Todd D. Milewski
The Huskies were shut out by UMass in their first appearance in the national championship game, just like the Minutemen were blanked by Minnesota Duluth in 2019, their first time in the final game of the season.
With experience from two years ago, this Friday at the Frozen Four was intentionally calm for the Minutemen ahead of Saturday’s game against St. Cloud State at PPG Paints Arena.
If St. Cloud State’s Will Hammer has one more goal in him, it will make the contrast between his regular season and his postseason more remarkable.
The Bulldogs were blocking shots at a higher rate than UMass was recording shots on goal but they couldn’t hold off an oncoming charge by the Minutemen as the game wore on.
PITTSBURGH — Minnesota State was ready to add another entry to a series of firsts. The Mavericks were 10 minutes away from slapping their name onto the final game of the bracket. After winning their first NCAA tournament game and getting to the Frozen Four for the first time less than two weeks ago, they … Read more
Zac Steigmeyer, a former high school goalie and a UMass student manager, is getting called on to back up Matt Murray in the Frozen Four with two Minutemen goalies out (Photo by Justin K. Aller/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
The Mavericks are 18-0 this season when scoring first and one of only two teams with an unblemished record with the game’s first goal (Photo: Justin K. Aller/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
The 2019 NCAA tournament starts in Manchester, where UMass plays Harvard (photo: UMass Athletics).
St. Cloud State and Minnesota Duluth are No. 1 seeds in the 2019 NCAA men’s hockey tournament (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
See how the PairWise Rankings react based on results you choose for conference championship weekend (photo: Melissa Wade).
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The Fighting Irish and the Wolverines play for a spot in the national championship game.
Coverage of the national semifinals continues on the Frozen Four Blog (photo: Jim Rosvold).
The 16-team field for the 2018 NCAA men’s hockey tournament has been revealed. See it here (photo: John Crouch).
Jayson Moy breaks down how the committee put the pieces together for the bracket (photo: Jim Rosvold).
