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DURHAM, N.H. – The No. 6 UMass Lowell Hockey team skated to a 2-1 victory against New Hampshire on Friday night at the Whittemore Center in Hockey East play.

With the win, the River Hawks up its record to 14-5-3 (7-3-1 HEA), while New Hampshire falls to 9-8-2 overall (5-2-1 HEA).

Junior forward John Edwardh (Calgary, Alta.) opened the scoring in the game with his 10^th of the year just 4:16 into the game. Junior forward Jake Kamrass (Atlanta, Ga.) scored his eighth tally of the year after a C.J. Smith (Des Moines, Iowa) shot from the left point deflected off of Kamrass and beat UNH goalie Danny Tirone at 10:16 of the opening frame to give UMass Lowell a 2-0 lead. Smith's assist on the Kamrass goal was the 100^th point of his River Hawk career and now has 46 goals and 54 assists in 101 career games. Smith finished the night with a team-high four shots on goal for the River Hawks. UMass Lowell held a slim, 12-11 shot advantage at the end of the first frame.

The Wildcats got on the board in the second period cutting the River Hawks lead to 2-1 on a goal by Brendan Van Riemsdyk and neither team scored the rest of the way.

Freshman goaltender Tyler Wall (Leamington, Ont.) made his 16^th career start and stopped 33 shots in his 13^th victory of the year. Tirone recorded 21 saves in the losing effort for the Wildcats.

Freshman forward Ryan Lohin (Chadds Ford, Pa.) paced the #RiverHawks from the faceoff circle, winning 7-of-11 (63%).

UMass Lowell went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill in its seventh road win of the season and third road victory in Hockey East play.

The River Hawks return to action on Saturday, January 14^th at Massachusetts. Game time from the Mullins Center in Amherst, Mass. Is 7 p.m.