Prd | Time | Team | Score | Type | Scored By | Assists |
2nd | 2:08 | NDM | 1-0 | EV GW | Robbie Russo (6) | Sam Herr/5, Jordan Gross/7 |
2nd | 7:54 | NDM | 2-0 | EV | Austin Wuthrich (5) | Vince Hinostroza/10, Tony Bretzman/1 |
2nd | 8:27 | NDM | 3-0 | EV | Mario Lucia (11) | Austin Wuthrich/1, Vince Hinostroza/11 |
3rd | 17:07 | NDM | 4-0 | PP | Robbie Russo (7) | Vince Hinostroza/12, Mario Lucia/3 |
Scoring | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
Notre Dame | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shots on Goal | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | SOG |
Notre Dame | 8 | 16 | 9 | 33 |
Massachusetts | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
Team Stats and Records | PP | PIM | SHGF |
Notre Dame (8-8-2) | 1/10 | 8/24 | 0 |
Massachusetts (4-11-0) | 0/3 | 16/48 | 0 |
Notre Dame Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
Cal Petersen (W, 4-5-1) | 59:53 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
Empty Net | 0:07 | 0 |
Massachusetts Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
Steve Mastalerz (L, 0-5-0) | 60:00 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 29 |
AMHERST, Mass. - Notre Dame scored three in the second and added a 5-on-3 power-play goal in the third to hand UMass hockey a 4-0 setback at the Mullins Center on Saturday night. Following the loss, the Minutemen sit at 4-11-0 overall, 1-9-0 in Hockey East, while the Fighting Irish improve to 8-8-2 overall, 4-2-2 in league play.
After a defensive-minded first period, Notre Dame erupted for three goals over a six-minute, 19-second span early in the second. Robbie Russo began the flurry, blasting home a one-timer from the left faceoff circle 2:08 into the stanza from Sam Herr and Jordan Gross.
Austin Wuthrich made it 2-0 in favor of the Irish at the 7:54 mark, batting a puck in mid-air, off a feed from Vince Hinostrosa and Gross.
Notre Dame pushed its lead to three just 33 seconds later. Wuthrich and Hinostroza found Mario Lucia for a tap-in at the back post.
The Irish added their fourth and final tally of the evening at the 17:07 mark of the third period with Russo recording his second of the night with the 5-on-3 advantage from Hinostroza and Lucia. Notre Dame finished 1-for-10 on the power play in the contest, while UMass was 0-for-3.
Minuteman senior netminder Steve Mastalerz totaled 29 saves for UMass as the squad was out-shot, 33-14. Cal Peterson made 14 stops and collected the shutout.
The Minutemen will be back in action on Tuesday, Dec. 16, when the squad will play host to Northeastern in a non-league matchup at 7 p.m. in the Mullins Center.