Wisconsin upset the No. 1 seed, Ohio State, within the NCAA hockey nationwide title sport in Duluth, Minnesota, on Sunday, capturing an unprecedented seventh championship on the Girls’s Frozen 4 with a 1-0 victory.
Freshman ahead Kristen Simms’s first-period aim stood up because the game-winner because of a 31-save save efficiency from redshirt senior goalie Cami Kronish.
The Badgers’ seventh nationwide title broke a tie with Minnesota for probably the most ever by a ladies’s hockey program within the Frozen 4. Coach Mark Johnson has been behind the Badgers’ bench for 19 years.
Wisconsin took a 1-0 lead at 6:32 of the primary interval on a aim by Simms that was produced by the staff’s ferocious forecheck.
Freshman defender Caroline Harvey knocked the puck deep into the Ohio State zone. Caroline Harvey will get it deep earlier than altering off. Badgers go to work with layers on the forecheck, and Simms will get an excellent look within the excessive slot. Shoots throughout Thiele’s physique and thru a display for her sixteenth of the season. Ahead Lacey Eden created some chaos on the forecheck. Ahead Claire Enright stored the puck within the attacking zone and handed to Simms, who beat goalie Amanda Thiele excessive blocker facet.
Wisconsin was 26-1-1 getting into the third interval with a lead. Ohio State had not been shut out this season and was final shut out on Jan. 21, 2022 — a stretch of 57 video games.
The low-scoring consequence within the nationwide title sport was a shock on condition that Ohio State (2nd) and Wisconsin (third) have been two of the highest three scoring groups in Div. I this season.
Wisconsin misplaced to Minnesota within the WCHA semifinal and wanted three upset wins to make the nationwide title sport. The Badgers routed Lengthy Island, 9-1, of their event opener after which upset No. 3-seeded Colgate, 4-2. The Frozen 4 semifinal was a rematch with No. 2-seeded Minnesota, which Wisconsin received 3-2 on an time beyond regulation aim from Harvey at 16:47 to arrange the nationwide title showdown with No. 1 seed Ohio State.
Ohio State was making an attempt to develop into the fourth straight NCAA Division I champion to win a second straight title. Minnesota (2015-16), Clarkson (2017-18) and Wisconsin (2019, 2021) have been the others.
After dropping to Minnesota within the Western Collegiate Hockey Affiliation closing, Ohio State rallied to beat Quinnipiac 5-2 of their regional. Within the Frozen 4 semifinal, they used 15 saves from Thiele to close out Northeastern, 3-0.
The WCHA continued to dominate the Girls’s Frozen 4. Groups from that convention have received 19 of the 22 Frozen 4 championships, with Clarkson from the ECAC profitable thrice.