SHU Men vs. Niagara 3/8/24 | 2024 Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals Game 1 | 6-3 L
-Second straight year these two have met in the AHA Quarters. Niagara won last year in three games -Mark Cheremeta was in the lineup for the first time since December 9th at Princeton. He slotted in on the top line with Jaworski and Tuck -Early stoppage for a review on a hit 3:26 in. Nothing came of it -Braeden Tuck got the scoring started on the Power Play with 6:51 to go in the first period. TJ Walsh and John Jaworski got the assists -Kevin Lombardi gave the Pioneers a 2-0 lead on a weird angled shot just four minutes into the second. TJ Walsh got his second assist on the goal. Marcus Joughin also grabbed an assist -Garrett Sundquist took a penalty with 13:47 to go in the frame. Hunter Sansbury made an unreal play after the puck got through Robbins to clear it off the line and save a goal. He blocked a shot right after as well -Niagara would get on the board 6:35 to go in the second on a Tyler Wallace goal. The second period would end 2-1 SHU. -Then the third started. Carter Randklev scored 1:21 into the period to tie the game. Then, he scored again 30 seconds later to give Niagara a 3-2 lead. 13 seconds after that goal. Jonathan Ziskie scored to make it 4-2 Purple Eagles. Three goals in 44 seconds for Niagara. Absolutely back breaking -Braeden Tuck scored his second of the day off a wild sequence. John Jaworski came out of the box and found himself on a breakaway, but was stuffed. Tuck scored on a rebound, but it was called no goal, but then reviewed and counted. Jaworski got an assist -1:09 after the Tuck goal, Niagara scored on a Power Play. They would add an empty netter with 50 seconds to play to make the final 6-3 -SOG finished 35-34 Pios -2,354 was the announced attendance. Not terrible with the students on spring break SHU Men vs. Niagara 3/9/24 | 2024 Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals Game 2 | 5-1 L -Pios needed to win to force a Game 3 -Daniel Ebrahim would open the scoring just 19 seconds in. It was an odd angled shot that somehow managed to find the back of the net. This would be the only goal SHU would manage -Niagara would tie the game 3:11 into the second period, then score two goals in less than a minute (one on the Power Play) to take a 3-1 lead -Jake Bongo had a really good chance right in front at the end of the third that was shut down -Jack Richard would score, again on the Power Play, 4:30 into the third to make it 4-1. That's when it felt like it finally was out of reach -Niagara would add an empty netter with 3:18 to go to make the final 5-1 -The Sacred Heart Power Play would go 0/3 on the evening. Niagara went 2/4 -2,639 announced attendance. Again, not terrible without the students -This is the second straight year Sacred Heart was eliminated in the quarterfinal round by Niagara -SHU has still not reached the Atlantic Hockey Semifinal round since 2010, and has not won a playoff series/round since 2018 (They did advance in 2021, but that was because Holy Cross withdrew due to COVID issues) -The Pios finished the year on an 0-5-1 skid after sweeping AIC and winning game one at Air Force -It is a disappointing end of the year. SHU was in first place heading into CT Ice (RIT had games in hand to be fair), but still slid down to third and fell as the higher seed again, being outscored 11-4 in the two games. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't frustrated as a fan -Season Leaders
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