Frozen Four jitters affect both goalies
Playing in their first Frozen Four and first NCAA tournament, both Notre Dame’s Mike Johnson and Minnesota-Duluth’s Kenny Reiter were shaky in the first period before settling in. Paula Weston reports.
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Power play firing on all cylinders for Minnesota-Duluth
Minnesota-Duluth rode a hot power play to its first national championship game since 1984. Theresa Spisak reports.
North Dakota’s Nelson headed to hospital
North Dakota’s Brock Nelson was taken from the ice on a stretcher in the first period of Thursday’s national semifinal game against Michigan and was being transported to Regions Hospital in St. Paul. Nelson slid into the boards back-first after being checked following the release of a shot. The freshman forward was wiping sweat out … Read more
Press conference audio: Minnesota-Duluth and Notre Dame semifinal
Minnesota-Duluth and Notre Dame players and coaches met with the media after UMD’s 4-3 semifinal win. For the Bulldogs, coach Scott Sandelin, defenseman Justin Faulk, and forwards Justin Fontaine and Jack Connolly took questions; for the Fighting Irish, it was coach Jeff Jackson and forwards T. J. Tynan, Calle Ridderwall and Ryan Guentzel. This is … Read more
Video: Minnesota-Duluth’s Mike Connolly and Notre Dame’s Ben Ryan
Minnesota-Duluth junior forward Mike Connolly talks about his team’s play in a 4-3 win over Notre Dame in the 2011 Frozen Four: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug1J2cU7nd0 Notre Dame senior forward Ben Ryan comments on his team’s power play performance and second period play: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgK6oaauKC4
USCHO Live: Frozen Four Thursday 2011
Catch a rewind of the Wednesday, April 7, 2011 broadcast of USCHO Live from the Frozen Four 2011 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger were joined by ESPN.com senior deputy editor David Albright; Atlantic Hockey commissioner Bob DeGregorio; USCHO.com and CBS Sports Network hockey analyst Dave Starman; Michigan State coach and former … Read more
Michigan vs. North Dakota — The Lines
Lines have been posted in the press box for the Michigan-North Dakota game. MICHIGAN 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 Moffat, 22-Jeff Rohrkemper, 18-Derek DeBlois 24-Jon Merrill, 7-Chad Langlais 4-Kevin Clare, 2-Greg Pateryn 13-Lee Moffie, 37-Mac Bennett 31-Shawn Hunwick 35-Bryan Hogan NORTH … Read more
Live gallery: Minnesota-Duluth vs. Notre Dame
Check here Thursday for updates from USCHO’s photographers in St. Paul as they capture images from the festivities and the games on the first day of the 2011 NCAA Frozen Four. Here is the gallery for the first semifinal, Minnesota-Duluth against Notre Dame. Refresh to get the latest photos. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000eNl8hR5OgHo’ g_name=’20110407-duluth-notredame’ f_show_caption=’t’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ img_title=’casc’ … Read more
Video: Notre Dame, Minnesota-Duluth enter on red carpet
One of the new items at this year’s Frozen Four is a red carpet arrival for the teams. Here’s how it looked when Notre Dame and Minnesota-Duluth arrived Thursday afternoon: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIv3rnA4fDw httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3OYXxNnYno
Minnesota-Duluth vs. Notre Dame: The lines
Here are the lines for today’s first semifinal between Minnesota-Duluth and Notre Dame MINNESOTA-DULUTH 22 Mike Connolly-12 Jack Connolly-37 Justin Fontaine 7 Kyle Schmidt-11 Travis Oleksuk-23 J.T. Brown 17 Mike Seidel-15 Jake Hendrickson-18 Joe Basaraba 14 Keegan Flaherty-19 Max Tardy-27 David Grun 25 Justin Faulk-24 Mike Montgomery 28 Wade Bergman-2 Brady Lamb 8 Drew Olson-5 … Read more
Hakstol talks about his coaching career
Dave Hakstol is back in the Frozen Four after a two-year hiatus, making his fifth appearance since he took over North Dakota’s hockey program. He reflected on his coaching career at Wednesday’s press conference. “I got into coaching, not knowing if I had any ability in that area or not or what it was all … Read more
2011 Frozen Four Wednesday Practices
On Wednesday, April 6, each team took the ice for an hour starting with the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish followed by the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, University of Michigan Wolverines and the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux. The off-day practices are open to the fans at no charge so if you are … Read more
The scouting reports on the Frozen Four teams
Dave Starman has looked at the film and talked to other scouts, and here’s how he sees Michigan, North Dakota, Notre Dame and Minnesota-Duluth.
Michigan then and now
This is Michigan’s second trip to the Frozen Four in four seasons, but this year’s Wolverines are very different from the guys who lost their 2008 semifinal game to Notre Dame in overtime in Denver. That UM squad – including this year’s seniors, who were freshmen in 2007-08 – boasted two superstar players with 30 … Read more
Maize and blue in a sea of green
The Wolverines want you to know something, Sioux fans. They aren’t afraid of you. There’s a lot being made in this Frozen Four of Michigan’s underdog status, something a bit unusual for the Wolverines. Not only is North Dakota the No. 1 seed in the tournament and heavily favored, but St. Paul is practically the … Read more
The Michigan seniors return to where they all began
Playing the Frozen Four in the Xcel Energy Center is a bit of a homecoming for the seniors on this Michigan team. Louie Caporusso, Carl Hagelin, Chad Langlais, Tristin Llewellyn, Matt Rust, Scooter Vaughan and Ben Winnett were freshmen when UM played in the 2007 Ice Breaker Invitational. “It is interesting that this senior class … Read more
Michigan sound bites: Loose on the first day in St. Paul
Following Michigan’s first Frozen Four practice Wednesday afternoon, the Wolverines were loose enough to provide a few laughs for the press, some of them unintentional. When coach Red Berenson was asked about the status of defenseman Brandon Burlon, who has been out of the lineup with esophagitis since mid-March, Berenson’s answer had his own players … Read more
Playing with house money
If there was a single overriding theme from the Notre Dame players at today’s press conference, it was that they’ve got nothing to lose. As a No. 3 regional seed with a dozen freshmen, they’re playing with house money. “Last time we were here [in 2008], we were a four seed and this time we’re … Read more
Video: A routine for North Dakota
North Dakota was the fourth team to take the podium on the day before the Frozen Four gets started, and Brad Malone, Jason Gregoire, Chay Genoway and coach Dave Hakstol met with the media. Here are some clips. All four talk about their early experience in St. Paul, with Malone going over the team’s routine: … Read more
Does Mike Johnson skip a year?
Every team depends on its goaltender to rise to the occasion. The team that wins a national championship with shoddy play between the pipes will probably be the first. But with 12 freshmen on its roster, Notre Dame will likely be depending even more on its goalie, sophomore Mike Johnson, to get the Fighting Irish into the championship game. … Read more