The Miami RedHawks came into the CCHA semifinals with a regular season championship and a playoff series win against Michigan State under their belt.<\/p>\n
Their momentum was quickly demolished by a juggernaut Michigan squad in a 6-2 loss at Joe Louis Arena Saturday night.<\/p>\n
[scg_html_ccha2013]Despite the loss, the RedHawks (24-10-5) will receive a high seed in the NCAA tournament and will have to shrug this loss off quickly before next week.<\/p>\n
“We’ve moved on already,” Miami coach Enrico Blasi said. “It’s something that we have to learn from. We have a lot of young guys in that locker room that haven’t been in that situation. I’m a big believer everything happens for a reason and we’ll learn from it and we’ll continue to teach our guys during the week. And now we’ve got a game to get ready for next week.”<\/p>\n
The RedHawks have shown resiliency this season as they have lost back-to-back games just once dating to the end of December.<\/p>\n
The third-ranked RedHawks are a young and talented team with 18 freshman and sophomores, including a pair of freshman goalies.<\/p>\n
Miami has had an illustrious season, not only with the league title, but with individual accolades as well. Sophomore Austin Czarnik is the 2012-13 CCHA player of the year and freshman Riley Barber received rookie of the year honors.<\/p>\n
Barber took the league by storm this season, leading the league and the nation with 38 points for a rookie.<\/p>\n
“Let’s not forget that this is the team that won the CCHA regular season championship,” Blasi said. “So let’s not feel sorry for ourselves here. I’m so proud of them. I know that they can play better. I know we learned a big lesson tonight, and we’ll move forward.”<\/p>\n
Czarnik continued his hot play against Michigan, recording two assists, but couldn’t get into any kind of flow on the ice with a flurry of Michigan goals coming in the second period.<\/p>\n
“You’ve got to play with a sense of hunger and yet you still have to do your job,” Blasi said. “And that’ll be the lesson that we continue to preach throughout the week, and I think our guys will respond. This is a resilient group.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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