{"id":36609,"date":"2011-04-05T05:00:32","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T10:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=36609"},"modified":"2020-08-24T21:29:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T02:29:00","slug":"breaking-it-down-watch-for-net-front-play-in-michigan-north-dakota-semifinal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2011\/04\/05\/breaking-it-down-watch-for-net-front-play-in-michigan-north-dakota-semifinal\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking it down: Watch for net-front play in Michigan, North Dakota semifinal"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the history of the NCAA hockey tournament, few national semifinal matchups have ever had the cachet of this year’s clash between Michigan and North Dakota.<\/p>\n
Together, the schools own 16 national championships, and since 1997 there has been only one year (2002) when both teams weren’t participants in the NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n
But as far as winning championships in recent years, the cupboard has been bare for both programs.<\/p>\n