Overview
- No. 1 Ohio State blanked No. 5 Northeastern 5-0 after four late first-period goals, reaching a fifth consecutive championship game and setting a single-season program record with 36 wins.
- Defending champion No. 2 Wisconsin beat host No. 3 Penn State 4-3 in overtime, with Kirsten Simms burying a power-play winner 50 seconds into the extra period.
- Laila Edwards scored twice and added an assist for the Badgers, and Ava McNaughton stopped 22 shots as Wisconsin advanced to its 13th title game.
- Penn State’s Tessa Janecke, a Patty Kazmaier finalist and U.S. Olympian, scored twice including a late breakaway to force overtime, concluding the Nittany Lions’ first Frozen Four run on home ice.
- Ohio State and Wisconsin will meet Sunday at Pegula Ice Arena for the fourth straight national championship game, extending a rivalry that has defined the WCHA-dominated tournament.