#2 Trinity 3
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Emerson Verrier stood on his head (44 saves) but it wasn't enough as the host Bantams scored one goal in each frame to advance to the NESCAC semifinals and excorcise their Quarterfinal loss as a one seed last season ( you know, if winning the NCAA title last year as a Pool C bid didn't already do that). After all other home teams lost today, Trinity will host the NESCAC semis/finals as they did as the #1 seed in 2014.
Three different Bantams scored (Knowlton, Hawkrigg, Orlando), including the hero of the 2013 NESCAC Quartefinals in Mike Hawkrigg, who had three points on the afternoon (1-2-3). The senior missed ten games this season to an ACL injury, and despite the statistics not being there this season as they have been in previous campaigns, the Bants are different team with him in the lineup. Alex Morin got the nod in net over Nate Heilbron and made 26 saves in his first taste of postseason action. Will be interesting to see who gets the start next week.
Post-game Tweet:
#6 Amherst 8Looks like I'm not spending next weekend in Delaware either. Guess I've got three more hockey games to call this season #PUMPED #ILoveHockey— Jake Donnelly (@JacobDonnelly31) February 28, 2016
#3 Bowdoin 5
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In one of the more bonkers NESCAC playoff games you'll ever see, Amherst scored six goals in the third period (including an empty netter) to upset the Polar Bears and end Terry Meagher's 33 year career as Bowdoin coach. None of the Purple and White's six goal scorers have more than four goals on the season, even after today. The sixth seed Purple and White will play fifth seed Middlebury next weekend at Trinity in the semis.
Post Game Tweet:
Thank you coach Meagher for 33 amazing years of Bowdoin hockey! #GoUBears #mesports pic.twitter.com/ZBKfZRoqbi— Bowdoin Athletics (@GoUBears) February 27, 2016
#5 Middlebury 2
#4 Hamilton 1 OT
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As they did in both regular season contests between the two squads this season, Hamilton and Middlebury ended regulation with the same number of goals. They went on to tie both of those contests, but this is the playoffs, so we can't have any of that. The goals in regulation ( for Middlebury, Murden for Hamilton) both came in the 1st 21 minutes of action. Hamilton carried most of the play in the 2nd half of the game, but Panther senior Liam Moorfield-Yee was up to the task, until Middlebury scored in OT (looked like Jake Charles on a broken play?) to lift the Panthers to the NESCAC semis.
Post Game Tweet:
#8 Tufts 25th seed Middlebury was on road in Quarters. They will be "home" against 6th seed Amherst (hosted by Trinity) next weekend. #BecauseNESCAC— Hockey in the 'Cac (@hockeyinthecac) February 28, 2016
#1 Williams 1
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Who needs home ice advantage or even an on campus rink? For the second straight season, an eight seeded Tufts team defeated the NESCAC regular season champion 2-1 in the NESCAC Quartefinals. Last year's victim was Trinity, while this year's is Williams, who now only have a distant chance at a Pool C bid for the NCAA tournament. Mason Pulde stood on his head, as he did last year, to earn the Jumbos their second straight (and second ever) trip to the NESCAC semis.
Post Game Tweet:
And, WE DO IT AGAIN!!!! Tufts 2 - 1 Williams. On to the semis! #PlayoffGame #WhenYouKnockTheNo1SeedOff #LongestHashtagEver— Tufts Hockey (@TuftsMensHockey) February 28, 2016
NESCAC Semifinals 3/5/16 (hosted by Trinity)
#8 Tufts vs #2 Trinity
#6 Amherst vs #5 Middlebury
that's 3 coaching tenures ended in amherst's last 4 post season games. Beaney, Murphy, Meagher.
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