Saturday was the WCHA Final Face-Off semifinals at Ridder Arena. Whoever won these games had the chance to earn a conference title and an auto bid into the NCAA national tournament. Depending on how the other three conference tournaments shook out, this was Minnesota’s only path to another Frozen Four and certainly the only way Bemidji could possibly attend. However, that would have meant Bemidji, ranked fourth in the WCHA had to get past first seed Wisconsin and third ranked Minnesota had to finally beat second ranked Ohio State—a task neither team had succeeded this season.
Wisconsin v Bemidji State
As soon as the puck dropped Wisconsin was on the attack, which soon netted them results.