USCHO’s coverage from the Men’s Frozen Four.
CHICAGO — A three-goal outburst in the last six minutes of the second period broke the game wide open on the way to Denver’s 6-1 win over Notre Dame tonight in the second NCAA national semifinal. Denver will face NCHC rival Minnesota Duluth on Saturday at 7:07 p.m. CDT in the championship game. Pioneer defenseman … Read more
Joey Anderson battled three Harvard players for the puck.
CHICAGO — Three goals in the last six minutes of the second period have given Denver a 5-0 over Notre Dame after two in tonight’s NCAA national semifinal. Evan Ritt rushed up the right wing and wristed a goal in around the top of the net at 18:18 of the second period to break the … Read more
That includes both West Regional victories and the NCHC Frozen Faceoff title game.
CHICAGO — Denver leads Notre Dame 2-0 after the first period in today’s second NCAA national semifinal. Pioneer defenseman and member of the Hobey Hat Trick Will Butcher set up Denver’s second goal when he carried the puck around the net from right to left. With no room to put it in near side and … Read more
Alex Iafallo’s redirection of a Willie Raskob pass with 26.6 seconds left in the third period gave Minnesota Duluth a 2-1 victory over Harvard in the first Frozen Four semifinal on Thursday.
Here are the line combinations for the second Frozen Four semifinal game on Thursday between Denver and Notre Dame.
Harvard goaltender Merrick Madsen stopped all 13 shots he faced in the second period, and the Crimson were tied with Minnesota Duluth 1-1 through 40 minutes Thursday in the Frozen Four semifinals.
Harvard’s Tyler Moy and Minnesota Duluth’s Joey Anderson scored in the first period, and the teams were tied 1-1 after 20 minutes of the Frozen Four semifinals.
Defenseman Carson Soucy is in the lineup for Minnesota Duluth for the first time since March 3 when the Bulldogs play Harvard in the Frozen Four semifinals on Thursday.
CHICAGO — Thursday’s Frozen Fest outside of the United Center has been canceled because of forecast inclement weather. Forecasts call for gusts up to 50 mph and a chance of rain in Chicago on Thursday. The event is still scheduled to be held before Saturday’s national championship game in United Center Parking Lot C.
Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson won national championships at Lake Superior State in 1992 and 1994, while leading the Lakers to four other NCAA tournament appearances.
The student faces the teacher. It’s an age-old theme, one the Frozen Four will see yet again when Denver coach Jim Montgomery, the student, faces Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson.
This is Jim Montgomery’s fourth season at the helm of the No. 1 Denver Pioneers, who have made the NCAA tournament in each of those seasons and have advanced one round farther than the last each year.
A semifinal loss last season has been a motivating factor.
Notre Dame was the last team on the United Center ice on Wednesday, the day before the Fighting Irish play Denver in the Frozen Four.
The elder Donato said there will be time to reflect once this weekend is over. In the meantime, as it has been all season, it’s team first.
“I think we would all have to admit we’re a little bit surprised at how successful he’s been right away, averaging a point a game,” Crimson coach Ted Donato said of defenseman Adam Fox.
“We want to be tighter and not give teams so much time and space,” Bulldogs captain Dominic Toninato said.
It’s the third straight NCAA tournament appearance for this senior class, however, and Sandelin thinks that there are a few things that helped his squad advance beyond regional play.