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LOWELL, Mass – Junior goaltender Christoffer Hernberg (Espoo, Finland) totaled 23 saves in his fourth career shutout to lead the UMass Lowell Hockey team to a 4-0 victory against American International College on Tuesday night in the non-conference finale at the Tsongas Center.

The River Hawks improve to 16-12-0 overall with the victory, while the Yellow Jackets fall to 10-17-4 overall with the loss. UMass Lowell wraps up non-league play with six wins in 10 games.

"It's a good team win, whenever you get a shutout in college hockey now, it's a good thing," said Head Coach Norm Bazin.

Sophomore forward Nick Marin (Springfield, Mass.) scored his third collegiate goal and first of the season to give the River Hawks a 4-0 lead midway through the second stanza to cap off the scoring in the contest.

UMass Lowell got on the scoreboard first with a wrister from senior defenseman Chris Forney (Thief River Falls, Minn.) from the left half wall to make it 1-0 with 7:20 left in the opening frame for his fifth tally of the year. Sophomore Kenny Hausinger (Anchorage, Alaska) added his team-leading 10^th goal of the season less than two minutes later on the power play. Sophomore forward Colin O'Neill (Odenton, Md.) made it 3-0 River Hawks with 2:11 to play in the first frame.

Hernberg recorded 11 saves in the opening period in his 13^th victory of the season, while AIC's Alex Murray registered 18 stops in the losing effort.

Senior captain Tyler Mueller (Regina, Sask.) recorded a game-high four shots on goal for the River Hawks. Freshman forward Connor Sodergren (Tewksbury, Mass.) amassed a game-high nine faceoff wins (69%).

UMass Lowell returns to the ice on Friday, February 9^th at Boston College. Game time from Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Mass. is 7 p.m. The game will be aired live on ESPN3.com and the Watch ESPN mobile app.