The University of Minnesota's championship dreams died Thursday night when they blew a two-goal, third-period lead and lost to UMass 5-4 in overtime.

For Minnesota (25-10-4 overall) it is the fifth consecutive trip to the NCAA’s 16-team tournament field. They fell to Boston University in the Sioux Falls regional final a year ago.

Minnesota took a 3-1 lead into the third period, but the Minutemen scored three unanswered goals to take a late lead before ...

The University of Minnesota men's hockey team was knocked ... The 5-4 loss marked the end of the Gophers' season. UMass will play Western Michigan for a shot at the Frozen Four.

Minnesota battled UMass before losing 5-4 in overtime in the first round of the Fargo regional. / Photo by Brad Rempel, University of Minnesota Wally Shaver's call from the final moments of ...

The Gophers are the #2 seed in the Fargo Regional ... 4 Minnesota State does not pull the upset, the winner of the Minnesota/ UMass game will face #1 seed....you guessed it, Western Michigan.

Minnesota kept the pressure going in the second period when Connor Kurth scored for a 3-1 Gophers lead. UMass came flying out the gates in the third period scoring three straight goals.

Aydar Suniev's second goal of the game at the 4:49 mark of OT lifted the Minutemen into Saturday's region title game.

Gophers forward Jimmy Clark ... but they found out Sunday they will play against UMass in the NCAA Fargo Regional on Thursday. (Jeff Wheeler/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Wally Shaver's call from the final moments of Minnesota's overtime loss to UMass in the NCAA tournament is one for the ages. Shaver, who has called Gophers hockey games on the radio since the 2001 ...

Bob Motzko’s initial trip to the NCAA Frozen Four as head coach at Minnesota came three years ago, when the Gophers beat UMass and Western Michigan at the regional level to reach college hockey ...