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Jake Gaudet, Oliver Chau and Colin Felix celebrate one of UMass’ four goals Saturday night (photo: Matt Dewkett).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — With a 4-0 win over Bemidji State \u2013 and a natural hat trick by senior Carson Gicewicz \u2013 the UMass Minutemen advance to Pittsburgh, making their second consecutive Frozen Four appearance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought that was a very dominant game, a very thorough game by our group,\u201d said coach Greg Carvel. \u201cWe came out, we set the tone, and played very strong, defensive hockey. I don\u2019t think we gave up a ton. There weren\u2019t a ton of scoring chances in the game, but our first line was huge this weekend and scored most of our goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

The UMass top line of Oliver Chau, Jake Gaudet and Gicewicz was responsible for seven of the nine goals the Minutemen tallied in Bridgeport. In Friday\u2019s 5-1 win over Lake Superior State, Gaudet netted two and Gicewicz scored one. In tonight\u2019s game, Chau had the Minutemen\u2019s fourth goal.<\/p>\n

After expressing his displeasure with his team\u2019s performance against the Lakers Friday, Carvel said that tonight the Minutemen responded well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was not happy with the game yesterday\u201d said Carvel. \u201cIt happens. You\u2019re not going to get an A-plus game every night, but tonight was an A-plus game.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was one area of the UMass game that Carvel said was lacking, the Minutemen\u2019s special teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took too many penalties,\u201d said Carvel, \u201cand I didn\u2019t like our power play tonight, but five-on-five, a real dominant effort by our group.\u201d Carvel was pointed specifically to an extended two-man advantage in the middle of the second period.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought the only part of the game when we sank a bit was when we got the five-on-three power play,\u201d said Carvel. \u201cWe\u2019d gone up 3-0 and things are going our way and you get that five-on-three power play, we stopped playing as hard as we were and started cheating a little bit the last five minutes of the second period. I wasn\u2019t happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gicewicz opened the scoring at 14:24 in the first, finishing a shorthanded odd-man rush with 10 seconds remaining in the Bemidji State power play and less than a minute after a two-man advantage for the Beavers had expired. Aaron Bohlinger fed Gicewicz, who passed to Chau, who dished back to Gicewicz for the goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually thought I had a breakaway,\u201d said Gicewicz. \u201cChauser\u2019s a pretty quiet guy and I\u2019ve never heard him yell that loud for the puck, so I dropped it to him and at that point, he\u2019s going to make the right play. He put it right on my stick and that\u2019s a huge goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a punch to the gut,\u201d said Bemidji State coach Tom Serratore. \u201cYou want to score in a five-on-three. If you\u2019re not going to score, don\u2019t give up the shorty and it\u2019s still 1-0. It\u2019s tough on you psychologically as well when you give up the shorthanded goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gicewicz made it even harder for the Beavers to recover when he delivered his second goal with less than a minute remaining in the first. At 6:34 in the second, Gicewicz scored his 17th of the season to give the Minutemen a 3-0 lead. Chau\u2019s goal came at 16:56 in the third with Bemidi goaltender Zach Driscoll pulled for the extra attacker.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve come back from games before,\u201d said Beavers\u2019 captain Ethan Somoza. \u201cWe\u2019ve been behind. We\u2019re comfortable in that situation. We just weren\u2019t able to do it tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a really good hockey team we played today,\u201d said Serratore. \u201cIt was the best hockey team we\u2019ve seen all year. They had great speed, well balanced team. Once we got behind, we started chasing the game and it was just hard to get that first one. I felt if we\u2019d have gotten the first goal or even when it was 2-0 we\u2019d have answered back, that could have jumpstarted us but that just never happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

In net for UMass, Filip Lindberg stopped 18 in his fourth shutout of the season, the 10th of his career.<\/p>\n

Bemidji State finishes the season with a 16-10-3 record and the Beavers\u2019 first NCAA appearance since 2010. \u201cThis was a very difficult year, for our guys, for everybody,\u201d said Serratore. \u201cThis has been a tough year and they\u2019ve really battled through a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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