Getting outshot 13-2 in the overtime period, UMass junior wing Garrett Wait scored the game-winning goal to keep the Bulldogs from a historic fourth-straight NCAA championship game appearance.
Don Adam, the supervisor of officials for the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, said there are mental traits as well as physical skills he looks for when training referees for the hostile audiences they are sure to face.
DULUTH -- The No. 13 wasn't just lucky for Minnesota Duluth in Saturday night's 3-2 double-overtime victory over St. Cloud State in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff championship at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.