By Harrison Schwarz, Staff Writer
Winning this weekend’s series meant home-ice advantage for the Miami University hockey team in the first round of the conference playoffs, but MU dropped both games, claiming the tournament No. 5 seed.
Miami (15-16-3, 9-13-2-2 National Collegiate Hockey Conference) fell to University of Minnesota-Duluth (15-14-5, 11-10-3-1 NCHC) 5-0 Friday night and 3-1 Saturday night in Duluth, Minn. Duluth clinched the fourth and final home-ice tournament spot with the win Friday.
“We didn’t do what we went to Duluth to do,” senior center and team captain Sean Kuraly said. “But the good news is we have another chance.