Minnesota Scene: Fascing named Big Ten's first star in hockey

Gophers sophomore forward Hudson Fasching was honored with the Big Ten's First Star of the Week award on Tuesday.

He scored the eventual game-winning goal and contributed an assist in Friday's 4-3 victory over Minnesota Duluth Ice Breaker Tournament in South Bend, Ind. He also scored a goal in Sunday's 3-0 victory over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the title game and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

Ohio State senior forward Tanner Fritz was the second star and Penn State junior goalie Matthew Skoff was name the third star.

The Gophers have a bye this week and return to the ice Oct. 24-25 against Bemidji State at Mariucci Arena.

• Senior captain Kyle Rau was honored with the Henry L. Williams Award on Monday night at the annual Golden Gopher Fund scholarship banquet.

The award recognizes a male student-athlete who excels in competition and in the classroom while representing the values of the athletic department. … Senior Kaitlyn Richardson, a third baseman in softball, was honored with the Patty Berg Legacy Award.

JASON GONZALEZ

Starting in the 11th, the player in the batting order preceding that inning's leadoff hitter will be placed on second base. The inning will otherwise proceed as usual.

Should the player on second base score, it will count in the statistics as a run for the player and an RBI for the batter who drove him in but not toward the pitcher's earned-run average

• Sophomore Josee Stiever of the Gophers was the Big Ten co-Offensive Player of the Week in women's soccer. She scored two goals, one in each game, as Minnesota beat Nebraska 3-1 and Illinois 2-1.

• The Gophers men's golf team finished eighth in the Alister MacKenzie Invitational in Fairfax, Calif., with a score of 860. Jose Mendez of Minnesota tied for 15th with a 213 while Jon DuToit tied for 20th at 214.

• The Gophers women's golf team took 13th with a total of 939 in Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational in Austin, Texas. Carmen Laguna tied for 40th at 233, Anna Laorr tied for 42nd at 234.