The Frozen Four kicks off in Chicago on Thursday with two national semifinal games, and one Philadelphia Flyers prospect remains in his quest to become a national champion.
Harvard junior goaltender Merrick Madsen, a sixth round pick by the Flyers in the 2013 draft, leads his No. 3-seeded Crimson onto the ice against the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs in the first semifinal matchup on Thursday.
Harvard, 28-5-2 on the year, hasn’t lost a game since dropping an 8-4 decision to Dartmouth on January 24. They rolled through the latter half of their conference schedule since that loss to the Big Green, they won the Beanpot for the first time since 1993, and easily got by Yale, Quinnipiac and Cornell to take the Whitelaw Cup as ECAC tournament champs.