Defensemen Brock Faber, Ryan Johnson and Jackson LaCombe will play for Team USA in the upcoming World Junior Championship. Three others with Minnesota ties also made the team.
The conference has taken its show to Omaha, where eight teams are gathering to play 38 games over the three weeks. The first few days of competition promise for a fun ride going forward.
The Gophers put the exclamation point on a seven-day, four-game road trip by shutting out Michigan to stay undefeated and build on their improvement from the final weeks of last season.
Gophers men's goalie Jack LaFontaine and women's goalie Lauren Bench were named national goaltenders of the month on Thursday by the Hockey Commissioners Association.
Matt Kiersted and Jacob Bernard-Docker joined Kawaguchi in the team picked by media voting, while Minnesota Duluth's Noah Cates and Cole Koepke also were honored.