University of Massachusets Athletics
Friday, February 18
Hartford, Conn.
7:05 p.m.
University of Massachusetts
17-9-2, 12-5-2
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#20 UConn
16-12-0, 12-7-0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
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| Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| UConn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
#10/9 Massachusetts Hockey Battles To 2-1 WIn At #20 UConn
February 18, 2022 | Hockey
Ufko and Lopina provided the goals for the Minutemen on Friday night in Hartford.
HARTFORD, Conn. – No. 10/9 University of Massachusetts hockey scored twice in the third period and gutted out a 2-1 win over No. 20 UConn on Friday night at the XL Center. The victory moves the Minutemen to 17-9-2 on the season, 12-5-2 in Hockey East, while the Huskies fall to 16-12-0, 12-7-0 in league action.
"Preparing for this game, I watched how well UConn had been playing and this was going to be a low scoring heavy game and it turned out to be, but I thought our guys were outstanding tonight," said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. We played a really solid 60 minutes and I thought we deserved to win."
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The teams traded chances through the first two periods, including three posts hit by UConn, but the teams were still deadlocked at 0-0 through 40 minutes.
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UMass finally broke through on its fourth power play opportunity of the night with senior Bobby Trivigno collecting a feed from classmate Garrett Wait behind the net and finding freshman Ryan Ufko in the high slot for the one-timer at the 7:46 mark.
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Sophomore Josh Lopina later made it 2-0, putting back his own rebound off an outlet pass from Wait and junior Matthew Kessel for his eighth of the season 17:05 into the period.
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The Huskies cut their deficit to 2-1 on a 6-on-4 power play at 18:52. Carter Turnbull sent the puck home through a crowd at the net front from Jachym Kondelik and Hudson Schandor.
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UMass' defense held firm the rest of the way, though, to preserve the win. The Minutemen out-shot UConn, 35-20 on the night and went 1-for-4 on the power play, while the Huskies were 1-for-3.
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Graduate student Matt Murray finished with 19 saves and Darion Hanson turned aside 33 in net for UConn.
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The teams will be back in action tomorrow, Feb. 19, at the Mullins Center for a 7:30 p.m. matchup that will air on NESN+.
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"Preparing for this game, I watched how well UConn had been playing and this was going to be a low scoring heavy game and it turned out to be, but I thought our guys were outstanding tonight," said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. We played a really solid 60 minutes and I thought we deserved to win."
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The teams traded chances through the first two periods, including three posts hit by UConn, but the teams were still deadlocked at 0-0 through 40 minutes.
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UMass finally broke through on its fourth power play opportunity of the night with senior Bobby Trivigno collecting a feed from classmate Garrett Wait behind the net and finding freshman Ryan Ufko in the high slot for the one-timer at the 7:46 mark.
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Sophomore Josh Lopina later made it 2-0, putting back his own rebound off an outlet pass from Wait and junior Matthew Kessel for his eighth of the season 17:05 into the period.
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The Huskies cut their deficit to 2-1 on a 6-on-4 power play at 18:52. Carter Turnbull sent the puck home through a crowd at the net front from Jachym Kondelik and Hudson Schandor.
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UMass' defense held firm the rest of the way, though, to preserve the win. The Minutemen out-shot UConn, 35-20 on the night and went 1-for-4 on the power play, while the Huskies were 1-for-3.
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Graduate student Matt Murray finished with 19 saves and Darion Hanson turned aside 33 in net for UConn.
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The teams will be back in action tomorrow, Feb. 19, at the Mullins Center for a 7:30 p.m. matchup that will air on NESN+.
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UMA
UCO
Shots
35
20
PPG
1
1
SHG
0
0
Penalties
4
5
Penalty Mins
8
10
Faceoffs Won
32
30
Game Leaders
+/-
1
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
2
+/-
1
Goals
1
Sh
3
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
1
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