Day four, the Semifinals, of the ACHA Men’s Division II National Championships started with Northeastern University waiting till the final seconds to defeat University of Massachusetts-Amherst 2-1 and advance to the Finals.  After two scoreless periods, Northeastern struck first on a shorthanded goal by Nathan Cunningham at 7:35 in the third period. Dennis Achkinazi countered 17 seconds later to knot the game back up for UMass-Amherst. Just when it was looking like the game was going into overtime, Northeastern’s Mateusz Koziel found the back of the net with 56 seconds remaining.

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Game two of the semifinals had the defending ACHA Men’s D-II Champions Florida Gulf Coast University capture the chance to become national champions for the second straight year as they defeated the University of Cincinnati 3-2 Monday night at the Comerica Center. Keaton Arkeilpane and Trevor Mulaly each led the Eagles tallying two points. After a scoreless first period, the two assisted on Shawn O’Meara’s goal nearly seven minutes into the period. Arkeilpane gave Florida a 2-0 lead midway in before Cincinnati’s Brandon Armstrong scored a power-play goal with less than five minutes remaining in the second period to bring the Bearcats within one at 2-1. Florida quickly regained their two-goal lead just 1:23 into the final frame before Cincinnati responded back within a minute later.  The Eagles will seek to capture their fourth ACHA Men’s D-II title, and third in four years, Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the Comerica Center.

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