Box Score
DURHAM, NH (November 2, 2013) – It took four periods to get it done, but the UMass Lowell River Hawks' (5-3-0, 2-0-0 Hockey East) stretched their early-season winning streak to four games with a 3-2 overtime win over the University of New Hampshire Wildcats (1-5-1, 0-2-0 Hockey East). With 5,976 fans in attendance at the Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, NH, Derek Arnold (Foxboro, Mass.) played the hero, picking up the game-winner at 3:17 of the extra session as the River Hawks swept the Wildcats in the two-game weekend set.

Playing in the second game of a home-and-home series, UMass Lowell got off to a slow start, mustering just three shots in the first period against the host Wildcats. The River Hawks came alive in the second, dominating the period, but it was UNH who got on the scoreboard first as Brett Pesce scored an even strength goal at 10:28. The River Hawks kept the pressure up, peppering Casey DeSmith with 16 shots in the 2^nd period. Joseph Pendenza (Wilmington, Mass.), the team's leading scorer, finally got one past DeSmith with a power play goal at 17:24 of the period. Just 2:18 later, defenseman Christian Folin (Gottenberg, Sweden) added an even strength goal to give Lowell the 2-1 lead through two.

UNH's defense clamped down again in the third, holding the River Hawks to just four shots in the final period of regulation. With DeSmith off for the extra attacker, Grayson Downing tied the game at 18:47 to send the game to the extra session.

After surviving a scare in overtime with Josh Holmstrom (Colorado Springs, Col.) in the box, UMass Lowell took advantage of a holding call on Trevor van Riemsdyk. Arnold played the hero, picking up the power play goal in overtime for the 3-2 win.

"I saw a ton of room, and I had to take the shot," Arnold said. "I got it elevated, and it was lucky to go post and in."

Doug Carr (Hanover, Mass.) picked up his second win of the season with 27 saves while DeSmith took the loss with 21. River Hawks defenseman Zack Kamrass finished the night with assists on all three of Lowell's goals while chipping in 5 of the team's 24 blocked shots. UMass Lowell's special teams continued to show improvement, going 2-for-3 on the power play and 4-for-5 on the penalty kill.

"It was a great weekend," said UMass Lowell Head Coach Norm Bazin. "Whenever you can pick up points against a quality opponent like UNH, you've got to be very pleased. It wasn't a work of art, but we plugged through the first period, and I thought we got better as the game went along. Both the penalty kill and the power play were big factors this weekend."

UNH will face Massachusetts in a home-and-home series next weekend while UMass Lowell will host Northeastern Saturday at 7 PM in a game that will be televised regionally on WBIN-TV. Following the Northeastern game, the River Hawks will hit the road for a week, playing at Princeton on Tuesday followed by a two-game set at Penn State Thursday and Friday.

RIVER HAWK STRONG NIGHT: UMass Lowell will honor the victims, survivors and first responders of the Boston Marathon bombing with "River Hawk Strong Night" on Nov. 9 prior to the UMass Lowell vs. Northeastern hockey game at 7:00 PM. Marathon bombing survivors Celeste and Sydney Corcoran of Lowell, Karen Rand of Somerville and Roseann Sdoia of Dracut will drop the ceremonial first puck. They will be joined on the ice by first responders. A portion of the ticket sales from the game will support Boston Marathon bombing survivors through America's Fund and the UMass Lowell Boston Marathon Scholarship Fund. Tickets for the game are on sale now and can be purchased at the Tsongas Center Box Office, which is open Monday-Friday, 9 AM - 5 PM. Fans may also purchase tickets online at TsongasCenter.com or by contacting Andrew Ralph (andrew_ralph@uml.edu; 978-934-5749) or Joe Fellini (joseph_fellini@uml.edu; 978-934-5751).