When Minnesota State Mankato meets St. Cloud State, and Minnesota Duluth takes on Massachusetts in the Frozen Four semifinals, there will be no shortage of star power.
The Huskies are playing in their second Frozen Four, making their debut in 2013 with a 4-1 semifinal loss to Quinnipiac. The Mavericks are playing in their first Frozen Four.
The Bulldogs are playing in their fourth consecutive Frozen Four and have won the past two, 2-1 over Notre Dame in 2018 and 3-0 over Massachusetts in 2019.
All four teams are practicing Wednesday for the first time since arriving in Pennsylvania on Monday, and virtual news conferences are following the drills. Randy Johnson will be updating throughout the afternoon.
St. Cloud State, Minnesota State and UMD all qualified for this week's Frozen Four in Pittsburgh. It's a sense of shared accomplishment among the teams and their communities.
The former Hopkins star is the first freshman to win the honor and has now win every award for which she was eligible in her first season playing for UConn.
It was a dud of a year and a tournament until former Minnehaha Academy standout Jalen Suggs made some magic on Saturday night to get Gonzaga into the title game.
Suggs has been producing clutch plays and memorable moments — in two sports — since his Minnehaha Academy days, so his overtime buzzer-beater to defeat UCLA was nothing new.