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The Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs and the UMass Minutemen will play for the NCAA men’s hockey national championship at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday.
The game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET and will be televised on ESPN2. But if you don’t have cable, you can watch a Minnesota Duluth vs UMass live stream on your computer, phone or streaming device via one of the following cable-free, live-TV streaming services:
In addition to a Netflix-like on-demand streaming library, Hulu also offers a bundle of 60-plus live TV channels, including ESPN2.
You can sign up for “Hulu with Live TV” right here, and you can then watch a live stream of the game on your computer via the Hulu website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Echo Show, or other streaming device via the Hulu app.
PS Vue — which doesn’t require an actual PlayStation console to sign up or watch — offers four different live-TV channel packages: All four include ESPN2.
You can start a free five-day trial of PS Vue right here, and you can then watch a live stream of the game on your computer via the PS Vue website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, PlayStation (3 or 4), or other supported device via the PS Vue app.
ESPN2 is included in the “Sling Orange” channel bundle.
You can start a free seven-day trial right here, and you can then watch a live stream of the game on your computer via the Sling TV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, or other streaming device via the Sling TV app.
Minnesota Duluth vs UMass Preview
Minnesota Duluth goaltender Hunter Shepard made 28 saves in the Bulldogs’ 4-1 victory over Providence to advance to the finals.
Four of them came on a 5-on-3 Friars advantage that lasted a minute and 24 seconds early in the third period with the score tied at 1-1.
“You kind of felt that was going to be the game right there,” Shepard said, according to The Buffalo News. “Either we stop them and get a big momentum shift or they score and the game is probably going to be over. With this group of guys, that’s what gets us going is big moments like that. We’ve shown that we perform in those situations the last couple years.”
The Bulldogs won the title a year ago in front of Shepard. He has a 7-0 record in tournament games, surrendering just eight goals with a .948 save percentage.
Minnesota Duluth went to the 2017 title game as well, falling to Denver. Shepard, then a freshman, watched from the bench.
“It’s pretty special,” Shepard said, per The Buffalo News. “Obviously, it was our goal to get back here. But I was kind of sitting in the hotel room thinking about it last night. It’s pretty crazy. To be in three in a row, I would have given anything just to be in one, just to win one, just to play in one. But we have a special group of guys here, a special coaching staff. It’s really been a fun ride.”
Minutemen Advance in Overtime
Freshman goalie Filip Lindeberg led UMass to 4-0 victories over Harvard and Notre Dame the first week of the tournament. The Minutemen then let a 3-1 lead over Denver slip away in the back half of the third period.
Freshman defenseman Marc Del Gaizo pushed the Minutemen into the finals with a heavy shot just over 15 minutes into overtime.
“Marc’s a hell of a hockey player,” UMass head coach Greg Carvel said, according to Boston.com. “I was on him, because every time he got the puck on the blue line tonight, he wanted to dipsy-do spin around. That looks good until the other team is skating up the ice with it. I said ‘Shoot the puck’. He had no choice on that one. He hammered that one.”
It was Del Gaizo’s 13th goal of the season.
“This [is] probably the coolest moment of my life,” he said, per Boston.com. “Right now, it seems like I’m dreaming. But we’re off to the national championship, so that’s all that matters.”