BLAINE, Minn. — The Maryland Black Bears will play for the Robertson Cup after earning a 6-2 win over Minot Saturday night at Fogerty Arena.

The win secures a two-game sweep for the Black Bears, who will play the Lone Star Brahmas for the prestigious Robertson Cup on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Maryland went 3-for-6 on the power play and Sacred Heart commit Jeremi Tremblay scored three times, propelling his team to victory.

Owen Lepak also played a key role for the winning squad, as the Michigan native stopped 46 of the 48 shots the Minotauros fired his way.

Maryland opened scoring late in the first period with its first of the three power-play tallies. Holy Cross commit Matthew Croxall sent a cross-ice pass to Tremblay, who fired a shot past Minot netminder Brady James from the left circle.

The Minotauros tied things up early in the second period as Nick Sewecke sent a rebound past Lepak, which started on a shot from defenseman Colby Woogk.

However, it didn’t take long for the Black Bears to take the lead again. Maryland won an offensive-zone faceoff and Dylan Gordon skated the puck around the left circle, pushing his way to the front of the crease and sliding the puck past James.

Maryland took a two-goal lead later in the second period thanks to a bit of penalty trouble from the Minotaurous.

The Black Bears had a full two-minute 5-on-3 powerplay as Will Dawson was sent to the box for hooking and Chad Muller was penalized for head contact. Tremblay tallied his second goal of the game from on the ensuing man-advantage.

Air Force commit Sam Stitz further increased the Maryland lead in the third period as he clapped a shot into the back of the net for another power-play strike.

Minot attempted to make a comeback in the final minutes of regulation, and Cayden Casey did score a goal, but that wouldn’t prove to be enough in the 6-2 loss. Maryland tacked on two empty-net goals to finish the contest, including Tremblay’s third of the night.

In addition to Tremblay’s two goals, Dimitry Kebreau registered three assists and Cal Huston had two in the victory. The Minotauros went 0-for-5 on the man advantage.

This story will be updated.

MARYLAND 6, MINOT 2

MYD: 1-2-3—6
MNT: 1-0-1—2

First period scoring — 1. MYD, Jeremi Tremblay (Matthew Croxall, Luke Janus) 15:23 (ppg)
Penalties — MYD, Kareem El-Bashir (roughing) 9:12; MNT, Ian Spencer (kneeing) 12:05; MNT, Ian Spencer (high-sticking) 14:22

Second period scoring — 1. MNT, Nick Sewecke (Colby Woogk, Trevor Stachowiak) 3:09; 2. MYD, Dylan Gordon (Dimitry Kebreau) 9:34; 3. MYD, Jeremi Tremblay (Cal Huston, Dimitry Kebreau) 13:28 (5-on-3)
Penalties — MYD, Sam Stitz (slashing) 3:49; MNT, Will Dawson (hooking) 13:16; MNT, Chad Muller (head contact) 13:16; MYD, Michael Urgo (cross-checking) 18:55

Third period scoring — 4. MYD, Sam Stitz (Dimitry Kebreau, Cal Huston) 12:58 (ppg); 2. MNT, Cayden Casey (Chad Muller) 14:05; 5. MYD, Jeremi Tremblay (unassisted) 18:11 (eng); 6. MYD, Riley Ruh (Luke Amell) 18:38 (eng)
Penalties — MYD, Cal Huston (holding) 6:12; MYD, Luke Amell (high-sticking) 6:18; MNT, Jack O’Hanisain (slashing) 6:23; MNT, Ian Spencer (checking from behind) 11:55

Shots on goal — MYD, 15-12-6—33; MNT, 15-15-18—48
Goalie saves — MYD, Owen Lepak 15-14-17—46 (2GA); MNT, Brady James 14-10-3—27 (4GA)

Penalties-minutes: MYD, 5-10; MNT, 6-12
Power-play goals—opportunities: MYD, 3-6; MNT, 0-5

Sydney Wolf is a reporter for The Rink Live, primarily covering youth and high school hockey. She joined the team in November of 2021 and graduated from St. Cloud State University with a degree in Mass Communications and a minor in Writing and Rhetoric Studies.