CHICAGO — Three goals in the last six minutes of the second period have given Denver a 5-0 over Notre Dame after two in tonight’s NCAA national semifinal.
Evan Ritt rushed up the right wing and wristed a goal in around the top of the net at 18:18 of the second period to break the game wide open.
Dylan Gambrell scored on a wrap around at 16:31 when he took a feed from defenseman Tariq Hammond and jammed a puck past Notre Dame goalie Cal Petersen at the left post.
Hammond scored his third goal of the season at 14:07 of the period to give the Pioneers a 3-0 lead. A stumble to the ice by backskating Notre Dame defenseman Luke Ripley in the neutral zone sprung a two-on-one Denver rush. Jannsen backhanded a pass on the doorstep to Hammond, who steered it into a wide-open net.
Henrik Borgström and Emil Romig scored for Denver in the first period.
Denver had a 17-8 shot advantage in the second period and has outshot Notre Dame 29-11 through two.
Neither team has been assessed a penalty in the game.
MORE DENVER!
It’s Evan Ritt this time… 5-0 Pios in the 2nd. #FrozenFour pic.twitter.com/j3LF2aY50f
— NCAA Ice Hockey (@NCAAIceHockey) April 7, 2017
The Pioneers keep ’em coming!
It’s 4-0 Denver after a slick wrap around goal by Dylan Gambrell! #FrozenFour pic.twitter.com/S62iJzJbq1
— NCAA Ice Hockey (@NCAAIceHockey) April 7, 2017
Denver. Denver. Denver.
A sweet setup by Janssen and Hammond buries the 3rd goal of the night for the Pios! #FrozenFour pic.twitter.com/wzAEiRVNyL
— NCAA Ice Hockey (@NCAAIceHockey) April 7, 2017
