The team’s offense, which had been struggling to score goals before the series began, put up 12 combined goals, the most they have scored in a series this season.
“It had a lot to do with our process this week,” sophomore forward Brandon Hawkins said. “We all chipped in with shooting pucks (in practice), we all tried to score 50 goals a day- without the goalie in the net of course- but that was our deal between each other. We went and did that and I think that’s paid off all year.”
The first game of the series on Thursday night began with the glass behind one of the nets being shattered in pre-game warm-ups, which led to a 22 minute long delay for cleanup and replacement.