The University of Wisconsin Badgers defeat the University of Vermont Catamounts 3-2 on Saturday night at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. The game finished after 11:00 pm due to the overtime game before. The game was up and down, hard hitting, and a pleasure to watch. With the exception of the second period, it was a pretty even match-up.
Period one saw the Badgers get out to a 1-0 lead 5:51 into the game on a Justin Schultz shot on the PP. Less than two minutes later, Vermont's Dan Lawson went barrelling into the goalie, a Wisconsin player on his back, with the puck shot into the goalie. The entire scrum ended up in the net, puck and all. The refs then went and reviewed the play, where it was determined that the puck had crossed the goal line before the whistle blew, thus tying the game at one. Nine minutes later, the Catamounts buried a shot while on the PP to get their first, and only, lead of the game.
Period two was total domination by the Badgers. They outshot Vermont 16-3 and outscored them 2-0. The first goal of the second period was scored by Michael Davies on the PP. It was an amazing sniper shot to the near corner. He had a couple of inches to shoot at and put it just under the crossbar to tie the game at two. Goal three also came on the power play. Justin Schultz shot the puck from the blue line and Blake Geoffrion got a stick on it to redirect it into the cage and put the Badgers up for good.
The third period didn't see any scoring, but it was for lack of effort on both teams. The shots were pretty even, 14-12 in favor of UW, but it seemed like the Catamounts had the best opportunities. Often, the puck would be lying in the slot only to have a UW player get a stick on it, or the Gudmandson would gobble it up with his big glove. It was a fun, up and down, third period. OT would've been fun, but I was very happy when the game ended as it had already been a long day.
RIT upsets Denver
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Cameron Burt scored a power-play goal with 7:24 left in the third period and Rochester Institute won its first NCAA Division I tournament game, upsetting top-seeded Denver 2-1 in the East Regional semifinals Friday.
The Tigers (27-11-1) will play New Hampshire, a 6-2 winner over Cornell, on Saturday for a berth in the Frozen Four.
Freshman defenseman Chris Tanev also scored for RIT, and senior goaltender Jared DeMichiel stopped 39 shots as the Tigers extended their win streak to 11 games, longest in the country this season.
Joe Colborne had the goal for Denver (27-10-4), the top seed in the East which ended the season with three consecutive losses.
RIT, the Atlantic Hockey Association champion, is in its fifth season as a D-I program.
New Hampshire tops Cornell
ALBANY, N.Y. — Bobby Butler and Paul Thompson each had two goals and an assist, and Mike Sislo also scored twice in New Hampshire's 6-2 victory over Cornell (21-9-4) on Friday night in the NCAA East Regional semifinals.
The Wildcats (18-13-7) will face Rochester Institute of Technology, a 2-1 winner over Denver, on Saturday for a spot in the Frozen Four.
Butler and Sislo scored on consecutive shots 26 seconds apart late in the second period to take a 2-1 lead.
They were the first goals allowed by Cornell's Ben Scrivens in more than three games, ending his shutout streak at 267 minutes, 11 seconds.
Brian Foster made 24 saves for New Hampshire.
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