2011 NCAA FROZEN FOUR PREVIEW:
After a grueling regular season and pressure-packed playoffs, the Frozen Four has been set. The semi-finals are slated for April 7, with the championship game taking place on April 9 in St. Paul, Minnesota. It features three teams who are no stranger to being this deep in the postseason, but also includes a newcomer who has had to overcome considerable adversity to get there.
Notre Dame vs. Minnesota-Duluth
With such a storied history, it is somewhat of a surprise that this is Notre Dame's first Frozen Four. The Fighting Irish faced an uphill battle to get here, having to go to overtime to defeat a tough Merrimack team 4-3 in the opening round, only to travel to Manchester, New Hampshire, to beat UNH 2-1 in front of a largely partisan crowd. The regular season was no picnic either, as they entered the tournament on a two game losing streak and many had already written them off.
While this is new territory for the Fighting Irish, such is not the case for Minnesota-Duluth. The Bulldogs have thrice been to the Frozen Four before - most recently in 2004. Still, they also had to pull some upsets to get to where they are. After inching past Union 2-0 in the first round, Minnesota-Duluth met up with top-ranked Yale and managed to advance with a 5-3 victory.
Michigan vs. North Dakota
The second semi-final features two of the most decorated programs in NCAA history. Michigan has won nine national championships and is returning to the Frozen Four for first time since 2008. The second-seeded Wolverines earned an at-large bid after finishing the regular season 26-10-4 in the super-competitive Central Collegiate Hockey Association. Michigan survived a scare from Nebraska-Omaha in the first round by winning 3-2 in overtime, before edging past Colorado College 2-1 in the second round.
If there's a team that's nearly as successful as Michigan, its North Dakota. The Fighting Sioux have seven national titles to their name (most recently in 2000) and are in the Frozen Four for the third time in the last five years. They entered the post season as the tournament champions of the WHCA, and have had perhaps the easiest path to get where they are. After dispatching of RPI 6-0 in the first round, North Dakota met second-seeded Denver and cruised to a 6-1 victory.
2011 NCAA FROZEN FOUR INFORMATION:
Date: April 7th & 9th, 2011
Venue: Xcel Energy Center
Location: St. Paul, MN
Format: The two Semifinal games will be played on Thursday. The winners of those two games will meet on Saturday in the Championship game.
Ticket info: The tickets marked as "both days" or "2 days" are priced for both days, so they gain you access to the Semis and Finals (3 games). Other tickets are marked as single day, and will only gain you entry on either Thursday for the Semis or Saturday for the Championship Game.
FROZEN FOUR
Thursday, April 7 -- Xcel Energy Center/St. Paul, Minn.
Notre Dame vs. Minnesota-Duluth, 5 p.m.
Michigan vs. North Dakota, 8:30 p.m.
National Championship
Saturday, April 9–Xcel Energy Center/St. Paul, Minn.
National Championship Game, 7 p.m.
NCAA FROZEN FOUR HISTORY:
- 2010 Frozen Four Championship: Boston College defeated Wisconsin.
- 2009 Frozen Four Championship: Boston University defeated Miami University.
- 2008 Frozen Four Championship: Boston College defeated Notre Dame.
- 2007 Frozen Four Championship: Michigan State defeated Boston College.
- 2006 Frozen Four Championship: Wisconsin defeated Boston College.
- 2005 Frozen Four Championship: U. of Denver defeated North Dakota.
- 2004 Frozen Four Championship: U. of Denver defeated Maine.
- 2003 Frozen Four Championship: Minnesota defeated New Hampshire.
- 2002 Frozen Four Championship: Minnesota defeated Maine.
- 2001 Frozen Four Championship: Boston College defeated North Dakota.
- 2000 Frozen Four Championship: North Dakota defeated Boston College.
- 1999 Frozen Four Championship: Maine defeated New Hampshire.
- 1998 Frozen Four Championship: Michigan defeated Boston College.
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