The semifinal series between Hendricken and Mount St. Charles over the weekend lacked the fire that the rivalry has possessed in years past.

The top-seeded Hawks buried 12 goals over a two-game span to unceremoniously sweep No. 4 Mount with 6-3 and 6-1 victories on Friday and Saturday to earn a spot in this weekend’s state title series.

The Mounties couldn’t contain Hendricken’s top line in Game 1 on Friday evening, as Pat Creamer (one goal, four assists), Michael DiMascolo (two goals) and Andrew Hopgood (two goals, two assists) overpowered Mount’s top forward trio.

Timely goals were key for the Hawks, as well. Hendricken netted goals in the final 30 seconds of the first and second periods to give it a lift while visibly deflating Mount’s bench.

“Huge,” Hendricken head coach Jim Creamer said of the two goals late in periods. “Both of them were real emotion-builders.”

The Hawks carried play from the opening faceoff, but Mount weathered the early storm.

Eventually, Hendricken would strike, though.

At 8:36 of the opening period, Peter Krekorian took a pass out at the left point and fired a low shot that was redirected by Hopgood and by Mount netminder Ryan Forget to make it 1-0.

DiMascolo then doubled the lead when he entered the attacking zone down the left wing and fired a shot over the shoulder of Forget top shelf with just 27 seconds remaining in the first period.

Hendricken kept rolling early in the second period.

Mount was assessed a pair of minor penalties within the first three minutes, giving the Hawks an abbreviated 5-on-3 chance, and they would take advantage.

At 2:40 of the period, Krekorian took a pass from Pat Creamer at the top of the right circle before wristing a shot by Forget to make it 3-0.

Everything was trending in Hendricken’s favor, but penalty trouble would change that abruptly.

Ryan Bayne took a hooking penalty, and Matt Rickard was assessed a penalty for cross checking 40 seconds later to give Mount a 5-on-3 advantage.

Sixteen seconds after Rickard went to the box, Brian Simpson cleaned up a rebound in the crease after a shot from Jack Boisvert to trim the Mounties’ deficit to 3-1.

Just over a minute later, Mount converted again before Rickard’s penalty was up, as Aidan Donahue found an unmarked Tyler Bourque for an easy goal at the back post to get the Mounties within one, 3-2.

Mount had life for the first time in the game, but it didn’t obtain momentum for long.

DiMascolo came off the bench and got behind Mount’s defense before receiving a pass from defenseman Tyler Brown and scoring on a breakaway to give the Hawks a 4-2 lead at 11:04 of the second.

“They’re kids, so I was really happy with how they kept their composure,” Jim Creamer said of the swings in momentum in the second period. “They didn’t get too high and they didn’t get too low when they were down.”

Hendricken then took back a stranglehold on the game with another late goal in the second.

Rickard showed off his vertical leap when he jumped to keep a puck at the blue line before passing to Hopgood, who buried a one-timer by Forget to make it 5-2 with just 13 seconds left in the period.

That Hopgood goal would be the nail in the coffin.

Boisvert scored a fluke goal on the power play in the third for Mount, but Pat Creamer’s lone goal of the game offset that as the Hawks cruised to a 6-3 victory.

In Game 2 on Saturday night, Hendricken powered its way to a 6-1 victory as Dan Cavanagh and Ben DeFelice potted two goals apiece.

Pat Creamer and DiMascolo accounted for the other goals, while Pat Gribbin turned aside 26 of the 27 shots he faced to secure the Hawks a trip to the finals.

Hendricken is set to meet rival La Salle, which swept Smithfield in the other semifinal series, for the state championship.

The season series between the Hawks and Rams was even, with both teams winning one game, with the third game ending in a 2-2 tie.

The two teams will open their series at Brown University’s Meehan Auditorium on Friday evening at 8 p.m., and they’ll drop the puck for Game 2 on Saturday at 7 p.m. If a third game is needed, it will be played on Monday.