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Austin Plevy notched a hat trick and Dennis Kravchenko added a goal and two assists to lead UMass past Colorado College, 6-2, Friday night in the season opener at The Broadmoor World Arena.
 
Plevy gave the Minutemen a 3-0 lead just 1:47 after teammate Shane Walsh scored on a rebound midway through the second period. CC freshman Trevor Gooch made it 3-1 with a nifty wraparound that beat UMass goalie Henry Dill for his first career goal, but Plevy put the Minutemen back up by three with the game-winner at the 14:38 mark of the second period after taking a nice pass through the crease from Kravchenko and stuffing it past CC netminder Tyler Marble.
 
Plevy completed his hat trick with an unassisted goal just 51 seconds into the third period.
 
The Tigers refused to give up, however, and closed the gap to 5-3 as senior Hunter Fejes scored a power play goal off a rebound at the 5:41 mark after Patrick Lee was called for a five-minute major face-masking and a 10-minute misconduct penalty and freshman Trey Bradley posted his first career goal at the 11:20 mark off a rebound from a shot by fellow freshman Mason Bergh, who had two assists on the evening.
 
Walsh was called for a five-minute kneeing major and sent off with a misconduct with 7:38 to play in the third, but CC could not capitalize, even with Marble on the bench for a 6x4 advantage for the final 40 seconds.
 
Kravchenko wrapped up the scoring with an unassisted empty-net tally in the final minute.
 
The Tigers doubled up UMass in shots on goal, 42-21, outshooting the visitors 14-7 in the first period and 19-5 in the third. CC dominated play in the first 20 minutes, but UMass' Ray Pigozzi put his team ahead 1-0 with a power-play goal with just 17 seconds left in the frame. Dill finished with 39 saves while Marble had 15.
 
"We played a great first period," head coach Mike Haviland said. "And in the third I loved how we battled and kept it interesting. Their goalie played very well tonight."
 
The same two teams play again Saturday night, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m.