Duluth hockey champ

Kyle Schmidt scored 3:22 into overtime to lift Minnesota Duluth to a 3-2 victory over Michigan in the NCAA championship game Saturday night in St. Paul, Minn., the first national title for the Bulldogs. Travis Oleksuk pulled Wolverines goalie Shawn Hunwick to the side and, from behind the net, fed Schmidt for a blink-of-the-eye tap-in to hand Michigan coach Red Berenson his first loss in a championship game. Oleksuk and Max Tardy had second-period goals for Minnesota Duluth (26-10-6), which hadn’t played for the title since losing in four OTs to Bowling Green in 1984. Ben Winnett and Jeff Rohrkemper scored for Michigan (29-11-4), which fell to 9-3 in title games. The Wolverines still have the NCAA record of nine, two of those under Berenson.

– Associated Press