AIC continued to play hard, forcing Michigan to take consecutive penalties in the middle of the period, but weren't able to capitalize on their opportunities.

After Garrett Van Wyhe took an inadvisable holding penalty in the middle of the period, Bennett found himself alone in front of the net and slid the puck around Portillo.

Just 30 seconds later, Thomas Bordeleau got free in the middle of the Quinnipiac box and fired a shot past Yaniv Perets, who was moving side-to-side.

Quinnipiac slowly got back into the game and, after a gaff behind the goal, Erik Portillo took an interference penalty to stop a scoring chance.

Surprisingly, Rand Pecknold pulled St. Cyr just after the 4-minute mark and though they won the ensuing faceoff, a bad pass by Oliver Chau gave Michigan the puck.

After a save at one end, the Mavericks' got on a break and Ondrej Pavel fired the puck past Gibson's glove into the top corner.

The two-goal cushion proved vital for Minnesota State as Harvard's continued attack eventually forced Nathan Smith to take a tripping penalty.

They were able to prevent UND from scoring and, with just a few seconds left in the game, streaked into the North Dakota end and fired the puck into the goal after a scramble in front of the net.

While North Dakota began overtime still on the power play, a missed pass just 14 seconds into the period caused Chris Jandric to take an interference penalty in order to prevent a breakaway.

[6] Notre Dame got a chance to even the score early in the second with a power play but, despite getting several shots on goal, Dryden McKay kept his team clean.

Past the midway point of the game, Matthew Galajda, aided by several of his teammates, made a series of spectacular saves that kept their team within one.

While the Mavericks held onto the puck for much of the middle pert of the period, ND nearly tied the game when they hit the post on the short side and caused a melee as both teams scrambled for the rebound.

After Galajda was pulled, Notre Dame was able to keep the puck in the Minnesota State end for most of the final 2 minutes but they could hardly get a shot on goal and Dryden McKay raised his NCAA record totals to 37 wins on the season and 34 career shutouts.

[7] Northeastern picked up their play during the second period, at one point outshooting Western Michigan 10–2, but they couldn't find the twine.

The Broncos again carried the play in the second half, clogging up the neureal zone and counterattacking to even the shot clock.

As the time ticked away, Northeastern began to press a bit harder, trying to open up the game, and finally got their shot with just over three minutes remaining.

The big forward moved around Jacob Bauer, who had fallen to the ice, and then skated through the crease, jamming the puck past a sprawled-out Brandon Bussi.

With the score now tied, both team's traded chances, trying to earn the game-winner, but 60 minutes wasn't enough to decide the game and overtime was needed.

Western Michigan got a tremendous chance just past the 90 second mark when Luke Grainger knocked down a clearing attempt by Levi, wrapped the puck around and tried to score.

Initially it appeared that Levi got back to make a save just in the nick of time but, after a review, it was clear that the puck had crossed the line and Western Michigan won their first NCAA tournament game in eight chances.

Instead of leaving the zone, the puck hit Matthew Knies in the body, dropped to the ice and he shot it into the top corner in one motion to tie the game.

Near the midpoint of the first overtime period, team captain and US Olympian, Ben Meyers, received a pass from behind the net and fired it past Murray on the far side, winning the game for Minnesota.

Just past the mid-way point of the game, Justen Close stopped a shot from between the circles but he punched it back into the slot with his blocker.

Desperate to tie the game, Lowell pulled their goalie with 101 seconds to play but Denver was able to hold off the River Hawks and held onto their lead for the victory.

In the second period the Huskies began to tilt the ice in their favor, but none of their 7 shots on goal managed to find the back of the net.

Kobe Roth, who opened the scoring, capped off the game with a empty-net goal and saw Minnesota Duluth advance for the seventh straight tournament.

Duluth was eventually forced to pull their goalie to try and tie the game but, after Kobe Roth missed a half-open net, Koby Bender had to take an interference penalty to prevent a sure empty-net goal.

Minnesota entered the third needing to change the momentum but the Gophers could never keep the puck in the offensive zone long enough to threaten the Mavericks.

A perfectly placed shot by David Silye found the top corner of the net and, with less than seven minutes to play, Minnesota tried to fid some way to get back into the game.

The Gophers were forced to pull their goalie with four minutes remaining and the additional player did help Minnesota pressure the MSU cage but they could not get the puck past Dryden McKay.