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Road to the NCAA Frozen Four Part 2

Credit Boston.com 
Round #1: 

 #3 Harvard (3) Vs. Providence (0)
The third ranked Harvard Crimson beat up on the Providence Friars 3-0 in their first game of the tournament. Forward Tyler Moy led the Crimson with 2 goals and goaltender Merrick Madsen made 41 saves for the shutout victory. Friars goalie Hayden Hawkey stopped 26 of 28 shots in the losing effort.

Air Force (5) Vs. Western Michigan (4) 
In one of the biggest upsets of the first round, The Falcons of Air Force upended the Western Michigan Broncos by a score of 5-4. The Falcons were led offensively by forwards Kyle Haak (2 goals) and Jordan Himley (1 goal, 2 assists). Broncos goaltender Ben Blacker stopped 25 of the 30 shots he faced in the loss.

#2 Minnesota Duluth (3) Vs. Ohio State (2) OT 
The second ranked Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs barely escaped the first round with the win, beating the Ohio State Buckeyes in overtime. The scoring started off in the second period when the Bulldogs scored two unanswered goals. The Buckeyes answered back with two goals of their own in the third period to send the game into overtime. Willie Raskob scored for the Bulldogs at 11:58 of the overtime period to push Minnesota Duluth onto the next round of the tournament.

North Dakota (3) Vs. Boston University (4) 2OT 
In the longest game of the tournament thus far, Boston University managed to pull out  4-3 victory in double overtime over North Dakota. Defenseman Charlie Mcavoy scored off of a beautiful feed from Clayton Keller at 11:48 of the second overtime period to send the Terriers on to the next round. North Dakota goaltender Cam Johnson stopped 25 of 29 shots in the losing effort.

Round #2: 

 #3 Harvard (3) Vs. Air Force (2) 
The third ranked Harvard Crimson avoided a huge potential upset by beating the Air Force Falcons 3-2 in the second round of the tournament. The Crimson were lead by Ryan Donato (1 goal) and Alexander Kerfoot (2 assists) while Air Force goaltender Shane Starrett stopped 27 of 30 shots in the losing effort.

#2 Minnesota Duluth (3) Vs. Boston University (2) OT 
The Boston University Terriers lost 3-2 to Minnesota Duluth in their second overtime game in as many nights. Joey Anderson scored at the beginning of the third period to give Minnesota Duluth a 2-1 lead but Patrick Harper tied the game back up with four minutes left in the game. Bulldogs forward Adam Johnson scored the game winning goal at 1:57 of the Overtime period to send them to the frozen four.

Frozen Four: 

 #2 Minnesota Duluth Vs. #3 Harvard
- Minnesota comes in with a record of 26-6-7
- Harvard: 27-5-2
- Leading Scorer for Minnesota: Alex Iaffallo (19 goals, 30 assists)
- Leading Scorer for Harvard: Tyler Moy (21 goals, 23 assists)
- Games can be seen on ESPN 2
- Tickets for these games can be found here
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