The Fighting Irish defeated the Golden Gophers — the No. 2 seed in the conference and the No. 3 team in the country — in a best-of-three series.

Fighting Irish goalie Owen Say made 38 saves as Notre Dame beat the Gophers men's hockey team 4-1 Sunday night at 3M Arena at Mariucci. The loss in game three of the best-of-three series knocked the Gophers out of the Big Ten Tournament.

The Gophers jeopardized their shot at a No. 1 seed by failing to get out of the first round of the Big Ten tournament against the last-place Irish.