2020-21 MASSACHUSETTS HOCKEY GAME NOTES GAMES #7 MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMEN (1-0-1, 0-0-0 HE) vs. #2 BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES (0-0-0, 0-0-0 HE) NOVEMBER 27, 2020 » CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. » KELLEY RINK » 6:00 PM 3-4 NOVEMBER 28, 2020 » AMHERST, MASS. » MULLINS CENTER » 4:30 PM 2018-19 NATIONAL FINALISTS •2018-19 HOCKEY EAST REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS UMASS COMMUNICATIONS GAME COVERAGE Hockey Contact: Jillian Jakuba Radio: WHMP (AM 1400/1240, FM 101.5/107.5) Cell Phone: (413) 420-3116 TV: NESN (Friday), NESNplus (Saturday) Email: [email protected] SOCIAL Website: www.UMassAthletics.com Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @UMassHockey Mailing Address: 251 Boyden Gym • Amherst, Mass. 01003 SCHEDULE MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMEN ROSTER Date Opponent (TV) Res./Time No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last Team 11/20 UCONN (NESN+) W, 5-1 2 Marc Del Gaizo (A) D Jr. 5-10 181 Basking Ridge, N.J./Muskegon (USHL) 3 Ty Farmer D Jr. 5-11 175 O’Fallon, Mo./Fargo (USHL) 11/21 at UConn T, 2-2 OT (2-1 SOL) 4 Matthew Kessel D So. 6-3 203 Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Sioux Falls (USHL) 11/27 at #2 Boston College (NESN) 6 p.m. 5 Linden Alger D Fr. 6-3 194 Centerville, Mass./Youngstown (USHL) 6 Kolby Vegara D Jr. 6-1 193 Malden, Mass./Philadelphia (NAHL) 11/28 #2 BOSTON COLLEGE (NESN+) 4:30 P.M. 7 Cal Kiefiuk F So. 5-10 185 Macomb, Mich./Central Illinois (USHL) 12/4 NEW HAMPSHIRE* (NESN) 6 P.M. 8 Bobby Trivigno (A) F Jr. 5-8 162 Setauket, N.Y./Waterloo (USHL) 10 Josh Lopina F Fr. 6-2 194 Minooka, Ill./Lincoln (USHL) 12/5 at New Hampshire* 7 p.m. 11 Carson Gicewicz F R-Sr. 6-3 213 Orchard Park, N.Y./St. Lawrence (ECAC) 12/11 at #20 Boston University* (NESN) 6 p.m. 12 Garrett Wait F Jr. 6-0 190 Edina, Minn./Minnesota (B1G) 12 / 12 #20 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* (NESN) 3:30 P.M. 13 Reed Lebster F So. 6-0 188 Grand Rapids, Mich./Des Moines (USHL) 15 Oliver MacDonald F Fr. 5-10 185 Grosse Pointe, Mich./Fargo (USHL) 12/19 #15 PROVIDENCE (NESN) 3:30 P.M. 17 Philip Lagunov F Sr. 6-0 188 Hamilton, Ontario/Burlington (OJHL) 12/20 at #15 Providence 5 p.m. 18 Jake Gaudet (C) F Sr. 6-2 201 Ottawa, Ontario/Kemptville (CCHL) 19 Ryan Sullivan F Fr. 5-10 181 Grosse Pointe, Mich./Sioux Falls (USHL) 12/26 at #12 UMass Lowell 6 p.m. 20 Oliver Chau F Sr. 5-9 164 Oakville, Ontario/Brooks (AJHL) 12/27 #12 UMASS LOWELL (NESN) 6 P.M. 22 Jerry Harding F So. 6-2 210 Canton, Mass./Providence (HE) 23 Gianfranco Cassaro D So. 5-11 194 Nobleton, Ontario/Youngstown (USHL) 1/7 UCONN* 6 P.M. 24 Zac Jones D So. 5-10 172 Glen Allen, Va./Tri City (USHL) 11/9 at UConn* 4 p.m. 26 Colin Felix D Jr. 6-1 193 Ocean City, N.J./Madison (USHL) 25 Aaron Bohlinger D Fr. 5-9 165 Walden, N.Y./Waterloo (USHL) 1/15 #2 BOSTON COLLEGE* 6 P.M. 27 Anthony Del Gaizo F Jr. 5-10 193 Basking Ridge, N.J./Muskegon (USHL) 1/16 at #2 Boston College* 2 p.m. 28 Eric Faith F So. 5-11 181 Carp, Ontario/Brockville (CCHL) 1/22 at #15 Providence* TBA 29 George Mika F Sr. 5-11 184 Naples, Fla./Amarillo (NAHL) 31 Matt Murray G Sr. 6-1 194 St. Albert, Alberta/Fargo (USHL) 1/23 #15 PROVIDENCE* 6 P.M. 32 Henry Graham G Fr. 6-0 181 Manhattan, N.Y./P.A.L. Junior Islanders (NCDC) 2/5 at Vermont % 6 p.m. 35 Filip Lindberg G Jr. 6-1 194 Espoo, Finland/Tuto Hockey U20 (SM-LIIGA) 2/6 at Vermont % 4 p.m. Head Coach: Greg Carvel (St. Lawrence ’93, Massachusetts ‘98), Fifth Season 2/12 at Merrimack* TBA Associate Head Coach: Ben Barr (Rensselaer ’04), Fifth Season Associate Head Coach: Jared DeMichiel (RIT ’10), Fifth Season 2/13 MERRIMACK* 6 P.M. Volunteer Assistant Coach: Ryan Bliss (Cornell ’18), Second Season 2/19 at #18 Northeastern* 6 p.m. Director of Hockey Operations: Ryan Mahan (Massachusetts ’18), Third Season 2/20 #18 NORTHEASTERN* 6 P.M. 2/26 MAINE 12 P.M. BY CLASS BY POSITION GEOGRAPHICAL PRONUNCIATION 2/27 MAINE 3 P.M. Seniors: (6) Oliver Chau, Jake Forwards: (15) Oliver ROSTER GUIDE Gaudet, Carson Gicewicz, Phil- Chau, Anthony Del Gaizo, Alberta: (1) Matt Murray 3/5 at #12 UMass Lowell* TBA Linden Alger AL-jer ip Lagunov, George Mika, Matt Eric Faith, Jake Gaudet, Car- Florida: (1) George Mika Aaron Bohlinger BOW-ling-jer 3/6 #12 UMASS LOWELL* 6 P.M. Murray son Gicewicz, Jerry Harding, Finland: (1) Filip Lindberg Illinois: (1) Josh Lopina Gianfranco Cassaro John-franco Juniors: (8) Anthony Del Gaizo, Cal Kiefiuk, Philip Lagunov, Massachusetts: (3) Linden Alger, cass-AIR-oh * - Denotes Hockey East game Marc Del Gaizo, Ty Farmer, Colin Reed Lebster, Josh Lopina, Oliver Jerry Harding, Kolby Vegara Oliver Chau Chow % - Denotes Flex game Felix, Filip Lindberg, Bobby Trivig- MacDonald, George Mika, Ryan All Home Games in BOLD CAPS Michigan: (5) Matthew Kessel, Marc Del Gaizo Del GUY-zoh no, Kolby Vegara, Garrett Wait Sullivan, Bobby Trivigno, Garrett Cal Kiefiuk, Reed Lebster, Oliver Wait MacDonald, Ryan Sullivan Anthony Del Gaizo Del GUY-zoh Sophomores: (7) Gianfranco Jake Gaudet GAW-det We Are The Cassaro, Eric Faith, Jerry Harding, Defensemen: (9) Linden Alg- Minnesota (1): Garrett Wait er, Aaron Bohlinger, Gianfranco Missouri: (1) Ty Farmer Carson Gicewicz GIH-sev-itch Zac Jones, Matthew Kessel, Cal New Jersey: (3) Anthony Del Cassaro, Marc Del Gaizo, Cal Kiefiuk key-FEWK Kiefiuk, Reed Lebster Gaizo, Marc Del Gaizo, Colin Felix Josh Lopina LOW-pee-nah Freshmen: (6) Linden Alger, Aar- Ty Farmer, Colin Felix, Zac New York: (4) Aaron Bohlinger, Jones, Matthew Kessel, , Please refer to us as "UMass", on Bohlinger, Henry Graham, Josh Carson Gicewicz, Henry Graham, Kolby Vegara Bobby Trivigno "Massachusetts" or "Minutemen". Lopina, Oliver MacDonald, Ryan Goaltenders: (3) Henry Gra- Ontario: (5) Gianfranco Cassaro, Sullivan ham, Filip Lindberg, Matt Murray, Oliver Chau, Eric Faith, Jake Gaudet, Never use UMass-Amherst when Philip Lagunov, referencing our Athletics program. Virginia: (1) Zac Jones Thank you. MASSACHUSETTS HOCKEY 2020-21 GAME NOTES - 1 Last Time Out: #7 UMass Goes 1-0-1 Against - UConn halved its deficit 9:53 into the third period QUICK FACTS UConn In Opening Weekend when Carter Turnbull put in a rebound from Vladislav - No. 7 UMass went 1-0-1 in its season opening home- Firstov and Yan Kuznetsov off Filip Lindberg's pad. GENERAL INFORMATION and-home non-conference series against UConn last - The Minutemen then managed to successfully kill a Location: Amherst, Mass. weekend, winning Friday’s contest 5-1 while playing to lengthy 5-on-3 despite being down two defensemen Founded: 1863 a 2-2 tie on Saturday at Mark Freitas Ice Forum. After to injury only to have the Huskies score the equalizer Undergraduate Enrollment: 24,233 the teams played through a scoreless newly-adopted shorthanded with two minutes to play in regulation. Colors: Maroon (HEX #881C1C) & White 3-on-3 overtime in Saturday’s contest, the Huskies won Cassidy Bowes set up Brian Rigali on a 2-on-1 for Nicknames: Minutemen, UMass a four-round shootout, 2-1. Due to the uncertainty of UConn's second tally. Affiliation: NCAA Division I the 2020-21 schedule, the shootout may become im- - It appeared that junior Colin Felix had an OT winner Conference: Hockey East pactful in the Hockey East standings should the series be for the Minutemen, but the goal was called back and President: Marty Meehan (UMass Lowell ’78) deemed conference matchups retroactively. the teams finished knotted at two through 65 minutes Chancellor: Kumble Subbaswamy - In Friday’s matchup UMass saw newcomers contribute of play. Dir. of Athletics: Ryan Bamford (Ithaca ’00) five points in the squad's season-opening 5-1 win. The - Chau opened the shootout with a goal for UMass, but Athletic Department Phone: (413) 545-9652 victory also marked the 75th of Coach Carvel’s tenure was the only Minuteman to convert his attempt. Firstov at UMass, his 151st game with the Minutemen. responded for UConn and Howarth scored in the final Athletic Department Fax: (413) 545-1727 - UMass opened the scoring with a power-play goal of four rounds to clinch it for the Huskies. University Website: www.umass.edu 5:26 into the first as sophomore Cal Kiefiuk tapped - UConn edged UMass in shots, 37-36 and went 0-for- home the puck at the right post with freshmen Josh 7 on the power play while the Minutemen were 1-for-5. COACHING STAFF Lopina and Aaron Bohlinger picking up the assists. The Lindberg made 35 stops in net for UMass and Vomácka Head Coach: Greg Carvel (St. Lawrence ’93; Massachusetts ’98G) goal marked Kiefiuk’s first since November 29, 2019 finished with 34 saves for UConn. Overall Record / Years: 161-152-24/10 at Quinnipiac and first career power-play goal after UMass Record / Years: 75-70-7/5 seeing his 2019-20 campaign cut short due to a sea- NewMass At A Whole New Level Hockey East Record / Years: 43-46-5/5 son-ending injury in mid-February. The helpers were the - Entering his fifth season in 2020-21, UMass head Associate Head Coach: Ben Barr (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ’04) first collegiate points for Lopina and Bohlinger.