3/29/2024 – Michigan 4, North Dakota 3 – 22-14-3 3/31/2024 – Michigan 5, Michigan State 2 – 23-14-3, Frozen Four Twice this Easter weekend Michigan Hockey plodded onto the ice, through the tunnel that led from the shanty locker rooms to the playing surface inside this bizarrely small NHL practice facility in suburban St. Louis, facing the biggest twenty minutes of their season. Make it or break it to continue playing hockey with this same group of 26 men. On Friday night, Michigan was down 2-1 entering the third period against a team that was 20-0-0 this season when leading after two. On Sunday night, Michigan was tied 1-1 against a team that had, consistently in the season series, closed games better than they had. In both cases, Michigan authored a final period for the ages. Friday night's dramatic eruption, three unanswered goals (two in the first three minutes) against North Dakota to wrestle control of the contest, seemed like it was going to be the third peri
The South Dakota State University women's and men's teams will advance to the NCAA postseason because they won the league championships. Both teams will find out where they are seeded in their brackets on Sunday.