By Jason Hall
Apr 9, 2021
Garrett Waits short-handed overtime goal propelled UMass to a 3-2 victory over two-time defending champion Minnesota Duluth and helped the Minutemen advance to the Frozen Four Final.
UMass (19-5-4) will face St. Cloud State in the NCAA hockey championship on Saturday (April 10) with both teams seeking their first national title in program history,
The Minutemen managed to advance despite the absence of four players due to COVID-19 contract-tracing protocols, including leading goal scorer
Carson Gicewicz and starting goaltender
Filip Lindberg. That helped Minnesota Duluth outshoot UMass, 26-11, through two periods and 36-15, at the end of regulation, before the Minutemen held a 13-2 edge in overtime, including Wait s game-winner.
By Jason Hall
Apr 9, 2021
Garrett Waits short-handed overtime goal propelled UMass to a 3-2 victory over two-time defending champion Minnesota Duluth and helped the Minutemen advance to the Frozen Four Final.
UMass (19-5-4) will face St. Cloud State in the NCAA hockey championship on Saturday (April 10) with both teams seeking their first national title in program history,
The Minutemen managed to advance despite the absence of four players due to COVID-19 contract-tracing protocols, including leading goal scorer
Carson Gicewicz and starting goaltender
Filip Lindberg. That helped Minnesota Duluth outshoot UMass, 26-11, through two periods and 36-15, at the end of regulation, before the Minutemen held a 13-2 edge in overtime, including Wait s game-winner.
By Jason Hall
Apr 9, 2021
Garrett Waits short-handed overtime goal propelled UMass to a 3-2 victory over two-time defending champion Minnesota Duluth and helped the Minutemen advance to the Frozen Four Final.
UMass (19-5-4) will face St. Cloud State in the NCAA hockey championship on Saturday (April 10) with both teams seeking their first national title in program history,
The Minutemen managed to advance despite the absence of four players due to COVID-19 contract-tracing protocols, including leading goal scorer
Carson Gicewicz and starting goaltender
Filip Lindberg. That helped Minnesota Duluth outshoot UMass, 26-11, through two periods and 36-15, at the end of regulation, before the Minutemen held a 13-2 edge in overtime, including Wait s game-winner.
By Jason Hall
Apr 9, 2021
Garrett Waits short-handed overtime goal propelled UMass to a 3-2 victory over two-time defending champion Minnesota Duluth and helped the Minutemen advance to the Frozen Four Final.
UMass (19-5-4) will face St. Cloud State in the NCAA hockey championship on Saturday (April 10) with both teams seeking their first national title in program history,
The Minutemen managed to advance despite the absence of four players due to COVID-19 contract-tracing protocols, including leading goal scorer
Carson Gicewicz and starting goaltender
Filip Lindberg. That helped Minnesota Duluth outshoot UMass, 26-11, through two periods and 36-15, at the end of regulation, before the Minutemen held a 13-2 edge in overtime, including Wait s game-winner.
UMass in Frozen Four: St. Cloud State all that stands in the way of a national championship for Minutemen
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Massachusetts Zac Jones (24) is greeted by teammates after scoring against Minnesota Duluth during the first period of an NCAA men s Frozen Four hockey semifinal in Pittsburgh, Thursday, April 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP
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During his media teleconference Friday, UMass forward Anthony Del Gaizo mused about the final hurdle in front of the Minutemen and what it would mean to clear it.
On Saturday at 7 p.m., Del Gaizo and the UMass hockey team will face St. Cloud State in the national championship game at the Frozen Four at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.