Preview: MSU faces Denver in National Championship Game Saturday on ESPN2

Saturday, Apr. 9 at 8 p.m. (ET)
#4 Denver (30-9-1) vs. #2 Minnesota State (37-5-0)
TV: ESPN2
Video Stream: ESPN App & TSN App
Radio: MSU - 1420 AM & 102.7 FM KTOE
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Game Notes: D enver | MSU

The Minnesota State University Mavericks, recipient of the 2022 MacNaughton Cup as the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) regular season champion and the 2022 Mason Cup as the CCHA playoff champion, is making its first ever NCAA National Championship game appearance Saturday after knocking off the University of Minnesota in the semifinals Thursday.

CCHA Frozen Four Central Page

Minnesota State will represent the CCHA when they face-off vs. the University of Denver Saturday night in the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Frozen Four National Championship game. Puck drop is set for 8 p.m. ET at TD Bank Arena (capacity 17,565) in Boston Mass. The game will be televised live on ESPN2 and streamed live on the ESPN App here.

Minnesota State, a one-seed in the NCAA Tournament and the overall number-two seed, has won 27 of their last 28 games and is on an 18-game winning streak. The Mavericks have been nationally ranked No. 1 the last eight consecutive weeks. Denver, also a one-seed in NCAA Tournament and the overall number-four seed has won eight of their last nine games and is in the National Championship game after knocking off the No. 1 overall seed University of Michigan 3-2 in overtime Thursday.

All-time, Denver leads Minnesota State with a 28-13-6 record in the series which began in 1997-98. The Pioneers own a 14-0-2 mark in the last 16 meetings between the two schools with the last MSU win in the series coming when the Mavericks swept DU in Mankato in 2007-08.

The 2022 NCAA Men’s Division I Frozen Four field features three No. 1 seeds (Denver, Michigan, Minnesota State), a No. 2 seed (Minnesota) and a combined 22 national championships, the most ever in a single Frozen Four field.