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Josefin Bouveng’s hat trick leads Gophers to sweep of Minnesota State
Josefin Bouveng posted a hat trick and the third-ranked Gophers women’s hockey team scored the first four goals of the contest on its way to a 5-2 win over Minnesota State Saturday afternoon in Mankato, Minn., completing the series sweep.
It didn’t take long for Bouveng and the Gophers (19-5-1) to strike Saturday afternoon. For the second consecutive day, it was Bouveng who found the back of the net first, scoring a power-play goal 1 minute, 47 seconds into the game.
Couldn’t draw it up better.
Bouveng with a PPG! ⚡🚨
📺: FOX 9+ / @BigTenPlus pic.twitter.com/vwbJNAauSd — Minnesota Women’s Hockey (@GopherWHockey) January 18, 2025
Allie Franco scored with 2 minutes, 52 seconds remaining in the first period to make it a two-goal advantage for the U. Abbey Murphy scored 3 minutes, 18 seconds into the second period on a goal Bouveng assisted on, then Bouveng made it a 4-0 Gophers lead with a goal midway through the period. That all but sealed the series sweep for Minnesota.
Up and over and IN! 🚨
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— Minnesota Women’s Hockey (@GopherWHockey) January 18, 2025 Goal No. 2️⃣0️⃣ for Abbey Murphy this season, No. 9️⃣0️⃣ in her career! 🚨
📺: FOX 9+ / @BigTenPlus pic.twitter.com/9L4spefB5s — Minnesota Women’s Hockey (@GopherWHockey) January 18, 2025 Josefin Bouveng does it AGAIN! 🚨🚨
📺: FOX 9+ / @BigTenPlus pic.twitter.com/TMJV6R6b4d
— Minnesota Women’s Hockey (@GopherWHockey) January 18, 2025
But the Mavericks (10-13-1) found some life later in the period, getting a power-play goal from Alexis Paddington with 1 minute, 27 seconds remaining in the second period. JuliAnna Gazdik scored unassisted 10 minutes, 23 seconds into the third period to give Minnesota State one last longshot at tying it up over the final 10 minutes of the contest.
But Bouveng scored an empty-netter, and completed a hat trick, with 27 seconds remaining. The hat trick was the second of her career and first since Oct. 15, 2022, which also came against the Mavericks. Her first career goal came that day.
Bouveng ices the game with her 2️⃣nd career HATTY! 🎩🚨
📺: FOX 9+ / @BigTenPlus pic.twitter.com/oY85gNHTDv
— Minnesota Women’s Hockey (@GopherWHockey) January 18, 2025
Hailey Hansen made 17 saves on 21 shots for Minnesota State. Hannah Clark stopped 19 of 21 for the Gophers.
Murphy’s goal was the 90th of her career, which makes her 10th all-time in program history in goals scored.
The Gophers return to action Friday when they host Bemidji State for a noon puck drop at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis.
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Minnesota county is investigating potential kidnapping and false imprisonment by federal officers
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota officials are planning to investigate the actions of federal law enforcement officers in one county, potentially including a kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment.
Ramsey County Attorney John Choi and Sheriff Bob Fletcher said they planned to release more details about the investigation at a news conference later Monday. Ramsey County includes the state capital of St. Paul.
Choi and Fletcher said they will pursue information they need for the investigation from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The department has refused so far to cooperate with other state and local investigations into the killings by federal officers of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
The news conference announcement did not specify which incident is being investigated, but the county’s chief prosecutor and sheriff said they would ask the public for information about this and other incidents.
The state and the chief prosecutor in Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis, sued the Trump administration last month to gain access to evidence they say they need to independently investigate three shootings by federal officers in Minneapolis, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
The lawsuit accuses the federal government of reneging on its promise to cooperate with state investigations after the surge of around 3,000 federal law enforcement officers into Minnesota.
Minnesota and Hennepin County have also appealed to the public to share information about federal officers’ potentially illegal activities, given the refusal by federal authorities to provide evidence.
The Trump administration has suggested Minnesota officials don’t have jurisdiction to investigate those cases. State and county prosecutors say they need to conduct their own inquiries because they don’t trust the federal government.
The Justice Department in January said it was opening a federal civil rights investigation into Pretti’s killing, and two officers have been placed on leave, but the agency said a similar federal probe was not warranted in Good’s death.
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With a win on Sunday night, the Denver Nuggets secured the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference playoffs.
The Nuggets will face the No. 6 seed, the Minnesota Timberwolves, with the first two games taking place at Ball Arena in Denver. Tickets are available now, starting at $72 for the Game 2 in the best-of-seven series.
This marks the Timberwolves’ fifth consecutive playoff trip, while it is the seventh consecutive playoff trip for the Nuggets. No matter who wins the first-round series, an NBA Finals contender will fall.
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As the No. 3 seed, the Denver Nuggets will host for Game 1, Game 2, Game 5* and Game 7*. The Timberwolves’ will host Game 3 and Game 4 at home, with the potential to host Game 6* at home.
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