After Nathan Airey backstopped the Gophers men's hockey team to a 6-0 shutout of Michigan on Friday night, he had a message for Liam Souliere, his teammate in Minnesota's goaltending job share.

"Last night, after I congratulated him on his first [shutout] he was like, 'You got to do it now,' " Souliere said. "And I was like, 'That would be crazy.' Well, crazy things happen in Mariucci when we have a white-out."

That crazy thing was a 2-0 shutout for the fourth-ranked Gophers over the sixth-ranked Wolverines on Saturday in front of 9,764 mostly white-clad fans at 3M Arena. For the first time since Jan. 4 and 6, 1943, Minnesota held Michigan scoreless in a two-game series.

Souliere, the graduate transfer from Penn State, made 22 saves in following Airey's lead. Sophomore defenseman Sam Rinzel scored a first-period power-play goal and assisted on junior forward Jimmy Snuggerud's empty-net goal with 11.5 seconds left in the third period. Minnesota completed the series sweep and improved to 15-2-1 overall and 8-0-0 in the Big Ten, with 23 points in the standings.

Cameron Korpi made 35 saves for Michigan, which fell to 10-5-1 and 4-2-0 with 11 points.

"Michigan had their push to start, which you knew they were going to have, and Liam was strong," Gophers coach Bob Motzko said. "The first 10, 11 minutes, they had 12 shots on us. And they had 10 the rest of the game. We buckled down. We weathered it."

Like Friday's series opener, the game had a lot of snarl to it, with Michigan players taking offense whenever a Gopher got within an acre of Korpi. And that played into Minnesota's hands in the first period.

With Wolverines defenseman Ethan Edwards already off for elbowing, Gophers forward Brody Lamb hung around the front of the crease, looking for a rebound after Korpi made a save. Forward Jackson Hallum and defenseman Tyler Duke went after Lamb, and all three ended up in the box with minor penalties. Motzko, though, challenged for a major on Duke, and the charge was upgraded.

The Gophers had 41 seconds of a 5-on-3 power play but didn't score. At 16:41 of the first, Rinzel broke the scoreless tie with a power-play blast from the high slot. Oliver Moore and Connor Kurth assisted on the goal.

"A lot of the bite was just after-the-whistle stuff, chippy stuff," Motzko said. "But you've got to play through that. The object is to win the game, not win the fight after a whistle. And our guys showed great resolve with that."

The score remained 1-0 as Souliere turned aside six shots in the second period and five in the third. The Gophers couldn't get another one past Korpi, but Snuggerud found the empty net for his ninth goal of the season.

Just after Snuggerud scored, he took a wicked cross-check from Michigan forward Evan Werner, who was assessed a five-minute major penalty and game misconduct. The physical game also saw Gophers defenseman Cal Thomas and forward August Falloon exit because of injuries. Motzko didn't have an update after the game.

As the final seconds ticked off the clock, fans gave a loud ovation, something Souliere said he won't forget.

"At the end of the day, it's like, we're just the show, and the show was really good tonight," he said. "So, all thanks to the fans. I mean, so, so much support."