Quick Recap: NCAA Quarterfinals

Norwich   3
Amherst   4  OT
Box Score 

Norwich's speed and aggressiveness were apparent in the opening frame as they jumped out to a lead about seven minutes in on a tally by Justin Charbonneau.  Amherst answered right back on the power play as leading scorer David White put home the tally. After a back and forth second period where each team scored in the second (including a lamp light from Andrew Fenwick for the fifth straight game) and Amherst carried play, Norwich dominated the third. The Cadets took the lead with less than three to play when ECAC-E Player of the Year William Pelletier found the back of the net.

Amherst turned on the pressure in the final minute and thought they had the equalizer with 16 to play when Aaron Deutsch fired it past the Norwich netminder, but it was called off for the net being off the mooring. Shortly after the ensuing faceoff, Deutsch would not be denied again and the Jeffs forced OT. In the OT, Mike Rowbotham flung it in on net after an offensive zone faceoff and it bounced off a Norwich player to punch the Jeffs' ticket to Minneapolis. The Jeffs will take on Wisconsin Stevens Point, who defeated Hamline to make their second straight Final Four.


Trinity         5
Plattsburgh  1
Box Score

This was a good game through two periods. The only scoring in the first two frames came on a Jackson Brewer penalty shot after being taking down in front of the net with about a minute to play in the 1st. Things came apart in the third for the Cardinals, first with a strong forecheck that lead to a Connor Coveney goal. The Bants would then roll on to three more in the period including Brewer's second of the game. Platty pulled the goalie very early but were only able to pop in one goal with 2.3 seconds remaining.  Bantams head to Minneapolis for the D-III Frozen Four next weekend to take on Adrian, who also defeated a SUNYAC team in Oswego.