{"id":119219,"date":"2017-04-07T11:01:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T16:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=119219"},"modified":"2017-04-08T16:20:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T21:20:50","slug":"minn-duluth-denver-in-frozen-four-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=119219","title":{"rendered":"Minn Duluth vs Denver Frozen Four Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Frozen Four Sat April 8 at 7pm on ESPN – CSi 14.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous results:\u00a0 (AP) \u2014 Alex Iafallo tipped in Willie Raskob\u2019s shot with 26.6 seconds remaining to lift Minnesota Duluth to a 2-1 victory over Harvard in the Frozen Four semifinals Thursday night.<\/p>\n

A rather slow game ended in spectacular fashion when Raskob took a pass from Joey Anderson and fired the puck toward the slot. Iafallo directed it between Merrick Madsen\u2019s pads to break the tie.\u00a0\u00a0 Minnesota Duluth (28-6-7) hung on when Harvard\u2019s Luke Esposito hit the crossbar with four seconds remaining after a scramble in front of the net.<\/p>\n

That sent the Bulldogs to their third championship game and their first since the 2011 team brought home the program\u2019s lone title. They\u2019ll face Denver on\u00a0 Saturday.<\/p>\n

Anderson scored in the first period. Hunter Miska stopped 39 shots, and Minnesota Duluth improved to 16-1-3 in its last 20 games.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs also stopped Harvard\u2019s 16-game win streak and 18-game unbeaten run.<\/p>\n

Tyler Moy scored his 22nd goal for the Crimson (28-6-2). Madsen made 36 stops, but Harvard came up short in its 13th Frozen Four \u2014 and first since 1994.<\/p>\n

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DENVER-NOTRE DAME<\/p>\n

CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Dylan Gambrell scored twice, Tariq Hammond had a goal and two assists, and Denver routed Notre Dame 6-1 on Thursday night to advance to the Frozen\u00a0Four championship.<\/p>\n

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Top-seeded Denver dominated from the start, using a blend of speed, precision and power to overwhelm the Fighting Irish. Emil Romig and Henrik Borgstrom scored in the first period, and the Pioneers put it away with three more in a 4:11 span in the second.<\/p>\n

Denver also made it to the national semifinals last year, falling 4-2 to eventual champion North Dakota in heartbreaking fashion. The Fighting Hawks advanced with two goals in the final 56.8 seconds, and the Pioneers have been on a mission ever since that loss in Florida last year.<\/p>\n

Next up is Saturday night\u2019s final against conference rival Minnesota Duluth, which edged Harvard 2-1 in the first semi at the United Center. The Pioneers (32-7-4) and Bulldogs split two games in Denver on consecutive nights in December.<\/p>\n

Denver is going for its first title since 2005 and the eighth overall for one of college hockey\u2019s marquee programs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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