UMass will be missing some fairly important pieces tomorrow.

due to COVID protocol.

Leading goal scorer Carson Gicewicz (17 goals) is out, as is goalie Filip Lindberg who started and won all 3 Hockey East playoff games and their two regional wins. Also out is forward Jerry Harding and a 3rd string netminder. They are dressing a student-manager in goalie gear to back up Senior netminder Matt Murray, who fortunately for the Minutemen did start 14 games this season and was a regular starter in his first three seasons as well. But there was a reason Lindberg was the go-to guy for the postseason.

If UMD wins the title this year, I'm sorry, but it will carry with it a rather large asterisk.