BOSTON – The No. 11 UMass Lowell Hockey team fell at No. 12 Northeastern, 2-1 on Saturday night at Matthews Arena in Hockey East play.
The River Hawks fall to 15-9-5 overall (9-6-4 HEA), while Northeastern improved to 17-8-3 overall (10-7-1 HEA).

"I would like to congratulate our opponent, they took two tight games this weekend and tonight stung," said UMass Lowell Head Coach Norm Bazin. "This was a tough one for us, I thought we started the way we wanted to start and couldn't quite get the second one in the first period, which would have helped. Their goalie stood tall and I thought our goaltending was excellent also."

Northeastern's Matt Demelis scored to give the Huskies their first lead of the game with 10:34 to go in the third period for his seventh goal of the season as the puck took a few awkward bounces and found the back of the net.

Mike Kesselring tied the game at 1-1 with a blast from the left point for his second career tally for the Huskies at 6:32 in the second stanza.

Sophomore forward Reid Stefanson (Winnipeg, Man.) opened the scoring in the game with a wrist shot from the left face-off circle that beat NU's Craig Patano five hole just six minutes into the first frame. Stefanson and Seth Barton (Kelowna, B.C.) each registered a team-high five shots on goal for UMass Lowell.

The River Hawks outshot Northeastern, 14-4 in the opening period. UMass Lowell outshot NU, 31-20 for the game.

Senior goalie Tyler Wall (Leamington, Ont.) stopped 18 shots in the loss, while his counterpart Patano notched 30 stops for the Huskies in his 17^th win of the season.

The River Hawks had another very solid effort in the face-off circle, as they owned a 30-19 advantage. Lucas Condotta (Georgetown, Ont.) and Connor Sodergren (Tewksbury, Mass.) each totaled eight face-off victories.

UMass Lowell returns to action in Hockey East play on Friday, February 21^st against Massachusetts in a pivotal game in the Kennedy Cup Challenge. Game time from the Tsongas Center is 7:15pm. The game will be streamed nationally and internationally via CBS All-Access.

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