Game coverage from USCHO’s crew of writers
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).
Senior Sam Cogan led the Badgers with a goal and two assists while senior Annie Pankowski added two goals to lead Wisconsin (photo: Matt Dewkett).
Boston College became the first seventh seed to advance to a Hockey East championship game (photo: Melissa Wade).
The Bulldogs rode 25 saves from Hunter Shepard and an early third-period goal from Cole Koepke to a win over the Pioneers (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Brown had already beaten one of ECAC Hockey’s co-regular season champions. Cornell made sure it didn’t take down the second one (file photo: Omar Phillips).
The top-ranked Pointers will get their chance to cap off an unbeaten run to the title after knocking off Hobart 5-3 in a national semifinal at K.B. Willett Arena on Friday night.
Niagara freshman Ludwig Stenlund’s goal 7:03 into overtime broke a scoreless tie between the Purple Eagles and Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers in the second semifinal of the Atlantic Hockey tournament (photo: Omar Phillips).
The Minnesota women’s hockey team will play for their seventh NCAA title on Sunday as they advanced to the championship game with a 2-0 win over Cornell Friday (photo: Matt Dewkett).
Norwich’s special teams were middle of the pack in the Division III men’s hockey rankings throughout the regular season. But Friday was a different story (photo: Norwich Athletics).
Before the first NCHC Frozen Faceoff semifinal, top-ranked St. Cloud State might have had reason for concern (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Survive and advance. That’s the motto in playoff hockey (photo: Omar Phillips).
If teams haven’t figured it out yet, Friday’s semifinal between Northeastern and Boston University proved that you simply cannot give the Huskies life late in a game (photo: Melissa Wade).
No. 7 seed Boston College rallied from a game down and won Sunday’s game 3 over No. 2 seed Providence in Hockey East to advance to the TD Garden. BC will play top seeded Massachusetts on Friday (Photo: Ken Jancef)
Jarid Lukosevicius’ goal at 14:38 of the second period turned out to be the game-winner as Denver advanced to the NCHC semifinals, eliminating North Dakota and ending the Fighting Hawks season (Photo: Candace Horgan)
Plattsburgh State claimed the 2019 national title with a 4-0 win over No. 4 Hamline on Saturday (photo: Ryan Coleman, d3photography.com).
USCHO D-III columnist Olivia Spellmire is in St. Thomas for the NCAA Women’s D-III Frozen Four. She recaps the semifinals, where Plattsburgh crushed Adrian and Hamline upset St. Thomas.
Boston University was the only underdog in Hockey East to win on Friday, whitewashing UMass Lowell, 3-0. Six of Friday’s 17 D1 men’s playoff games were won by underdogs. (Photo: UMass Lowell/Rich Gagnon)