FRIDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Princeton upsets No. 12 Ohio State, No. 7 Western Michigan downs No. 6 Michigan, Friendship Four in Belfast sees Notre Dame best Harvard, No. 13 Boston University defeat Merrimack, No. 1 Michigan State blanks Lindenwood, Alaska ties No. 3 Minnesota

Princeton goaltender Arthur Smith turned in a 29-save performance in helping the Tigers to a 3-1 win over No. 12 Ohio State Friday night at Hobey Baker Rink (photo: Princeton Athletics).

Princeton came out of the Thanksgiving holiday firing on all cylinders Friday night, upsetting No. 12 Ohio State 3-1 at Hobey Baker Rink in Princeton, N.J.

Jake Manfre scored two goals and added an assist for the Tigers, while Noah de la Durantaye also scored in the win.

Arthur Smith made 29 saves in goal for Princeton.

For the Buckeyes, Joe Dunlap netted the lone goal and goalie Kristoffer Eberly finished with 20 stops between the pipes.

POLL | PAIRWISE | SCOREBOARD | STANDINGS

No. 1 Michigan State 4, Lindenwood 0

On home ice at Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing, Mich., Trey Augustine made all 29 saves as Michigan State shut out Lindenwood by a 4-0 count.

Matt Basgall, Daniel Russell, Tommi Männistö and Isaac Howard all scored for the Spartans.

In goal for the Lions, Owen Bartoszkiewicz finished with 52 saves.

Alaska 1, No. 3 Minnesota 1

Alaska scored in the first period (Braden Birnie) and Minnesota scored in the second period (Beckett Hendrickson) as the Nanooks and Gophers played to a 1-1 tie at 3M Arena at Mariucci in Minneapolis, Minn.

Alaska goalie Nicholas Grabko made 36 saves and Minnesota’s Nathan Airey stopped 19.

No. 4 Boston College 5, No. 15 Dartmouth 3

James Hagens scored a pair of goals and Jacob Fowler made 13 saves as Boston College defeated Dartmouth 5-3 from Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Mike Posma, Teddy Stiga and Andre Gasseau added goals for the Eagles.

Steven Townley, Cooper Flinton and John Fusco scored for Dartmouth and goalie Roan Clarke made 32 stops.

No. 7 Western Michigan 4, No. 6 Michigan 1

Western Michigan scored the game’s first four goals and took a 4-1 win over Michigan at Lawson Ice Arena in Kalamazoo, Mich.

William Whitelaw ruined Cameron Rowe’s shutout bid at 17:11 of the third period. Rowe finished with 26 saves.

Robby Drazner, Tim Washe, Cole Crusberg-Roseen and Cam Knuble netted the Broncos’ goals.

Michigan goalie Logan Stein made 33 saves.

Bemidji State 2, No. 14 North Dakota 1

Mattias Sholl made 34 saves as Bemidji State topped North Dakota 2-1 from the Sanford Center in Bemidji, Minn.

Mitch Wolfe and Isa Parekh scored for the Beavers before Sacha Boisvert snapped Sholl’s shutout with 3:33 to go in the third period.

T.J. Semptimphelter finished with 20 saves in the Fighting Hawks crease.

Friendship Four

From the SSE Arena Belfast, the semifinals of the 2024 Friendship Four from Belfast, Northern Ireland, took place Friday.

Notre Dame 4, Harvard 2

Notre Dame used four different goal scorers – Blake Biondi, Jaedon Kerr, Michael Mastrodomenico and Justin Janicke – to double up Harvard.

Owen Say made 27 saves in goal for the Irish.

Joe Miller and Cam Johnson scored for the Crimson, while Aku Koskenvuo and Ben Charette combined on a 22-save outing in goal.

No. 13 Boston University 6, Merrimack 2

Tristan Amonte netted a pair of goals and Mathieu Caron made 31 saves for the Terriers.

Aiden Celebrini, Gavin McCarthy, Quinn Hutson and Shane Lachance added goals for BU.

Antonio Venuto and David Sacco had the goals for the Warriors, while Nils Wallstrom and Max Lundgren combined on a 23-save performance in goal.

Adirondack Winter Invitational

The semifinals of the Adirondack Winter Invitational from Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y., went down Friday.

No. 10 Providence 3, No. 20 Clarkson 2 (OT)

Graham Gamache scored 1:57 into overtime to win it for the Friars.

Tanner Adams and Nick Poisson also scored for Providence and Philip Svedebäck made 23 saves between the pipes.

Jared Mangan and Ryan Richardson scored for Clarkson and goalie Ethan Langenegger stopped 28 shots.

No. 16 UMass Lowell 2, St. Lawrence 0

Dillan Bentley and Scout Truman scored and Beni Halasz turned aside all 20 shots he faced in the win.

Saints goalie Mason Kucenski finished with 28 saves.