Members of the 2003-04 University of Minnesota Duluth men's hockey team, which advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four and racked up the third most victories in program history,  will be the Bulldogs' guest of honor at AMSOIL Arena  this Saturday (Feb. 22) when UMD takes on the University of North Dakota.

The Bulldogs closed out that memorable season -- their 60th year of intercollegiate hockey -- with a heartbreaking 5-3 loss to Western Collegiate Hockey Association rival University of Denver in the NCAA Championship semifinals in Boston, Mass., but not before compiling a 28-13-4 overall record. Along the way, they captured the NCAA Midwest Regional title by defeating the University of Minnesota 3-1, placed second in the final WCHA standings with a 19-7-2 mark (which was their highest conference finish since the 1992-93 season) and strung together what was, at the time, a school-record 14-game unbeaten streak. UMD's lineup featured the likes of senior forward and Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner Junior Lessard, the nation's scoring leader with 63 points, senior defenseman and team captain Beau Geisler (who joined Lessard on the NCAA All-American first team), junior center Evan Schwabe (the USCHO.com Most Improved Player) and sophomore goaltender Isaac Reichmuth (NCAA Midwest Regional Most Valuable Player). Scott Sandelin, then in his fourth season behind the Bulldog bench, received the Spencer-Penrose Award as the American Hockey Coaches Association NCAA I Coach of the Year.

The 2003-04 Bulldogs will be recognized during a first intermission on-ice ceremony Saturday.