Friday, February 12th at No. 7 Boston University (7:35pm)
(Agganis Arena; Boston, Mass.)
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Saturday, February 13th vs. No. 7 Boston University (7pm)
(Tsongas Center; Lowell, Mass.)
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Talent: Bob Ellis (Play by Play); Jim Connelly (Analyst)

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SCOUTING THE RIVER HAWKS: UMass Lowell is ranked 11th in the USCHO and USA Hockey Magazine polls and has been nationally ranked for 85 consecutive weeks. The River Hawks are 17-6-5 (10-4-4, HEA) through 28 games. Eighteen different players have scored goals; Sophomore C.J. Smith leads the team with 13 goals and 30 points.  Senior goalie Kevin Boyle has started 27 of 28 games for the River Hawks and has a 1.73 GAA and a .935 Sv%.   
 
SCOUTING THE TERRIERS: Boston University is 16-8-4 (9-4-3, HEA) after Monday night's 1-0 overtime loss at Boston College in the Beanpot Championship Game.  The defending Hockey East Champions were picked for a second place finish in the Hockey East Pre-season Coaches' Poll.  Eighteen different players on the roster have scored goals for the Terriers.  Ahti Oksanen and Matt Lane lead the team with 14 goals and Oksanen tops the points chart with 30.  Danny O'Regan has added ten goals.  Goalies Sean Maguire and Connor LaCouvee have shared the goaltending responsibilities.  Maguire carries a 2.19 GAA and a .927 save percentage into tonight's contest.  LaCouvee's numbers are a solid 2.69/.911.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES VS. BOSTON UNIVERSITY:  This is the 106th meeting between UMass Lowell and Boston University.  The Terriers lead the series 71-25-9 and have won the last three including the 2015 Hockey East Tournament Championship Game, 5-3.  The first ever meeting between the two clubs, Nov. 4, 1983, resulted in an 8-0 BU win.  The two teams have met in the Hockey East Tournament championship Game four times with the Terriers winning three.  UMass Lowell's first ever Hockey East Championship came in a 1-0 River Hawk win against BU in 2013.
 
LAST TIME OUT:  UMass Lowell lost a 3-2 decision to New Hampshire despite outshooting the visitors 45-16.  Down 3-0, the River Hawks made it interesting with third period goals from Jake Kamrass and Nick Master. 
 
ON THE NATIONAL STAGE: UMass Lowell is ranked 11th in both the USCHO and the USA Hockey Magazine Polls.  The River Hawks have been nationally ranked, in either the USCHO or USA Today poll, for 85 consecutive weeks.  The stretch began when UMass Lowell appeared at #20 in the USCHO Poll on January 7, 2013.  Of those 85 weeks more than half, 55, have been spent in the top ten.
 
BACK-TO-BACK: The club is playing its 14th two-game weekend series this season.  The River Hawks are 7-3-3 on the first night of back-to-back games and 8-3-2 in the second game.  The River Hawks have four weekend sweeps to their credit.  UMass Lowell has also played two stand-alone games winning both by shutout.
 
ROAD WARRIORS: UMass Lowell has the nation's tenth best winning percentage when playing away from the Tsongas Center.  The River Hawks have a combined Away/Neutral Site record of 8-4-2, good for .643 winning percentage. 
 
FREINDLY CONFINES: UMass Lowell has the tenth best home winning percentage in the nation.  The River Hawks are 9-2-3 at home, good for a .750 winning percentage.  Their 1.29 GAA at home is the best in the nation.
 
AMONG THE NATION'S BEST:  UMass Lowell is the third best defensive team in the country.  That's what the stats say.  The River Hawks have allowed 1.71 goals per game, just a couple of ticks behind Yale (1.65) and North Dakota (1.68.)
 
TIGHTENING UP THE D:  Through the first 28 games of the season Mass Lowell has allowed 20 fewer goals than it did a year ago.  That translates to .71 goals per game.  A year ago the River Hawks had a 2.52 GAA at this point in the season.  The team carries a 1.71 GAA into tonight's game.
 
WINNER, WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER: Twelve different players have scored game winning goals for the River Hawks this season.  Ryan McGrath leads the team with three.  Joe Gambardella, C.J. Smith and Michael Kapla each have two.
 
SOPHOMORE SENSATION :  UMass Lowell's C.J. Smith is second in career points among college hockey's sophomore class.  Smith, who a year ago was the first freshman to lead UMass Lowell in scoring in 20 years, has improved his scoring pace as a sophomore. He leads the River Hawks in goals (13), points (30), shots (98) and plus/minus (+15, tied) entering the weekend. 
 
Most Career Points, Sophomores
   73 - Andrew Poturalski, UNH
   65 - C.J. Smith, UMass Lowell
   65 - Danton Heinen, Denver
   56 - Dennis Kravchenko, UMass
   56 - Landon Smith, Quinnipiac
 
IN THE CLUTCH: Forwards C. J. Smith and Adam Chapie lead the River Hawks in clutch goals, goals that have either tied the score or given the River Hawks the lead, this season with five.  Four of Chapie's five goals have given the River Hawks the lead, one has tied the game.  Smith has three "lead" goals and two that have tied the game.    
 
RED HOT: C.J. Smith continues to pace the River Hawk offense scoring 28 points in his last 21 games.  That includes a ten game scoring streak, the first double digit scoring streak by a UMass Lowell player since Ed McGrane scored points is 16 consecutive games during the 2002-03 season.  Smith accumulated six goals and ten assists during that stretch and the team has only lost one of the ten games. 
 
WHO'S HOT:
Jake Kamrass, six points in last five games, (4g, 2a, 5pts.)
A. J. White, points in six of last seven games, (4g, 5a, 9pts.)
C. J. Smith, points in 18 of last 22 games (12g, 17a, 29pts.)
Adam Chapie, points in four of last five games (1g, 5a, 6pts.)
Joe Gambardella, points in 17 of last 22 games (5g, 18a, 23pts.)
 
WALTER BROWN AWARD:  UMass Lowell goalie Kevin Boyle and defenseman Dylan Zink have been named semifinalists for the 64th Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England.  The award, established by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston, in 1953, is named for Walter Brown who coached the 1933 Massachusetts Rangers to the World Championship in Prague Czechoslovakia.  Both Boyle and Zink have been key members of a River Hawk team which is statistically one of the best defensive unit in the country.  The River Hawks carry a nation's best 1.71 goals allowed per game.
 
HOBEY WATCH:  Two River Hawk seniors are on the list of candidates for college hockey's top honor, the Hobey Baker Award.  UMass Lowell leading goal scorer forward Adam Chapie and Hockey East's top goalie Kevin Boyle have been nominated for the award.  Chapie is second on the River Hawks roster with 11 goals and 26 points.  Boyle's 1.67 goals against average is the best in Hockey East.  The Hobey Baker Award is chosen by a ten member panel and through fan voting.
 
SETTING RECORDS: When UMass Lowell goalie Kevin Boyle shutout Massachusetts Saturday, January 16, 2016, it was his school record tying sixth shutout of the season.  The six shutouts ties Boyle with Connor Hellebuyck, who did it twice (2012-13 and 2013-14), and Cam McCormick (2001-02.)
 
KEVIN BOYLING HOT: UMass Lowell goalie Kevin Boyle has given up no more than two goals in 20 of 27 starts.  In 14 of those starts he has allowed one goal or less.  Boyle has a school single-season record tying six shutouts and has allowed three goals or more just six times.  The senior has a 1.73 GAA, fifth best in the country, and a sixth in the nation .935 Sv%.  His UMass Lowell career .670 winning percentage is second among UML Division I goalies.  He trails only Connor Hellebuyck who had a .750 winning percentage.  Boyle's six shutouts places him third in the nation.  He has nine career shutouts in just 60 career starts.
 
BY THE SLIMMEST OF MARGINS: Fifteen of UMass Lowell's first 28 games this season have been decided by one-goal.  The team is 6-4-5 in those games and 36-22-18 (.592) since Norm Bazin took over the program for the 2011-12 season.  Last year UMass Lowell played only ten games decided by a single goal or less (2-2-4.) 
 
SENIOR CLASS:  The current UMass Lowell senior class is the second winningest senior class in the school's Division I hockey history.  With six games remaining in the regular season the senior group has a record of 92-40-17, a .674 winning percentage.  Only the 2015 class totaled more wins; that class went 99-47-13, .664.
 
CIRCLE OF DOMINANCE: UMass Lowell has the 17th best face-off win percentage in college hockey (51.6%) and the fifth best in Hockey East.  With three centermen winning more often than not, the River Hawks have won 941 of 1,823 puck drops.   Entering tonight's contest senior center Michael Fallon is the top face-off man winning 54.9% (150-123) of draws.  Freshman Nick Master (219 of 413, 53.0%) is second among River Hawk centers.  Junior Evan Campbell (190-167, 53.2%)is also over the .500 mark.
 
FIVE YEAR RUN?: The 2015-16 edition of the River Hawks, with 17 wins to their credit, can make a bit of history with a 20-win season.  The Hockey program has never had five straight 20-win seasons.  UMass Lowell has won at least 20 games in four consecutive years for the first time in the school's Division I history.  A fifth straight 20-win season would match the Division II run of the ULowell Chiefs who won 20-plus games per season from 1978-79 through the 1982-83.  The River Hawks have had 13 20-win seasons in their history.
 
POWERING UP WITH CHAPIE AND SMITH: UMass Lowell forwards Adam Chapie and C.J. Smith have been a key elements on the River Hawk power play.  The two have accounted for 25 power play points.  Nearly half of Chapie's points have come with the man advantage.  Thirteen (3g, 10a) of his 26 points have come on the power play and he has been a part of half of the team's 26 power play goals.  Twelve of Smith's team leading 29 points have come with the man advantage.
 
DID YOU KNOW?:
UMass Lowell has been a model of consistency, losing back-to-back games only once this season... UMass Lowell has given up only 12 goals in the first period; the second fewest first period goals allowed in the country... Goalie Kevin Boyle is 8-2-3 with a 1.29 GAA and a .946 Sv% at the Tsongas Center...A.J. White has played in 134 straight UMass Lowell games...Michael Kapla has never missed a game in his UMass Lowell career, he has played in 108 straight games... UMass Lowell has been limited to just one goal six times this season but that has resulted in just two losses... When UMass Lowell lost to Robert Morris 5-3, it was the first time all season that the River Hawks have trailed two goals at any point in a game... The River Hawks have had their bags packed for much of the season.  With trips to Duluth, Pittsburgh and Belfast, Northern Ireland UMass Lowell has logged more than 11-thousand miles this season... The only Division I teams that UMass Lowell has never played are Bemidji State and Mercyhurst... For the first time in school history, five former River Hawks are playing in the NHL at the same time; Connor Hellebuyck (Winnipeg), Scott Wilson (Pittsburgh), Christian Folin (Minnesota), Carter Hutton (Nashville) and Ron Hainsey (Carolina.)
 
THREE IS THE MAGIC NUMBER: When UMass Lowell scores three or more goals in a game it is most likely to win.  That has been the case in the Norm Bazin era.    When scoring two-goals in a game, the River Hawks are just under the .500 mark since Bazin came aboard for the 2011-12 season.  That all changes when a third goal is scored.  Below is a closer look at the numbers.
  
                When Lowell scores 0 goals:           0-9-0          .000
                When Lowell scores 1 goal:           5-11-5          .357
                When Lowell scores 2 goals:       16-19-8          .465
                When Lowell scores 3 goals:       32-11-3          .728
                When Lowell scores 4 goals:         27-3-1          .887
                When Lowell scores 5 goals:         17-0-1          .972
                When Lowell scores 6 goals:         12-0-0        1.000
                When Lowell scores 7 goals:           4-0-0        1.000
                When Lowell scores 8 goals:           4-0-0        1.000
 
FILLING THE SEATS: UMass Lowell leads Hockey East in average home attendance more than two-third of the way through the 2015-16 season and is ranked eighth in the nation in home attendance.  More than 54,000 fans have filled the Tsongas Center for the team's first 14 home games.  UMass Lowell is averaging 5,405 per game (90.0% of capacity), one of two HEA schools drawing more than five-thousand per game.  A year ago the River Hawks drew more than 100,000 fans for the first time in the program's history.  The twenty games played at the Tsongas Center attracted 102,390 people, an average of 5,120 per game.  The River Hawks ranked second in Hockey East in home attendance behind Notre Dame who drew 103,008 in 23 home games.