March
10, 2006
College Hockey America Tournament Quarterfinals
Colonials,
Chargers
Advance at CHA Tournament
| Robert
Morris 4,
Air Force 3 |
| Team |
Goal |
Str |
| Time |
Assists |
| First
Period |
| 1-AF |
Brooks
Turnquist (4) |
PP |
| 9:27 |
A.
Ramsey, B. Olson |
| 2-AF |
Josh
Print (3) |
EV |
| 18:16 |
J.
Schaffer, B. Gineo |
| Second
Period |
| 3-AF |
Theo
Zacour (6) |
EV |
| 1:50 |
A.
Ramsey, B. Turnquist |
| 1-RM |
Kurt
Wright (11) |
PP |
| 5:54 |
L.
Bittle, J. Buzek |
| 2-RM |
Logan
Bittle (6) |
EV |
| 16:28 |
D.
Boguslawski |
| Third
Period |
| 3-RM |
Logan
Bittle (7) |
EV |
| 14:49 |
A.
Clarke, C. Kaufman |
| 4-RM |
Tom
Biondich (4) |
EV |
| 15:51 |
C.
Kaufman |
| Goaltending |
| AF:
Peter Foster (58:09, 15 saves, 4 GA) |
| RM:
Christian Boucher (60:00, 27 saves, 3 GA) |
| Penalties:
AF 6/12; RM 10/31 |
| Power
Plays: AF 1-7; RM 1-4 |
ROBERT
MORRIS 4, AIR FORCE 3
Trailing
3-0 less than 22 minutes into its College Hockey America
tournament quarterfinal game against Air Force, it appeared
Robert Morris' season would end with a loss to a team it
swept in Colorado Springs two weeks ago.
Appearances,
however, can be deceiving.
The
fourth-seeded Colonials (12-19-3) scored four unanswered
goals – the last coming from sophomore forward Tom
Biondich with 4:09 remaining in the third period –
to beat the fifth-seeded Falcons (11-20-1), 4-3, at Michigan
State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Detroit Friday.
“We
were a desparate team,” Robert Morris coach Derek
Schooley said. “We wanted to win the second period
and let the chips fall where they may in the third period.”
The
game started inauspiciously for the Colonials when forward
Sean Berkstresser was hit with a five-minute major penalty
and a game misconduct for checking from behind, and things
got worse from there. Though RMU would kill the major penalty,
Air Force's Brooks Turnquist picked up a power-play goal
midway through the first period. Josh Print doubled the
Falcon lead with 1:44 left in the opening period, and Theo
Zacour pushed the advantage to three goals 1:50 into the
second period.
RMU
answered with a pair of goals prior to the second intermission
– one by Kurt Wright, one by Logan Bittle –
to trim the Falcons' edge to 3-2. Bittle tied the score
with 5:11 left in the third period, and Biondich netted
the winner 62 seconds later.
Christian
Boucher made 27 saves for Robert Morris, which plays top-seed
and conference regular-season champion Niagara in one semifinal
match Saturday. Peter Foster stopped 15 shots for Air Force.
| Alabama-Huntsville
3,
Wayne State 1 |
| Team |
Goal |
Str |
| Time |
Assists |
| First
Period |
| No
Scoring |
| Second
Period |
| 1-AH |
Bruce
Mulherin (16) |
EV |
| 6:22 |
B.
McConnachie, C. Martini |
| 1-WS |
Tylor
Michel (1) |
EV |
| 11:37 |
D.
Punches, M. Krug |
| 2-AH |
Brett
McConnachie (9) |
EV |
| 12:26 |
B.
Mulherin, C. Martini |
| Third
Period |
| 3-AH |
Brett
McConnachie (10) |
EV |
| 2:50 |
J.
Winchester, J. Schreiber |
| Goaltending |
| AH:
Scott Munroe (60:00, 45 saves, 1 GA) |
| WS:
Will Hooper (57:31, 24 saves, 3 GA) |
| Penalties:
AH 7/14; WS 6/12 |
| Power
Plays: AH 0-4; WS 0-7 |
| Attendance:
1,109 |
ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE
3, WAYNE STATE 1
Brett
McConnahachie scored two goals and added an assist as third-seeded
Alabama-Huntsville defeated sixth-seed Wayne State, 3-1,
in the second of two CHA quarterfinal matches in Detroit
Friday.
McConnachie's
first goal of the night at the 12:26 mark of the second
period came just 49 seconds after the Warriors' Tylor Michel
scored his first goal of the season to tie the score at
1-1. Bruce Mulherin, the Chargers' leading point-getter,
opened the scoring with his 16th goal of the season a little
more than six minutes into the second on an assist from
McConnachie.
Less
than three minutes into the third period, McConnachie, a
junior wing from Ajax, Ontario, added an insurance goal
on assists from defensemen Jeff Winchester and Jeremy Schreiber.
CHA
Co-Player of the Year Scott Munroe made 45 saves for the
Chargers (19-12-2), who meet second-seed Bemidji State in
tomorrow's semifinal round. Will Hooper stopped 24 shots
for Wayne State (6-23-6).