Cloud State, Hrenak 16-9-0 (27 shots-26 saves). Cloud State 0 of 1 Boston College 0 of 2. Cloud State, Miller 3 (Bushy), 19:16 (en).
Penalties - Kuntar, NC (hooking), 9:49 Walker, SCS (charging goalie), 19:16. Cloud State, Hammer 2 (Perbix, Cockrell), 15:15. Cloud State, Jaycox 1 (Okabe, Krannila), 9:21. Penalties - Donohue, SCS (goalie interference), 10:58. The NCAA men’s hockey tournament returns to Times Union Center next year with the East Regional.įirst Period - 1, Boston College, Boldly 11 (Newhook), 14:23. Matt Boldy, who scored BC’s first-period goal, was also named to the team. Also on the all-tournament team from the Huskies were Brodzinski, Walker, Jaycox and defenseman Nick Perbix. Cloud State goalie David Hrenak was named the regional’s Most Outstanding Player and to the all-tournament team. “I feel very fortunate to be walking out of here and heading to the Frozen Four.” “Obviously, we’re just excited right now and enjoying the night as a team,” Larson said. Last year’s tournament was canceled because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Minnesota Duluth beat UMass in the last championship game in 2019. 1 seed North Dakota 3-2 in five overtimes early Sunday morning in the West Regional final, against UMass. The other semifinal pits two-time defending NCAA-champion Minnesota Duluth, which beat overall No. Now, the Huskies will get ready to face Minnesota State in one of the April 8 semifinals. Micah Miller sealed the win on an empty-net goal with 44 seconds left in the game. They made the correct call according to our people upstairs.” That was a big play for us because we were going to go on a power play and wondering. “They said the goal was scored one frame before the penalty was taken,” York said. On the other hand, BC head coach Jerry York was not happy with the turn of events. I was excited to see that they called it a goal.” I saw the puck go in, I thought, before I hit the goalie. “I was kind of freaking out in the box,” Walker said. However, officials reviewed the play.Īfter about a 10-minute review, Walker was credited with the goal and penalized for charging the goalie. He got to the net, shoved the puck past Knight, and then collided with him.Ī penalty was called, and the goal was waved off. He was skating down the right wing with the puck and headed to the net. Walker, who had a miraculous assist on a high pass from behind the net in Saturday’s game against BU, then was involved in Sunday’s most interesting play with 44.7 seconds left in the period. Senior center Will Hammer collected the rebound and put it home. Then Huskies junior defenseman Nick Perbix came in from the right point to get the rebound, which Knight stopped. The puck kept bouncing around before Huskies senior right winger Jared Cockrell got a shot off that Knight stopped. Nearly six minutes later, there was a scramble in front of Knight. Knight kicked out Okabie’s shot from the left point with his left pad, but it ended up on the stick of Jaycox, who fired it into the net. He came in from the right point and put home the rebound of a Zach Okabie shot past BC sophomore goalie Spencer Knight at 9:21. Jaycox started the scoring for the Huskies.
We wanted to do it for each other, and especially for him.” Once he went down, we all responded well.
They kind of came at us hard in the first period, and we responded in the second period. It, but we still had a goal to achieve and it kind of pushed us to work harder not only for the team, but for ‘Brondzie,’ too.”Īdded junior center and linemate Nolan Walker: “It was just a next-guy-up mentality. “It’s tough losing ‘Brondzie,’ ” Huskies senior defenseman Luke Jaycox said. “I sensed on the bench I could hear the boys on the bench saying, ‘Let’s play for Easton.’ The kid has put his heart and soul into this program, and I know the guys wanted to get it done for him.” “He’s a guy that’s been here for four years and been a huge part of this program. “The guys wanted to play for Easton,” Larson said.
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Cloud State coach Brett Larson said he didn’t have an update on the severity of Brodzinski’s injury other than to say he was with medical personnel. Brodzinski, who is two points shy of 100 for his career, had to be helped off the ice, and he didn’t put any weight on the leg.Īfter the game, St. Brodzinski’s right leg took the brunt of the check, and he fell awkwardly to the ice and was in pain. Ironically, their first Frozen Four appearance was also in Pittsburgh in 2013.Įarly in the second period, Brodzinski, who scored twice in Saturday’s 6-2 semifinal victory over third-seeded Boston University, was checked by BC freshman left winger Trevor Kuntar in the slot on the BC zone. It’s their second Frozen Four appearance. The Huskies (19-10-0) advance to the Frozen Four semifinals April 8 in Pittsburgh.