(RV) RedHawks Double Up Mavericks, Earn Postseason Berth

Saturday, February 28

Omaha, Neb.

8 p.m.

Miami University

18-14-2, 9-13-2

Omaha

12-22-0, 8-16-0

Miami (OH)

Omaha

(RV) RedHawks Double Up Mavericks, Earn Postseason Berth

2/28/2026 11:41:00 PM | Hockey

Box Score

OMAHA, Neb.– Shaun McEwen scored the first two goals of his career and (RV/RV) Miami clinched the No. 7 seed in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff with a 4-2 win at Omaha Saturday in the teams' regular-season finale.

Matteo Giampa and Ilia Morozov each had a goal and an assist for the RedHawks (18-14-2, 9-13-2 NCHC), who improved by 15 regular-season wins from a year ago to match the largest non-COVID single-season jump of any Division I men's hockey program this century. Matteo Drobac stopped 21 shots from the Mavericks (12-22-0, 8-16-0 NCHC), who will be the No. 8 seed in the NCHC's postseason tournament.

HOW IT HAPPENED

6:00 1st (Miami 1-0) | The RedHawks jumped out to an early lead on McEwen's power-play goal at the six-minute mark. Giampa eluded a defender and set up a Ryan Smith close-range shot. Giampa, Smith and Doug Grimes were all in front of the net trying to bat home the rebound, but it was McEwen that finally knocked it past Omaha's Simon Latkoczy for the game's first goal.
10:12 1st (Omaha 1-1) | Omaha answered back when Samuel Huo played a pass from behind the Miami net to Marcus Nguyen, who let loose with a shot that bounced off the inside of the right goalpost and into the net to tie the game at 1.
10:59 1st (Miami 2-1) | Miami only needed 47 seconds to reclaim the lead. Giampa swung at the puck and scored as he was diving to the ice to make it 2-1 after a give-and-go with Morozov in space. Vladislav Lukashevich started the play behind the Miami goal before Giampa and Morozov rushed up ice and earned the second assist.
6:18 2nd (Omaha 2-2) | The hosts evened the score in the second period when Myles Hilman skated along the red line and successfully jammed a puck inside the near post on his second effort. Aidan de la Gorgendiere provided the assist.
18:21 2nd (Miami 3-2) | After a flurry of penalties on both teams, Omaha went on a power play late in the second period, but Miami turned the tables with a shorthanded goal that proved to be the game-winner. David Deputy won a race to the puck in the RedHawks' offensive zone and fed a pass to Morozov, who promptly scored on a beautiful backhand move around Latkoczy to put Miami ahead 3-2.
18:11 3rd (Miami 4-2) | McEwen capped the scoring with an unassisted shorthanded goal the length of the ice into Omaha's empty net to extend Miami's lead.

NOTES

McEwen, the game's First Star, entered the weekend with four points in 31 appearances and matched that output in Omaha with back-to-back two-point nights.
Morozov, the Second Star, lit the lamp for the first time since Nov. 29 and recorded his fourth multi-point output of the season.
Giampa, the Third Star, played in his 100th collegiate game and produced his third goal of the weekend.
This was Giampa's seventh multi-point game of the season and his second in a row; the last time Giampa produced multiple points in consecutive contests was Oct. 10-11 at RPI.
Miami scored two short-handed goals in the same game for the first time since March 7, 2015.
Smith picked up his 10th assist of the season.
The RedHawks scored a power-play goal in back-to-back games for the first time since Dec. 12-13.
Lukashevich and Morozov each reached the 20-point mark for the season, becoming the fifth and sixth RedHawks this year to do so; the last time Miami had six 20-point scorers in the same season was 2017-18.
Drobac moved into third place on Miami's single-season saves list with 918.