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North Dakota Advances To Frozen Four Championship Game
Fighting Sioux use two second-period goals to defeat Maine in Thursday's first semifinal.
Box Score
April 6, 2000
North Dakota 2, Maine 0
NCAA Semifinal Game #1
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North Dakota defenseman Mike Commodore (8) checks Maine forward Ben Guite (12) into the boards during the first period of an NCAA Division I semifinal Frozen Four tournament game at the Civic Center in Providence, R.I, Thursday.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The North Dakota Fighting Sioux advanced to the
championship game of the 2000 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Frozen Four by virtue
of to a 2-0 victory over Maine in the first semifinal on Thursday in
Providence, RI. Second period goals by Bryan Lundbohm and Kevin Spiewak
proved to be enough for the Fighting Sioux, who advance to the championship
game for the first time since 1997, which was the last time the Sioux
captured the NCAA title. The UND win denies Maine's bid to be the first
team to capture back-to-back championships since Boston University
accomplished the feat in 1971 and 1972.
The two teams were scoreless after one and that held up well into the
second period. After Maine's Peter Metcalf was assessed a slashing penalty
at the 7:26 mark, Aaron Schneekloth received a pass off of Lundbohm's
faceoff, and fed a streaking Lundbohm with a pass from the left side.
Lundbohm's shot beat Black Bear goalie Matt Yeats high on the blocker side
for the 1-0 lead.
Exactly five minutes later, with Sioux defenseman Mike Commodore in the
box for a slashing infraction, freshman Jason Noterman fed Spiewak from the
left side, skated in on Yeats, and buried a shot from the bottom of the
face-off circle that beat Yeats to his left for the shorthanded tally.
The Black bear netminder finished the afternoon with 32 saves, while his
Sioux counterpart Karl Goehring earned the shutout with 30 stops. North
Dakota advances to the championship with a 30-8-5 mark on the season, while
Maine completes its 1999-2000 campaign with a 27-8-5 overall record.
UND now awaits the winner of the St. Lawrence-Boston College matchup,
scheduled for Thursday evening at 7 p.m. Saturday evening's championship
game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Providence Civic Center.
North Dakota (30-8-5) 0 2 0 -- 2
Maine (27-8-5) 0 0 0 -- 0
Period Time Team Goal Scorer (Assists)
2 7:35 UND Bryan Lundbohm (Aaron Schneekloth) PPG
2 13:35 UND Kevin Spiewak (Jason Notermann) SHG
Saves:
Karl Goehring (UND) 8 8 14 30 (60:00)
Matt Yeats (UM) 10 11 11 32 (59:49)
Attendance: 11,484 (Providence Civic Center)
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