THE State Of Hockey

Gophers 7, Ohio State 2:

Seven Gophers scored goals in a 7-2 rout of Ohio State before an announced crowd of 4,707 at Value City Arena. All seven are Minnesotans; all seven have been drafted by NHL teams.

"They're special players," Ohio State coach John Markell said. "Minnesota develops great players, and those great players want to play for Minnesota."

UPDATE--James e-mails to add:

4707 attendance at Value City Arena? That place holds about 17,000. Jesus.

Nice to hear that Glen Sonmor has stopped referring to Eric Johnson as "The Big Johnson Kid". Someone must have talked to him.