NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Final – Minnesota-Duluth vs. Michigan
The University of Minnesota-Duluth will contest against the University of Michigan in men college ice hockey’s national final, at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Against Minnesota-Duluth on Saturday, Michigan will try to claim its 10th national title.
To arrive at the National Collegiate Athletic Association title game, Michigan beat North Dakota 2-0 and Minnesota-Duluth defeated Notre Dame 4-3 last night. Minnesota-Duluth is looking for its first national title, while it will be 10th championship for Michigan since 1948.
For Duluth (25-10-6), Jack Connolly, J.T. Brown, Mike Connolly and Kyle Schmidt had scored. To reach the semifinal, Duluth overwhelmed top-seeded Yale. For the Fighting Irish (25-14-5), T.J. Tynan, Jeff Costello and Calle Ridderwall had scored goals.
In the first period, Ben Winnett scored for Michigan (29-10-4) and Scooter Vaughan supplemented with a goal with 35.8 seconds left in the game. 40 saves were made by Shawn Hunwick for his fourth shutout of the season.
Through a tense third period, J.T. Brown had a goal and an assist that helped Minnesota Duluth to hung on to beat Notre Dame 4-3 in the NCAA semifinals. This helped the team to move forward to its second national title game in school history. The Bulldogs (25-10-6) survived being outshot 15-2 in the third period and Mike Connolly, Jack Connolly and Kyle Schmidt scored to get past Notre Dame (25-14-5). To make 31 saves, Ken Reiter overcame a wobbly start.
Saturday night, UMD will face Michigan in the championship game. Since 1984, U.M.D. made the championship game for the first time, when it lost to Bowling Green in four overtimes, 5-4.
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