{"id":2577,"date":"2016-04-09T21:49:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T02:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/frozen-four\/?p=2577"},"modified":"2016-04-09T21:49:49","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T02:49:49","slug":"north-dakota-downs-quinnipiac-5-1-for-first-championship-since-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2016\/04\/09\/north-dakota-downs-quinnipiac-5-1-for-first-championship-since-2000\/","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota downs Quinnipiac 5-1 for first championship since 2000"},"content":{"rendered":"
TAMPA, Fla. —<\/strong> Drake Caggiula scored his 24th and 25th goals of the season and Cam Johnson made 32 saves as North Dakota captured its first NCAA men’s ice hockey national championship since 2000 and its eighth overall.<\/p>\n North Dakota’s Brock Boeser made it 2-0 on a shorthanded goal when he was able to block a Quinnipiac clearing pass. Bobcats goalie Michael Garteig came way out of the net to sweep the puck away, but Boeser was able to knock down the puck with his stick blade and sent the eventual game-winner into a wide-open Quinnipiac net at 14:16 of the first period.<\/p>\n Brock Boeser puts UND up 2-0 by blocking a clearing attempt with his…hip pic.twitter.com\/rXSbews2pk<\/a><\/p>\n — CJ Fogler (@cjzero) April 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n After a scoreless second period, North Dakota took a 3-1 lead at 1:21 of the third when Nick Schmaltz fired a pass horizontally from the left wall to find Caggiula on the right side of the crease.<\/p>\n ROOFED! Drake Caggiula's 24th goal of the year is a sweet one! #FrozenFour<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/iCkC3pb1ay<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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