FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Men's ice hockey shuts out Cleary in the WHAC Semifinals 8-0 to advance to the finals.

The Warriors were a dominant presence on the ice from the start scoring just 1:24 into the game by Joel Holmberg from Adam Vannelli. At the 4:36 mark the Warriors struck again this time Bear Ross finding the back of the net and Brett Geoffroy recording the assist. Less than a minute later Tech scored again with Matej Krasny scoring from Cam Chabot. Holmberg ended the first period with a goal at 12:56 from Axel Low and Alex Arnold for Tech to lead 4-0 after the first 20 minutes of play.

Tech then opened the second period with a powerplay goal by Zach Bennett from Chabot and Low at the 10:47 mark for the only goal of the second period. Bennett opened the third period with his second goal of the night at the 6:56 while Chabot tallied another assist. Ross notched his second goal of the night on a powerplay at the 14:11 mark unassisted before Bobby Frieson also scored on a powerplay from Low for the Warriors to defeat Cleary 8-0 in the conference tournament semifinal game.

Ryan O'Toole earned the shutout in net with 16 saves while Schultz was 16-for-22 in faceoffs. Chabot was 13-for-19 in faceoffs and Ross went 11-for-16.

Tech is back on their home ice tomorrow at 2 p.m. for the WHAC Championship against Aquinas.