Wisconsin upset the No. 1 seed, Ohio State, in the NCAA women’s hockey national title game in Duluth, Minnesota, on Sunday, capturing an unprecedented seventh championship at the Frozen Four with a 1-0 victory.
Wisconsin upset the No. 1 seed, Ohio State, in the NCAA hockey national title game in Duluth, Minnesota, on Sunday, capturing an unprecedented seventh championship at the Women’s Frozen Four with a 1-0 victory.
Freshman forward Kristen Simms’s first-period goal stood up as the game-winner thanks to a 31-save save performance from redshirt senior goalie Cami Kronish.
The Badgers‘ seventh national title broke a tie with Minnesota for the most ever by a women’s hockey program in the Frozen Four. Coach Mark Johnson has been behind the Badgers‘ bench for 19 years.
Wisconsin took a 1-0 lead at 6:32 of the first period on a goal by Simms that was produced by the team’s ferocious forecheck.
Freshman defender Caroline Harvey knocked the puck deep into the Ohio State zone.
