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North Dakota castaways get chance at championship at Women's Frozen Four

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Courtesy David Stluka

A year after limited action at North Dakota, Wisconsin's Kristen Campbell leads NCAA goaltenders in both save percentage and goals-against average.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Near the end of the spring semester last year at the University of North Dakota, women's hockey coach Brian Idalski met with his players for the final time. More than a month had passed since the university announced it was shutting down the women's program as a cost-cutting measure, breaking the hearts of more than a dozen players with eligibility remaining who scrambled to find other places to play.