LAS VEGAS — North Dakota and Wisconsin are playing in the NCAA Frozen Four semifinals in T-Mobile Arena.
Time: 4 p.m. Central, 2 p.m. local.
Place: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.
TV: ESPN2 (GF Ch. 26/621 HD).
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Wisconsin 1, UND 0 — Simon Tassy 14 (Vasily Zelenov) 12:54. Wisconsin breaks through after a turnover in the defensive zone. UND defenseman Andrew Strathmann rims a puck around the boards, but Zelenov deflects it and flips it toward the circle, where Tassy skates into it, picks it up and snipes the corner of the net. The goal ends a stretch of 63 consecutive saves by UND goalie Jan Špunar. That stretch spanned 140:05.
Wisconsin 2, UND 0 — Ryan Botterill 10 (Ben Dexheimer, Joe Palodichuk) 13:21. The Badgers make it two goals in 27 seconds when Dexheimer hits Botterill for a breakaway. Špunar gets a piece of it, but the puck trickles five-hole for the goal.
Forwards
26 Dylan James—29 Ellis Rickwood—9 Will Zellers
7 Mac Swanson—17 Cole Reschny—21 Ben Strinden
19 Cody Croal—15 Jack Kernan—14 Tyler Young
22 David Klee—8 Ollie Josephson—24 Josh Zakreski
Defensemen
4 Jake Livanavage—2 Bennett Zmolek
25 Abram Wiebe—6 E.J. Emery
16 Andrew Strathmann—18 Keaton Verhoeff
13 Sam Laurila
Goaltenders
35 Jan Špunar
31 Gibson Homer
1 Zach Sandy
Not in lineup: F Cade Littler, F Anthony Menghini, F Dalton Andrew, D Jayden Jubenvill, D Ian Engel
Forwards
13 Christian Fitzgerald—7 Gavin Morrissey—19 Quinn Finley
21 Ryan Botterill—55 Oliver Tulk—11 Simon Tassy
47 Blake Montgomery—94 Vasily Zelenov—22 Jack Horbach
27 Finn Brink—17 Grady Deering—18 Adam Pietila
9 Kyle Kukkonen
Defensemen
14 Joe Palodichuk—4 Ben Dexheimer
2 Luke Osburn—28 Aiden Dubinsky
26 Weston Knox—8 Jack Phelan
Goaltenders
31 Daniel Hauser
30 Eli Pulver
33 Anton Castro
Not in lineup: F Tyson Dyck, F Bruno Idzan, D Logan Hensler (inj), D Zach Schulz (inj)
Referees — Cameron Lynch and Jason Williams (ECAC)
Linesmen — Steve Drain and Adam Wood (ECAC)
Supervisor — TBA
There are no surprises in either team’s lineup. . . UND is playing in its first Frozen Four since 2016. Wisconsin is playing in its first Frozen Four since 2010. . . UND is wearing its white jerseys. Wisconsin is wearing red. Both teams are starting freshman goaltenders. UND got to the Frozen Four by beating Merrimack and Quinnipiac in Sioux Falls. Wisconsin beat Dartmouth and Michigan State in Worcester, Mass.
Schlossman has covered college hockey for the Grand Forks Herald since 2005. He has been recognized by the Associated Press Sports Editors as the top beat writer for the Herald’s circulation division four times and the North Dakota sportswriter of the year twice. He resides in Grand Forks. Reach him at bschlossman@gfherald.com.