When the Frozen Four sent its final four teams to Las Vegas, it looked to be an all-chalk national championship game with Michigan and North Dakota, assuming they would have their semifinal games.

The 2025-26 season was one of the worst in the recent history of Gophers men's hockey. To make things even more unusual, they had at least one regular-season win over all four teams in this year's ...

the last two remaining national seeds from the original Frozen Four bracket, were sent home after upset losses. Therefore, it will be Wisconsin and Denver playing for the right to be crowned this year ...