| Prd | Time | Team | Score | Type | Scored By | Assists |
| 2nd | 19:50 | UMA | 1-0 | PP | Dennis Kravchenko (7) | Jake Horton/2 |
| 3rd | 0:59 | UMA | 2-0 | EV GW | Dennis Kravchenko (8) | Troy Power/9 |
| 3rd | 17:30 | UMA | 3-0 | SH EN | Dominic Trento (2) | Brandon Montour/8 |
| 3rd | 18:43 | MER | 1-3 | EV EA | Hampus Gustafsson (8) | Marc Biega/6 |
| 3rd | 19:26 | UMA | 4-1 | EV EN | Patrick Lee (4) | Dominic Trento/3, Keith Burchett/4 |
| Scoring | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
| Merrimack | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Shots on Goal | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | SOG |
| Merrimack | 11 | 16 | 18 | 45 |
| Massachusetts | 17 | 14 | 9 | 40 |
| Team Stats and Records | PP | PIM | SHGF |
| Merrimack (13-8-3) | 0/7 | 7/14 | 0 |
| Massachusetts (8-16-1) | 1/5 | 8/16 | 1 |
| Merrimack Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
| Collin Delia (L, 4-4-1) | 56:56 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 36 |
| Empty Net | 3:04 | 2 |
| Massachusetts Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
| Steve Mastalerz (W, 1-7-0) | 60:00 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 44 |
AMHERST, Mass. - Stellar special teams play and a career high 44 saves from senior goaltender Steve Mastalerz helped carry the UMass hockey team to a 4-1 victory over #14/15 Merrimack on Sunday afternoon at the Mullins Center. Following the win, the Minutemen improve to 8-16-1 overall and 3-11-1 in Hockey East, while the Warriors fall to 13-8-3 on the year and 4-6-2 in league action.
Freshman Dennis Kravchenko recorded his second multi-goal game and sixth multi-point effort of the season with a power-play tally and the game winning goal. Classmate Dominic Trento posted his first career multi-point game, both scoring and assisting empty net tallies. Patrick Lee (1g), Keith Burchett (1a), Jake Horton (1a) and Brandon Montour (1a) all contributed to an eight-point effort from the UMass freshman class, as well.
With the teams deadlocked in a defensive battle that took the squads deep into the second without a goal despite an extended 5-on-3 penalty kill by the Minutemen, Kravchenko gave UMass a 1-0 edge with just 10 ticks to go in the period. After winning the faceoff back to Horton, Kravchenko went to the front of the net and put in a rebound off of Horton's shot at the 19:50 mark.
He then opened the second period with another tally to give the Minutemen a 2-0 lead. Redshirt senior Troy Power picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone and set up Kravchenko's eighth of the year on an odd-man rush.
With Merrimack pulling Collin Delia for the extra skater on a power play late in the third, Trento put in UMass' first of two empty net goals 17:30 into the frame after Montour won the puck along the wall to earn the assist.
Shortly after the power play expired, the Warriors managed to spoil the shutout bid with a goal by Hampus Gustaffson from Marc Biega in a scramble in front of Mastalerz at 18:43.
Lee then capped off the victory for the Minutemen with another empty netter from Trento and Burchett at 19:26.
UMass was a perfect 7-for-7 on the penalty kill against Merrimack and went 1-for-5 on the power play, while winning 36 of 66 faceoffs (54.5%) in the contest. The Warriors out-shot the Minutemen, 45-40 and Delia finished with 36 saves for Merrimack.
UMass will be back in action next Friday, Jan. 30, playing at #3 Boston University at 7:30 p.m.