In the 2012 – 2013 season , the Bulldogs won another Ivy League Championship . The team finished fourth in the 2013 ECAC Tournament after losing to Union 0 – 5 in the semifinal and falling to Quinnipiac 0 – 3 in the third-place match . Despite their disappointing showing in the ECAC tournament , the Bulldogs qualified for the last at-large bid in the 2013 NCAA Tournament thanks to Notre Dame 's victory over Michigan in the CCHA Tournament final . In the first round of the NCAA Tournament , the 15th-seeded Bulldogs shocked 2nd-seeded Minnesota , winning 3 – 2 after forward Jesse Root scored 9 seconds into the overtime period , the fastest overtime goal in the history of the NCAA Tournament . The next day , the Bulldogs defeated North Dakota 4 – 1 , earning them their first berth in the Frozen Four in 61 years . In the Frozen Four semifinal , Yale defeated University of Massachusetts Lowell 3 – 2 on captain Andrew Miller 's overtime goal . In the final , the Bulldogs defeated 1st-overall-seeded Quinnipiac 4 – 0 for their first NCAA Division I National Championship . Two weeks after winning their first championship , longtime Yale coach , Tim Taylor , died at the age of 71 , he had been the coach for the Bulldogs prior to Keith Allain
CCHA Tournament final
2013 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey