For only the second time in program history, the Saint Cloud State Huskies men's hockey team has advanced to the NCAA Division-1 Frozen Four, to play for the national championship.
After a record setting NCAA men's hockey tournament 16-team field that included all five of Minnesota's Division-1 teams for the first time ever -- with all five Minny teams winning their first round matchups, the Minnesota Golden Gophers and Bemidji State Beavers were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
In the 2021/2022 season, Saint Thomas University in St. Paul will become Minnesota's sixth Division-I men's hockey program.
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That leaves the NCAA Frozen Four in Pittsburgh with three of the four college programs residing in Minnesota -- with Saint Cloud State, Minnesota State (Mankato), and Minnesota-Duluth, joining Massachusetts in the final four.