The Frozen Faceoff is Friday and Saturday with Semi’s Friday and Championship Saturday.. All games are at the Xcel Energy Center and ticket prices are very reasonable.
Friday Semi’s Final games:
4 PM Colorado College vs. Denver
7:30 PM North Dakota vs. St. Cloud State
Saturday Championship game:
7:30 PM The two winners from Friday
The winners of the the four playoff series this weekend ( best out of three series ) will play in the Frozen Faceoff at the Xcel Energy Center March 17th and 18th. You can buy tickets at ticketmaster.com
Semi-Finals 4PM and 7:30PM Friday March 17, 2023. Finals Saturday 7:30 March 18, 2023
Carter Savoie scored at 14:53 in OT to give the Denver Pioneers and the NCHC Conference the first team to Make it to the National Championship game Saturday night versus the winner of the Minnesota State Mavericks and the Minnesota Gophers. Bobby Brink former Minnetonka High school player and Hobey Baker finalist which is being announce at 6 PM ET on the NHL channel got the winning assist..
1) Is it coaching?
2) Is it recruiting?
3) Is it being close to the USHL and NAHL Junior teams?. ( Easier to look at players )
4) Is it having some of the best facilities?
5) Is it having the best Organization starting with commissioner Josh Fenton?
6) Is it the top teams have the most former Minnesota High School Players ( Who says Minnesota High School Hockey is down )
In a makeup game Minnesota Duluth 12-7-2 vs. Colorado College 3-13-2 at Amsoil Arena. After this game the Bulldogs a home and Home games with St. Cloud State. After that it’s up to Grand Forks for the single elimination in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff. Tonights game is on MY9 TV with a 6:07 faceoff.
You can watch on MY9 in the Northland or on NCHC.TV. Radio has KDAL 610 AM and 103.9 FM. The Bulldogs will be starting Zach Stejskal in goal instead of Ryan Fanti. St. Cloud State won last nights game 4=3
After seeing all the teams in the pod in Omaha for 10 days I believe these two teams are the second and the third best team in the NCHC after North Dakota. these two teams will play each other four times in the next 8 days with two game series at each teams home arena.
Minnesota Duluth has 15 and St. Cloud State 14 with each having one injured. Here are the players and High Schools they went to:
Minnesota Duluth
4 Dylan Samberg Hermantown
5 Nick Wolff Eagan
6 Louie Roehl Eden Prairie
7 Scott Perunovich Hibbing
10 Kobe Roth Warroad
11 Koby Bender Cloquet
17 Cole Koepke Hermantown
18 Jesse Jacques Hermantown
20 Jackson Cates Stillwater
21 Noah Cates Stillwater
23 Nick Swaney Lakeville South
24 Mikey Anderson Hill Murray
25 Peter Kreiger St. Thomas Academy
27 Riley Tufte Blaine
30 Andrew Dietrich Eden Prairie
32 Hunter Shepard Grand Rapids
St. Cloud State
3 Jack Poehling Lakeville North
6 Luke Jaycox Warroad
7 Nick Poehling Lakeville North
9 Spencer Meier Sartell
11 Ryan Poehling Lakeville North
12 Jack Ahcan Burnsville
15 Micah Miller Grand Rapids
16 Will Hammer St. Cloud Cathedral
18 Brendan Bushy Thief River Falls
19 Sam Hebtges Totino Grace
21 Jake Walin White Bear Lake
25 Nick Perbix Elk River
26 Easton Brodzinski Blaine
27 Blake Lizotte Chisago City
30 David Zevnik St. Thomas Academy
