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North Dakota almost overcame a three-goal deficit but fell short (photo: Jim Rosvold).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BOSTON<\/b> — When Connor Gaarder scored on the power play with 3:43 left, it seemed possible, almost probable, that North Dakota would complete a dramatic comeback.<\/p>\n

Boston University led the Frozen Four semifinal 4-1 entering the third period, but a mistake by BU goaltender Matt O’Connor and Gaarder’s tally, courtesy of a too-many-men penalty, swung momentum North Dakota’s way.<\/p>\n

[scg_html_ff2015]Things weren’t settled until Jack Eichel’s long-range, empty-net goal with 18.3 seconds left sealed a 5-3 win.<\/p>\n

North Dakota coach Dave Hakstol said a strong third period gave his players hope.<\/p>\n

“[There was] no question what our third period would be like,” he said. “I mean, that’s a deep hole to come out of, let’s be honest. But I don’t think anybody — I don’t think there was any second thought about it.<\/p>\n

“Our guys have been resilient and done that all year long. I had no question in my mind that we would tie this game up as we got into that last minute, minute and a half.”<\/p>\n

North Dakota had no quit in it despite the large third-period deficit, said Troy Stecher, who took advantage of O’Connor’s poor handling of the puck by the side of his net for a short-handed goal that drew UND to within two midway through the third.<\/p>\n

“We’ve kind of been the same team all year,” said Stecher. “[We] never had any doubt in our minds or any quitting. We knew we were doing the things the way and we needed to continue [playing] to our strengths and good things were going to happen.”<\/p>\n

“It was a funny game in a lot of ways,” said Boston University coach David Quinn. “You’re up 4-1, seven minutes to go, eight minutes to go, and you think you go on the power play and you think everything’s in good shape, and your goalie lets in a goal that he hasn’t let in all year. And a too many men on the ice penalty that we haven’t had all year, and then it’s 4-3 and we’re hanging on for dear life.<\/p>\n

“Things that haven’t happened to us all year happened in the last seven minutes.”<\/p>\n

“North Dakota is a great team, and they came after us with everything they had in the third period,” said BU senior forward Cason Hohmann. “And we weathered the storm.”<\/p>\n

A slow start dug the hole for North Dakota, and its third period push wasn’t enough.<\/p>\n

“I thought overall I liked 50 minutes of our game,” said Hakstol. “I didn’t think we managed the puck very well in the first eight to 10 minutes of the game.<\/p>\n

“And honestly, you know, I thought bounces were a little hard for us to come by in this hockey game until Troy got the one bounce on the short-handed goal. So if I could change one thing, it would be some of our execution in the first few minutes of the game.<\/p>\n

“Beyond that, I’m not sure there’s a whole lot more that we can ask out of our players tonight.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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