St. Paul, Minn. — The Michigan hockey team’s Cinderella run is over.
With a dramatic goal from Notre Dame forward Jake Evans with 5.2 seconds remaining in regulation of their Frozen Four semifinal Thursday night, the second-seed Wolverines fell to the top-seed Fighting Irish, 4-3, abruptly ending their season.
A game that seemed a certainty to extend to overtime quickly ended when Notre Dame’s Cam Morrison led a final rush full speed down the left flank, centering the puck in front of the net where Evans outmuscled Michigan’s Quinn Hughes to push it five-hole past goaltender Hayden Lavigne.