A shot by Miami's Riley Barber (11) finds the net (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Cody Murphy battles Northern Michigan's Kory Kaunisto (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami goalie Jay Williams deflects a puck away from the net (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Sean Kuraly cuts with the puck (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Blake Coleman (25) battles NMU's C.J. Ludwig (24) in front of the Wildcats' net (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Sean Kuraly backhands the puck on net as Northern Michigan goalie Jared Coreau prepares to make the save (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Northern Michigan's Brian Nugent grimaces as Miami's Alex Wideman makes open-ice contact with him (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Blake Coleman tries to poke a loose puck past Northern Michigan goalie Jared Coreau from his stomach (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Stephen Spinell stops the puck with his skate (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Taylor Richart goes down to block a shot (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami goalie Jay Williams covers up a loose puck with Northern Michigan players on his doorstep (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Riley Barber (11) throws himself in front of a potential Northern Michigan scoring chance and RedHawks' goalie Jay Williams sprawls across his crease (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Taylor Richart (2) and Blake Coleman (25) battle NMU's Matt Thurber (left) and Cohen Adair (right) (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Curtis McKenzie (16) puts his skate in front of a shot and RedHawks goalie Jay Williams gets in position to make a save (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Matthew Caito gets into shot-blocking position (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Cody Murphy attacks a loose puck (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Curtis McKenzie goes in all alone for a backhander as Northern Michigan goalie Jared Coreau tries to cut off his angle (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Northern Michigan goalie Jared Coreau makes a save on a point-blank shot (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Curtis McKenzie and Northern Michigan's C.J. Ludwig exchange pleasantries after the whistle (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Riley Barber (right) somehow slides a pass through the top of the crease to teammate Sean Kuraly (9) (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Marc Hagel (27) braces for impact from an incoming shot (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Stephen Spinell (right) takes out a Northern Michigan forward as the RedHawks' Matthew Caito (8) goes in to grab the loose puck (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Riley Barber tries to maintain possession of the puck along the boards as Northern Michigan's Scott Macauley challenges (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Austin Czarnik shields the puck from two Northern Michigan defenders (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Northern Michigan's Scott Macauley tries to tie up Miami's Blake Coleman along the end boards (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Austin Czarnik has the puck on the backhand in Saturday's shootout. He would roof this shot over NMU goalie Jared Coreau (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
Miami's Alex Wideman rips this shot past Northern Michigan goalie Jared Coreau for the shootout winner (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).
...and Wideman celebrates after the puck finds the net (Cathy Lachmann/WCPO.com).