet i still remember most of this game

  • I love how almost all of the goals scored were extremely weak. Hauser and Maine's goalie hit the champagne a little early XD

  • I was pretty little when they won this, but I was still a die hard fan (I was in 2nd grade). The two things I remember most about this game were the score was 4-3 and Matt Koalska jumped over the boards at the end. It's always been my dream to be a gopher hockey cheerleader. The gophers are definitely a team worth cheering for, and this shows it!

  • great game and same result the next year try to go back to back fucking sioux

    GOLDEN GOPHERS 2009= NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

  • I remember this like yesterday... this was the greatest game i have seen. when koalaska scores with less than a minute left it is truly awesome. GOGOPHERS!!

  • This was by far the best day of my life.. the end of the video Johnny Pohl says words are the best Number Fucking One Baby Go Gophers!!!!!!!!!

  • What's with the cheesey music?

    Great video, anyway.  Awesome night. Thanks.

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  • "Winning it All" by The Outfield

  • my cousin aaron miskovich graduated a year before this, it sucks he couldn't be a part of it.

  • Matt Koalska is my uncle and that game was definately one of the most amazing things ever. him scoring will be me someday i hope!haha

  • Cool, do you hope to play for the Gophers 1 day? if so, good luck, i hope your dream comes true. GOPHER NATION!!!!!!!

  • AHH Koalska's leap into the bench! I remember like it was yesterday!

  • Thank goodness for all the out of state players or it would be 30 years and counting without a NC.

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  • Can you tell me where i can find a video of SCSU winning the national title? Oh wait, thats never happened

  • best day in minnesota sports history behind the twins world series victories... to win like that and in minnesota for the championship was incredible.

  • without a doubt the best last minute comeback championship game comeback I have ever seen untill this year. Terriers were somehow able to get 2!! to tie it. Probably more of a Miami breakdown than anything

  • best gopher hockey game i have ever seen

  • True that!

  • one of the best college games ive ever seen...until the dogs comeback against princeton a few weeks back.

  • well yeah, thats because it was held in minnesota that year. way to keep up on things

  • 99% of the crowd were gophers fans

  • oh really? i thought all that maroon and gold meant they were Bulldog fans.

  • D-line I think if Fishcher stays then it will be Fishcher-Ness like last year as the top d-pair. The second pair I like Loftquist-Leddy. I've always been a fan of having a big guy play alongside a smaller skating defenseman-Pronger-Niedermeyer is the best example. Then I like this Helgerson kid playing with Fairchild. Wehrs to me should be the odd man out, he's terrible I'm sorry. Gophs got some great recruits in coming years-Alt,Bjukstad,Walters,Scm­idt, lots of good talent.

  • It all lies with Schoeder. If he comes back the top line will be Hoeffel-Schoeder-Barribal. Dont lose too much. I only say this because, yes I know Stoa was an unbelieveable talent, but I really believe in Hoeffel. I think he can really break out on the top line and replace Stoa nicely. Second line I like the possibility of Lucia-Carman-Budish a couple seniors and then add a first round pick freshman in Budish who has size.

  • Lucia looks really young haha

  • Best Video ever!

  • Going to have to wait another year to bring back a championship

  • God i miss leopold best defenseman i have ever seen hands down

  • Can anyone tell me the score of the Bulldogs-Gophers game from earlier tonight? : )

  • the gophers lost 2-1

  • haha that is good smokinjojo1

  • YOU CANT SPELL SUCKS WITHOUT SCSU

  • go blue bitches

  • the gophers are going to make the playoffs again

  • gophers started off awsome this year but then just fell apart at the end

  • its not over yet

  • The Badgers won the series but that was mostly due to poor goaltending and bad luck. Not that it matters, we lost, but the true test is the WCHA playoffs.

  • Ok I'm an asshole because I am giving another team from the WCHA props? Its called being objective, Wisconsin has a great team this year, they are sure better than the team that won it all a couple years back. I love the Gophers, but just because I'm not a homer and am willing to say good things about one of our rivals I am an asshole? Ok that makes sense.

  • hey

    dylanhighway61 fuck you ass hole

  • Gives me the chills every time.

    Go Minnesota Gophers forever!

  • Honestly, I was a lot more impressed with Wisconsin last weekend than I was with UND this year when we played them. A crappy high school team could have beat the Gophers that played in Grand Forks. Plus they didn't have their head coach, best d-man in Fischer, Schoeder was tired from the US thing. We played great against Wisconsin last weekend personally I think, its just Wisconsin is a very good team with a great goalie. UND's temper and lack of discipline will haunt them longterm.

  • Pure genius by Lucia to call a timeout there. I hate to say it being a Gopher fan but another team this year reminds me of this 2002 team...THE WISCONSIN BADGERS. I know fellow Gopher fans, I hate to say it, but they do. They have a Hobey contender at defense like the Gophs did with McBain, plus their team is built on defense with McBain,McDonaugh, and Gardiner, remember Martin,Ballard,Leopold...See the similarities, and have just enough offense to win, plus a good goalie who can get hot.

  • Gophers rock!