ALBANY, N.Y. — Notre Dame downed North Dakota 2-1 on a power-play goal 1:38 into overtime by Graham Slaggert from the top of the right faceoff circle.
At the end the third period of a physical, defensive battle, short-handed Notre Dame appeared to have scored with no time remaining on the clock. Officials reviewed the play for about 12 minutes before waving off the goal.
North Dakota got the first goal of the game. A jam up along the boards was poked loose by North Dakota and Notre Dame had to quickly get across into defensive position. After a near miss and a bit of scrambling around the net, Brent Johnson’s shot from the right point at 18:43 found its way through the crowd for his second career goal.
Notre Dame’s Landon Slaggert tied the game at 1-1 at 1:03 of the second period. Rushing up the left side Slaggert got around North Dakota’s Chris Jandric and tucked home the goal.
Shots on goal were 24-24.
Notre Dame advanced to face Minnesota State in the Albany Regional final at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
Full story to come.