Miami (OH) wins the 2025 Friendship Four tournament in Belfast
🏆 Miami upsets No. 20 Union to win the 2025 Friendship Four
Miami (OH) is ringing the bell after upsetting No. 20 Union to win the Belpot trophy. The RedHawks take down the Garnet Chargers, 3-2, in the 2025 Friendship Four championship game after a late third-period goal.
A late flurry from Union was turned aside by G Matteo Drobac to secure the win for Miami.
Matteo Giampa and the RedHawks are on the board first in the championship game of the !
— FloHockey (@FloHockey)
Plenty of hockey left in Belfast!
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Matteo Giampa scored twice in the win for Miami, opening with a highlight-reel snipe in the first period.
Matteo Giampa and the RedHawks are on the board first in the championship game of the !
— FloHockey (@FloHockey)
Plenty of hockey left in Belfast!
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After Union tied it in the second period, Casper Nässén hammered a powerplay one-timer give the RedHawks back the lead.
Étienne Lessard gets his second of the season to tie things up for !
— FloHockey (@FloHockey)
It's the championship game of the 👀
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Union tied it back up at 2-2 early in the third period, but Giampa would put things away with a lucky bounce off a Union defender's leg for the game-winning goal for Miami.
Miami takes home the Belpot trophy as the winner of the 2025 Friendship Four, and the RedHawks earn an important two wins after losing three of their last four games.
🗓️ Results and stats from the 2025 Friendship Four tournament
Miami (OH) defeated No. 20 Union in the 2025 Friendship Four championship game to win the Belpot trophy. Click or tap on the games below to view the stats and results from each game.
Friday, Nov. 28
- Game 1: No. 20 Union 8, Sacred Heart 1
- Game 2: Miami (OH) 4, RIT 0
Saturday, Nov. 29
- Consolation game: Sacred Heart 3, RIT 0
- Championship game: Miami (OH) 3, No. 20 Union 2
- 🏆 Miami (OH) wins the 2025 Friendship Four tournament
Follow along right here on krikya18.com for live updates, highlights and scores throughout the tournament.
🚨 Miami jumps in front! — MIA 3, UNI 2 | 3rd: 3:38
When you're playing against a goalie like Cameron Korpi, you need a little luck on your side. And that's exactly what the RedHawks have, as they take the lead late in the third period of the Friendship Four championship game.
Matteo Giampa crashed down the right wing side, ripping a wrist shot from the low circle that bounced off the cuff of Korpi's trapper, then off a Union defender's leg and into the back of the net for Giampa's second of the game. Miami is now just a few minutes away from taking home the Belpot trophy.
Matteo Giampa gets his second of the game as leads late in the third!
— FloHockey (@FloHockey)
You still have time to watch!
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😬 Things getting chippy in the third | 3rd: 7:26
🚨 Union ties it again! — UNI 2, MIA 2 | 3rd: 16:36
The Garnet Chargers won't go away! Connor Smith deflects a point shot from Lucas Buzziol that just bounces off the post and trickles over the goal line past Matteo Drobac for the game-tying goal.
Buckle up folks, we've got a great third period coming.
OH BOY!
— FloHockey (@FloHockey)
Connor Smith has his second goal of the , and things are even once again!
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🔥 Miami leads 2-1 after 40 | END 2nd
It was a back-and-forth second period, beginning with a powerplay for Miami, but the Garnet Chargers killed it off and got to work on the forecheck. A dominant shift came to a head with a snipe from the point by Etienne Lessard to tie the game at 1-1.
Etienne Lessard gets the party started for Union early in the second!
— Union College Men's Hockey (@Unionmhockey)
His second of the year is assisted by Tyler Dunbar and Alex Laurenza. x
Miami got another chance on the powerplay late in the period though, and the RedHawks made the most of it as Casper Nässén hammered home a one-timer to give Miami the lead once again.
Casper Nässén (BOS) restores the lead on the power play!
— FloHockey (@FloHockey)
Don't miss the rest of this one
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Twenty more minutes until we crown a Belpot champion.
🚨 Miami retakes the lead! — MIA 2, UNI 1| 2nd: 9:54
Casper Nassen hammers home a one timer from the top of the circle on the powerplay to give Miami the 2-1 lead halfway through the second period.
Casper Nässén (BOS) restores the lead on the power play!
— FloHockey (@FloHockey)
Don't miss the rest of this one
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🚨 Union ties it up! — UNI 1, MIA 1 | 2nd: 15:42
Fresh off a successful penalty kill, the Garnet Chargers set up in the offensive zone and got to work, hemming the RedHawks in with tired legs. Etienne Lessard capped off a dominant shift with a top-shelf snipe from the high slot to tie the game at one apiece.
Étienne Lessard gets his second of the season to tie things up for !
— FloHockey (@FloHockey)
It's the championship game of the 👀
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Miami up 1️⃣ after 20 — MIA 1, UNI 0 | END 1st
Miami heads into the first intermission with a 1-0 lead after Matteo Giampa scored the game's opening goal.
END OF FIRST PERIOD: Matteo Giampa has ahead after one! 1-0
— Friendship Four (@Friendship_Four)
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The RedHawks lead in shots after the first 20 minutes, 11-8. Union had a few scoring chances in the period, though, including a shorthanded breakaway in the dying seconds, but Miami netminder Matteo Drobac had stopped all eight shots he has faced so far.
Second period action is coming up.
🚨 Miami strikes first! — MIA 1, UNI 0 | 1st: 6:58
Matteo Giampa makes an impressive solo effort to corral a bouncing puck at center ice and step around a Union defender before roofing one on the short side over the shoulder of Union G Cameron Korpi for the game's first goal.
Matteo Giampa and the RedHawks are on the board first in the championship game of the !
— FloHockey (@FloHockey)
Plenty of hockey left in Belfast!
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❌ Scoreless through 10 | 1st: 9:51
👉 Game on in Belfast | 1st: 20:00
It comes down to this. In 60 minutes, either the Garnet Chargers or the RedHawks will be ringing the championship bell as they hoist the Belpot Trophy.
Will Union be the first team to win a second Belpot? Or will Miami take down the No. 20 ranked team and bring home some hardware?
⏰ Countdown to the championship — 2:45 p.m.
We're roughly 45 minutes away from puck drop on the 2025 Friendship Four championship game between No. 20 Union and Miami (OH).
Here's a look at each team's lineups for this afternoon:
Saturday night lines!
— Miami Hockey (@MiamiOH_Hockey)
🥉 Sacred Heart takes third place at the Friendship Four
The Sacred Heart Pioneers shutout RIT, 3-0, to take home third place at the 2025 Friendship Four.
Michael Rubin opened the scoring with a powerful cut to the net, breaking the scoreless tie late in the second period for his first goal of the year. The defense stood tall for the rest of the game, and freshman goaltender Teagan Kendrick recorded his first NCAA, stopping all 26 RIT shots on goal. The Pioneers added two empty net goals in the dying minutes to seal the win
Rubin with his first goal of the season and Tardif with his first assist of the year give us the lead heading to the third!!
— Sacred Heart University Men's Ice Hockey (@sacredheartmih)
Up next, Miami (OH) faces off against No. 20 Union in the Friendship Four championship game at 2:45 p.m. ET. Follow along right here on krikya18.com for live updates, highlights and scores during the championship game.