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Denver outlasts UMD in double-overtime to advance to WCHA championship game

It took double-overtime to settle the first WCHA Final Five semifinal game as Denver defeated Minnesota-Duluth, 4-3 at Xcel Energy Center. Zac Larraza scored the game-winning goal. The Pioneers await the winner of Minnesota-North Dakota for the WCHA Final Five championship game.
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It took double-overtime to settle the first WCHA Final Five semifinal game as Denver defeated Minnesota-Duluth, 4-3 at Xcel Energy Center. Zac Larraza scored the game-winning goal. The Pioneers await the winner of Minnesota-North Dakota for the WCHA Final Five championship game.

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