POTSDAM, N.Y. — Earning a Women’s Frozen Four berth in four overtimes was the perfect way for Clarkson to spend its longest game in program history.

The No. 4-seeded Golden Knights downed No. 5 Minnesota 3-2 on Saturday to make its first Frozen Four appearance since 2019. The win was no easy task though as Clarkson never held a lead in the contest until scoring the game-winner in the fourth overtime.

The Gophers end their season with a 27-10-2 overall record. The Golden Knights will compete at the Women’s Frozen Four in Durham, New Hampshire, next week for the chance to win the school’s fourth national title (2014, 2017, 2018).

Gophers sophomore Josefin Bouveng opened the scoring in the first period when she scooped up a rebound and popped it past Clarkson netminder Michelle Pasiechnyk. A few minutes later, Bouveng made a pass across the crease to Ella Huber who increased the Gophers’ lead to 2-0.

Clarkson responded late in the first period with a power-play goal from Haley Winn. The Golden Knights then tied things up with an extra-attacker goal from Dominique Petrie late in regulation to push the game into overtime while deadlocked at 2-2.

Petrie finally scored the game-winner on the power play in the fourth overtime.

Goaltender Michelle Pasiechnyk made 62 saves in the win for Clarkson while Lucy Morgan made 53 saves for Minnesota.

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