Jeramy Razaeepour scored four of the Miners’ five second period goals to help UTEP cruise past Texas Tech, 7-1. UTEP advances to the first ever Texas Collegiate Hockey Conference championship where they will face the Dallas Baptist Patriots tomorrow at Noon.
The Miners defeated the Red Raiders by a combined score of 27-3 in a two-game set earlier last month.
UTEP started the game slow in the first period with missed shots off a couple of breakaways and some great saves by Texas Tech goalie James Jowett, who allows an average of 4.22 goals per game.
“We got out to a slow start,” said head coach Tom Herman.