Gophers senior star Abbey Murphy scored two power-play goals — one 5:40 into the game, the other early in the second period — and defender Sydney Morrow scored once midway thr

Abbey Murphy scored a pair of power-play goals to lead the fourth-seeded Gophers women's hockey team to a 3-2 victory over fifth-seeded Colgate in a NCAA Tournament Regional Final on Saturday at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis.

The Gophers women’s hockey team is returning to the Frozen Four, and the game that got it there — a 3-2 win over the Colgate Raiders on Saturday afternoon at Ridder Arena — was a microcosm of the Gophers’ season. As a whole, they painted a pretty picture, but not without having to cover up some errant strokes.