B1G TOURNAMENT 

Notre Dame 4, No. 3 Minnesota 1

Last-place Notre Dame eliminated Minnesota (the No. 2 seed and No. 3 in the USCHO men’s D-I poll) from the B1G tournament with a 4-1 win on Sunday night at Mariucci Arena.

The Irish took the best-of-three series 2 games to 1 and will face top-seed Michigan State in the B1G semifinals next weekend.

Notre Dame got a goal from Jayden Davis (his first of the season) in the first period and a goal from Grant Silianoff in the second for a 2-0 lead after two stops. After Minnesota’s Matthew Wood got the Gophers within a goal midway through the third, Cole Knuble and Hunter Strand scored for the Irish to pull away.

Owen Say made 38 saves to seal the win for Notre Dame.

No. 9 Ohio State 3, Wisconsin 2

Two goals in the third period lifted No. 9 Ohio State to a 3-2 win over Wisconsin in the deciding game of the B1G quarterfinal on Sunday night.

Ohio State, the No. 3 seed, advances to the semifinal, where it will host No. 5 seed Penn State in a single-elimination game at Value City Arena. The Buckeyes are making their third consecutive appearance in the semifinal round.

Jake Rozzi notched his second goal of the weekend at 6:02 of the first. A power-play goal from Davis Burnside broke a 1-1 tie at 9:37 of the third and Max Montes scored shortly after a penalty kill ended for a 3-1 Buckeye lead at 12:43. Ohio State goalie Logan Terness had 29 saves.

AHA TOURNAMENT

No. 20 Holy Cross 4, American International 3 (OT)

Michael Abgrall was the overtime hero for Holy Cross, scoring just 51 seconds into the extra frame to give the Crusaders a 4-3 win and a 2-1 series win over American International on Sunday night in the Atlantic Hockey America quarterfinals. 

With 39 seconds remaining in regulation, AIC headed to the power play and pulled their goaltender in favor of the extra attacker and got a goal from Brett Bamber with just 35 seconds left, forcing overtime. 

Brody Gagno recorded his first collegiate goal for Holy Cross in the first period. Matt DeBoer and Liam McLinskey also scored.  Thomas Gale recorded 20 saves in the win. Holy Cross will host Army West Point in the semifinals in a best-of-three series that starts Friday. 

The loss drew the curtain on AIC as a Division I program. The Yellow Jackets will reclassify to Division II next season.

Army West Point 4, Niagara 3 (OT)

Army West Point got a game-winning overtime goal from Barron Woodring in Game 3 of the AHA quarterfinals against Niagara on Sunday night.

With the win, Army advances into the semifinals for the first time since 2020-21 and will take on top-seeded Holy Cross in a best-of-three.

Woodring scored just 2:45 into overtime on the power play off a tip in front off a puck delivered from Ben Ivey. Ben Ivey notched a goal and two assists to lead the Black Knights while Mac Gadowsky added two assists. JJ Cataldo made 34 saves in net.

Sacred Heart 4, Air Force 1

The Sacred Heart men’s hockey team skated past Air Force 4-1 in Game 3 of a best-of-three Atlantic Hockey America quarterfinal series at Martire Family Arena.

Four Pioneers found the net while Ajeet Gundarah stopped 29 of 30 shots tonight and 113 of 118 on the weekend to advance the home team into the semifinals against Bentley next weekend on Sacred Heart’s home ice. 

“I just try to stay focused and not have any mental lapses while we’re in the zone,” said Gundarah. “We kind of kept it to the outside, so we did a really good job defensively.”

CCHA TOURNAMENT 

Bemidji State 3, Augustana 2 (OT)

Adam Flammang scored just over four minutes into overtime, lifting Bemidji State to a 3-2 win over Augustana in the deciding third game of the CCHA quarterfinals on Sunday.

The Beavers advanced to the single-elimination semifinal round and will face top-seeded Minnesota State. 

Noah Quinn scored the game-tying goal and sent the game into overtime late in the third period. Jackson Jutting also scored. Mattias Sholl had 41 saves in net. 

It was quite the championship weekend across the region with titles being claimed by Curry (CNE), Stevenson (MAC), Fitchburg State (MASCAC), Hobart (NEHC), Hamilton (NESCAC), Oswego (SUNYAC), and Geneseo (UCHC). While the Cinderella stories of MCLA and Plattsburgh came to an end, all the winning teams fought through hard and competitive opponents seeking to take conference glory and move on to the national stage in the NCAA tournament. The action was terrific and now the teams await the NCAA bracket that will be announced on NCAA.com on Monday, March 10 at 10 AM EDT.

It was quite the weekend with lots of excitement and surprises, especially in the SUNYAC and UCHC title games. Here is a wrap-up for the decisive action in the east:

CNE

The championship matchup saw a red-hot Curry team looking for their first title since 2010-11 playing a battle-tested Endicott squad looking for their third consecutive title.

It was Curry who held the advantage in play during the opening period as they outshot the Gulls ( 8 to 5) and were rewarded with the game’s first goal as Matt Connor broke the ice to give the Colonels a one-goal lead after twenty minutes of play.

Primo Self leveled the score for Endicott in the second period only to see a rapid response by the home team just over two minutes later when Grady Friedman gave Curry a 2-1 lead after forty minutes of play.

In the third period, Manny Cabral provided some breathing room for the Colonels just over a minute into the action and goaltender Shane Soderwall made sure the Gulls would not have another comeback victory making twenty-one saves in the final period of play. JP Moreira would score his first goal of the season while the Colonels were shorthanded to extend the lead and Karim Gayfullin iced the contest with an empty-net goal for a 5-1 lead. Endicott’s Cade Baker finally solved Soderwall on the power play in the final minute for the 5-2 final and CNE championship to the Colonels.

Soderwall finished with thirty-eight saves on forty shots and was named the most valuable player in the tournament.

Curry is currently ranked No. 1 in the NPI and awaits its NCAA tournament path with the announcement of the complete field on Monday morning at 10 AM EDT.

MAC

The MAC championship game featured No. 2 Stevenson traveling to No. 1 Wilkes with both teams seeking the conference championship and the league’s very first auto-bid to the NCAA tournament.

It was the visitors who started quickly in the title game as Aiden Lindley scored just two minutes after the opening face-off for a 1-0 Mustang lead. Caden Smith added a power play goal five minutes later and the visitors skated off with a 2-0 lead after the first period.

The Colonels responded in the second period as Carter Jordan halved the deficit just over one minute into game action but that would be the only goal surrendered by Stevenson netminder Ford DeLoss.

A second power play goal by John Musella early in the third period extended the lead before Lindley netted his second of the contest into an empty-net for the final score of 4-1 for the MAC champions from Stevenson. DeLoss finished the game with twenty-four saves and was named the MAC tournament MVP for his efforts.

MASCAC

The MASCAC tournament found No. 4 seed Fitchburg State hosting No. 8 MCLA with a berth in the NCAA tournament on the line.

The Falcons were looking for their third MASCAC championship and first since 2018 while the Trailblazers were hunting their first conference championship ever. The home team created some early adversity for the Trailblazers when Hunter Dunn broke the ice with a goal past MCLA’s Matthew Gover for a 1-0 lead after one period of play.

In the second period, Dunn assisted on linemate Matteo Orme Lynch’s goal, the only tally of the period to carry a 2-0 lead into the final period of play.

In the third period Dunn iced the contest with his second goal of the game before Cade Herrera broke Max Macchioni’s shutout bid in a 3-1 championship victory for coach Dean Fuller and the Falcons.

Macchioni made twenty-eight saves in goal and Dunn was named the MASCAC tournament MVP having figured in all the scoring for FSU with two goals and an assist.

NEHC

For the first time in many years, the final four teams in the playoffs traveled to the highest remaining seed for championship weekend. The semifinals featured New England College facing host team Hobart while Skidmore and Norwich were paired up in the other semifinal on Saturday.

Hobart took advantage of goals from Tanner Daniels in the first period and Domenic Schimizzi’s tally in the second period for a 2-0 victory backstopped by goaltender Maverick Goyer who earned the shutout.

The Statesmen controlled the contest and outshot the Pilgrims 37-15 as they set a new NCAA D-III record winning their 51^st consecutive home game.

In the second semifinal, Skidmore and Norwich played a spirited see-saw affair where the Thoroughbreds twice took one-goal advantages only to see the Cadets respond and skate off with a 3-2 comeback victory. After Danny Magnuson gave Skidmore a 2-1 lead late in the second period, Norwich’s Clark Kerner scored a power play goal in the final thirty seconds of play to set-up a winner take all third period in a 2-2 tie. The power play again was a factor early in the third period as Kerner setup Bryan O’Mara’s goal that proved to be the game-winner for the Cadets. Sami Molu was sensational in goal for Norwich making thirty-eight saves to earn the win.

On Sunday, Hobart and Norwich faced-off for the final NEHC championship based on conference re-alignments set for the 2025-26 season.

The game saw swings going both ways before Hobart drew first blood on a goal by Domenic Schimizzi for a 1-0 lead as the only goal of the period went to the home team.

Early in the second period Norwich’s Owen Scalizzi leveled the game at 1-1 apiece but Hobart answered back just minutes later as Shane Shell scored on a deflection in front of a crowd blocking Sami Molu for a 2-1 lead after two periods.

In the third period, Tanner Daniels scored on the power play as a puck retrieval by the Statesmen on the far boards ended up with a Daniels one-timer that eluded Molu for a 3-1 lead. Another Hobart penalty led to a Clark Kerner power play goal as his shot from the right point got passed a screened Damon Beaver for a 3-2 game. Ryan Remick regained the two goal margin with a hustle goal where he won possession in the Norwich zone and beat Molu with a one-timer for a 4-2 lead and still over ten minutes to play in regulation.

With just over three minutes left Chris Duclair stole the puck behind the Cadet goal and setup Tamas Toth for a clean shot from the slot and a 5-2 Statesman lead which would be the final score.

“Great game,” said Hobart head coach Mark Taylor. “I am really happy with the guys, I mean Norwich is a good program, good coach, good players – we knew coming in that trying to beat somebody three times was going to be really tough. I think they are a team that got better as the year went on, so really happy with the outcome, for sure.”

Hobart takes the final NEHC title to be contested and likely, the first round bye next week in the NCAA tournament with bracket to be announced on Monday morning by the NCAA.

NESCAC

Hamilton played host the final four weekend and played an upset minded Middlebury team in one semifinal while Tufts and Colby played in the second semifinal on Saturday.

The Continentals scored first against the Panthers as James Philpott’s point shot evaded a screened Andrew Heinze in goal for a 1-0 advantage. Late in the period the Panthers drew even as Wyatt Pastor beat Charlie Archer for a 1-1 tie after one period of play. In the second period Ben Zimmerman gave Hamilton a 2-1 lead despite a strong push from the Panthers who held a shot advantage but could not solve Archer. In the third period Pastor leveled the game for Middlebury sending the game to overtime. Hamilton dominated overtime outshooting Middlebury 10-1 but could not find the winning marker. A second overtime saw the same level of domination and finally the Continentals were rewarded as Noah Leibl’s wraparound goal beat Heinze and gave Hamilton a 3-2 2OT win.

The second semifinal saw Tufts and Colby in a tight battle through two periods of play as each team scored twice for a 2-2 tie after forty minutes. The third period was all Jumbos hockey as Tufts netted four goals in the final period to break away to a 6-2 win and their second straight appearance in the championship game. Cole Dubicki added a goal and an assist in the final period to his earlier assist for a three-point game while Gus Bylin continued his strong play in goal stopping thirty-nine of forty-one Mule shots on goal.

Hamilton hosted Tufts on Sunday for the NESCAC title and the first period was played with great pace and opportunities at both ends of the ice where goaltenders Charlie Archer (Hamilton) and Gus Bylin (Tufts) were sharp early in a scoreless twenty minutes of play.

In the second period, there were more big shots and big saves before Grisha Gotovets found a loose puck in the crease on a saved shot and poked the rebound past Bylin for a  1-0 lead. Archer kept the advantage with several big saves including a breakaway stop on Tyler Sedlak before Hamilton cashed in on a power play late with Luke Tchor extending the lead to 2-0 after two periods of play.

The third period saw Tufts searching for a comeback and launching shots from every angle at the Hamilton goal, but all were blocked or saved by Archer. With time running out, Tufts pulled their goaltender but took an interference penalty with less than two minutes remaining in regulation. With the goalie pulled, Tufts applied pressure, but a shot block turned into an odd power play goal for Ben Zimmerman who skated the puck into the zone and scored the empty-net goal to ice the game, 3-0.

Tufts outshot Hamilton 32-27 with Archer earning the shutout win in Hamilton’s first ever NESCAC championship.

SUNYAC

Oswego hosted the “Cardiac Cardinals” for the SUNYAC championship and clearly wanted to put the visitors in an early hole as the Lakers scored five goals in the opening period led by a goal and an assist from Ryan Burke in the opening two minutes of play. Plattsburgh fought back in the second period on a pair of goals from Jagger Benson setting up a very familiar three-goal deficit entering the third period. That deficit was not to be overcome against the Lakers who took advantage of ten third period saves (28 for the game) from goaltender Brandon Milberg in the 5-2 championship win in front of their home crowd. The SUNYAC crown was the 11^th for Oswego and first in eleven years who returns to the NCAA tournament with the win.

“We got off to a good start, obviously, that’s an understatement and thank God we built the lead that we did,” said Oswego head coach Ed Gosek. “Our PK came up strong and our goaltending came up strong and hey, we hung on. They certainly were not going down without the battle we expect with an Oswego-Platty game.”

UCHC

Saturday’s championship game between top seed Utica and No. 2 Geneseo was a display of offensive fireworks as the Knights stunned the home crowd by racing to a 4-0 first period lead and chasing Ryan Piros from the Pioneers goal as Filip Wiberg bookended the scoring in the opening twenty minutes of play.

The Pioneers responded in a big way to open the second period as Shane Murphy, Ben Schultheis, and Jakob Breault scored in the opening eight minutes of the middle stanza to cut the deficit to just a single goal. But that was all the scoring the Knights would surrender as Jack McDonald and Robert Gatewood would score before the end of the period to restore a three-goal lead at the end of two periods.

Peter Morgan scored the only goal of the final period, and the Knights captured their first UCHC championship unseating Utica by a final score of 7-3. Adam Harris picked up the win making thirty saves while Wiberg was named tournament MVP with his two-goal performance.

Three Biscuits

Shane Soderwall – Curry – stopped 38 of 40 shots as Curry won their first CNE championship since 2010-11 with a 5-2 win over Endicott on Saturday.

Hunter Dunn – Fitchburg State – figured in all of the Falcons’ scoring with two goals and an assist in a    3-1 championship game win over MCLA on Saturday giving FSU their first title since 2018.

Filip Wiberg – Geneseo  – scored a pair of first period goals to jumpstart the Knights to an early 4-0 lead over Utica on the way to a 7-3 championship game win and first UCHC title in their first season in the conference.

Bonus Biscuits

Charlie Archer – Hamilton – recorded his fifth shutout of the season in leading the Continentals to their first ever NESCAC title with a 3-0 win over Tufts. Archers stopped all thirty-two shots on goal to earn the win.

Ford DeLoss – Stevenson – the Mustang netminder made twenty-four saves yielding just a single goal to backstop Stevenson to the MAC championship over No. 1 seed Wilkes, 4-1.

Shane Shell – Hobart – the Statesmen forward scored one goal and added an assist as the host team secured the NEHC title and extended their NCAA record home winning streak with a 5-2 win over Norwich.

Incredible weekend to close out the 2024-25 regular season with champions determined in seven conferences in D-III. Bonus hockey now has the ultimate prize on the horizon in March so there isn’t a lot of time to celebrate the conference titles with first round action of the NCAA tournament slated for Saturday, March 15. It is all about the best of the best playing head-to-head over the next three weekends. Entry to the tournament now earned so congratulations to the fourteen teams remaining in the hunt and profound thanks to all the teams that made this season so entertaining form start to finish.

Thanks to Mr. SUNYAC, Russell Jaslow for the Gosek and Taylor post-game interview quotes.

B1G TOURNAMENT

No. 3 Minnesota 4, Notre Dame 2

Four players found the back of the net to lead No. 3 Minnesota to a 4-2 win over Notre Dame in Game 2 of the B1G quarternals Saturday. The win forces a decisive third game set for Sunday night.

Connor Kurth scored the go-ahead goal for Minnesota (25-9-4 early in the third period before setting up Matthew Wood for the eventual game winner three minutes later. Brodie Ziemer sealed the win with an empty-net goal

“Hard-fought playoff game, both teams,” Minnesota coach Bob Motzko said. “Most important, I liked how we played. (Our) guys played their tails off and so did Notre Dame. It was a great hockey game. Great atmosphere, crowd got going. That’s playoff hockey.”

Nathan Airey had 21 saves for the Golden Gophers.

No. 9 Ohio State 3, Wisconsin 2 (OT)

No. 9 Ohio State rallied to beat Wisconsin 3-2 Saturday in Game 2 of the B1G quarterfinals series Saturday night. 

Jake Rozzi put Ohio State on the board at 16:57 of the second. In the third, Gunnarwolfe Fontaine tied the score at 18:31 with an extra attacker goal. In overtime, Riley Thompson deflected a shot from Aiden Hansen-Bukata at 7:30 for the win. Ohio State outshot Wisconsin, 41-31, including 13-6 in the third period. Buckeye goalie Logan Terness had 31 saves in 66:22, with six in overtime.

Game 3 is Sunday night.

No. 15 Penn State 5, No. 11 Michigan 2

Carson Dyck scored the eventual game-winning goal as No. 15 Penn State beat No. 11 Michigan 5-2 to complete the sweep in the B1G quarterfinals at Yost Ice Arena on Saturday evening.

Ben Schoen, Charlie Cerrato, Nicholas DeGraves and JJ Wiebusch also scored for Penn State, which got 31 saves from Arsenii Sergeev. 

AHA TOURNAMENT

No. 20 Holy Cross 3, AIC 2

No. 20 Holy Cross defeated AIC, 3-2, Saturday night at the Hart Center Rink to force a winner-take-all Game 3 in the Atlantic Hockey America quarterfinals. 

Liam McLinskey got the Crusaders on the board just under five minutes into the opening period with a power play goal. Mack Oliphant extended the Crusaders’ lead to 2-0 with a shorthanded goal. 

After AIC came back to tie the game 2-2, Jack Stockfish proved to be the hero with 3:41 remaining in regulation, tapping the loose puck that the AIC goaltender thought was in his pads into the back of the net.

Thomas Gale recorded 27 saves for Holy Cross. 

Niagara 4, Army West Point 3

Niagara rallied for a 4-3 victory over Army West Point on Saturday night, evening their Atlantic Hockey America quarterfinal series 1-1 and forcing a decisive Game 3 for Sunday.

Lars Rodne and Kyler Kleven each recorded a goal and an assist to lead Niagara (18-15-3), while goaltender Pierce Charleson made 36 saves.

Jay Ahearn and Grayson Dietrich also scored for the Purple Eagles, while Pierce Charleson had 36 saves in net. 

Air Force 3, Sacred Heart 2 (2OT)

Austin Schwartz scored the game-winner with 33 seconds left in double overtime as Air Force defeated Sacred Heart 3-2 in the second game of the Atlantic Hockey quarterfinal series Saturday in Fairfield, Conn.

Andrew DeCarlo and Mitchell Digby also scored for Air Force, which twice rallied from a goal down to force overtime. Guy Blessing had 32 saves.

CCHA TOURNAMENT

Bemidji 4, Augustana 3

Bemidji State forced a decisive third game after defeating Augustana University 4-3 Saturday night in Game 2 of the CCHA quarterfinals in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Four different players scored for the Beavers — Jackson Jutting, Reilly Funk, Tomy Follmer and Adam Flammang. Goalie Mattias Sholl earned his 51st career win after he turned aside 23 shots. 

Bowling Green 4, Michigan Tech 0

Bowling Green got goals from four different players in a 4-0 win over Michigan Tech in the second game of the CCHA quarterfinals on Saturday night. The Falcons won the series 2-0.

Quinn Emerson, Ethan Scardina, Maxwell Martin and Ben Doran all scored for Bowling Green. Christian Stoever had 27 saves.

No. 14 Minnesota State 3, Lake Superior 2

No. 14 Minnesota State swept Lake Superior State with a 3-2 win Saturday night in the CCHA quarterfinals. It was the ninth straight quarterfinal series sweep for the Mavericks after a 4-1 victory Friday.

Luciano Wilson, Zach Krajnik and Evan Murr all scored for the Mavericks, while goalie Alex Tracy had 20 saves for his 24th win.

St. Thomas 4, Ferris State 1

Liam Malmquist recorded his second hat trick of the season as St. Thomas completed the sweep of Ferris State with a convincing 4-1 win on Saturday night in the CCHA playoffs. Malmquist also had an assist on a Grant Docter goal.

Jake Sibell had 25 saves on 26 shots. 

ECAC TOURNAMENT

Cornell 5, Yale 1

A third-period attack helped spark Cornell to a 5-1 win over Yale in opening-round action of the ECAC tournament before a crowd of 4,121 at Lynah Rink on Saturday night.

Tim Rego scored two of the Big Red’s five goals for his first career multi-goal game. Rego’s defensive partner, Ben Robertson, tallied a pair of assists and Ondrej Psenicka also chipped in a goal and an assist. Kyle Penney and Nick DeSantis also found the back of the net for Cornell, who had 18 saves in net from Ian Shane.

Dartmouth 6, St. Lawrence 2

Dartmo­­uth advanced to the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals on Saturday night with a 6-2 win over No. 12 St. Lawrence at Thompson Arena.

A total of 14 different Big Green players tallied a point. Sean Chisholm had a pair of goals while Eric Charpentier had a goal and two assists. 

The Big Green are riding a four-game win streak, over the four games they have outscored opponents 17-6.

REGULAR SEASON 

No. 1 Boston College 6, Merrimack 0

No. 1 Boston College wrapped up the regular season on Saturday afternoon with a 6-0 victory over Merrimack in Hockey East action. 

Eamon Powell led all scorers with three points on three assists. Gabe Perreault and Teddy Stiga each scored twice for the Eagles, while Ryan Leonard and Connor Joyce also scored. Andre Gasseau tallied two assists and Jacob Fowler posted a 27-save shutout.

BC, which had clinched the Hockey East regular-season title the night before by virtue of UMass’s victory over Maine, will start conference tournament play next week as the top seed.

No. 5 Maine 2, No. 16 UMass 2 (OT, Maine wins shootout)

Trailing 2-0 entering the third period, No. 5 Maine came back to tie No. 16 UMass, 2-2, and win the shootout on Saturday night at the Mullins Center.

Albin Boija made 40 saves and is 21-7-5 on the year. Luke Antonacci and Nicholas Niemo scored for Maine. 

No. 7 Denver 4, No. 20 Colorado College 3

No. 7 Denver concluded the regular season on Saturday night with a 4-3 win over No. 20 Colorado College in NCHC action at Ed Robson Arena.

The same two teams will meet in the tournament quarterfinals in a best-of-three series next weekend at Magness Arena. 

Four different Denver players recorded multiple points — Jack Devine (goal, assist), Aidan Thompson (two assists), Sam Harris (two assists) and James Reeder (goal, assist) all had two points. Boston Buckberger appeared in his 80th career game and scored his seventh goal of the season. He now has 14 points in the last 15 games. 

The Pioneers improved 9-3-1 in their last 13 games and finished the regular season series against Colorado College with a 3-1-0 record.

No. 10 Boston University 6, Vermont 1

Cole Hutson and Quinn Hutson tallied three points apiece to help lead No. 10 Boston University to a 6-1 win at Vermont on Saturday night in Hockey East action at Gutterson Fieldhouse.

Quinn scored twice and had the primary assist on Cole’s 12th goal of the season, with Cole adding two assists. Cole Eiserman scored his 20th goal of the season while Ryan Greene and Tom Willander recorded two assists apiece. Jack Hughes and Devin Kaplan each scored. Mikhail Yegorov had 21 saves.

No. 6 Providence 3, Northeastern 2

Hudson Malinoski scored the game-winning goal with 6:54 left in regulation as No. 6 Providence earned a first-round bye in the Hockey East tournament with a 3-2 win at Northeastern on Saturday at Matthews Arena. 

Will Elger, Logan Sawyer and Hudson Malinoski all scored for Providence, while Zach Borgiel had 26 saves.

The Friars will travel to UConn for a quarterfinal matchup on Friday.

New Hampshire 4, No. 17 UMass Lowell 2

Robert Cronin and Liam Devlin each scored twice as New Hampshire beat No. 17 UMass Lowell 4-2 on Saturday before a crowd of 6.510 at the Whittemore Center.

The same two teams will go at it again on Wednesday night in Lowell, Mass., in the preliminary round of the Hockey East tournament. Rico DiMatteo recorded 31 saves to earn his second straight win, while Ryan Conmy had a multi-point night with three assists.

B1G TOURNAMENT

Notre Dame 3, No. 3 Minnesota 2

Coach Jeff Jackson marked career win No. 600 as Notre Dame earned a 3-2 victory Friday night at No. 3 Minnesota to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-3 B1G quarterfinal series. 

Notre Dame took the early lead just 90 seconds into the contest with a goal from Axel Kumlin. Michael Mastrodomenico and Ali Brennan also scored for the Irish. Owen Say made 30 saves in net.

Game 2 is Saturday night.

Wisconsin 4, No. 9 Ohio State 1

With four different goal scorers, Wisconsin charged past Ohio State 4-1 in B1G quarterfinal action Friday night at Nationwide Arena.

The Badgers took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series. Game 2 is Saturday night.  

Wisconsin got on the board first at 18:51 of the first period on a deflection from Ryland Mosley. The Badgers scored twice more in the second with Owen Mehlenbacher and Simon Tassy lighting the lamp at 3:04 and 9:09, respectively, to give the Badgers a 3-0 lead. An empty-net goal from Kyle Kukkonen at 18:14 into the final frame sealed the win for Wisconsin.

No. 15 Penn State 6, No. 11 Michigan 5 (OT)

A game-winning goal five minutes into overtime gave JJ Wiebusch a hat trick and No. 15 Penn State a 6-5 win over No. 11 Michigan in Game 1 of a B1G quarterfinal series on Friday night at Yost Ice Arena. Game 2 is Saturday night. 

Ben Schoen, Matt DiMarsico and Danny Dzhaniyev also scored for the Nittany Lions. Michigan, which battled back from a one-goal deficit and a pair of two-goal deficits, got two goals from Jackson Hallum.

Penn State’s Arsenii Sergeev had 21 saves while Michigan’s Logan Stein had 30.

ECAC TOURNAMENT

Brown 3, Princeton 2

Ryan St. Louis scored twice and added an assist as Brown took a 3-2 home win over Princeton Tigers in the opening round of the ECAC Hockey tournament Friday night at Meehan Auditorium.

With the win, the Bears advanced to the ECAC quarterfinals for the first time since 2019.

Harvard 5, Rensselaer 2

Harvard rode a four-goal second period to a 5-2 win over RPI in the first round of the ECAC Hockey playoffs Friday night, scoring thrice in a 4-minute span to advance to the quarterfinals for the ninth consecutive season.

Mick Thompson added another 3-point game with two goals and an assist. Juston Solovey, Joe Miller and Casey Severo also scored for the Crimson. Aku Koskenvuo had 36 saves in net.

CCHA TOURNAMENT

No 14 Minnesota State 4, Lake Superior State 1

Zach Krajnik recorded his first career hat trick and No. 14 Minnesota State pulled away from Lake Superior State 4-1 in Game 1 of the CCHA quarterfinals Friday night at Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center.

Game 2 is Saturday night. 

Krajnik had all of one goal and six assists entering the game. He scored a pair of goals in the first period, followed by an empty-netter late in the third.

Brian Carrabes had a goal and an assist and Luigi Benincasa had two assists. Alex Tracy stopped 20 of 21 shots to collect his 23rd win of the season in goal.

St. Thomas 7, Ferris State 3

St. Thomas was a 7-3 winner over Ferris State on Friday night in the first game of the CCHA quarterfinals. 

Cooper Gay and Liam Malmquist each scored two goals for the Tommies. Noah West had 30 saves. Game 2 is Saturday night.

Bowling Green 2, Michigan Tech 1 (OT)

Quinn Emerson scored at 5:01 of overtime to lift Bowling Green to a 2-1 win over Michigan Tech on Friday night in Game 1 of the CCHA quarterfinals. 

Stiven Sardarian scored for Michigan Tech early in the third period to tie the game 1-1. Jaden Grant also scored for Bowling Green.

Ryan Manzella had 29 saves for the Huskies while Falcons goaltender Christian Stoever had 20. Game 2 is Saturday night.

Augustana 3, Bemidji State 1

Augustana scored three unanswered goals in the third period to earn a 3-1 win over Bemidji State in Game 1 of the CCHA quarterfinals on Saturday. Game 2 is Saturday.

Simon Falk, Owen Baumgartner and Colton Friesen scored for the Vikings. Goalie Josh Kotai stopped 18 shots. 

AHA TOURNAMENT

Bentley 4, Canisius 0

Bentley took a 1-0 lead in its best-of-3 Atlantic Hockey quarterfinal series with Canisius on Friday with a 4-0 win in Waltham, Mass.

Goalie Connor Hasley and the Falcons recorded their ninth shutout of the season. Hasley made 26 saves to earn his 17th win.

Jake Black scored two goals, in the second and third periods, and Nik Armstrong-Kingkade and Nick Bochen had goals in the opening period.

Game 2 is Saturday night. 

American International 3, Holy Cross 2

American International is one win away from the Atlantic Hockey America semifinals after a 3-2 win over No. 20 Holy Cross in Game 1 of a quarterfinal series on Friday. 

Alfred Lindberg, Josh Barnes and Oscar Geschwind all scored to stake the Yellow Jackets to a 3-0 lead in the second period. Top-seeded Holy Cross twice scored in the third. 

Game 2 is tonight in Worcester, Mass.

Army West Point 3, Niagara 2 (2OT)

Army West Point got a double-overtime winner from Mac Gadowsky to take down Niagara by a 3-2 score in Game 1 of the AHA quarterfinals Friday night.

In what was the 4th-longest game in Atlantic Hockey America history, the Black Knights converted on their ninth power play of the night to claim the victory after beginning 0-for-8 on the man advantage.

Ben Ivey and Adam Marshall also logged goals for the Black Knights while goalie JJ Cataldo made a career-high 48 saves in net, including 15 in both overtime frames.

The game marked the second-longest postseason game in Army’s history in the Division I era and the third to go into a second overtime. It is the first game in which Army has won when going into a second overtime.

Game 2 is Saturday.

REGULAR SEASON

No. 4 Western Michigan 8, Miami 3

Western Michigan got goals from seven different players and collected its nation-leading 25th win of the season with an 8-3 victory over Miami on Friday night at Goggin Ice Center in Oxford, Ohio. 

Zach Nehring scored twice for the Broncos on his birthday. Wyatt Schingoethe, Alex Bump, Zack Sharp, Tim Washe, Ty Henricks and Joona Väisänen all had goals for Western Michigan as well. 

No. 16 UMass 5, No. 5 Maine 1

No. 16 Massachusetts built a 3-0 first period lead and rolled to a 5-1 win over No. 5 Maine at the Mullins Center in Hockey East action on Friday night. 

UMass opened the scoring just 2:52 into the contest when Cole O’Hara redirected Francesco Dell’Elce’s shot from the left point past Maine goaltender Albin Boija for his 21st goal of the season. It also extended O’Hara’s point streak to 13 straight. Kenny Connors and Jack Musa scored to make it 3-0 after one period. 

O’Hara scored two goals. Joey Musa scored his first UMass goal. Michael Hrabal made 38 saves for UMass.

UMass’s win knocked Maine out of the hunt for the Hockey East regular-season title. Boston College, who was idle Friday night, clinched it for the second straight year. 

No. 7 Denver 4, No. 20 Colorado College 1

No. 7 Denver was a 4-1 winner over rival Colorado College on Friday night in NCHC action. 

Four different players scored for the Pioneers — Samu Salkminen, Sam Harris, James Reeder and Eric Pohlkamp. Matt Davis had a total of 22 saves in net. 

The same two teams go at it again on Saturday in Colorado Springs to close out the regular season. 

New Hampshire 4, No. 17 UMass Lowell 1

Four different players scored for New Hampshire in a 4-1 at No. 17 UMass Lowell on Friday night in Hockey East action at the Tsongas Center.

Conor Lovett, Robert Cronin, Brendan Fitzgerald and Nick Ring each scored for UNH, while Rico DiMatteo made 14 saves. Morgan Winters had two assists. for two points.

No. 18 North Dakota 3, Omaha 1

North Dakota was a 3-1 winner over Omaha before a crowd of 11,572 at Ralph Engelstad Arena on Friday night in NCHC action.

Carter Wilkie, Sacha Boisvert and Dylan James all scored for North Dakota. T.J. Semptimphelter had 27 saves in goal. 

The two teams go at it again tonight to close out the regular season.