Junior center Matt Anderson played a role in all the Massachusetts scoring with two goals and two assists and freshman Jon Quick, making his first collegiate start, posted 27 saves to lead the Minutemen to a 4-2 victory over Clarkson at Cheel Arena Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Early penalty trouble led to a slow start for the Golden Knights (2-2-0), who took three straight minor penalties in the opening five minutes. UMass (1-1-0) took advantage of Clarkson’s infractions and tallied with the man-advantage at 4:17 as Anderson connected for his first goal of the season. <\/p>\n
Clarkson had its opportunities to tie with three straight power plays of their own midway through the period, but could not convert.<\/p>\n
The Minutemen took advantage of 21 minutes Golden Knights penalties in the second frame by scoring on two of their three power-play opportunities. Senior defenseman Matt Degon scored at 3:33 for his first goal of the year and then connected again less than ten minutes later.<\/p>\n
Anderson made it 4-0 at 2:47 of the third period. Clarkson made it close on the scoreboard with two goals in the final 10 minutes for the final 4-2 outcome. Freshman defenseman Philippe Paquet scored on a shot from just inside the blueline at 9:58 for his first career goal and sophomore Nick Dodge knocked in a rebound with 10 seconds left in the contest.<\/p>\n
UMass enjoyed a strong night on specialty teams, going 3-of-8 with the advantage, while killing off all six of Clarkson’s extra man chances.<\/p>\n
Clarkson will look to work out its kinks next week with a pair of exhibition games against Western Ontario and the U.S. Under-18 Team. Meanwhile, Massachusetts will host nonconference foe Holy Cross before embarking on league play in two weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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