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UMass just scored the best between-the-legs dangle goal in the Frozen Four final

A goal of the year candidate from Philip Lagunov with this stunner.

There are pretty hockey goals, and then there are ones like Philip Lagunov of the University of Massachusetts just scored in the Frozen Four. In the second period of the NCAA men’s ice hockey championship — aka the Frozen Four — fans in the stands were treated to a one-of-a-kind goal that’ll no doubt be on highlight reels for years to come.

With UMass leading St. Cloud State 2-0 in the opening moments of the second period, Lagunov gave Huskies defenseman Nick Perbix a shakedown he’ll never forget, toe-dragging the puck between his legs and through to open ice ahead of him.

Lagunov then finished the gorgeous play with a head fake before sliding the puck on the backhand between the legs of Huskies goaltender David Hrenak. In total, a beautiful skill play to open the Minutemen’s lead to 3-0.

While the highlight gives a great view of what happened on the play after the fact, you need to watch the real-time call as the crowd in Pittsburgh was absolutely stunned by what they just witnessed.

And of course, here are all the angles of Lagunov’s stellar goal for your viewing pleasure.

Unfortunately for St. Cloud State fans, the 3-0 deficit after that Lagunov tally took the wind out of their sails.

Yeah, there’s really no coming back from a goal like that.

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Notre Dame makes fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament

Although it was an up-and-down season for Notre Dame, it still is worthy of competing for the national championship.

Although it was an up-and-down season for Notre Dame, it still is worthy of competing for the national championship. The NCAA Tournament will feature the Irish for the fifth consecutive time after the bracket was unveiled Sunday. However, the Irish (14-13-2) face a tall order after drawing second overall seed Boston College (17-5-1) in the first round. The teams will play in the Northeast Regional on Saturday in Albany, New York, and the winner will play either St. Cloud State or Boston University in the regional final the next day.

These schools did not play each other this past season as the Irish were confined to playing Big Ten opponents and Arizona State. Their last meetings took place early in the 2019-20 season, which resulted in two wins for the Eagles. That improved their all-time advantage in the series to 23-20-3. Prior to those games, the Irish had won four of the previous six in the series.