Prd | Time | Team | Score | Type | Scored By | Assists |
1st | 0:55 | CON | 1-0 | PP | Maxim Letunov (3) | Tage Thompson/5 |
1st | 3:10 | CON | 2-0 | EV | Miles Gendron (1) | Evan Richardson/4, Karl El-Mir/3 |
2nd | 7:56 | UMA | 1-2 | PP | Austin Plevy (2) | Ray Pigozzi/2, Steven Iacobellis/1 |
3rd | 6:25 | UMA | 2-2 | EV GT | Kurt Keats (2) | Jack Suter/1 |
Scoring | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | Final |
Connecticut | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Massachusetts | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Shots on Goal | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | SOG |
Connecticut | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
Massachusetts | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
Team Stats and Records | PP | PIM | SHGF |
Connecticut (3-2-4) | 1/6 | 8/16 | 0 |
Massachusetts (2-4-1) | 1/8 | 6/12 | 0 |
Connecticut Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Saves |
Adam Huska (T, 1-1-2) | 65:00 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
Massachusetts Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Saves |
Ryan Wischow (T, 2-1-1) | 64:45 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
Empty Net | 0:15 | 0 |
AMHERST, Mass. - Sophomore forward Kurt Keats scored at 6:25 of the third period as Massachusetts rallied from a two-goal deficit to earn a 2-2 tie with UConn on Friday night at Mullins Center.
THE BASICS:
RESULT: Massachusetts 2, UConn 2 (OT)
LOCATION: Mullins Center (Amherst, Mass.)
RECORDS: Massachusetts (2-4-1, 0-2-1 HEA); UConn (3-2-3, 1-1-1 HEA)
THE LEAD: University of Massachusetts hockey battled back from an early 2-0 deficit to earn its first Hockey East point of the season with a hard-fought 2-2 tie against UConn on Friday night at the Mullins Center. The Minutemen trailed 2-0 just 3:10 into the contest, but rallied with goals in the second and third periods.
FIRST PERIOD:
UConn capitalized on its first power play opportunity of the evening, scoring with the man advantage just 55 seconds into the first as Maxim Letunov flung a quick wrister past Ryan Wischow from the right faceoff circle. The Huskies quickly added another at the 3:10 mark as Evan Richardson and Karl El-Mir set up Mikes Gendron on an odd-man rush.
SECOND PERIOD:
After being out-shot, 12-2 in the first, the Minutemen turned the tables on UConn in the second with a 14-4 shot advantage. UMass used a power play midway through the frame to pull within a goal of the Huskies. Sophomore Austin Plevy slid the puck underneath goaltender Adam Huska at the 7:56 mark off a feed from seniors Ray Pigozzi and Steven Iacobellis to put the Minutemen on the board.
THIRD PERIOD:
Continuing to control play, UMass held UConn to just three shots on goal in the third and managed to net the equalizer 6:25 into the stanza. Freshman Jack Suter drove to the net with the puck and sophomore Kurt Keats completed the play by diving at a loose puck in the crease and poking it home.
OVERTIME:
Both teams had scoring opportunities in the extra period, but Huska and Wischow kept the score level at 2-2. Wischow used a diving poke check to clear the puck out of harm's way and out of the UMass zone, fending off a late OT surge by UConn.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- UMass out-shot the Huskies, 25-22, including 23-12 over the final 45 minutes of the contest. The Minutemen held the advantage over the dots, as well, winning 34 of 66 faceoffs (51.5%), led by Steven Iacobellis' 16 for 26 (61.5%) performance.
- Both teams netted power-play goals on the night with UMass finishing 1-for-7 with the man advantage and UConn 1-for-6.
- After missing four games with an illness, Pigozzi logged an assist in his return to action and has an active three-game point streak to start the year.
- Plevy netted his second goal in as many games and second power-play goal of the season. He how has an active three game point streak.
- Suter's assist marked his first of his collegiate career and second point of the season.
- Keats scored for a second straight game and now has four points in seven games on the year.
UP NEXT: UMass will travel to Merrimack on Fri., Nov. 11, for the squad's first Hockey East road game of the season. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. in North Andover.