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Frozen Four championship preview: Minnesota Duluth vs. Notre Dame
The teams last split a series in Duluth on Oct. 14-15, 2016, with UMD winning the opener 4-3 and Notre Dame taking the finale 3-1. There's more on the line this time around.
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Gymnast Maggie Nichols sticks hometown landing, leading top-ranked Oklahoma into NCAA regional
Maggie Nichols, of Little Canada, enters Saturday's NCAA regional at Maturi Pavilion as the top-ranked all-arounder in the nation competing for Oklahoma.
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Scoggins: UMD doesn't let youth get in way of hockey title pursuit
Minnesota Duluth's youth movement was supposed to be the team's undoing this season. Instead, the Bulldogs are right back where they finished last season, in the national championship game
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Early goals stand up, UMD hangs on to defeat Ohio State in Frozen Four
The Bulldogs scored twice in the game's first 3:04 and rode the momentum into Saturday's national championship, their second title game in a row.
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Scoggins: Minnesotans have big role in Notre Dame's run to hockey final
Notre Dame, which advanced to Saturday's Frozen Four championship in St. Paul, has five Minnesotans on the roster.
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Notre Dame advances to Frozen Four title game after last-second win over Michigan
Notre Dame has made a habit recently of winning games in dramatic fashion, and the top-ranked Fighting Irish added to their lore with a 4-3 victory.
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Frozen Four semifinal: Minnesota Duluth vs. Ohio State
Minnesota Duluth earned the last at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and has taken full advantage by winning a pair of one-goal games.
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Frozen Four semifinal: Michigan vs. Notre Dame
Michigan has had a strong second half of the season, going 10-2-1 in February and March.
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For this Frozen Four, it's Minnesota Duluth vs. the Big Ten
Whose side are you on? UMD will represent an assortment of regional hockey powers vs. three teams from the Big Ten, which shook up college hockey by starting conference play five years ago.
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2011 NCAA title changed Minnesota Duluth's program for better
Minnesota Duluth's signature hockey moment came at Xcel Energy Center in 2011, when Kyle Schmidt's goal 3 minutes, 22 seconds into overtime gave the Bulldogs the national championship.
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Generations of Shavers leave mark on Minnesota hockey broadcasting
Al Shaver, who called North Stars games on WCCO Radio and rode it to a Hall of Fame career, is 90 and retired. Son, Wally, and grandson, Jason, carry on the family's broadcasting heritage.
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Motzko's path to U hockey coach started in 4th grade
Every step in his career has led Bob Motzko to become the Gophers hockey coach. "This was a job that you only get one kick at the can, and it was there," Motzko said.
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A 'way-too-early look' at 2019 Final Four contenders
Some usual suspects are among the teams to watch for college basketball in 2019 - but none from the Big Ten.
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NCAA basketball will focus on issues, then Final Four in Minneapolis
You can bet college basketball will look different before the 2019 Final Four at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. But how much different?
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Michigan can't end Big Ten title drought as Villanova cruises to national title
In this NCAA tournament, there was Villanova and then there was everybody else.
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The era of the traditional big man is gone in college basketball
This March Madness is proof that more teams are following the Golden State Warriors model.
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Villanova's road to the NCAA championship
Villanova became the fourth team to win the national championship with six double-digit victories, and the first since North Carolina in 2009.
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NCAA championship game recap
A quick look at Monday night's national championship game in San Antonio.
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