North Dakota’s CBS Line makes big plays to advance to biggest game
In Thursday’s 4-2 semifinal win over Denver, North Dakota relied on the big players who have been go-to guys all season long.
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Notebook: Replay shows shoulder as point of contact in third-period North Dakota penalty
North Dakota’s Trevor Olson was penalized for elbowing but officials reviewed to see whether a major penalty should have been assessed.
Key play: Late North Dakota penalty kill ‘won us the game’
Sometimes the biggest plays don’t end up on the scoreboard.
Video: North Dakota postgame news conference after the 2016 NCAA national semifinal
TAMPA, Fla. — North Dakota coach Brad Berry and players Drake Caggiula, Coltyn Sanderson and Nick Schmaltz answered questions from the media after defeating Denver 4-2 in Thursday’s national semifinal. (Video: NCAA On Demand)
Video: Denver postgame news conference after the 2016 NCAA national semifinal
TAMPA, Fla. — Denver coach Jim Armstrong and players Grant Arnold and Will Butcher answered questions from the media after Thursday’s 4-2 loss to North Dakota in the national semifinal. (Video: NCAA On Demand)
Schmaltz scores winning goal with less than a minute left on way to a North Dakota 4-2 win
TAMPA, Fla. – Nick Schmaltz scored the winning goal for North Dakota with 57 seconds left to advance the Fighting Hawks to the national championship game after six consecutive semifinal losses. Schmaltz stopped the puck in front of Denver goalie Tanner Jaillet’s pad and on his backhand tapped a shot into the open left side of the … Read more
Stunning early mistakes cost Boston College dearly in Frozen Four loss
The Eagles were flat at the start and fell into a two-goal deficit from which they couldn’t fully recover in the Frozen Four semifinal against Quinnipiac.
North Dakota leads Denver 2-0 after two on two Caggiula goals
North Dakota has limited Denver’s chances while Drake Caggiula has made the most of his, as the Fighting Hawks lead the Pioneers 2-0 after two periods. Caggiula scored his 22nd and 23rd goals of the season on his first two shots of the game. The senior left wing intercepted a pass along the wall in … Read more
Notebook: Quinnipiac sees room for improvement on special teams
The Bobcats killed all but one Boston College power play in Thursday’s Frozen Four semifinal.
Key play: Boston College frustration penalty leads to Quinnipiac winning goal
It was just a shove, a little push, a play born of frustration.
Shunned by national awards, Quinnipiac’s Garteig shines when it counts
The Bobcats goaltender made two big saves in the closing moments of a Frozen Four victory over Boston College.
North Dakota-Denver scoreless after 1
North Dakota and Denver only mustered a combined eight shots on goal — four each — in a scoreless first period. That ties a Frozen Four record set on March 30, 1996, when Colorado College (5) and Michigan (3) combined for eight first-period goals in the national championship game. The Pioneers didn’t get their first … Read more
Gallery: North Dakota downs Denver in Frozen Four semifinals
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Video: Quinnipiac postgame news conference after the 2016 NCAA national semifinal
TAMPA, Fla. — Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold and players Travis St. Denis and Landon Smith answered questions from the media after Thursday’s 3-2 win over Boston College in the national semifinal. (Video: NCAA On Demand)
Video: Boston College postgame news conference after the 2016 NCAA national semifinal
TAMPA, Fla. — Boston College coach Jerry York and players Teddy Doherty and Steve Santini answered questions from the media after Thursday’s 3-2 loss to Quinnipiac in the national semifinal. (Video: NCAA On Demand)
Quinnipiac withstands late Boston College flurry 3-2, backstopped by Garteig’s 34 saves
TAMPA, Fla. — Quinnipiac will make its second trip to the NCAA men’s ice hockey national championship game in four years after holding off a fierce extra-attacker onslaught by Boston College for a 3-2 win in the early national semifinal. Boston College came within a goal late in the contest as Ryan Fitzgerald scored on … Read more
Former Vermont, NHL star St. Louis back in Tampa, under different circumstances
Retired forward Martin St. Louis, who spent 13 years with the Tampa Bay Lightning before being traded to the New York Rangers in 2013-14, was mobbed by reporters in his first appearance in Amalie Arena since he left professional hockey at the end of the 2014-15 season.
Line combinations for North Dakota, Denver
TAMPA, Fla. — Here are the line combinations for Thursday’s Frozen Four semifinal between North Dakota and Denver (8:30 p.m. EDT, ESPN2): North Dakota (32-6-4) 9 Drake Caggiula-8 Nick Schmaltz-16 Brock Boeser 22 Rhett Gardner-27 Luke Johnson-14 Austin Poganski 29 Bryn Chyzyk-26 Coltyn Sanderson-25 Joel Janatuinen 19 Shane Gersich-10 Johnny Simonson-11 Trevor Olson 3 Tucker … Read more
Quinnipiac leads Boston College 2-0 after 1 on goals by Taverner, McKernan
TAMPA, Fla. — A pair of first-period goals and an insistent forecheck have given Quinnipiac a 2-0 lead over Boston College after one period. Andrew Taverner’s sixth goal of the season at 7:20 of the first period gave the Bobcats the two-goal lead. Taverner snuck down the slot and steered in a pass fed from … Read more
Gallery: Quinnipiac beats Boston College in Frozen Four semifinals
Photos from the first Frozen Four semifinal between Quinnipiac and Boston College.