It was a big night across the NCHA, with five playoff games determining who will advance to play for an opportunity at a championship and bid to the NCAA Tournament next weekend.
Men’s
St. Norbert 6
Marian 2
DE PERE - St. Norbert College scored five goals in the last nine minutes of the game to claim a wild 6-2 win over Marian University in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Harris Cup Playoffs semifinal game at Cornerstone Community Center.
The Green Knights (21-4-3) advance to the Harris Cup Championship Game against Adrian College at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2 at Cornerstone Community Center. The two teams have met in the last four Harris Cup championships, with each team winning twice. This is the first game in the sequence to be played in De Pere.
By Dan Lukes, dan.lukes@snc.edu, (920) 403-4077
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Adrian 5
Lake Forest 1
ADRIAN, Mich.--The Adrian College men's hockey team is in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Harris Cup Finals for the fifth year in a row thanks to a convincing 5-1 victory over visiting Lake Forest in the NCHA Semifinals on Saturday evening.
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Women’s
Adrian 5
St. Norbert 0
ADRIAN, Mich. – The top-seeded Adrian College women's hockey team completed the sweep of St. Norbert College in the Slaats Cup Quarterfinals, shutting out the Green Knights 5-0 in game two of the series on Saturday, Feb. 23. The Bulldogs' defense was impeccable in the first period, holding SNC without a shot on goal for the first 20 minutes. AC has now punched its ticket to the Slaats Cup Championship and awaits the winner of the semifinal game, which will also be played at Arrington Ice Arena, on the campus of Adrian College.
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St. Scholastica 4
Concordia Wisconsin 1
DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's hockey team used two goals each by Rachel Anderson (Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View HS) and Taylor Murray (Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake HS) to defeat Concordia University Wisconsin 4-1 in the second leg of the National Collegiate Hockey Association (NHCA) Slaats Cup quarterfinal Saturday to sweep the Falcons by a combined score of 9-2.
The Saints (20-6-1) advance to the NCHA Slaats Cup Semifinal next Friday where they will face Lake Forest College (Mich.) at top-seed Adrian College (Mich.).
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Lake Forest 5
Trine 0
LAKE FOREST, ILL. – Following a scoreless first period, the Lake Forest women’s hockey team scored twice in the second period to take control and salted it away with three more goals in the third.
Five different players found the back of the net, led by a one-goal/two-assist outing by Amy Budde.
The Foresters (16-6-5) advance to the NCHA Slaats Cup Semifinals Friday, where they are set to battle St. Scholastica at top-seeded Adrian College (Mich.).