Wisconsin vs North Dakota | NCAA Hockey Frozen Four Semi Final | Highlights - April 09, 2026

...played each other three times in the NCAA tournament, with North Dakota winning each time. The Badgers, a bit of a Cinderella story how they came back against Michigan State. North Dakota, as Colby mentioned, uncertainty over the summer on when they would get back to the Frozen Four. In ten years, four just wide! And Luke Osborne, number two for Wisconsin, looking for his center in the middle. The puck just rolls off his stick. That was our first grade-A of the hockey game. Here they come, down the middle! First great save of the game. I mean, the composure by Jan Schoonhardt. He makes this save. Here's Tyler Young, from Alamance, Massachusetts. Deflect! Saved by Houser! Tassi gets it out of there. Here's Verhof. Shot! Saved by Houser. He looked sharp early. Both goaltenders had the opportunity to get into this hockey game. Defenseman North Dakota out there. Turnover! Montgomery! Shot! Saved Schoonhardt, and he covers up. Blake Montgomery is an early factor in this semifinal game. You always wonder how the nerves are going to factor into some of these games you're circling. To the net! Saved by Schoonhardt through traffic. Zelnoff goes in there, jousting Schoonhardt. And of course, that gets the attention. He's strong on the dot. He wins that one. Horbach, circle shot! Bad angle shot. Schoonhardt. Again, Colby. Looks like he almost came off that post. So the Badgers now with them. They pass the break! His shot is blocked. Schwartz in front. Improperly called by the ECAC officials. Turnover! Here comes Tassi! Tassi. Osborne is dangerous. Saved Schoonhardt. Still loose. Between the leg pass in front by Tassi. Schoonhardt. Badgers now have tilted the ice a bit here. Well listen, it's another turn. Wisconsin finishing every check. Tassi in front! Oh! Turnover. Watch out. Off the bench. Shot! It says! 1-0 Badgers. Well Butchie, we talked about the importance of breaking pucks out this time of year. And this is a breakout gone unshot. But the forecheck pressure by Zelnoff. And wired that one in. And here they come again! Transition. Transition. Transition. This is an incredible play through the middle of the ice. It's just a simple D-to-D. And Ben Dexheimer, the captain, throws an absolute missile through center ice. And the Wisconsin players off to a good start. Sellers jangling down low and Howell's resistance. Beautiful speed on the off wing. Stop. Shift. Puck is loose in front. Penalty kill. So both of these teams good. Turnover. Here goes. Shot! Oh he missed. Check on that bouncing puck. Zelnoff. Quick shot to front. Wide open. Backhand by Bonnaro looking for his second. Flutters harmlessly into the glove of Jan Spoonaar. Same pressure. Breakout. Turnover. Swapped out. Puck is loose. Another save by Spoonaar. Horbach with the shot saved by Spoonaar. Close wide. In front. Montgomery gets backhand. Has failed to break the... In front. What was on his post? And he covers up. Period. Was painted in red. The Wisconsin Badgers. Their 5-1 win over Dartmouth March the 26th. And worst for the Fighting Hawks. So we're underway favor the Badgers. Here comes Dylan James. Shot sticked. And we're going up 2-0. Here comes Zellers. And alone. Save by Daniel Howser. Early in the first. And early in the second. He's a lethal shooter. What a save by Howser. Shot just wide as it deflects. Another shot. Osborne shot saved by Spoonaar. The great first period. Excellent pass. Shot in front. Actually hit Horbach who was on his air. Top line. Ellis Rickwood. Here's Zellers. Look across. Stick. In front. Nothing called. Rickwood in front of the net. He'll stay there. Again, stick on cock. Reflects into the corner. And out of the knowledge. And Emery out there now on the points. North Dakota in Pietila. The blue line. Look at this passing by the Badgers. Across. Shot. Great chance. This game is going back and forth all of a sudden. Teams trading chances. Fighting Hawks on the attack. In front. Dangerous fiddling. Here he comes. Knocked off the puck beautifully by Libinovich. Talk. Try to find Tassi. Bottero. Tassi. Shot. Zellers is dangerous. Zellers has it. To Weave. Shot. Great in front. And one with Mike Hastings. He's got it tight. Fairhawk. What timer save. Over the glove of Bowser. But he just got a piece of it. Penalty over. Two shots on goal. See if North Dakota can continue. Now it's 5 on 2. What a save. By Houser. And down on the ice with that black shot is the captain, Ben Dexheimer. Yeah, I think he kind of discombobulated. The other back organized. Shot in front. Wisconsin at one. Of Jeff. The Badgers of Wisconsin led by their captain, Ben Dexheimer. He was the one who threw that. And if you're Wisconsin, you can't afford to just sit back. There's enough players on this. Heimer. Big save. It's Gerald on one knee. So an excellent opening shift by the top line of the Badgers. Yeah, that is the third-best offense. And here they come. Houser steers it aside. Excuses his speed. To the net. Around the net. Wrap around. Houser was there. Soccer save by Houser. He's been the star of the game. We have a defenseman, Butchie, jumping up in the offense, just like we just talked about. That second weave. Or that collision. Weave to the net. Blocked in front. That's a 50-51. That's fished out. And now the Badgers have it in front of them. It was wide open in front. And a bad 55. Couldn't get it there. But Livenavich has it. One-timer. Easy save. Verhof had the one-timer. Again, he's not elephanting that slap shot. And Houser's really making some easy stick-and-pad saves. Yeah, I think Verhof's putting it. He's got Strinden down the middle of the ice. Dreschi will look for him. Can't get it to him. Here comes call for the shot. Saved by Spoonard. Shot saved by Houser. Stuck that right pad out. Covers up after he lost it for a second. Had it back. One-timer. Dubinsky's wide. Comes out in front. Dreschi on the left. Good defensive arrow. In. On around Weave. Across to Finley. Can't get it to him. Back to Weave. Shot. Saved through traffic. Oh, he's bowled over. Houser. Again. Dealing with all that traffic in front of him. That makes the save. Falling back. His ninth of the year. In the building now for Ellis Rickwood. With a timely goal. Just camped out on the paint. We talked, you lose this faceoff. Well, they do. And Max Swanson, who's a forward, number seven, makes a real strong play up at the point. Fitzgerald to ice the game. Can't do it. Reed knocks it down. But there's only five seconds left. Over the net.