It was going to come down to who could make a play in the end, and they gave us all we could handle tonight,” BC coach Greg Brown said. “That was a heck of a hockey game and we are excited to advance.

But with time winding down and the teams locked in a 1-1 tie, Hagens called his own number, swooping behind the net and scoring on a wraparound at 18:43 of the third period. Ryan Leonard added an empty-netter as the Eagles escaped with a 3-1 win to advance to Sunday’s regional final against the winner of Denver and Providence.

For the first time ever, the Bentley Falcons are in a national tournament. The program that’s been around since the late ’70s punched their ticket by winning the Atlantic Hock