Harvard Falls to LSSU in Showdown Semifinals

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Final	1	2	3	Final
Lake Superior St. (5-8-6, 3-6-5-1 CCHA)	2	3	1	6
Harvard (4-7-2, 4-3-2 ECAC)	1	1	0	2

Scoring Summary
1st - 09:51	Troy Schwab (Lake Superior St.)
1st - 17:23	PP - Josh Sim (Lake Superior St.)
1st - 18:51	Alex Biega (Harvard)
2nd - 10:28	Rick Schofield (Lake Superior St.)
2nd - 10:55	Daniel Moriarty (Harvard)
2nd - 14:08	Simon Gysbers (Lake Superior St.)
2nd - 15:39	Fred Cassiani (Lake Superior St.)
3rd - 11:53	Josh Sim (Lake Superior St.)

Lake Superior St.	Harvard
G: Josh Sim - 2 A: 2 Players (#9, #27 - 3) Sh: 2 Players (#9, #12 - 5) Sv: Pat Inglis - 25	G: 2 Players (#3, #11 - 1) A: 2 Players (#3, #27 - 1) Sh: Michael Biega - 4 Sv: Matt Hoyle - 12

TEAM STATISTICS	Lake Superior St.	Harvard
Power Plays	1 for 6	0 for 5
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	5 (10)	6 (12)
Shots on Goal	29	27
Face Offs Won	28	29

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Boxscore

MADISON, Wis. -- Lake Superior State scored three unanswered goals, starting with a pair 91 seconds apart in the second period, to pull away to a 6-2 win against the Harvard men's hockey team in the opening round of the 20th annual Badger Hockey Showdown Saturday afternoon at the Kohl Center.

Josh Sim recorded two goals and an assist, while Troy Schwab notched a goal and three helpers for the Lakers (5-8-6). Pat Inglis made 25 saves to help guide LSSU to Sunday's championship game against Alabama-Huntsville or No. 14 Wisconsin. The Crimson (4-7-2) will face the loser of the Chargers' and Badgers' Saturday-night matchup.

Junior Alex Biega had a goal and an assist for Harvard, while freshman Daniel Moriarty netted the Crimson's other goal. Freshman Matt Hoyle made 12 saves for Harvard, while junior John Riley had 11 stops. The Lakers held a 29-27 edge in shots.

The Crimson could not take advantage of a strong start. Harvard had the first three shots of the game before an LSSU forward got an open shot in the slot that was gloved by Hoyle. Harvard countered with a strong shift by the line of Michael Biega, Moriarty and Michael Del Mauro that resulted in four more shots on net. On the next shift, Eric Kroshus put a shot on Inglis on a rush, and Harvard had a 10-1 edge in shots as the first period approached its midway point.

The Lakers changed the momentum with one shot at 9:51 of the first period. Schwab put LSSU on top with a wrist shot over the glove of Hoyle from the bottom of the right circle. Zac MacVoy and Simon Gysbers assisted on the goal.

The first penalty of the game came at the 12:07 mark, when Schwab was whistled for interfering with Michael Biega. Harvard got its power play set up early but could not get a shot on Inglis. Shortly after the LSSU kill, Harvard was called for a penalty. The Lakers capitalized, as Schwab carried the puck over the blue line on the left and fed Sim, who cut to the middle and found the right side of the net with his wrist shot from the slot.

Alex Biega trimmed the lead in half with a spectacular goal at 18:51 of the first period. He picked up a loose puck at the LSSU blue line, dangled it in front of a defender, pulled it past him, pulled up as he approached the goal line and flipped a shot off Inglis and over the goal line. The Crimson held a 13-9 advantage in first-period shots.

Harvard again came out with good offensive-zone work early in the second period, but the Lakers again scored first, with Rick Schofield tucking a shot past a diving Hoyle. The Crimson, however, struck back just 27 seconds later. Passes from Chris Huxley and Michael Biega set up Alex Biega for an open slap shot that hit Inglis and trickled just wide of the right post. Moriarty had been screening Inglis and was there to collect the puck and push it into the goal.

Lake Superior State got back some breathing room with two quick goals. Gysbers had the fourth LSSU goal, accepting a Schofield pass from behind the net and scoring on a low shot from the right. Fred Cassiani made it 5-2 at 15:39 of the second period, redirecting in a pass right-to-left pass on the rush from MacVoy.

LSSU held a 10-4 shots edge in the second.

There was no scoring for the first minutes of the final period, with one of Harvard's best chances coming when freshman Peter Starrett bringing the puck down the right side and getting past a defender for a shot on Inglis. Sim made it 6-2 for LSSU, waiting at the right post and tapping in a pass out of the left corner by Cassiani.

Sophomore Pier-Olivier Michaud then had a chance to cut into the lead, skating into the slot and one-timing a pass from freshman Colin Moore, but Inglis made the point-blank stop. Each team had 10 shots in the third period.