After Roth’s injury, Minnesota Duluth’s fourth line responds
Kobe Roth suffered a fractured tibia in the first period Saturday, but linemates Jade Miller and Billy Exell added captain Karson Kuhlman to the mix and contributed a goal.
Kobe Roth suffered a fractured tibia in the first period Saturday, but linemates Jade Miller and Billy Exell added captain Karson Kuhlman to the mix and contributed a goal.
“We haven’t been able to find that third goal, for whatever reason,” Duluth coach Scott Sandelin said. “I was hoping tonight would be [the night].”
For most of the national championship game, the Irish struggled to simply get the puck into the offensive zone.
The Bulldogs won all four of their NCAA tournament games by one goal, including the last three by 2-1 scores.
In five postseason games before Saturday’s national championship, the Irish had managed to find a way to win one-goal games in spite of being dead even with opponents in third-period scoring.
Minnesota Duluth and Notre Dame get set for the Frozen Four championship game (photo: Jim Rosvold).
It’s the Team of Destiny versus the Cardiac Kids for the 2018 national title on Saturday (photo: Melissa Wade).
Adam Gaudette, the NCAA Division I men’s leader with 30 goals and 60 points, was named the 2018 Hobey winner on Friday (photo: Melissa Wade).
Minnesota senior goalie Sidney Peters was honored Friday as the 23rd recipient of the Hockey Humanitarian Award (photo: Jim Rosvold).
A sophomore, Cale Morris leads the country in save percentage (.944) and victories (27) (photo: Jim Rosvold).
ECAC Hockey had the most selections, with eight (photo: Omar Phillips).
He’s only the second defenseman to win the award in its 12-year history (photo: Jim Rosvold).
The award was established by the HCA in honor of former Army player Derek Hines, who was a “consummate team player and team builder.” (photo: Omar Phillips)
Things got off to a rocky start for the Bulldogs, but the seniors provided a steady hand.
Senior Jordan Gross has transformed himself from an offensive defenseman to a legitimate two-way defender.
The Fighting Irish and the Wolverines play for a spot in the national championship game.
Even though they were the two players who spurred the comeback, Andrew Oglevie and Jake Evans both said that they didn’t need to calm the team down when they were two goals in the hole.
There are, of course, no pleasant ways to lose. It’s never easy. But this was truly brutal (photo: Melissa Wade).
The nation’s third-best defense experienced a complete and total breakdown within the first 3:04 of the Frozen Four semifinal against Minnesota Duluth on Thursday (photo: Melissa Wade).