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NCAA Finals: Denver Wins National Championship

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 Frozen Four

 Harvard (1) Vs. Minnesota Duluth (2) 
The University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs defeated the Harvard Crimson 2-1 in the first of two semifinals at the United Center in Chicago. Harvard led the play early with quick passing in the offensive zone. Tyler Moy scored Harvard only goal at 15 minutes of the first period, entering the zone and firing it over the shoulder of Minnesota's goaltender. This would be the last impressive change they would have as the Bulldog's would continue to bully the Crimson and would score the final two goals to win the game. Minnesota will await their final team to play in the championship on Saturday night.

Denver(6) Vs. Notre Dame(1) 
The Denver Pioneers used a six goal offensive explosion to be the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame in the second semifinal game of the Frozen Four. This game was never close even for a second as Denver jumped on the Fighting Irish early and often. Senior forward Emil Romig started off the scoring for Denver in the first period with an absolutely beautiful shot right over the goaltender' shoulder on the short side. Notre Dame would get their only goal at the beginning of the third period but at that point it was 5-1 and was already all but over. This matchup in the final will be just the third time in NCAA history that the top two seeded teams will be playing for the national championship title.


Finals 

 Minnesota Duluth (2) Vs.  Denver (3)
Denver won their school' ninth national championship by defeating the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs 3-2. Denver scored the first two goals of the contest before Duluth got one back. Denver Sophomore Forward Jarid Lukosevicius finished off his hat trick, the first time a player scored a hat trick in the National Title game since his coach did it nearly 20 years ago. Minnesota Duluth would put on tremendous pressure to try and come back but they would fall just short.   
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