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#14 Massachusetts Hockey Earns 4-4 Tie At #15 UMass Lowell
December 03, 2021 | Hockey
The River Hawks take the extra point in the Hockey East standings with a 1-0 shootout win.
LOWELL, Mass. – No. 14 University of Massachusetts hockey saw its freshmen contribute seven points and senior Anthony Del Gaizo post his first career two-goal game as the squad battled to a 4-4 tie against No. 15 UMass Lowell on Friday night at the Tsongas Center. The River Hawks (8-2-3, 6-1-1 HE) took the extra point in the Hockey East standings with a 1-0 shootout win over the Minutemen (7-4-2, 5-2-2 HE).
"Every game we have with Lowell is always tight," said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. "I'm proud of our guys, they fought back. We didn't start very strong and I thought we got the game going and we go into the wall and come out with three penalties. I haven't seen that very often and that was a lack of discipline on our part. When we're this shorthanded, we can't put ourselves in situations like that. It's unfortunate, because we started slow and then got our feet under us and those penalties really set us back. Other than that, I was happy with the game."
After coming up empty on the first two power play opportunities of the contest, UMass broke though at the 14:30 mark of the first period to open the scoring. Collecting the puck from freshman Lucas Mercuri, senior Bobby Trivigno skated into the UMass Lowell zone on a 2-on-1 with freshman Ryan Lautenbach and dished to the rookie for his first collegiate tally, giving the Minutemen a 1-0 lead.
UMass expanded its advantage to 2-0, 4:20 into the second period. Lautenbach and sophomore Aaron Bohlinger fed freshman Scott Morrow who picked a corner from the left faceoff dot for his fifth goal of the season.
The River Hawks halved their deficit at the 9:18 mark, though. After a stellar initial stop by goaltender Matt Murray, Matt Allen put back a rebound with Ben Meehan and Connor Sodergren collecting the assists.
UMass Lowell then made quick work of a full two minutes of 5-on-3 power play time to head into the second intermission up 3-2. Reid Stefanson and Matt Crasa provided the tallies for the River Hawks at 15:35 and 16:25, respectively.
Del Gaizo knotted things up at 3-3 on the power play for Massachusetts, knocking a loose puck home off a UMass Lowell defender from freshman Ryan Ufko and Morrow, 2:29 into the third period.
Crasa regained the lead for the River Hawks, 4-3, at the 12:22 mark, redirecting in his second of the night at the back post from Lucas Condotta and Nick Austin.
Del Gaizo responded once more in the closing moments of the third, depositing his second of the game into the UMass Lowell net from the top of the crease with Ufko and junior Reed Lebster picking up the assists on the equalizer that leveled things at 4-4.
The Minutemen had a power play opportunity in overtime after the River Hawks were whistled for too many men, but were unable to capitalize on the 4-on-3. Then UMass Lowell's Carl Berglund scored the lone shootout goal to give the River Hawks the extra point.
UMass Lowell finished with a 32-31 edge in shots and went 2-for-4 on the power play, while UMass was 1-for-4.
Murray totaled 28 saves in net for the Minutemen and Owen Savory had 27 stops for the River Hawks.
UMass had four players post multi-point nights. Joining Del Gaizo's two tallies, Lautenbach and Morrow each contributed a goal and an assist, and Ufko had two helpers.
For continued coverage of UMass hockey, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram (@UMassHockey) and on Facebook at facebook.com/UMassHockey.
"Every game we have with Lowell is always tight," said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. "I'm proud of our guys, they fought back. We didn't start very strong and I thought we got the game going and we go into the wall and come out with three penalties. I haven't seen that very often and that was a lack of discipline on our part. When we're this shorthanded, we can't put ourselves in situations like that. It's unfortunate, because we started slow and then got our feet under us and those penalties really set us back. Other than that, I was happy with the game."
After coming up empty on the first two power play opportunities of the contest, UMass broke though at the 14:30 mark of the first period to open the scoring. Collecting the puck from freshman Lucas Mercuri, senior Bobby Trivigno skated into the UMass Lowell zone on a 2-on-1 with freshman Ryan Lautenbach and dished to the rookie for his first collegiate tally, giving the Minutemen a 1-0 lead.
UMass expanded its advantage to 2-0, 4:20 into the second period. Lautenbach and sophomore Aaron Bohlinger fed freshman Scott Morrow who picked a corner from the left faceoff dot for his fifth goal of the season.
The River Hawks halved their deficit at the 9:18 mark, though. After a stellar initial stop by goaltender Matt Murray, Matt Allen put back a rebound with Ben Meehan and Connor Sodergren collecting the assists.
UMass Lowell then made quick work of a full two minutes of 5-on-3 power play time to head into the second intermission up 3-2. Reid Stefanson and Matt Crasa provided the tallies for the River Hawks at 15:35 and 16:25, respectively.
Del Gaizo knotted things up at 3-3 on the power play for Massachusetts, knocking a loose puck home off a UMass Lowell defender from freshman Ryan Ufko and Morrow, 2:29 into the third period.
Crasa regained the lead for the River Hawks, 4-3, at the 12:22 mark, redirecting in his second of the night at the back post from Lucas Condotta and Nick Austin.
Del Gaizo responded once more in the closing moments of the third, depositing his second of the game into the UMass Lowell net from the top of the crease with Ufko and junior Reed Lebster picking up the assists on the equalizer that leveled things at 4-4.
The Minutemen had a power play opportunity in overtime after the River Hawks were whistled for too many men, but were unable to capitalize on the 4-on-3. Then UMass Lowell's Carl Berglund scored the lone shootout goal to give the River Hawks the extra point.
UMass Lowell finished with a 32-31 edge in shots and went 2-for-4 on the power play, while UMass was 1-for-4.
Murray totaled 28 saves in net for the Minutemen and Owen Savory had 27 stops for the River Hawks.
UMass had four players post multi-point nights. Joining Del Gaizo's two tallies, Lautenbach and Morrow each contributed a goal and an assist, and Ufko had two helpers.
For continued coverage of UMass hockey, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram (@UMassHockey) and on Facebook at facebook.com/UMassHockey.
Team Stats
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Shots
31
32
PPG
1
2
SHG
0
0
Penalties
5
5
Penalty Mins
10
10
Faceoffs Won
33
36
Game Leaders
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1
Goals
2
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3
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
1
Sh
3
A
1
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Goals
1
Sh
3
A
1
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