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Notre Dame goalie Cale Morris looks on as Minnesota Duluth celebrates its championship on Saturday (photo: Melissa Wade).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ST. PAUL, Minn.<\/b> — Down a goal and heading into the final period of their loss to Minnesota Duluth in the national championship game, Notre Dame was confident that it could find a way to come back.<\/p>\n

After all, in five previous postseason games, the Irish had managed to find a way to win one-goal games in spite of being dead even with opponents in third-period scoring.<\/p>\n

Defenseman Jordan Gross, who had the overtime game-winning goal against Michigan Tech in the Midwest Regional, said it had been a matter of “getting good bounces and finding a way to break down teams.”<\/p>\n

Against Penn State in the Big Ten tournament, Jack Jenkins scored at 19:29 in the third to give the Irish a 3-2 win. In the conference title game against Ohio State, Cam Morrison scored at 9:23 in overtime, another 3-2 win.<\/p>\n

In the Midwest Regional, Notre Dame beat Michigan Tech on Gross’s goal at 16:24 in overtime after the Huskies tied that one with just over a minute to go in regulation. In their 2-1 win over Providence to advance to the Frozen Four, Dylan Malmquist scored the game winner with 27 seconds left in the third.<\/p>\n

And then on Thursday, Notre Dame’s semifinal game against Michigan was six seconds away from overtime when Jake Evans broke a 3-3 tie and sent the Fighting Irish to the championship game.<\/p>\n

“I think we’ve been resilient all year,” said goaltender Cale Morris. “We’ve found a way to get it done time in and time out.” In tonight’s game, there was no reason to think differently.<\/p>\n

“Going into that third period,” said Morris, “I think everyone believed in one another that we were going to be able to pull it off.”<\/p>\n

After going down 2-0 in the first period, Notre Dame bounced back with a second-period, power-play goal but was badly outshot in the second, 18-8. Still, the Irish were optimistic with 20 minutes left.<\/p>\n

“There was a lot of positivity going through that room and we were excited for that third,” said team captain Jake Evans. “Guys did a really good job, but Duluth did a better job and really didn’t give us much.”<\/p>\n

That seems to be the consensus, that as hard as Notre Dame played, the Irish couldn’t overcome Duluth’s smothering defense. The Bulldogs had the fourth-best defense in the country this season, allowing 2.09 goals per game.<\/p>\n

More importantly, however, Minnesota Duluth outscored opponents 47-33 and was plus-14 in third periods this season.<\/p>\n

“We needed to try to tie the game in the second, because once you get to the third period, they’re a shut-down team,” said coach Jeff Jackson. “They shut you down and don’t allow much through the neutral zone.”<\/p>\n

“We thought that we were going to get the tying goal,” said Evans, “but we just couldn’t find a way tonight.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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