University of Minnesota hiring Brett Larson to coach men’s hockey team: Sources

MINNEAPOLIS — Brett Larson, who won an NCAA championship as a University of Minnesota-Duluth assistant coach and two World Juniors gold medals as an assistant coach with USA Hockey, will be the new men’s hockey coach at the University of Minnesota, multiple sources tell The Athletic. An announcement is expected Tuesday. The 53-year-old former defenseman at Minnesota-Duluth replaces Bob Motzko, who mutually parted ways with the Gophers on Wednesday after eight years. Like Motzko, Larson comes to