The 2019 NCAA Frozen Four semifinals ended Friday night with a match between Wisconsin and Clarkson. The Badgers were out for a little revenge in this match, as this was the first time the teams had met since the 2017 NCAA National Championship—where the Golden Knights dealt them a 3-0 defeat—and kicked off Clarkson’s back-to-back national championships. For such an important game Wisconsin went with their usual starting goaltender, Kristen Campbell, while Clarkson had Kassidy Sauvé in goal for similar reasons.
Wisconsin came out strong, nearly scoring several times in the first couple minutes of the game. Elizabeth Giguere had a nice left side shot that went off Campbell’s leg pad and a little later Loren Gabel had the first of what would be many breakaway attempts.