Peyton Hemp scored two goals and Abbey Murphy and Sydney Morrow each had a goal and two assists to lead the No. 3 Gophers to a 6-2 victory over St. Thomas on Saturday at St. Thomas Ice Arena.
The victory was the ninth in the past 10 games for the Gophers (13-4-1, 9-4-1 WCHA), who defeated St. Thomas 5-0 on Friday.
Hemp’s first goal opened the scoring midway through the first period. The Tommies (5-13-2, 2-11-1) tied the game two minutes later on a goal by Rylee Bartz.
But Nelli Laitinen, who had assisted on Hemp’s goal, gave the Gophers the lead just 26 seconds later.
Morrow and Hemp scored in the second period to make it 4-1 going into the third period.
Murphy scored to make it 5-1, before Sadie Lindsay, who played for the Gophers the past three seasons, scored to pull the Tommies within 5-2.
Chloe Primerano’s power-play goal with one second remaining sealed the victory.
The Gophers outshot the Tommies 42-22 and converted two of four power-play opportunities.