Schmaltz scores winning goal with less than a minute left on way to a North Dakota 4-2 win

TAMPA, Fla. – Nick Schmaltz scored the winning goal for North Dakota with 57 seconds left to advance the Fighting Hawks to the national championship game after six consecutive semifinal losses. Schmaltz stopped the puck in front of Denver goalie Tanner Jaillet’s pad and on his backhand tapped a shot into the open left side of the … Read more

North Dakota-Denver scoreless after 1

North Dakota and Denver only mustered a combined eight shots on goal — four each — in a scoreless first period. That ties a Frozen Four record set on March 30, 1996, when Colorado College (5) and Michigan (3) combined for eight first-period goals in the national championship game. The Pioneers didn’t get their first … Read more