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RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — NCAA Frozen Four: University Of Minnesota-Duluth Vs. University Of Notre Dame

The University of Minnesota-Duluth won its second NCAA title Saturday by defeating the University of Notre Dame 2-1 in the championship game of the 2018 Frozen Four in St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center. Karson Kuhlman and Jared Thomas scored goals for the Bulldogs (25-16-3), who won all four NCAA tournament games by one goal and became the third at-large team …


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RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — University Of North Dakota Vs. University Of Minnesota-Duluth

The University of North Dakota men’s hockey defeated the University of Minnesota-Duluth 4-1 in the third-place game of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Frozen Faceoff on Saturday night in St. Paul’s Excel Energy Center, but it wasn’t enough to extend the Fighting Hawks’ run to 16 consecutive national tournament berths. Boston University’s victory over Providence in the Hockey East championship …


RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — Minnesota Wild Vs. Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche moved to within three points of the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League’s Central Division of the Western Conference with a 5-1 win over the Wild on Tuesday night in St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota’s Mikku Koivu and Colorado’s Nikita Zadorov traded second-period goals before J.T. Compeer scored two goals and Nathan McKinnon and Tyson …

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — Minnesota Wild Vs. Nashville Predators

Mikael Granlund had a hat trick and goaltender Devan Dubnyk stopped 41 shots in his return to the lineup as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Nashville Predators 4-2 on Friday night in the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Also scoring for the Wild (20-15-3) was Matt Dumba. P.K. Subban and Kyle Turris scored for the Predators (22-10-5). (Check out …