Scoreboard: Men's and Women's NCAA D-III Frozen Four Semifinals

MEN (from Lake Placid)
Oswego State     6
Norwich              3
FINAL   Box Score 

1st Period: Norwich's AHCA Third-Team All American Pierre Olivier Cotnoir scores 20 seconds in to give the Cadets the lead. Just a day after being named AHCA Sid Watson Award winner, Paul Rodrigues ties the game 3:18 in. Shots in favor of Oswego 12-10. No penalties in the first period.

2nd Period: The first eight minutes were rather middling, but Norwich's Kyle Thomas broke the monotony off a well placed pass from Corey Hale to put the Cadets up 2-1 at 8:06 of the 2nd. Oswego answered right back, even faster than they did in the 1st, on a goal 1:23 later from Tim Carr, assisted by Kyle Badham and Carr's brother Chris.

The Lakers get the first power play of the game at 11:43 when the Cadets Erik Lyrvall is called for holding. Oswego gets two shots on the PP but does not score. Norwich's Tory Allen has a shorthanded opportunity after intercepting a pass from Paul Rodrigues, but Allen misses the net on a shorthanded breakaway. Norwich gets its first power play with 39.5 remaining on a tripping call against Nick Rivait. Cadets will start the third on the PP.  Shots in favor of Oswego 27-17 for the game, 15-7 for the period.

3rd Period: Chris Muise scores 6:24 in to give the Lakers the lead. They pad the lead at 12:04 and 13:47 with goals from Tyler Limbrock and Matt Singleton to make it 5-2. Corey Hale snaps one past Andrew Hare for his first of the season and cuts it to 5-3 with 2:11 left. Tim Carr nets an empty netter to make it 6-3 and the Lakers head to the title game for the second straight year.

Oswego puts up six on the best scoring defense (statistically at least) in the country. NESCAC fans might remember that Oswego ousted Amherst, 2-1, in the 2012 national semifinal on an overtime goal by the Lakers' Rodrigues.


Wisconsin Eau-Claire       5
Utica                                1
FINAL   Box Score

1st Period: Blugolds go on the power play 3:42 into the game on a Utica tripping call, but the Pioneers kill the penalty. Utica goes on their first power play when Eau-Claire's Brian Neihring gets called for tripping with 1:43 left. Pioneers will have a PP for the first 17 seconds of the second period. Shots in favor of the Blugolds 11-6.

2nd Period: At exactly 10 minutes into the period, Utica's AHCA First Team All-American Louie Educate beats the Blugold's AHCA First Team All-American goalie Brandon Stephenson to put the Pioneers up 1-0. W-EC scores two goals within 22 seconds of each other in the 13th minute of the period to take the lead; goals by Jordan Singer and Ross Anderson, with the first goal a bit of a softie. Shots in favor of the Blugolds 20-19 after two. They got there in a different manner, but Utica finds themselves down 2-1 going into the third just as they did in the Quarterfinals against Bowdoin.

3rd Period:   Kurt Weston redirects a Jack Calahan shot 1:32 in the final frame and the Blugolds take a 3-1 lead. Will be tough for the Pioneers to come back against one of the best goalies in the country. Utica goes to the power play 5:27 in on a too many men on the ice call against W-EC.  Pair of offsetting penalties in the middle of the PP, but nothing doing for Utica and they are now 0-4 on the night with the extra man. Excellent fore-checking from the Blugolds.

With 8:46 remaining, Blugods get called for another too many men on the ice penalty. Not only can the Pionners not get a goal, but Weston gets a short handed goal, his second of the period, when the puck comes free into the Utica zone; Therrien hesitates on whether to come out and play it and Weston puts it by the Pioneer goaltender with 6:58 left.

With 3:26 remaining Utica calls a timeout. Desperate to make a comeback, the Pioneers come out of the timeout with Therrien pulled. W-EC's Andersen nets an empty netter to seal it with 2:39 remaining. Blugolds get called for another penalty with 1:22 to play, but Utica cannot score, ending the game 0-6 on the PP. Shots in favor of Utica for the game, 32-26.

WOMEN (from Superior, Wisconsin)
Middlebury         4
Plattsburh State  1
FINAL   Box Score 

1st Period: Middlebury senior Lauren Greer scores her 11th goal of the year on the PP at 10:10 to give the Panthers the lead.  Middlebury outshootss Plattsburgh 12-9 in the first period. Six total penalties in the period, with Plattsburgh going 0-1 and Middlebury going 1/3.

2nd Period: Plattsburgh scores an early goal but it is waived off due to a high sticking call. Middlebury makes it 2-0, after Emily Fluke gets a break away after a blocked shot. Plattsburgh's Sydney Aveson makes a save but it trickles past the line at 3:40. Allison Era is called for hooking on Fluke on the play and to add insult to letting up a goal, the Panthers go on the PP. The Cardinals kill the penalty, but later Bridget Balisy of Plattsburgh gets called for interference, but Middlebury can't score on the power play. At the end of 2, shots in favor of Middlebury 19-18, but Plattsburgh edges them out 9-5 for the period.

3rd Period: Scary moment as Middlebury's Sara Ugdale takes an awkward hit into the boards about two minutes in and has to be helped off the ice. Plattsburgh cuts the deficit in half when Chelsean Vanglahn beats Annabelle Jones 3:07 in on an unassisted goal. Julia Wardwell gets called for hooking at 5:17, giving the CArdinals their second PP of the game, but the Panthers kill the penalty. Molly Downey scores a goal on a scrum in front of the net with 2:35 to go to put the Panthers up 3-1. It is officially unassisted but goal set up by hustle of Katie Sullivan to get to the puck behind the net and put it in front. Maggie Woodward adds an empty netter to make it 4-1. Shots on goal in favor of the Cardinals 28-23 for the game.

Middlebury heads to the national championship game for the first time since 2007, when they lost to Plattsburgh 2-1. This was the first loss of the season for the 2012-13 incarnation of the Plattsburgh State women's hockey team.


Elmira                         4
Gustavus Adolphus    3
FINAL OT     Live Stats

1st Period: Elmira's Ashton Hogan scores an unassisted goal 18:13 in the first to give Elmira the 1-0 lead. Shots in favor of Gustavus 11-7.

2nd Period: Jenna Christensen scores on a breakaway to tie the game at 1-1 with 17:16 left. Lindsey Hjelm nets a rebound to give Gustavus a 2-1 lead with 10:51 left in the second period. Gustavus breakdown on the blue line leads to an Elmira goal. Score tied 2-2 with 5:59 left in the second. Shots in favor of Adolphus 21-13 after two.

3rd Period: Amanda Cartony scores from Lindsey Hjelm to put Gustavus up 3-2 with 8:10 left in the game.
Elmira takes advantage of a 2-on-1 break short handed, scores with 2:51 remaining to tie the game at 3-3.

OT: Regardless of who wins, this game going to OT marks an advantage for Middlebury since they not only played earlier today but also won in regulation. The national championship will be less than 22 hours after whenever this game ends. Elmira's Sam Curk wins it in the final 40 seconds of the first OT to send the Soaring Eagles to the finals against Middlebury. The Elmira/Middlebury final is a rematch of the 2005 NCAA D-III women's final, with the Panthers taking that game 4-3.

This will be the fifth title game for Elmira and the first since 2009. Like Plattsburgh did earlier, Gustavus Adolphus lost their first game of the season tonight. The Golden Gusties lose despite outshooting the Soaring Eagles 41-26. The two one loss teams will play each other tomorrow afternoon in the consolation game.