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====Hockey==== {{Main|Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey|Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey}} [[File:SaaraT1.JPG|thumb|[[Saara Niemi]] playing with the [[Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey|Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs]] in 2010]] The [[University of Minnesota Duluth]] [[Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs|Bulldog]] [[ice hockey|hockey]] games are televised nationally and attended by thousands in-person at the DECC. A new hockey arena, [[Amsoil Arena]], opened December 30, 2010, adjacent to the DECC. Several Bulldogs, including hockey great [[Brett Hull]] and [[Matt Niskanen]] have gone on to success in the [[National Hockey League]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 23, 1985 |title=Slap Shot II: Brett Hull |work=CNN |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1123051/index.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=June 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105023025/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1123051/index.htm |archive-date=January 5, 2014}}</ref> On April 9, 2011, the Bulldog [[Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey|men's team]] defeated [[University of Michigan|Michigan]] to win their first national championship in school history. They won the championship again in 2018 and 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=4c2k0 |date=April 20, 2011 |title=The Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs - 2011 NCAA Hockey Champions |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq8IPjNUc1A |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220070547/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq8IPjNUc1A |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |access-date=December 1, 2016 |via=YouTube}}</ref> The [[Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey|UMD women's ice hockey team]] has won five [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) Division I national championships (2001β03, 2008, 2010).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umdbulldogs.com/teams-womens-hockey.php?page=145|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602200210/http://www.umdbulldogs.com/teams-womens-hockey.php?page=145|url-status=dead|title=CHAMPIONSHIP FACTS β Women's Hockey<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=June 2, 2012|access-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref> The 2010 title game against [[Cornell University]] lasted through nearly three full overtimes and was the longest women's ice hockey championship game in NCAA history. The 2003 women's Frozen Four tournament was played at the DECC with the Bulldogs claiming their third consecutive national title by defeating [[Harvard University]] via a dramatic double-overtime goal by [[Nora Tallus]] in front of a sellout home crowd. The 2008 Frozen Four tournament was also held at the DECC and saw the Bulldogs claim their fourth national title with a 4β0 shutout of the [[Wisconsin Badgers]]. The Women's Frozen Four was held in Amsoil Arena in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 15, 2012 |title=Previewing the Women's Frozen Four |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/icehockey-women/article/2012-03-15/previewing-women-s-frozen-four |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627144316/https://www.ncaa.com/news/icehockey-women/article/2012-03-15/previewing-women-s-frozen-four |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |access-date=December 5, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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