In case you didn’t know the 2018 NCAA Frozen Four is taking place this weekend at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. It will pit one Minnesota team—but not that one obviously against three other Big Ten foes to determine who will be the 2018 NCAA Hockey champion. We will try and give you reasons why you should and should not root for the four teams who will hit the ice in St Paul beginning Thursday afternoon below:

Semifinal #1

Why You Should Root For UMD:

If you can squint hard enough you can pretend that is the Gophers out there.