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MANCHESTER, N.H. – In a gritty overtime battle that was tied for over 38 minutes the No.4 UMass Lowell hockey team (27-11-3, 14-7-1 HEA) eventually succumbed to No. 12 Notre Dame in a 3-2 heartbreaker in the NCAA Northeast Regional Final on Sunday afternoon.
 
This River Hawk senior class will round out its impressive career with 99 wins, as they become the second winningest class in Division I history at UMass Lowell.
 
"I would like to congratulate Notre Dame on making it to the Frozen Four," said Head Coach Norm Bazin. "This one stings as I felt this team in the locker room was good enough to be the best team at the end of the year. It was a good hockey game, it was constantly back and forth. If I had to change anything, I felt we went into a bit of a lull with seven minutes to go and played a little too much defense hockey. When we aren't attacking, we aren't at our best and that was the difference in the hockey game.
 
Freshman goaltender Tyler Wall (Leamington, Ont.) concludes his stellar freshman campaign with a 26-9-1 overall record. The 26 wins mark the most by any goaltender in DI history at UMass Lowell.
 
Following the game, senior defenseman Michael Kapla (Eau Claire, Wis.) and by freshman forward Ryan Lohin (Chadds Ford, Pa.) were named to the Northeast Regional All-Tournament Team following the game.
 
Both sides battled to gain the upper hand throughout the first period, trading eight shots a piece before Notre Dame was able to break open the scoring at 11:49. Cam Morrison gave his squad the 1-0 edge when he gathered a loose rebound and poked it home past Wall.
 
The River Hawks responded quickly, netting the equalizer nearly six minutes later. Junior forward Ryan Collins (Newton, Mass.) notched his first tally of the season on the biggest stage in the NCAA tournament. The forward was able to even the score, 1-1, after burying home a rebound off an initial shot Lohin.
 
Following an evenly contested second frame, the two teams carried the 1-1 standoff through 20 minutes of action and into the second intermission. Despite finding them selves on three power play opportunities, UMass was kept off the scoreboard by the Fighting Irish special teams unit.
 
UMass Lowell and Notre Dame battled in a 1-1 stalemate for 30 minutes and 24 second until junior forward John Edwardh (Calgary, Alberta) broke the silence with a deflection at 11:38 in the final period. Edwardh provided his team with their first lead of the contest after redirecting a flick from the blue line by junior defenseman Tommy Panico (Wall, N.J.), for the 2-1 edge.
 
The Fighting Irish refused to falter as the game was matched once against following Cam Morrison's second goal of the game. Morrison was able to lock the game at 2-2 after he crashed the net and sent a free puck top self past Wall.
 
Both defense's held strong during the remainder of the third period as the River Hawks and Fighting Irish danced to a 2-2 tie at the regulation buzzer.
 
Notre Dame was able to secure their ticket to the Final Four with the overtime game-winner at 2:44 thanks to Andrew Oglevie's short side goal.
 
Sophomore forward Nick Master (Broomall, Pa.) finished the tilt 12-for-19 on face offs, junior defenseman Tyler Mueller (Regina, Sask.) finished the day with a team-high two points on two assists. Additionally, Wall posted 25 saves in the effort.