GameCenter final: Wisconsin 2, UND 1
Apr. 9—LAS VEGAS — Wisconsin used a dominant first period to beat UND 2-1 in the NCAA Frozen Four semifinals. Ellis Rickwood scored the lone goal for UND.
First star: Daniel Hauser, UW, 19 saves. Second star: Simon Tassy, UW, goal. Third star: ?
Ryan Botterill, UW, goal. Wisconsin 1, UND 0 — Simon Tassy 14 (Vasily Zelenov) 12:54. Wisconsin breaks through after a turnover in the defensive zone.
UND defenseman Andrew Strathmann rims a puck around the boards, but Zelenov deflects it and flips it toward the circle, where Tassy skates into it, picks it up and snipes the corner of the net. The goal ends a stretch of 63 consecutive saves by UND goalie Jan Špunar. That stretch spanned 140:05.
Wisconsin 2, UND 0 — Ryan Botterill 10 (Ben Dexheimer, Joe Palodichuk) 13:21. The Badgers make it two goals in 27 seconds when Dexheimer hits Botterill for a breakaway. Špunar gets a piece of it, but the puck trickles five-hole for the goal.