We know that a Minnesota team will advance to the NCAA Frozen Four from the West Regional, but tonight we will figure out which team it will be. Will it be the Gophers getting back to their first Frozen Four since 2014? Will it be Minnesota State making their first ever Frozen Four after finally winning their first ever NCAA Tournament game on Saturday? in a few hours we will know.
Minnesota advanced to tonight’s game with a 7-2 win over Omaha. The Gophers grabbed an early 3-0 lead and never looked back. Minnesota State needed to work much harder and came back from a 3-1 deficit to score the tying goal with the goalie pulled late in the third period and then won the game in overtime on a goal by Ryan Sandelin—UMD head coach Scott Sandelin’s son.