Friday, March 10th vs. New Hampshire (7:15pm)
HOCKEY EAST QUARTERFINALS GAME #1
(Tsongas Center; Lowell, Mass.)
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Saturday, March 11th vs. New Hampshire (7pm)
HOCKEY EAST QUARTERFINALS GAME #2
(Tsongas Center; Lowell, Mass.)
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Sunday, March 12th vs. New Hampshire (4pm)
HOCKEY EAST QUARTERFINALS GAME #3 (IF NECESSARY)
(Tsongas Center; Lowell, Mass.)
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Talent: Alex Salucco (Play by Play); Carter Cotrupi (Analyst)

SCOUTING THE RIVER HAWKS:  UMass Lowell, with a 22-9-3 / 14-7-1 record, after ending the regular season with a sweep of Boston College, is ranked 4th in the both the USCHO and the USA Hockey Magazine poll.  The team was picked for a fourth place finish in the Hockey East Coaches' Pre-Season Poll and finished the Hockey East season in a three-way tie for first place and earned the number one playoff seed based on the tie-breaker system.  Joe Gambardella leads the team in scoring with 45 points.  Nineteen players have scored goals, five are in double digits.  C.J. Smith tops the list with 18.  Freshman goalie Tyler Wall has started 27 of the team's 34 games and carries a 2.11 GAA and a .917 save percentage into tonight's contest.
 
NUMBER ONE SEED:  This is only the second time that UMass Lowell has been the number one seed in the Hockey East Tournament.  The last time was 2013 and the River Hawks defeated BU to win its first Tournament Championship.
 
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS:  New Hampshire with a 14-18-5 / 7-11-4 are the tenth seed in the Hockey East Tournament.  The Cats moved to the quarterfinal round by defeating Merrimack two-games-to-one.  UNH was picked to finish tenth in the Hockey East Coaches' pre-season poll and that is where they closed out the regular season.  Eighteen different players have scored goals; four are in double digits.  Tyler Kelleher tops the national scoring list with 62 points.  Kelleher and Jason Salvaggio each have 23 goals.  Daniel Tirone has started 35 of the team's 37 games and has a 2.90 goals against average and a .913 save percentage entering tonight's action. 
 
ALL-TIME SERIES VS. UNH:  This is the 116th meeting between the two schools in a series that dates back to 1983.  New Hampshire leads the series 59-41-15, but the River Hawks have won nine of the last ten, including four by shutout.  UMass Lowell won the season series two-games-to-none. 
 
PLAYOFFS VS. UNH:  UMass Lowell and New Hampshire have met in the HEA Tournament in seven different seasons with UML holding a 6-5-0 edge.  The two teams have not met in the quarterfinals since 2003.  The River Hawks have won two, 1985 and 2001, of three quarterfinal series.  The clubs have split two semfinal meetings; UMass Lowell won in 1994 and UNH moved on in 2002.  They have met once in the Hockey East Championship Game with the River Hawks winning, 4-0, in 2014.  UMass Lowell also one the lone Consolation game meeting between the two in 1993.  The River Hawks have also won the one NCAA tournament game played between the two.
 
TICK, TICK, TICK... 123:53 :  UMass Lowell has a current postseason shutout streak of 123:53 against the Wildcats. Goalie Connor Hellebuyck threw post-season shutouts at UNH in the 2013 NCAA Northeast Regional final and the 2014 Hockey East Tournament Championship Game.  The shutout streak begin with the final 3:53 of an 8-4 loss in the 2003 Hockey East Quarterfinals with Dominic Smart in net.

RIVER HAWKS IN THE TOURNAMENT:  This is UMass Lowell's 29th appearance in the Hockey East Tournament and 28th visit to the quarterfinals.  The River Hawks have moved on to the semifinals 17 times.  UMass Lowell has been to the tournament championship game in four consecutive seasons, winning twice (2013, 2014).
 
THE TOURNAMENT NORM:  Since Norm Bazin took over behind the bench, UMass Lowell is 20-10-0 in the post season, including both the Hockey East and NCAA Tournament play.  Bazin is 5-4-0 in the NCAA Tournament and 15-6-0 in the HEA Tournament.  The River Hawks won the Hockey East Tournament in both 2013 and 2014 and reached the NCAA Frozen Four in 2013.
 
THIS YEAR VS. UNH:  UMass Lowell swept the regular season series from New Hampshire winning 2-1, January 6, in Durham and 8-2, February 4, at the Tsongas Center.  John Edwardh and Jake Kamrass scored goals in the first meeting.  Seven different players scored goals in the second contest; Kamrass had two.  Goalie Tyler Wall stopped 54 of 57 shots to pick up the wins in the two games.
 
A YEAR AGO:  UMass Lowell won its quarterfinal series defeating Boston University two-games-to-none, 3-2 and 5-0.  After defeating Providence in 3OT in the semifinals, the River Hawks were beaten by Northeastern in the Hockey East Tournament Championship game 3-2.
 
HOME FOR THE PLAYOFFS:  UMass Lowell has hosted 10 quarterfinal series, six at the Tsongas Center, and has moved on to the semifinals in nine of those ten years.  They have advanced in five of the six series played at the Tsongas Center.  They have won four of five quarterfinal series played at home since Norm Bazin took over the coaching responsibilities.
 
HOME:  UMass Lowell is 9-4-2 at home this season and has won its last four in a row at the Tsongas Center.  The River Hawks have averaged 3.60 goal per game at home while allowing only 2.27 GPG. 
 
HOME COOKING:  There is nothing like home cooking for several of the UMass Lowell River Hawks.  Defenseman Dylan Zink has scored 19 of his 31 points and 14 of his 21 assists in just 15 home games.  Zink is second in the country in home scoring among defensemen.  Joe Gambardella (8g, 8a, 16pts.)  and C.J. Smith (6g, 11a, 17pts) are averaging more than a point a game at home.    
 
PLUS-80:  UMass Lowell Head Coach Norm Bazin is 80 games over .500 behind the River Hawk bench in five-plus seasons and that has moved the program above the .500 mark for the first time in the school's 34-year Division I history.  UMass Lowell is 585-579-109 since beginning Division I play in 1983-84.  Bazin has a record of 146-66-21 at the reins in Lowell.
 
ON THE NATIONAL STAGE:  UMass Lowell has been nationally ranked, in either the USCHO or the USAHockey Magazine poll, for 112 consecutive weeks.  The stretch began when UMass Lowell appeared at #20 in the USCHO Poll on January 7, 2013.  Of those 112 weeks more than half, 79, have been spent in the top ten.
 
20 WINS AGAIN:  For the first time in the program's history UMass Lowell has won 20-games in a season for six consecutive years.  The five straight 20-win seasons put UMass Lowell in an exclusive club.  Only six schools in the country have more twenty or more in each of the last five seasons.  Joining the River Hawks are Minnesota, Boston College, Denver, Quinnipiac and North Dakota.  Minnesota and Denver have also won at least twenty games this season.
 
SIX YEARS AMONG THE ELITE:  UMass Lowell has the fifth most wins in the country over the last five-plus seasons.  Since Norm Bazin took over the coaching responsibilities for the 2011-12 season the River hawks have won 146 games.  Their .672 winning percentage is the third best in the country trailing only Boston College and Quinnipiac.
 
PUTTING THE "POWER" IN POWER PLAY: UMass Lowell's power play is hot.  The River Hawks have gone 26-for-74 (35.1%) over its last 19 games.  That was after a 0-for-19 stretch.  The team is 14-4-1 over that stretch.  The power play is among the best in the country.  The River Hawks have scored 43 goals in 154 man advantage opportunities for a 27.9% success rate, the third best in the country and number two in Hockey East.  Twelve different players have scored with the man advantage; C.J. Smith leads the team with eight PPGs.  Joe Gambardella has seven and Jake Kamrass has five.  Mattias Göransson leads the blueliners with four PP goals.  Michael Kapla has 14 PP assists and Dylan Zink has twelve and Smith have added eleven. 
 
POWER PLAY TRIFECTA: Seven times this season UMass Lowell has scored three power play goals in a game.  That happened most recently in the River Hawks 5-2 win against UMass February 18.  Previously UMass Lowell found the back of the net three times with the man-advantage against Minnesota Duluth, Colorado College, Vermont, Dartmouth, Northeastern and UNH.  Prior to this season, the River Hawks had not done that since hitting for three against Notre Dame in a 3-1 win, November 23, 2013.  In all UMass Lowell has eleven multi PP goal games.
 
PENALTY KILLING: UMass Lowell Penalty Kill Unit has been on a bit of a roller coaster ride.  The unit has gone 18-for-18 over its last five games after allowing eight goals in its previous 24 man down situations.  And that's after a stretch of 13 games during which the PK unit killed 53 of 56, (94.6%) opposing power plays.  The PK is 138-for-162, 85.2%, for the season.
 
STRETCH RUN:  UMass Lowell finished out the Hockey East regular season by winning its final seven games all in February.  The finishing run moved the River Hawks from a fifth place tie ten points behind league leading Boston College and into a three way tie for first place and the number one seed in the Hockey East Tournament.  During the month the River Hawks outscored their opponents 33 (4.71) to 14 (2.00).  The Power Play hit at a 37.9% rate (11-for-29).  Joe Gambardella led the team with six goals and C.J. Smith topped the scoring list with 13 points.
 
A WIN TONIGHT WOULD:  If UMass Lowell wins tonight, the River Hawks would take a one-game-to-none lead in the best-of-three quarterfinal series.  It would also be UMass Lowell's eighth consecutive win, their longest winning streak of the season.  It would also be the program's 586th win as a Division I program, putting the program seven-games over the .500 mark for the first time ever.
 
WHO'S NEXT?: That is to be determined.  If UMass Lowell wins its quarterfinal series it will play the lowest remaining seed in the Hockey East semifinal at the TD Garden.
 
SEVEN STRAIGHT AND COUNTING: UMass Lowell has won seven straight games, equaling the season high.   The streak is currently the third longest active winning streak in the country.  The school's Division I record is nine straight wins most recently accomplished during the 2012-13 season.
 
THE SENIOR CLASS:  This UMass Lowell Senior class is one of three in Hockey East with 90 wins or more.  The four River Hawks seniors have a record of 94-42-18 and a .669 winning percentage.  Only Providence (97) and Boston College (95) have more.  The senior class has a shot at the school record set by the 2016 seniors who accumulated 100 wins over a four year period.
 
6,000 FANS: UMass Lowell has drawn more than 6,000-fans in each of its last six home games for the first time in its history.  Prior to this stretch UMass Lowell had never had more than three-consecutive home games with crowds of more than six-thousand.  The River Hawks lead Hockey East with an average home attendance 5,757.
 
THE THIRD PERIOD: UMass Lowell scored three goals in the third period to defeat Boston College February 24, 4-1.  It was the fifth time this season the River Hawks have scored three or more third period goals.  They did it previously against Merrimack, Dartmouth, Northeastern and New Hampshire.
 
PROTECTING THE NET:  UMass Lowell goalie Tyler Wall is among the best in the Hockey East at keeping the puck out of the net.  Wall ranks fourth in the league in goals against average (2.11) and fifth in save percentage .917.
 
WINS ON THE WALL:  With 21 wins to his credit UMass Lowell goalie Tyler Wall has broken the school record for wins by a Division I freshman goalie.  Connor Hellebuyck set the record with 20 wins during his freshman campaign, the 2012-13 season.  The 21-wins is the most by a freshman goalie in the country.
 
AMONG THE NATIONAL LEADERS:  Joe Gambardella is among the top scorers in the nation.  Gambardella is tenth with 45 points (17g, 28a).  His 28 assists is 13th in the nation.  Gambardella is fifth in scoring among Hockey East players and C.J. Smith is 15th in the country and eighth among Hockey East players with 42 points (18g, 24a).  Defenseman Dylan Zink is fifth in the nation and third among Hockey East defensemen with 31 points (10g, 21a).  His ten goals from the back line is second the country.  Mattias Göransson is the second highest scoring freshman defenseman in Hockey East and is seventh in the nation with 20 points (5g, 15a).  Michael Kapla and Zink with 24 and 21 assists respectively rank sixth and tenth among the nation's defensemen and third and fourth among Hockey East defensemen. 
 
GAME-WINNING JOE: Joe Gambardella has six game winning goals this season, the most in the country, and an even dozen in his career.  He is second, all-time, among UML Division I players.  Only Kory Falite with 13 has more.
 
122 POINTS AND COUNTING: UMass Lowell senior center Joe Gambardella joined the century club with an assist on C.J. Smith's third period goal in the River Hawks December 9th win against Merrimack.  It was the 100th point of Gambardella's career.  He, now, has 46 goals and 76 assists in 143 games.  Gambardella currently ranks 10th among DI players and 25th all-time.  Gambardella has 10 points (6g, 4a) in his last ten games.  The last River Hawk prior to Gambardella to reach 100 points was Joe Pendenza who achieved the mark during the 2013-14 season and ended his career with 110. 
 
JOE PLAYOFFS: Joe Gambardella has been a point-a-game scorer in Hockey East Tournamnent games during his career.  He has scored seven goals and 12 points in 12 playoff games.  C.J. Smith scored at a similar rate with five-goals and nine-points in nine tournament games.
 
116 POINTS AND COUNTING: UMass Lowell junior forward C.J. Smith reached the 100-point milestone Friday January 6th with an assist on Jake Kamrass' game winner at UNH.  Smith now has 116 points on 51-goals and 65-assists in just 112 games.  Smith is the 44th player in program history to reach the milestone and the 24th in the Division I era.  He ranks 30th all-time and 13th among Division I players at UMass Lowell.  He has five-goals and 14-points in his last eight games.
 
100 x TWO:  This is the first time since 2006 that UMass Lowell has had two 100-point scorers skating at the same time.  The last time was in the last game of the 2005-06 season.  Andrew Martin scored a goal in the second period to earn his 100th point.  Elias Godoy, who assisted on the goal, had reached the milestone earlier in the year and finished his career with 121 points.
 
51 GOALS AND COUNTING: Forward C.J. Smith scored the 50th goal of his collegiate career February 18 against Massachusetts.  He is the 28th player to reach 50 and the 13th to do so during the Division I era.  He is just the fourth to do so in the last 15 years.  Smith is one of just a dozen players in the country with 50 or more career goals and he is the only non-senior in the group.
 
40 POINTS..!:  Joe Gambardella, earlier this season, became the first River Hawk to score 40 points in a season since Elias Godoy totaled 41 during the 2003-04 season.  His current point total, 45, is the most by a UML player since Neil Donovan had 46 during the 1996-97 season.  Greg Bullock holds the school's Division I record with 65 points during the 1994-95 season.
 
TWO WITH 40..?:  For the first time since the 1995-96 season UMass Lowell has two players with 40 or more points in a single season.  Joe Gambardella leads the team with 45-points and linemate C.J. Smith reached the 40-point marker when he scored a goal and added three assists in the River Hawks 5-2 win at Massachusetts February 18.  He added a goal and an assist February 23 at BC to bring his season total to 42 points.  The last time UMass Lowell had two 40-point scorers in the same season was 1995-96.  That year the River Hawks had five led by Brendan Concannon with 62 points.
 
GOOD CHEMISTRY:  The UMass Lowell line of C.J. Smith, Joe Gambardella and John Edwardh has been hot.  The line has played together in 32 of the River Hawks' 34 games this season accounting for 49-goals and 116 points.  That's 39.8% of the River Hawks goals and 35.5% of the team's total offensive output.  They have been held off the score sheet just twice.  Since being united for the final regular season game a year ago the trio has 59-goals and 138 points in 39 games.
 
HOT SHOT JUNIOR:  UMass Lowell forward C.J. Smith leads all juniors playing college hockey in career scoring with 51-goals and 116-points.  Brady Ferguson, playing at Robert Morris is second with 111 points.  Ferguson is second in goals with 43.  Smith's 65 assists finds him three behind Ferguson.
 
72 ASSISTS AND COUNTING: UMass Lowell defenseman Michael Kapla has 72 assists in his collegiate career.  That 72 equals the school's record for a Division I defenseman.  Kapla has now matched Mike Nicholishen (1994-98) who set the record at 72.
 
IRON MAN:  UMass Lowell senior defenseman Michael Kapla has played in 154 consecutive games, the most of any active player in the country.  Kapla has never missed a game in his collegiate career.  He is four games short of equaling the UMass Lowell record for games played held by Christian Sbrocca (158-games, 1992-96) and has broken the record for defensemen set by Jake Suter's at 153-games.
 
BLASTS FROM THE BLUE LINE:  Dylan Zink, with 31 goals in his collegiate career, is the top goal scoring defenseman in UMass Lowell's Division I history.  He moved into the top spot with a third period power play goal, January 20th, against Providence.  The goal was his 29th moving him past Maury Edwards and to the top of the list.  He has added two more since that time.
 
25 POINTS FROM THE BLUE LINE:  Only 17 defensemen in the country have 26 points or more and UMass Lowell has two of them.  Dylan Zink, with 10-goals and 31 points leads the blue line corps; Michael Kapla has added two-goals and 24 assists for 26 points.  The last UML defenseman to reach the 30-point mark was Ron Hainsey who finished with ten-goals and 36-points during the 2000-01 season.
 
TRIPLE DOUBLE:  Dylan Zink has put together three straight double-digit goal-scoring seasons.  He is the only active defensemen in college hockey who can make that claim.  Zink is second among college defensemen with 31 career goals.  St. Lawrence Gavin Bayruether tops the list with 35.
 
20 POINT FRESHMAN D:  Freshman defenseman Mattias Göransson has 20-points (5g, 15a), the most by a UML freshman defenseman since Christian Folin had 21 points (6g, 15a) during the 2012-13 season.   Göransson is also just four points shy of tying the school's Division I record for points for a first year blue liner, 24, set by Ed Hodson in 1983-84 and equaled by Ed Campbell in 1993-94.
 
CAREER LEADERS:  UMass Lowell center Joe Gambardella, with 122 points, is 12th in career scoring among active college players.   His 76-assists places him 11th on the active career list.   Defenseman Michael Kapla is fourth among active defensemen in the country and first in Hockey East in scoring with 88-points and third in assists with 72.  With 31 goals Dylan Zink is second among active defenseman in career goals and the leader among Hockey East Defensemen.
 
HITTING THE TARGET:  UMass Lowell forward Joe Gambardella, with 17 goals on 64 shots, has scored on 26.6% of his shots.  His shooting percentage is the best in Hockey East.  John Edwardh, with 15 goals on just 71 shots, has scored on 21.1% of his shots is second among River Hawks and fifth in the league.
 
CIRCLE OF DOMINANCE: UMass Lowell has dominated in the faceoff circle this season winning 1,187 of 2,197 puck drops.  The .540 faceoff winning percentage is the seventh best in the nation and third in Hockey East.  Joe Gambardella leads the team winning 357 of 633, .564.  Gambo ranks sixth in Hockey East.  Evan Campbell (247 of 444, .556), Nick Master (252 of 480, .527) and Ryan Lohin (251 of 482, .521) are all over the .500 mark. 
 
PROTECTING THE LEAD:  UMass Lowell is 16-1-2 when leading after two periods of play.  They were 17-1-2 a year ago and since Norm Bazin took over the coaching reins at UMass Lowell, the River Hawks are 110-5-9 when leading after two-periods.  They are also 28-16-9 when the score is tied after two periods.
 
HOBEY BAKER AWARD NOMINEES:  Forwards Joe Gambardella and C.J. Smith have been nominated for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award.  Gambardella leads the team in scoring with 45 points and 28 assists in 34 contests for the River Hawks. His 45 points rank fifth among Hockey East scorers and his 28 assists are seventh best among league players.  Smith ranks second on UMass Lowell roster with 42 points and his 18 goals are a team best, skating in all 34 games this season. His 18 goals rank tenth among conference players. Smith has five multi-goal games included a hat trick on Dec. 31st at Dartmouth.
 
LEGEND OF COLLEGE HOCKEY:  Former UMass Lowell Head Coach Bill Riley Jr. has been honored by the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation as its 2017 Legend of College Hockey.  Often referred to as the Godfather of UMass Lowell hockey, Riley took over a fledgling program in 1969, built it into an NCAA Division II national power and ultimately, moved Lowell into Division I hockey as a charter member of Hockey East in 1984 and an NCAA Tournament participant in 1988.  His overall record was 363-270-22, making him the winningest coach in program history.
 
WALTER BROWN AWARD NOMINEES:  Forwards Joe Gambardella and C.J. Smith and defenseman Dylan Zink have been named semifinalists for the 65th Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England.  Gambardella, Smith and Zink have been key members of a River Hawk team which has scored the sixth most goals in the country.  The trio has fueled a power play unit that is the second most potent in the country finding the back of the net at a 28.3% clip (43-for-152).  The semifinalists represent 13 different teams.  UMass Lowell is one of four schools with three players on the semifinal list.
 
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES: One year can make a big difference and it has for a couple of UMass Lowell forwards.  Through 34 games, John Edwardh has a career high 15-goals and 31-points.  At the 34-game mark a year ago, Edwardh had just two-goals and eight points.  He finished the year four-goals and 13-points.  Jake Kamrass also has established career highs with 13-goals and 21-points.  He finished the 2015-16 season with five-goals and ten-points but, at the 34-game mark he had just four-goals and seven points.
 
A GOOD START:  UMass Lowell has outscored its opponents 42-21 in the first period this season.  That's a scoring margin of plus-21 in the period and that figure is the third best in the country and tops the charts in Hockey East.
 
WALL OF HONOR:  UMass Lowell freshman goaltender Tyler Wall was been named the Hockey East Stop It Goaltending Goaltender of the Month of February after going undefeated in seven starts as the River Hawks moved from fifth to first place in the Hockey East standings.  Wall was 7-0-0 during the month with a league leading 2.00 goals against average and a .915 save percentage.  The goaltender's month included wins against Northeastern, New Hampshire, Boston University and two each against Massachusetts and Boston College.  He has allowed two goals or less in six straight starts and held first place Boston College to just one goal in each of the regular season's final two games.  This is the sixth time that Wall has been honored by Hockey East.   He was named the Defensive Player of the Week on three occasions and was twice been honored as the Rookie of the Week.
 
RED LIGHT DISTRICT:  UMass Lowell is sixth in the nation in goals scored with 123.  UML is averaging 3.62-goals per game, 8th best in the country.  C.J. Smith (18), Joe Gambardella (17), John Edwardh (15), Jake Kamrass (13) and Dylan Zink (10) have ten or more goals. 
 
WHEN ALL THINGS ARE EVEN: UMass Lowell is averaging 2.26 goals per game at even strength.  That is 11th best in the country and third best in Hockey East.  The River Hawks have scored 77 of their 123-goals this season at even strength.
 
BY THE CLOSEST OF MARGINS:  UMass Lowell is 4-5-3 in one-goal games this season.  A year ago UMass Lowell was 10-6-5 in one-goal games and is 44-29-21 in one-goal games since the 2011-12 season.  Also, during that time period the River Hawks are 12-8-21 in games decided in overtime.
 
THREE IS THE MAGIC NUMBER: When UMass Lowell scores three or more goals in a game it is 20-3-1 and 122-17-6, .861, in the last five-plus seasons.  When the River Hawks keep their opponents under three goals, the team is 19-0-2.  When scoring two goals or less in a game the River Hawks are 2-5-2 this season and 24-49-15, .362, since 2011-12.
 
PUNCHING THE CLOCK: Through 34 games, UMass Lowell has played from behind for just 259:54 and only in portions of twelve games.  UMass Lowell has held the lead for 1,099:49 of the 2,055-minutes of hockey the team has played this season.
 
GETTING OFFENSE FROM THE DEFENSE: UMass Lowell has the third highest scoring defense corps in the country.  The River Hawks blue liners have combined for 23-goals and 103-points.  The River Hawk D corps also leads the country in power play points with 55 on 11-goals and 44 helpers.
 
CLUTCH AND IMPORTANT GOALS - 2017: John Edwardh leads UMass Lowell in clutch goals this season with nine.  "Clutch" goals are defined as those that either tie the score or give the team a lead.  Eight of Edwardh's 15 goals have given UML the lead, another has tied the score meaning that 60% of his goals have been scored in clutch situations.  C.J. Smith is second with seven "clutch" goals.   
 
Mr. CLUTCH: Dylan Zink has proven to be Mr. Clutch during the last three seasons.  Twenty of his 31 goals (64.5%) have either tied the score or given the River Hawks the lead. Zink, who twice gave UMass Lowell the lead in the Ledyard Bank Championship Game including the game winner, led UMass Lowell with eight "clutch" goals during the 2015-16 season.  Five of his ten goals this season are "clutch."
 
THE NHL and UML:  Four River Hawks have been drafted by National Hockey League teams.  Senior forward Evan Campbell was drafted by Edmonton on the fifth round in 2013.  Goalie Garrett Metcalf was chosen by Anaheim in the sixth round of the 2015 draft.   Forward Ryan Lohin and goalie Tyler Wall were selected in the 2016 draft.  Wall was grabbed by the New York Rangers on the sixth round and Lohin by Tampa Bay in the seventh round.
 
THE NHL and UML - PART II:  Six former River Hawks are playing in the National Hockey League this season; three are currently with the Pittsburgh Penguins.  Defensemen Ron Hainsey and Chad Ruhwedel and forward Scott Wilson are all suiting up for the Pens.  Christian Folin is manning the back line for Minnesota.  Goalies Connor Hellebuyck and Carter Hutton are protecting the nets for Winnipeg and St. Louis respectively.
 
SUCCESS IS THE NORM: Norm Bazin is in his sixth season at UMass Lowell with a 146-66-21 record (.672) in 233 games. He owns a 184-97-28 mark (.641) in 309 games now in his ninth season as a collegiate head coach, including three seasons at Hamilton College. Bazin is the sixth head coach in program history and the fifth Div. I boss (Riley, Crowder, Whitehead, MacDonald). He recorded his 100th career coaching victory on Nov. 23, 2013 vs. Notre Dame at the Tsongas Center and his 100th behind the River Hawk bench on October 9, 2015. He is also the fastest to the 100-win mark in school history. His first UMass Lowell win came against Minnesota State, 4-2, on October 14, 2011. Bazin is a two-time Hockey East Coach of the Year and was named the 2013 Spencer Penrose Award Winner given annually by the American Hockey Coaches Association to the Division I Coach of the Year. Bazin has led the River Hawks to four NCAA tournament appearances, back-to-back Hockey East Tournament Championships (2013, 2014) and one Frozen Four appearance (2013).