The semifinals are set in the 2025 NCHC Play of the Year Tournament and four different teams are represented. On day seven of the tournament, the first semifinal match-up is available for fan voting, featuring a stellar stop against an overtime game-winner.

Thursday's lone semifinal match-up pits North Dakota goalie T.J. Semptimphelter making a sprawling glove save behind him at Minnesota Duluth in Week 6, against Omaha's Cameron Mitchell, who scores the overtime game-winner against Holy Cross with a nice deke at the 2025 Cactus Cup in Week 12.

Winning our last two quarterfinals on Wednesday were Arizona State forward Artem Shlaine and Western Michigan forward Alex Bump. Shlaine topped WMU's Owen Michaels with 57 percent of the 256 votes cast, while Bump earned 75 percent of the vote to advance past CC's Bret Link. Shlaine and Bump will now meet in the second semifinal on Friday, April 25. 

Video of today's semifinal match-up is below with the poll to vote below the video. Voting will remain open until Friday at 2 p.m. ET, when the second semifinal match-up is posted and today's winner is announced. Today's winner moves on to the championship match-up on Monday, April 28. The entire bracket (with schedule) can be seen at the bottom of the page.

T.J. SEMPTIMPHELTER vs. CAMERON MITCHELL
 

NCHC Poll
 

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