If you ever wonder what New Englanders do on a balmy sub-zero night in early February the answer is, go watch a college hockey game. That’s what 5,063 did in Lowell, MA. on Friday night as the UMass Lowell River Hawks played host to the Boston College Eagles. The River Hawks are coming off a […]
The Hobey Baker Award is college hockey’s biggest individual prize. 82 nominees were selected to take part in the first phase of this process. Fan voting, along with votes from every division one head hockey coach, will trim the number from 82 to 10 by March 15. The voting itself comes to an end on […]
UMass Lowell, winners of four of their last five games, hosted the UMass Minutemen in their only game of the weekend before a sellout crowd of 6369 fans. The River Hawks are getting back to playing the way they did before the Christmas break. They have outscored their opponents by an 18-12 margin in these […]
In college football you have the Heisman Trophy, in college baseball, it’s the Golden Spike award, and in basketball, it’s the Naismith award. In college hockey, it’s called the Hobey Baker award. It is handed out at the Frozen Four which this year will be held in Tampa, Florida April 6-8. The award presentation is […]
DURHAM, N.H.—A three-point night from senior Jake Stella (Karlstad, Sweden) helped the No. 19/20 UMass Lowell River Hawks men’s hockey team (14-9-1, 8-5-1 Hockey East) surge back and claim a 3-2 overtime win against New Hampshire (7-18-1, 2-13-1 HEA) Saturday night at the Whittemore Center. “I thought we played spurts of this game where we did […]
On Friday night, The UMass Lowell River Hawks began a home-and-home weekend with the University of New Hampshire Wildcats. UNH comes into this weekend playing some of their best hockey of the season, winning three straight and four of their last six games. Two of UNH”s most recent wins have come against ranked teams in […]
ORONO, Maine—Despite a career night from senior Brian Chambers (Weymouth, Mass.), the No. 17/19 UMass Lowell men’s hockey team (12-9-1, 6-5-1 Hockey East) dropped a 5-3 battle to the Maine Black Bears (9-10-2, 3-6-1 HEA) on Saturday night at Alfond Arena to split the two-game series. Chambers led the River Hawks offensively in the Hockey East bout, […]
It has been a bit of a tough road for the Merrimack Warriors (15-7-1,10-3-0 in Hockey East) since the Christmas break. They have gone 0-3-1 since returning to action. On Friday night, the Warriors gave up a season-high eight goals in an 8-3 loss to the Providence College Friars (12-6-6, 7-3-5). In Merrimack’s last three […]