Photo Of The Week: UMass Hockey Advances To National Championship Game With Overtime Win By Rich Gagnon
UMass Forward Garrett Wait scores the winning goal in overtime to lead UMass to a 3-2 win over two time defending national champion Minnesota Duluth in the opening round of the Frozen Four on Thursday. Photo: Rich Gagnon, UMass Athletics
The UMass hockey team advanced to the national championship game with a 3-2 overtime win over two-time defending national champions Minnesota Duluth in the opening round of the Frozen Four on Thursday (3/8) evening in Pittsburgh. Pictured is the winning goal scored by Garrett Wait on an assist from Bobby Trivigno (Photo: Rich Gagnon, UMass Athletics). The Minutemen played without the tournament’s top scorer Carson Gicewicz and starting goaltender Filip Lindberg who were sidelined on COVID protocols. The Minutemen faced UMD in the national championship game in 2019, losing 3-0 and will face St. Cloud State in this year’s championship game on Saturday at 7 p.m. (ESPN). A full account of the UMD game from the Massachusetts Daily Collegian can be found here.
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This was a thrilling game! Kudos to the Minutemen for overcoming the adversity of losing four players to COVID protocols and for completely dominating the overtime. Many thanks to Rich Gagnon and UMass Athletics for sharing this great picture of the winning goal.