Cutting a gradient stroke in CS6

Is it possible to cut or erase part of a gradient stroke? The attached image shows  a. the stroke I need to cut    and   b. the stroke as I would like it to appear - (at the moment I have just covered it(b) with white fill. I have tried Epanding, Outlining path and Flattening, but with no luck.Thanks in advance.

Jacob,
draw stroke
outline stroke
create shape to “cut” line ( I am showing black for example)
select all objects & minus Front
Also tried Divide won’t ungroup          
Usually when you Minus front or Divide you would see the anchor points of the shape and intersecton of line would be visible.. but thy are not...

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