Chris Lerch

Miami plays a 2-on-1 to perfection with Tommy Wingels breaking down the left side and putting a beautiful cross-crease pass to Alden Hirschfield, who redirects the puck past dalton. Time of the goal: 8:35.

Miami gets the first goal of the tournament at 3:56 of the second period. On the power play, Tommy Wingel’s shot from the top of the face off circle beats Matt Dalton short side, over his stick shoulder. Gary Steffes set a nice screen in front.

After a scoreless first period, shots are 12 for each side, but Bemidji goaltender Matt Dalton has had to make some very good saves to keep Miami off the board. Back with second period action in 15 minutes.

And we’re underway. The rink is slightly more than half full, and is overwhelming supporting Bemidji – everybody loves an underdog. Miami goaltender Cody Reichard slightly misplays a puck behind his net iin the first minute, reminding everybody of the miscue by Notre Dame netminder Jordan Pearce early in the Beavers’ opening round win. This … Read more

Warmups are under way and we’re less than 30 minutes from gametime. Miami’s band is here, as is George Mason’s, who came to support fellow green-clad upstarts Bemidji. Check back for updates while the game is in progress. (And yes, I’m no Melissa Wade – the above picture was taken with my cell phone from … Read more

Was it a coincidence that three of the Frozen Four participants had almost two weeks off prior to the NCAA Regionals? Bemidji State won the CHA title, which had its championships the weekend before the other five leagues. Vermont and Miami were eliminated in their conference quarterfinals. Only Boston University played two weekends in a … Read more

The stars seem in alignment for Bemidji State. Last Friday, representatives from the WCHA paid an official visit to the school, which has applied for league membership. That same day, Bemidji broke ground on a new 4,700 seat arena. And of course, the Beavers have captured the imagination of the hockey world with their unprecidented … Read more

I can’t help it. I’m ready to be disappointed. After the best weekend of college hockey I have ever seen, there’s no way these final three games can live up to those standards, right? Look at what we saw in the first round and quarterfinals. A tying goal with 0.8 seconds left. A tying goal … Read more

I’ve been covering Division III hockey before any of the guys on your national champion Neumann Knights were born. And I have never seen anything like what transpired this post season. Starting with the ECAC East playoffs, it was a wild an unpredictable ride that saw two unheralded teams playing in the national title game. … Read more

Andrew Volkening recorded his second shutout of the weekend to lead the Air Force Falcons to a 2-0 victory over Mercyhurst in the Atlantic Hockey championship. The junior goaltender stopped all 25 shots for his 27th win and fifth shutout of the season. Air Force captured its third consecutive Atlantic Hockey title. The Falcons have … Read more

Matt Fairchild had two goals and Andrew Volkening stopped all 26 shots he faced as Air Force defeated Bentley 3-0 in the first semifinal of the Atlantic Hockey tournament. Jeff Hajner assisted on all three goals for Air Force, the two time defending AHA champs. The Falcons return to the championship game and move to … Read more