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Gallery: Minnesota-Duluth celebration

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Photographer Jim Rosvold captured these images Wednesday at Amsoil Arena, where Minnesota-Duluth celebrated its 2011 national championship: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000Qel6zj2c6cs’ g_name=’2011-04-13-UMD-Bulldogs-Welcome-Home-at-Amsoil’ f_show_caption=’t’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ img_title=’casc’ pho_credit=’iptc’ f_link=’t’ f_bbar=’t’ fsvis=’f’ width=’500′ height=’375′ bgcolor=’#AAAAAA’ bgtrans=’t’ btype=’old’ bcolor=’#CCCCCC’ crop=’f’ trans=’xfade’ tbs=’4000′ f_ap=’t’ linkdest=’c’ f_fullscreen=’f’ f_constrain=’f’ twoup=’f’ f_topbar=’f’ f_bbarbig=” f_htmllinks=’f’ f_enable_embed_btn=’f’ f_show_watermark=’f’ f_send_to_friend_btn=’f’ f_smooth=’f’ f_mtrx=’f’ f_up=’f’ target=’_self’ wmds=’llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y4gApIw9C4g_klBHFSQcgvT_ChU2dI.RATxMJvBgU8BUUnh5ghg–‘ ]

Update on North Dakota’s Nelson

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North Dakota’s Brock Nelson, who left Thursday’s semifinal loss to Michigan on a stretcher after going into the boards back-first, has a fracture in his tail bone and an inguinal sprain, the Grand Forks Herald reported. That injury requires six to eight weeks of recovery time, the newspaper reported. Read more on the injury on … Read more

Press conference audio: Minnesota-Duluth and Michigan national championship game

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Minnesota-Duluth and Michigan players and coaches met with the media after UMD’s 3-2 overtime national championship win. For the Bulldogs, coach Scott Sandelin and forwards Max Tardy, Kyle Schmidt and J.T. Brown took questions; for the Wolverines, it was coach Red Berenson, forwards Louie Caporusso and Carl Hagelin and goalie Shawn Hunwick. This is unedited … Read more

Video: Minnesota-Duluth, Michigan players react after title game

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Here are videos with reaction from players to Minnesota-Duluth’s 3-2 overtime victory over Michigan in the national championship game. Minnesota-Duluth’s Kyle Schmidt: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTv7_FFD4RI Minnesota-Duluth’s Justin Faulk: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9tB1JrHl50 Minnesota-Duluth’s Jack Connolly: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIaMgcAW_64 Michigan’s Greg Pateryn: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyFs3zIyYbc Minnesota-Duluth players hold the trophy: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJW57jjX9lU

Champions!

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Congratulations, Bulldogs. I know I may not have given you enough credit this season, but you earned it. Congratulations on your first title; may there be many more. I’d also like to thank you for scoring quickly into overtime. And, you know, thanks for bringing the title back to the WCHA. (best league! woo!)

USCHO Live: Frozen Four Saturday 2011

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Catch a rewind of the Saturday, April 9, 2011 broadcast of USCHO Live from the Frozen Four 2011 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger were joined by Lansing State Journal writer Neil Koepke, USCHO.com writers Paula Weston and Todd Milewski, WCHA commissioner Bruce McLeod, and CBS Sports Network analyst and USCHO.com columnist … Read more

Michigan vs. Minnesota-Duluth: The lines

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Here are the lines for the national championship game between Michigan and Minnesota-Duluth: MICHIGAN (29-10-4) 12 Carl Hagelin-29 Louie Caporusso-10 Chris Brown 3 Scooter Vaughan-11 Kevin Lynch-21 A.J. Treais 16 Ben Winnett-19 Matt Rust-23 Luke Glendening 9 Luke Moffatt-22 Jeff Rohrkemper-18 Derek DeBlois 24 Jon Merrill-7 Chad Langlais 4 Kevin Clare-2 Greg Pateryn 13 Lee … Read more

2011 Friday Night at the Frozen Four

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Friday is the non-game day during the Frozen Four each year, but fans can still occupy themselves with hockey. In addition to having the morning practices of the two Final teams open to the public at no charge, the NCAA also hosted an afternoon/evening event which includes autograph sessions with both teams, the Hockey Humanitarian … Read more

2011 Hobey Baker Award ceremony

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Miami University RedHawk forward Andy Miele was announced the winner of the 2011 Hobey Baker Award in a ceremony that also included the other members of the Hobey Hat Trick, Boston College Eagles forward Cam Atkinson and University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux forward Matt Frattin. <!–<!–

Frattin’s bittersweet Friday

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Matt Frattin admitted the sting of North Dakota’s 2-0 semifinal loss to Michigan still lingered as he faced the media for the last time as a college hockey player. “Obviously, I’m disappointed about the loss last night where a few bounces didn’t go our way,” Frattin said at the press conference following the Hobey Baker … Read more

Miami’s Miele wins the 2011 Hobey Baker Award

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Miami senior forward Andy Miele became the first RedHawks player to win the Hobey Baker Award, announced Friday at the Xcel Energy Center, site of the 2011 Frozen Four. Miele, the CCHA’s player of the year, leads the nation in points (71) and assists (40). He was named CCHA player of the year, as well … Read more