| | March 23, 1997 | North Dakota (29-10-2) |
| | NCAA Quarterfinal | Cornell (21-9-5) |
| | Grand Rapids |
| | North Dakota | 2 1 3 - 6 |
| | Cornell | 1 1 0 - 2 |
| |
| | Period | 1 |
| | 01:39 | UND | Panzer (unassisted) |
| | 07:15 | UND | pp | K. Hoogsteen (Defauw) |
| | 19:41 | Cor | pp | Tony Bergin (Jeff Burgoyne, Mike Rutter) |
| |
| | Period | 2 |
| | 01:11 | UND | Murphy (D. Hoogsteen) |
| | 03:52 | Cor | pp | Matt Cooney (Kyle Knopp, Jason Dailey) |
| |
| | Period | 3 |
| | 09:21 | UND | Bull (Pivetz) |
| | 13:49 | UND | Defauw (Ulmer, Litke) |
| | 19:09 | UND | Henderson (unassisted) | en |
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| | Saves |
| | Cor | L | Jason Elliott | 59:50 | 32 | x | 37 |
| | UND | W | Schweitzer | 60:00 | 20 | x | 22 |