NCAA Hockey Capsules
March 27, 2010
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)—Tony Mosey scored on a power play 23 seconds into thesecond overtime to give St. Cloud State a 4-3 victory over Northern Michigan onFriday in the West Regional semifinals, the Huskies’ first NCAA tournamentvictory.
Mosey tipped a pass from Garrett Roe between goalie Brian Stewart’s pads.
St. Cloud State won after losing its first eight NCAA tournament games. TheHuskies (24-13-5) will face Wisconsin or Vermont on Saturday for a spot in theFrozen Four.
Mike Lee made 42 saves for St. Cloud State.
Stewart made 50 saves for the Wildcats (20-13-8), who overcame a two-goaldeficit in the third period. Justin Florek had a goal and an assist for NorthernMichigan, and defenseman Erik Spady tied it with less than 4 minutes left inregulation.
East Regional
RIT 2, Denver 1
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)—Cameron Burt scored a power-play goal with 7:24 left andRochester Institute of Technology won its first NCAA Division I tournament game.
The Atlantic Hockey Association champion Tigers (27-11-1) will play NewHampshire on Saturday for a berth in the Frozen Four.
Freshman defenseman Chris Tanev also scored, and Jared DeMichiel made 39saves to help RIT extend its winning streak to 11 games, the longest in thecountry this season.
Joe Colborne scored for Denver (27-10-4).
New Hampshire 6, Cornell 2
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)—Bobby Butler and Paul Thompson each had two goals and anassist, and Mike Sislo also scored twice for New Hampshire (18-13-7).
Butlter and Sislo scored on consecutive shots 26 seconds apart late in thesecond period to take a 2-1 lead. They were the first goals allowed by Cornell’sBen Scrivens in more than three games, ending his shutout streak at 267 minutes,11 seconds.
Brian Foster made 24 saves for New Hampshire.
Tyler Roeszler and Dan Nicholls scored for Cornell (21-9-4).
