Game coverage from USCHO’s crew of writers
Billy Exell’s rebound goal with 9:53 remaining in the third period broke a tie in the Bulldogs’ 4-1 victory over Providence in the Frozen Four semifinals on Thursday at KeyBank Center.
Peter Krieger, Kobe Roth and Parker Mackay each scored goals, and Hunter Shepard made 21 saves for the Bulldogs, who took the lead late in the second period and never relinquished it (photo: Omar Phillips).
The fourth-seeded Friars used a shut-down defensive effort to blank the Big Red 4-0 in the East Regional final Sunday at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center (photo: Melissa Wade).
Denver freshman goaltender Filip Larsson made 26 saves in his second shutout of the regional (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Quinnipiac dominated the second period and withstood a late flurry to defeat Arizona State, 2-1, in the Bobcats’ first NCAA tournament win since 2016.
UMass overpowered Notre Dame, 4-0, one day after beating Harvard by the same score, to earn the program’s first ever trip to the Frozen Four.
A week after a frustrating loss in the ECAC Hockey Championship game following a controversial no call, Cornell erupted for three second-period goals en route to a 5-1 win over Northeastern in the NCAA East regional semifinals Saturday at the Dunkin Donuts Center.
Freshman forward Cole Koepke set up both goals by senior captain Parker Mackay, one in the third period and the other in overtime, as the Bulldogs edged Bowling Green, 2-1, in the early NCAA Midwest Regional semifinal.
It didn’t take long for spectators, experts, and fans to notice a partisan crowd cheering on lower seed Providence. The Friars rallied from a 3-0 deficit to upset top-seeded Minnesota State, 6-3.
Despite a 34-13 disadvantage in shots on goal, American International won its NCAA tournament debut with a shocker over St. Cloud State (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Cam Morrison scored at 15:53 of overtime after Notre Dame tied the game with 2:20 remaining in regulation (photo: Melissa Wade).
Along with Filip Larsson’s heroics, the Pioneers got a goal from defenseman Les Lancaster in the final minute of the second period and added an empty-net goal by Colin Staub in the last minute of the third period to move within one win of earning a trip to the Frozen Four (photo: Jim Rosvold).
UMass defeated Harvard 4-0 Friday in Northeast Regional semifinal game that was lopsided territorially, but remained scoreless into the second period and only 1-0 well into the third (photo: Melissa Wade).
In a back-and-forth game in front of 10,621 fans at the Xcel Energy Center, Minnesota Duluth won the first NCHC championship game to be decided in overtime, 3-2 over St. Cloud State (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
For the second year in a row, Clarkson found itself in overtime in the ECAC Hockey championship game. This time, it ended differently for the Golden Knights (photo: Clarkson Athletics).
Luckily for Minnesota State, regulation time for a hockey game is still 60 minutes (photo: Tim Brule).
Cam Morrison appears to have a knack for delivering championships. Morrison scored the game-winning goal Saturday for Notre Dame as it captured a 3-2 victory over Penn State to win its second straight Big Ten tournament title (photo: Mike Miller/Fighting Irish Media).
Hugo Reinhardt’s goal 1:16 into overtime led American International to its first Atlantic Hockey championship in school history, a 3-2 victory over Niagara (photo: Omar Phillips).
Northeastern won the Hockey East championship on Saturday, 3-2 over Boston College, and now will work to win games in the NCAA tournament beginning next weekend (photo: Melissa Wade).
Behind four points from defenseman Ian Mitchell, three points each from Liam Finlay and Tyson McLellan, and 22 saves from goalie Devin Cooley, Denver defeated rival Colorado College in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff consolation game 6-1 Saturday night (photo: Bradley K. Olson).