MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Kevin Goumas scored twice and New Hampshire goalie Matt Di Girolamo stopped seven shots in the third period as the Wildcats upset top-seeded Miami of Ohio 3-1 Saturday in the NCAA tournament’s northeast regional.
Mike Sislo also scored for the Wildcats (22-10-6), breaking a 1-all tie early in the third period and Di Girolamo carried UNH the rest of the way.
New Hampshire will play either Notre Dame or Merrimack on Sunday in the regional final.
Di Girolamo didn’t allow a goal after Bryon Paulazzo put Miami (23-10-6) up 1-0 just 53 seconds into the game. He finished with 21 saves and was mobbed by his teammates at the net after the final horn as New Hampshire fans chanted “U-N-H!”
Goumas tied it at 1-all exactly one minute after Miami’s only score and later and added an empty-net goal with 1:25 left in the third.
Cody Reichard made 24 saves for the RedHawks, whose quest for a third straight appearance in the Frozen Four ended in the regional semifinals.
North Dakota 6, Rensselaer 0
GREEN BAY, Wis. — North Dakota lived up to its No. 1 ranking in its NCAA tournament opener.
Brad Malone scored a pair of goals and the Sioux moved one win away from the Frozen Four with a 6-0 rout of Rensselaer in a NCAA regional semifinal at the Resch Center in Green Bay on Saturday afternoon.
“We had a good focus tonight. We had everybody that contributed through this 60 minutes,” said North Dakota coach Dave Hakstol. “It was a good, solid work day against a very good hockey team.”
After a back-and-forth first period, North Dakota (31-8-3) broke it open in the second, scoring four goals in a span of about 13 minutes. RPI (20-13-5) was never able to recover.
“We didn’t come here to just be happy that we made the tournament. Hopefully people saw in the first period and by the way we started,” RPI coach Seth Appert said. “But you have to give North Dakota credit for the second period.”
Special teams was the difference for North Dakota. The Sioux went 2 for 7 on the power play and added a short-handed goal, while the Engineers were 0 for 8 with the man advantage.
Minn-Duluth 5, Yale 3
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Mike Connolly scored a short-handed goal and had three assists as Minnesota-Duluth beat top-seeded Yale 5-3 to earn a trip to the Frozen Four.
Kenny Reiter made 30 saves for UMD (24-10-6), which used four second-period goals, three on the power play, to take a four-goal lead into the third.
Denver 3, Western Michigan 2, OT
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jason Zucker scored off a rebound of his own shot 11:14 into the second overtime to lift Denver past Western Michigan 3-2 in the NCAA regional semifinals Saturday night.
The Pioneers (25-11-5) were hoping for a WCHA finals rematch with No. 1 ranked North Dakota and they got it after rallying late to beat the Broncos (19-13-10).
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