COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – North Dakota jumped on Holy Cross in the first minute and Jordan Parise had 21 saves as the top-seeded Fighting Sioux defeated the Crusaders 3-0 in the NCAA West Regional tournament on Friday night.

Zach Parise took a breakaway pass from Brady Murray and faked out Holy Cross goalie Tony Quesada 47 seconds into the game to give North Dakota a 1-0 lead.

On a power play late in the second period, Parise fed to Brandon Bochenski in the slot, who then fired a shot past Quesada to make it 2-0.

North Dakota was 1-for-4 on power play chances. Holy Cross was 0-for-5.

Mike Prpich made it 3-0 at 5:09 in the third period, backhanding into the net after a pass in front of the crease from Ryan Hale.

The Fighting Sioux outshot fourth-seeded Holy Cross 37-21. Quesada finished with 30 saves. North Dakota (30-7-3) will play the winner of the Denver-Miami (Ohio) game in the West Regional championship Saturday night.

Holy Cross finishes the season 22-10-4.

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