The Mavericks lost in the first round of their first six NCAA tournament appearances, in 2003, 2015, 2014, 2015, 20. Minnesota State is the first WCHA team to make the Frozen Four since conference reorganization in 2013.
The Mavericks lead the series 72-55-10 but the Huskies are 9-3 in the last 12 meetings. Cloud State and Minnesota State have played 137 times including both teams pre-Division I eras, starting in the 1969-70 season. The other semifinal matches a WCHA team against a former WCHA foe. The Bulldogs won the 2019 NCAA championship with a 3-0 victory against the Minutemen in Buffalo, N.Y. Minnesota Duluth and UMass have played only one time but it was a consequential game. The 2020 tournament was canceled because of the pandemic but UMD won titles in 20 and lost to Denver in the 2017 final. The Bulldogs can become the first team to appear in four straight championship games and the first since Michigan (1951-53) to win three straight championships. All three are in search of their first NCAA title. Shop a wide selection of Blue 84 Mens 2021 NCAA Mens Ice Hockey Frozen Four Grey T-Shirt at DICKS Sporting Goods and order online for the finest quality. Cloud State (also 2013, also in Pittsburgh). Minnesota State is in its first Frozen Four while it’s the second for UMass (also 2019) and St. The other was Michigan, which had the Wolverines, Michigan State and Lake Superior State in the 1992 event. Minnesota got all five of its Division I men’s teams into the NCAA tournament for the first time this season and now it’s only the second state to advance three teams to the Frozen Four.
Here are four quick notes on the 2021 Men’s Frozen Four field: Land of three Frozen Four teams