{"id":133118,"date":"2022-03-04T22:15:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T04:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=133118"},"modified":"2022-03-04T22:15:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T04:15:15","slug":"bc-delays-no-9-umass-hopes-of-hockey-east-title-north-dakota-clinches-nchc-crown-in-ot-wisconsin-stuns-no-7-notre-dame-in-b1g-playoffs-bentley-grabs-game-one-in-ot-from-niagara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2022\/03\/04\/bc-delays-no-9-umass-hopes-of-hockey-east-title-north-dakota-clinches-nchc-crown-in-ot-wisconsin-stuns-no-7-notre-dame-in-b1g-playoffs-bentley-grabs-game-one-in-ot-from-niagara\/","title":{"rendered":"BC delays No. 9 UMass&#8217; hopes of Hockey East title; North Dakota clinches NCHC crown in OT; Wisconsin stuns No. 7 Notre Dame in B1G playoffs; Bentley grabs game one in OT from Niagara"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_133119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133119\" style=\"width: 1840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-133119 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/775775506RG1012_UMASS_BC-e1646450373447.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1840\" height=\"1065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/775775506RG1012_UMASS_BC-e1646450373447.jpg 1840w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/775775506RG1012_UMASS_BC-e1646450373447-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/775775506RG1012_UMASS_BC-e1646450373447-1024x593.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/775775506RG1012_UMASS_BC-e1646450373447-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/775775506RG1012_UMASS_BC-e1646450373447-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/775775506RG1012_UMASS_BC-e1646450373447-1536x889.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/775775506RG1012_UMASS_BC-e1646450373447-696x403.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/775775506RG1012_UMASS_BC-e1646450373447-1392x806.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/775775506RG1012_UMASS_BC-e1646450373447-1068x618.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/775775506RG1012_UMASS_BC-e1646450373447-726x420.jpg 726w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/775775506RG1012_UMASS_BC-e1646450373447-1451x840.jpg 1451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1840px) 100vw, 1840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Despite a feverish pitch in the closing seconds, Boston College hung on to upset No. 9 Massachusetts, 2-1, keeping the Minutemen from clinching the Hockey East regular-season title (photo: Rich Gagnon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It seemed almost automatic that red-hot Massachusetts would secure a single point to clinch at least a share of the Hockey East title against Boston College on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>But the Eagles had a different game plan.<\/p>\n<p>Despite falling behind in the first period on a Garrett Wait goal, Boston College answered twice on the power play and then survived a potential buzzer beater from the visiting Minutemen to earn a 2-1 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor Kuntar&#8217;s tally with the man advantage late in the second drew the game even at 1. Then a late UMass penalty in the second carried over to the third where Jack McBain scored his 17th of the season just 28 seconds into the frame.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sticks came back from Beijing and can&#39;t stop scoring \ud83d\ude4c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dh9K3fAers\">pic.twitter.com\/Dh9K3fAers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BC Men&#39;s Hockey (@BC_MHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BC_MHockey\/status\/1499925485609910274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>UMass buzzed late and actually appeared to tie the game on Reed Lebster&#8217;s shot but the puck entered the cage fractions of a second after the final horn.<\/p>\n<p>An overtime or shootout loss would&#8217;ve been enough to secure a minimum of a share of the Hockey East title for UMass. But the regulation loss now means that UMass, Northeastern (a 6-1 winner over Merrimack) and UMass Lowell (a 6-3 winner over New Hampshire) could all grab at least a piece of the Hockey East title on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No. 4 North Dakota 5, No. 20 Omaha 4 (OT)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tyler Klevin&#8217;s goal in overtime gave North Dakota a 5-4 victory over Omaha and give the Fighting Hawks at least a share of the NCHC title.<\/p>\n<p>It is the fifth time in nine years that North Dakota can claim at least a share of the Penrose Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The Fighting Hawks never trailed, jumping to a 3-1 lead on goals by Jake Schmaltz, Cooper Moore and Griffin Ness. But Omaha climbed back and with less than a minute remaining tied the game on an extra attacker goal by Taylor Ward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Big Ten Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wisconsin 3, No. 7 Notre Dame 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>in possibly the night&#8217;s biggest upset, Wisconsin jumped to an early lead on No. 7 Notre Dame and never trailed, upsetting the Fighting Irish, 3-1, to open their best-of-three quarterfinal series.<\/p>\n<p>Brock Caufield scored early, and after Grahan Slaggert answered at 13:52 of the second to tie the game, it took just 38 seconds for the Badgers to reclaim the lead on Dominic Mersch&#8217;s fifth goal of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Zach Urdalh dashed hopes of a comeback with his fourth goal of the year in the third.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udcfd\ufe0f: Urdahl does it all!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf4e: Stange <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QuZ5XNE2Sd\">pic.twitter.com\/QuZ5XNE2Sd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerMHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BadgerMHockey\/status\/1499927329866354692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jared Moe was spectacular in net stopping 49 of the 50 shots he faced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other B1G scores:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No. 5 Michigan 4, Michigan State 1<br \/>\nNo. 12 Ohio State 4, Penn State 3<\/p>\n<p><strong>ECAC Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dartmouth 3, Rensselaer 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Losurdo&#8217;s goal at 16:55 of the second period broke a 2-2 tie as 12th-seeded Dartmouth earned a road upset of fifth-seed Rensselaer, 3-2, in the opening game of the ECAC best-of-three first-round series.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Losurdo&#39;s sixth of the season has us up 3-2! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kIOFnuNtsO\">pic.twitter.com\/kIOFnuNtsO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dartmouth Men&#39;s Hockey (@Dartmouth_MIH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dartmouth_MIH\/status\/1499917077280440322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sean Chisholm staked the Big Green a lead just 53 second into the game only to have the host Engineers answer 15 seconds later.<\/p>\n<p>After Matt Gallant regained the lead for Dartmouth at 16:01 of the first, it took just 28 seconds for Justin Addamo to draw the game back at two.<\/p>\n<p>Losurdo&#8217;s goal, though, never had an answer as Dartmouth goaltender Clay Stevenson made 36 saves in the game including 27 over the final two periods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other ECAC scores:<\/strong><br \/>\nUnion 3, Princeton 2<br \/>\nSt. Lawrence 4, Brown 1<br \/>\nColgate 3, Yale 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>CCHA Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No. 1 Minnesota State 3, St. Thomas 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite plastering 42 shots on goal, Minnesota State relied upon third-period goals by Sam Morton at 49 seconds and Lucas Sowder at 14:27 to sneak past St. Thomas, 3-2, in the opening game of the best-of-three CCHA quarterfinal.<\/p>\n<p>The nation&#8217;s top team fell behind early when Ethan Gauer gave the Tommies a 1-0 lead at 3:49 of the first. Morton scored his first of two goals at 3:12 of the second, but St. Thomas regained the lead on Luke Manning&#8217;s eighth goal of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The tension bled into the third where Morton struck on the power play and Sowder earned his opportunity to play hero.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other CCHA scores:<\/strong><br \/>\nNo. 15 Michigan Tech 3, Ferris State 2<br \/>\nNorthern Michigan 5, Lake Superior 1<br \/>\nBowling Green 2, Bemidji State 1<\/p>\n<p><strong>AHA Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Collin Rutherford scored his second goal of the game at 9:47 of overtime as Bentley knocked off host Niagara in the first round of the Atlantic Hockey playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcons never trailed as Lucas Vanroboys and Rutherford staked the team to leads of 1-0 and 2-1. 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