Frozen Four Hockey: Michigan 3, U Nebraska Omaha 2 (OT)

The University of Michigan hockey team defeated the University of Nebraska Omaha 3-2 in overtime in Frozen Four action in St. Louis. The winning goal was scored by Kevin Lynch at 17:25 in overtime. Officials reviewed the replay for ten minutes before declaring the goal a winner.

Preview: Hoover Street Rag.

Live blog: Michigan Daily. The Daily runs a photo of a Rust v Hudson faceoff taken tonight by Jake Fromm, and has a full period by period scoring run down.

Jeff Arnold via Twitter:

 

@Michigan_hockey awaits the winner of Boston College-Colorado College in Saturday night's @NCAAIceHockey regional finals in St. Louis

 

NHL.COM/AP: Michigan beats Nebraska-Omaha 3-2 in OT; this is the 8:51 p.m. version.

It wasn't clear why it took officials so long to make a call on the play. Apparently, Lynch nudged a rebound past goalie John Faulkner after Greg Pateryn's shot from the point.

AnnArbor.com has a story written by staff, updated with game details but running only a file photo; in a later update, they run a photo from Tim Vizer via Icon SMI. 

The Icon SMI album of images from tonight's game has 14 photos. Do not use them in your blog, but look at them – just look at them.

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Official game recap: MGoBlue.com. Flower Mound, TX is wrong; Lynch's bio says he's from Grosse Pointe, and forward Chris Brown is from Flower Mound. A later edit gets it right.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – In overtime, sophomore center Kevin Lynch's (Flower Mound, Texas) shot deflected underneath the Nebraska-Omaha netminder, and after a lenghthy video review, it was confirmed it crossed the goal line, sending the No. 6-ranked University of Michigan ice hockey team past the 14th-ranked Mavericks, 3-2, on Friday (March 25) and into the NCAA Regional final at the Scottrade Center.

MGoBlog: Hockey WOOOOOOOOOO thread.

Live chat: MichiganHockey.net

The Muppet Glee Club will now render Temptation.

And because you can't have one without the other, Hawaiian War Chant.

Edward Vielmetti sang the National Anthem with the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club at Tiger Stadium in the final game of the World Series.

ed note: update 1:15 with final AnnArbor.com story, update with photo credits, Lynch home town fixed, ICON SMI photo gallery

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