Senior Rich Miller scored two goals and classmate Chuck Croteau added three assists to lead New Hampshire College to a 5-2 victory over Stonehill in the semifinals of the ECAC Division II Tournament Thursday at Tri-Town Arena.<\/p>\n
NHC improved to 17-7-1 and will face St. Anselm in the championship Saturday.<\/p>\n
Stonehill closed out its year at 10-11-1. St. Anselm, the defending tournament champion, advanced with a 5-4 victory over St. Michael’s.<\/p>\n
Freshman goaltender Brian Holland made 29 saves for NHC and kept the Chieftains off the scoreboard for 46:58. Senior Dan Roy helped the NHC cause with a goal and an assist. Senior Jeff Rowe totaled a goal and an assist for Stonehill and closed out the year with a team-high 20 goals and 42 points.<\/p>\n
Miller gave the Penmen a 1-0 lead just 5:03 into the game and Croteau doubled NHC’s lead with 3:14 left in the first period. NHC maintained a 2-0 lead until Miller scored his team-leading 18th goal of the year with 3:36 left in the second period. Senior Scott Proulx gave NHC a 4-0 lead just 1:53 into the final period.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Brendan Flemming denied Holland his first career shutout when he scored a power-play goal at 6:58 of the third period. NHC secured the win with an empty net goal by freshman Michael Flynn with 3:32 left to play.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Phil Graves went the distance in net for Stonehill and made 26 saves.<\/p>\n
Saint Anselm defeated NHC in the inaugural ECAC Division II tournament championship last year, 7-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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