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University of Massachusets Athletics
Saturday, November 21
Storrs, Conn.
4 p.m.
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Photo by: Stephen Slade/UConn
No. 7 Massachusetts Hockey Skates To 2-2 Tie At UConn
November 21, 2020 | Hockey
The Huskies took the shootout, 2-1 in four rounds, which could impact the Hockey East standings if this weekend’s series retroactively becomes conference matchups.
STORRS, Conn. – No. 7 University of Massachusetts led 2-0 after two periods, but UConn scored twice in the third to rally for a 2-2 tie against the Minutemen at Mark Freitas Ice Forum on Saturday afternoon. After the teams played through a scoreless newly-adopted 3-on-3 overtime, the Huskies won a four-round shootout, 2-1. Due to the uncertainty of the 2020-21 schedule, the shootout may become impactful in the Hockey East standings should this weekend's games be deemed conference matchups retroactively.
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"It was a good college hockey game, back and forth, we jumped out to a lead, a lot of different situations in the game" said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. "The 5-on-3 kill for us in the third was huge, but then to allow a shorthanded goal to let them tie the game was disarming. Over the year you're going to get craziness like that. It's always tough to play UConn on the road. We've been practicing for three months on an Olympic-sized sheet and it's our first time coming in and skating on a smaller rink, so I thought our guys adjusted well to that. It was a good physical game."'
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The Minutemen wasted little time getting on the board as junior Bobby Trivigno found sophomore Matthew Kessel streaking in alone at the left faceoff dot for a quick strike on the power play just 3:25 into the contest. Senior Oliver Chau also earned an assist on the tally, his third point of the weekend against the Huskies.
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Senior Philip Lagunov then pushed the advantage to 2-0 at the 12:40 mark, knocking the puck home in front for his first of the season from junior Garrett Wait and sophomore Zac Jones.
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UConn halved its deficit 9:53 into the third period when Carter Turnbull put in a rebound from Vladislav Firstov and Yan Kuznetsov off Filip Lindberg's pad.
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The Minutemen then managed to successfully kill a lengthy 5-on-3 despite being down two defensemen to injury only to have the Huskies score the equalizer shorthanded with two minutes to play in regulation. Cassidy Bowes set up Brian Rigali on a 2-on-1 for UConn's second tally.
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It appeared that junior Colin Felix had an OT winner for the Minutemen, but the goal was called back and the teams finished knotted at two through 65 minutes of play.
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Chau opened the shootout with a goal for UMass, but was the only Minuteman to convert his attempt. Firstov responded for UConn and Kale Howarth scored in the final of four rounds with the clinching score.
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The Huskies edged UMass in shots, 37-36 and went 0-for-7 on the power play while the Minutemen were 1-for-5. Lindberg made 35 stops in net for UMass and UConn netminder Tomáš Vomácka finished with 34 saves.
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For continued coverage of UMass hockey, follow the team on Twitter (@UMassHockey) and Instagram (@MassachusettsHockey) and on Facebook at facebook.com/UMassHockey.
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"It was a good college hockey game, back and forth, we jumped out to a lead, a lot of different situations in the game" said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. "The 5-on-3 kill for us in the third was huge, but then to allow a shorthanded goal to let them tie the game was disarming. Over the year you're going to get craziness like that. It's always tough to play UConn on the road. We've been practicing for three months on an Olympic-sized sheet and it's our first time coming in and skating on a smaller rink, so I thought our guys adjusted well to that. It was a good physical game."'
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The Minutemen wasted little time getting on the board as junior Bobby Trivigno found sophomore Matthew Kessel streaking in alone at the left faceoff dot for a quick strike on the power play just 3:25 into the contest. Senior Oliver Chau also earned an assist on the tally, his third point of the weekend against the Huskies.
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Senior Philip Lagunov then pushed the advantage to 2-0 at the 12:40 mark, knocking the puck home in front for his first of the season from junior Garrett Wait and sophomore Zac Jones.
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UConn halved its deficit 9:53 into the third period when Carter Turnbull put in a rebound from Vladislav Firstov and Yan Kuznetsov off Filip Lindberg's pad.
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The Minutemen then managed to successfully kill a lengthy 5-on-3 despite being down two defensemen to injury only to have the Huskies score the equalizer shorthanded with two minutes to play in regulation. Cassidy Bowes set up Brian Rigali on a 2-on-1 for UConn's second tally.
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It appeared that junior Colin Felix had an OT winner for the Minutemen, but the goal was called back and the teams finished knotted at two through 65 minutes of play.
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Chau opened the shootout with a goal for UMass, but was the only Minuteman to convert his attempt. Firstov responded for UConn and Kale Howarth scored in the final of four rounds with the clinching score.
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The Huskies edged UMass in shots, 37-36 and went 0-for-7 on the power play while the Minutemen were 1-for-5. Lindberg made 35 stops in net for UMass and UConn netminder Tomáš Vomácka finished with 34 saves.
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For continued coverage of UMass hockey, follow the team on Twitter (@UMassHockey) and Instagram (@MassachusettsHockey) and on Facebook at facebook.com/UMassHockey.
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Team Stats
UMASS
UCONN
Shots
36
37
PPG
1
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
7
5
Penalty Mins
14
10
Faceoffs Won
46
24
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
4
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
4
A
0
+/-
-1
Goals
0
Sh
5
A
1
Players Mentioned
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