BOSTON - The semifinals of the Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) postseason continued with a pair of game twos taking place in the best-of-three round.
No. 1-seeded Bentley shutout Holy Cross 4-0 and is set to host the winner of game three between No. 3 Robert Morris and No. 2 Sacred Heart in the AHA Championship on Saturday, March 21.
NO. 2 ROBERT MORRIS VS. NO. 2 SACRED HEART
Sacred Heart scored the opening period’s only goal and held a 1-0 lead into the first intermission.
Despite falling behind and trailing 0-1 in the series, Robert Morris found a groove in the second period and scored three goals and held a 3-2 lead heading into the final frame. In the third period, the Colonials tacked on two more, including an empty net goal, to cement a 5-2 win and a chance at the conference title game by forcing game three at Sacred Heart tomorrow.
Junior forwards
Tanner Klimpke (2G) and
Cameron Garvey (2G-1A) each struck twice and accounted for four of the visitors’ five goals.
Game three of the series will take place on Sunday, March 14, at 5 p.m. ET.
NO. 4 HOLY CROSS VS. NO. 1 BENTLEY
Bentley swept the semifinal series against Holy Cross with a 4-0 shutout win.
Falcons’ freshman forward
Owen Goodbrand potted two goals, and sophomore forward
Michael Mesic extended his goal-scoring streak after he found the back of the net for an eighth straight contest.
Freshman goaltender
Lukas Swedin made 23 saves in the shutout victory.
SCORES
NO. 3 ROBERT MORRIS 5 - NO. 2 SACRED HEART 2
BOX SCORE
Robert Morris Goals: Tanner Klimpke (2), Cameron Garvey (2), Julian Beaumont
Sacred Heart Goals: Felix Trudeau, Marcus Joughin
NO. 1 BENTLEY 4 - NO. 4 HOLY CROSS 0
BOX SCORE
Bentley Goals:
Owen Goodbrand (2), Ryan Upson, Michael Mesic
ABOUT ATLANTIC HOCKEY AMERICA
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