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Brett Boeing scores the first of two third-period goals for UMass (photo: Melissa Wade).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANCHESTER, N.H.<\/b> — The doubters outnumbered the believers. By a lot.<\/p>\n

Almost no one was picking Massachusetts to advance out of the Northeast Regional, even though the Minutemen entered as its No. 1 seed.<\/p>\n

They were too young. Too inexperienced. They’d spit the bit in the Hockey East semifinals, unable to cope with the big stage.<\/p>\n

Not Ready for Prime Time Players.<\/p>\n

Well, the UMass Minutemen took their first, gigantic step toward proving those doubters wrong. They defeated Harvard 4-0 Friday in Northeast Regional semifinal game that was lopsided territorially, but remained scoreless into the second period and only 1-0 well into the third.<\/p>\n

“There wasn’t any panic,” UMass coach Greg Carvel said. “We were playing well. We felt like the ice was tilted in our favor. It felt like it was just a matter of time.”<\/p>\n

Minutemen players paid tribute to the lessons learned in last week’s disappointing 3-0 loss to Boston College in the Hockey East semifinals.<\/p>\n

“It was a steppingstone,” star defenseman and alternate captain Cale Makar said. “All championship teams have to go through big losses like that. For us, we took it to heart. It was a learning [experience] for us playing on that kind of stage.<\/p>\n

“It’s a different time of the year now. Now it’s live or die.”<\/p>\n

UMass played an aggressive, in-your-face style that suffocated Harvard, giving the Crimson no room to skate, at times piling up shot disparities of 12-3 and 17-4.<\/p>\n

“They’re a fast team,” Harvard senior Michael Floodstrand said. “They play fast and very aggressive. They’re a great neutral-zone team, and in today’s game that’s pretty much everything to establish possession.<\/p>\n

“Their D were extremely active, and their forwards were coming back hard. That’s a pretty tough combination.”<\/p>\n

Freshman Filip Lindberg stopped all 17 shots for his second shutout in the last three playoff games. Although the UMass team defense deserved a major share of credit for the whitewashing, Lindberg still had to come up big when Harvard counterpunched.<\/p>\n

“Our goalies haven’t had to steal games for us this year,” Carvel said. “They’ve just had to be real solid like Filip was tonight.”<\/p>\n

Freshman fourth-liner Anthony Del Gaizo put UMass on the scoreboard at 14:15 of the second period. He whacked in the loose puck following a Kurt Keats rush up the left wing and attempted wrap-around.<\/p>\n

Harvard responded to the 1-0 deficit with its best action of the night, giving UMass its biggest scares since an early-first-period Crimson goal was disallowed for goaltender interference.<\/p>\n

UMass couldn’t breathe easy until it scored twice in the span of less than two minutes in the third period. John Leonard scored a proverbial “greasy goal” to make it 2-0, shooting sideways along the goal line and sneaking it in short side.<\/p>\n

Brett Boeing added another at 9:11 to make it an impregnable 3-0 lead. Makar sprung the senior with a pass that sent him in all alone on the right wing side. Boeing beat Michael Lackey for what amounted to the final nail in Harvard’s coffin.<\/p>\n

Just in case, Boeing added an empty netter in the closing seconds for the final score.<\/p>\n

UMass now stands one game away from the Frozen Four, conclusively proving its doubters wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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