Luca Pedri broke a tie with a deflection goal 5 minutes, 11 seconds into the third period as the third-seeded Cadets advanced to a semifinal meeting with No. 2 seed Stillwater.

Cathedral scored on its first shot of the game, and it was a familiar name lightning the lamp as Joey Gillespie netted his third goal of the tournament. Jaeger Wood put Cathedral up 2-0 and then freshman Bo Schmidt scored to give the Crusaders a 3-0 lead in the second period.