While the rest of the country is focused on basketball, all the attention in St. Paul is on hockey. North Dakota won 2-0 over Minnesota-Duluth last night in the opening semi-final game of the WCHA Final Five. Wisconsin will play St. Cloud State today, hoping to earn a spot in tomorrow night’s championship game.
UW advanced to the Final Five after a two-game sweep of Alaska Anchorage last weekend, and along with Denver, was the only team to sweep its first-round series, as Minnesota-Duluth, North Dakota and St. Cloud State all needed to play a third game to decide their series.
Wisconsin comes to the game with two All-WCHA first teamers in senior tri-captain Blake Geoffrion and WCHA Defensive Player of the Year Brendan Smith, while St. Cloud State will counter with their dangerous duo of Garrett Roe and Ryan Lasch.
Expect this to be a high-scoring affair one way or the other – in the four regular season games these teams played, the winning team scored at least four goals. The Badgers and Huskies won two games apiece, so consider this the rubber match.
Join Herald Sports Content Editor Adam Holt as he covers the action live from the rink at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
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