UNH Shuts Out No. 7 UMass, 1-0

Friday, January 24

Amherst, Mass.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

13-9-1, 7-6-0HEA

UMass

16-8-1, 9-5-1HEA

New Hampshire

Massachusetts

Mike Robinson posted his second shutout of the season.

1/24/2020 2:05:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Robinson posts 31 saves and MacKinnon nets game winner.

AMHERST, Mass. – Sophomore defensemen Will MacKinnon (Plymouth, Mich.) scored the only goal of the game and junior goaltender Mike Robinson (Bedford, N.H.) had 31 saves to lead the University of New Hampshire men's hockey team to a 1-0 victory over No. 7 UMass at the Mullins Center on Friday night.

With the win, the Wildcats have won five of their last six games and improve to 13-9-1 (7-6-0 HEA), while the first-place Minutemen fall to 16-8-1 (9-5-1 HEA). UNH improves to 2-0-0 this season versus UMass. The Wildcats are 5-2-0 versus nationally ranked teams.

UP NEXT:

These two teams will conclude their home-and-home series on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. on NESNplus at the Whittemore Center presented by EnviroVantage. The game is Family Hockey Night as there is a spaghetti dinner and family friendly activities before the game. Individual game tickets with affordable options that start as low as $9 and a convenient six-ticket flexible miniplan can be purchased for the season by calling the Whittemore Center Box Office at (603) 862-4000 or by visiting UNHWildcats.com.

Score: New Hampshire 1, #7 UMass 0
Records: UNH (13-9-1, 7-6-0 HEA), UMass (16-8-1, 9-5-1 HEA)
Location: Amherst, Mass. (Mullins Center)
Date: Friday, Jan. 24, 2020
Time: 7 p.m.
Attendance: 4,873
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HOW IT HAPPENED

Robinson made a blocker save on a two-on-one breakaway to keep the game scoreless just 3:19 into the game.
The first period went scoreless as UNH had three shots on goal, while UMass took seven. The Wildcats were 0-1 on the power play and the Minutemen were 0-3.
At 4:47 of the second period, Robinson denied a penalty shot by Bobby Trivigno keeping the game tied 0-0.
At 12:40 of the second period, sophomore Filip Engarås (Stockholm, Sweden) sent the puck out front to a waiting MacKinnon at the point as he fired a slap shot that ricochet off the crossbar and went in to give the 'Cats a 1-0 lead. Junior Patrick Grasso (Ankeny, Iowa) posted an assist on the goal.
UMass outshot UNH by a 10-7 margin while the Wildcats went 0-2 on the power play and the Minutemen went 0-1.
With the Wildcats still leading 1-0, UMass went with an empty net with 1:12 left in the third period but were not able to capitalize with the extra attacker as the Wildcats posted the 1-0 victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Robinson made 31 saves as he recorded his second shutout of the season and seventh of his career while Matt Murray recorded 18.
UMass outshot UNH 31-19.
The Wildcats went 0-4 on the power play and the Minutemen went 0-5.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE

MacKinnon now has two goals this season with both being game winners.
UMass entered the game averaging 3.50 goal per game which was ranked ninth in the country.
Engarås has nine points over the last seven games.
The Wildcats have scored first 18 times out of the 23 games this season.

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