1983 - Jeffrey Zucker Article - Wisconsin wins Championship in Grand Forks

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A little history - In 1983 when Wisconsin won the national championship, what was then not called the Frozen Four in Grand Forks, A student from Harvard (one of the 4 teams) who would become well known (head of CNN was one of his jobs), Jeffrey Zucker, wrote the following https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1983/3/25/the-biggest-show-in-town-pmany/

Wisconsin stayed at the Westward Ho on Gateway … A grand party it was. UND fans celebrated not that Wisconsin won, but that Minnesota lost in the semis. 

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Not only did Minnesota lose in the semi’s, they lost the 3rd place game to Providence (back when they still played it). During the championship game, Wisconsin fans carried a bedsheet around the walkway that read, “Hail Mary, full of grace, Minnesota’s in 4th place.”

My first Frozen Four.