UConn reigns supreme in Battle of the Huskies<\/b><\/p>\n
By Patrick Donnelly<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n The University of Connecticut Huskies scored three unanswered goals over the final two periods, and won 4-1 against the Northeastern University Huskies in the first game of the Hockey East semifinals at TD Garden on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n Junior forward Vladislav Firstov, junior defenseman Roman Kinal and sophomore forward Ryan Tverberg each scored for UConn (19-15-0, 14-10-0 HE). Freshman forward Chase Bradley had two assists, and graduate goaltender Darion Hanson made 24 saves.<\/span><\/p>\n Junior forward Aidan McDonough scored for Northeastern (25-11-1, 15-8-1 HE), and sophomore goaltender Devon Levi made 33 saves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Firstov put UConn ahead 1-0 at 11:39 of the first. Northeastern turned it over, and Bradley passed towards the slot, where sophomore forward Nick Capone tapped it to Firstov, who put it by Levi.<\/span><\/p>\n McDonough tied it 1-1 at 14:13 with a one-timer on the power play.<\/span><\/p>\n Kinal gave UConn a 2-1 lead at 13:47 of the second. Bradley’s shot hit the post, and the rebound jumped out to Kinal, who scored on the de facto open net.<\/span><\/p>\n Tverberg made it 3-1 at 4:32 of the third, stealing the puck from the Northeastern breakout before dancing around Levi in front to tuck it by him.<\/span><\/p>\n UConn senior assistant captain Marc Gatcomb scored on an empty net for the 4-1 final at 17:52.<\/span><\/p>\n McDonough almost made it 4-2 with 4.6 seconds remaining, but the goal was called back because Northeastern was offside.<\/span><\/p>\n UConn will advance to the Hockey East championship for the first time, while Northeastern has to scoreboard watch to see if they will get into the national tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n Minutemen Edge Rival Riverhawks in Battle of UMass<\/b><\/p>\n By Owen Gund<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n The defending Hockey East champions will defend still as the University of Massachusetts Minutemen skated to a 3-1 victory over the UMass Lowell River Hawks in the second Hockey East semifinal at TD Garden on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n Senior forward Garrett Wait had a goal and an assist for the Minutemen (21-12-2, 14-8-2 HE), and senior captain Bobby Trivigno also scored. Graduate goaltender Matt Murray made 22 saves.<\/p>\n Freshman forward Matt Crasa scored for the River Hawks (21-10-3, 15-9-1 HE). Senior goaltender Owen Savory made 16 saves.<\/p>\n Wait put the Minutemen ahead 1-0 with a power play goal 12:27 into the first, f<\/span>ollowing a Matt Crasa penalty.<\/span><\/p>\n Trivigno made it 2-0 UMass at 14:10 when he rushed the puck into the Lowell zone, cut across the ice, and ripped the puck over the glove of Lowell goaltender Owen Savory.<\/span><\/p>\n The first period ended with the Minutemen leading 2-0 and the River Hawks holding an 11-6 edge in shots.<\/span><\/p>\n Crasa got the Riverhawks on the board with 3:23 to go in the second period, tipping in a Nick Austin shot from the point<\/span><\/p>\n With seven minutes to go in the third period, junior forward Jerry Harding gave UMass a 3-1 lead when he fired the puck on Savory, and Crasa swept the rebound into his own net.<\/span><\/p>\n The defending national and conference champion Minutemen will face UConn in the Hockey East championship at 7 p.m. at the Garden on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UConn reigns supreme in Battle of the Huskies By Patrick Donnelly The University of Connecticut Huskies scored three unanswered goals over the final two periods, and won 4-1 against the Northeastern University Huskies in the first game of the Hockey East semifinals at TD Garden on Friday. 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