Todd D. Milewski

Asked how his team was able to right the ship and score five goals Saturday after being shut out Friday night, North Dakota coach Dave Hakstol flashed one of his stoic smiles and retorted, “We put Connor Gaarder on the ice.”

Our writers at the Xcel Energy Center provide updates from the Big Ten championship game.  

Our writers at Herb Brooks Arena provide updates on the ECAC Hockey championship game.  

Our writers at Van Andel Arena provide updates on the WCHA Final Five championship game.  

Our writers at Blue Cross Arena provide updates on the Atlantic Hockey championship game.  

Our writers at TD Garden provide updates from the Hockey East championship game.  

Our writers at the Target Center provide updates on the NCHC third-place and championship games.  

Here are photos from the WCHA Final Five semifinals on Friday in Grand Rapids, Mich., where Minnesota State beat Bowling Green and Ferris State beat Alaska-Anchorage.

Here are photos from Friday’s NCHC Frozen Faceoff semifinals in Minneapolis, where Denver beat Western Michigan and Miami beat New Hampshire.

Here are photos from Friday’s ECAC Hockey semifinals in Lake Placid, N.Y., where Union beat Cornell and Colgate beat Quinnipiac.

Here are photos from Wisconsin’s win over Penn State and Ohio State’s win over Minnesota in Friday’s Big Ten semifinals in St. Paul, Minn. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000LIDuvenjOJ0″ g_name=”20140321-B1G-Friday” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_smooth=”f” … Read more

Here are photos from Friday’s Atlantic Hockey semifinal games in Rochester, N.Y., where Canisius beat Mercyhurst 5-4 in double overtime and Robert Morris beat Niagara 5-4 in overtime.

Here are photos from Friday’s games in the Division III men’s NCAA semifinals in Lewiston, Maine, where St. Norbert beat Geneseo and Wisconsin-Stevens Point beat Oswego.