{"id":93407,"date":"2019-04-11T23:15:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T04:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=93407"},"modified":"2019-04-12T00:21:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T05:21:56","slug":"marc-del-gaizo-engineers-dream-finish-to-frozen-four-semifinal-for-umass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2019\/04\/11\/marc-del-gaizo-engineers-dream-finish-to-frozen-four-semifinal-for-umass\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Del Gaizo engineers dream finish to Frozen Four semifinal for UMass"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.photoshelter.com\/img-get\/I00005Sp6zIl9QIw\/s\/700\/526\/A93I2550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"526\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marc Del Gaizo&#8217;s overtime goal hits the net behind Denver goalie Filip Larsson (photo: Melissa Wade).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>BUFFALO, N.Y.<\/b> &#8212; Massachusetts blue liner Cale Makar is the odds-on favorite to win the Hobey Baker Award on Friday, but it was his defensive partner, freshman Marc Del Gaizo, who stepped into the spotlight against Denver.<\/p>\n<p>Del Gaizo&#8217;s one-timer 15:18 into overtime lifted the Minutemen to a 4-3 win over the Pioneers in a national semifinal game that ended early Friday morning. The rookie took a backhand feed from Oliver Chau at the top of the left faceoff circle and blasted a rocket past Denver goaltender Filip Larsson.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MARC DEL GAIZO CALLED GAME!!!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FrozenFour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FrozenFour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SCtop10?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SCtop10<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/48fcdQeuem\">pic.twitter.com\/48fcdQeuem<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCAA Ice Hockey (@NCAAIceHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAAIceHockey\/status\/1116553530301542401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>UMass advanced to its first title game on Saturday against defending champion Minnesota Duluth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not a guy known for a one-timer,&#8221; said Del Gaizo. &#8220;Chau put it on a tee for me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[I] teed off on it, perfect pass, right in my wheelhouse. Perfect speed. Just got a hold of it and it went in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Marc is a hell of a player,&#8221; said Massachusetts coach Greg Carvel. &#8220;He hammered that one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Makar and Del Gaizo combined for 29 goals this season, with Del Gaizo&#8217;s 13th the biggest so far.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re very similar players,&#8221; said Makar. &#8220;We kind of go hand-in-hand in the way that we&#8217;re moving. When he&#8217;s up in the rush, I&#8217;m back, or vice versa. I think we read each other really well. We&#8217;re able to communicate well on the defense and offensive zone. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[It&#8217;s] probably the coolest moment of my life,&#8221; said Del Gaizo. &#8220;Right now seems like I&#8217;m dreaming. 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