University of North Dakota Athletics

The 2000-01 UND men's hockey team was an appropriate bookend to a dominant five-year stretch for the program, a stretch that saw two NCAA National Championships.
 
Coming off the program's seventh title, the 2000-01 Sioux were captained by fellow inductee Jeff Panzer and finished 29-8-9 and went 18-4-6 to capture yet another WCHA title before reaching the conference tournament championship game. UND rolled to another NCAA Frozen Four and defeated Michigan State, 2-0, to advance to its second straight national title game.
 
Head Coach Dean Blais, known for his unique antics, pulled his goaltender with over four minutes remaining and UND struck twice to force overtime before eventually seeing its bid for back-to-back championships come up just short in overtime to Boston College.