With the win, the Wildcats end the regular season with a record of 19-14-1 (Hockey East, 12-11-1), while the Riverhawks fall to 8-23-4 (Hockey East, 4-17-3). fell.
Tonight's result puts the Wildcats as the No. 6 seed in the Hockey East Tournament. UNH will play No. 11 seed Massachusetts Lowell in its home opener on Wednesday, March 13 at 7 p.m.Tickets are on sale now UNHWildcats.com/TicketsOr call the ticket office at (603) 862-4000.
UNH's 19-14-1 (.574) regular season record is the best in 11 years, when the Wildcats went 18-9-7 (.632) in the 2012-13 season. The 19 wins were the most in a regular season over the past 10 years, when the Cats went 19 wins, 16 losses, and 1 draw in the 2013-14 season.
Before the match, student manager Andrew Silsbee (Exeter, New Hampshire), goalkeeper Rafael Gaughan (Somersworth, New Hampshire), goalkeeper Jeremy Forman (Northbrook, Illinois), Forward cam gendron (Hampstead, New Hampshire), Forward Nick Caffarelli (Middleton, Massachusetts), defenseman luke reed (Warman, Saskatchewan) and vice-captain. nicolai jenson (Cold Spring, Minn.) was recognized before the game for his hard work and dedication to the program over the past four years.
junior forward Liam Devlin (Needham, Mass.) won the Frank “The Fan” Hulbert Van Favorite Award as voted on by fans.
Score: #18 New Hampshire 4, Lowell, Massachusetts 0
record: UNH (19-14-1, 12-11-1 Hockey East); UML (Hockey East 8-23-4, 4-17-3)
position: Durham, New Hampshire (Whitmore Center at Key Auto Group Complex)
date: Saturday, March 9, 2024
Attendance: 5,885
How it happened:
- At 10:37 of the first period, Sardarian stole the puck in the UML zone, skated toward the net and brought the shot bar down for a power-play goal, giving the Wildcats a 1-0 lead.
Stiven Sardarian with the snipe to put the 'Cats on the board first!
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- Devlin sent the loose puck into the back of the net, giving the Wildcats a 2-0 lead 55 seconds into the second period. Sophomore forward Cy Leclerc (Brentwood, New Hampshire) and freshman forward Ryan Conmee (Alexandria, Va.) each recorded a goal assist.
Liam Devlin finds the back of the net early in the second!
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- Sophomore forward after just 39 seconds. morgan winters (Osprey, Fla.) slipped past UML defenders and fired a shot from the right circle to give the Wildcats a 3-0 lead.
Morgan Winters goes coast-to-coast to make it 3-0!
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- At 1:29 of the third period, Leclerc fed a pass to Saldaryan, who slid the puck past the UML goaltender and scored his second goal of the night on the power play, putting the Wildcats up 4-0. did. Devlin also recorded a goal assist.
Stiven Sardarian does it again! 'Cats up 4-0
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- The Cats outscored the River Hawks 36-18, with UNH going 2-6 on the power play and 0-4 on UML.
Beyond the box score:
- This was Sardaryan's second goal in his career. His first game of the season was Oct. 26 against Northeastern.
- The last time the Wildcats had back-to-back shutout performances was in 2012 by Casey DeSmith against Maine and Vermont.
- The Cats have posted five shutouts this season.
- The Cats are 13-4-1 at home. The 13 wins were the most at home in 16 seasons, which was the 2007-08 season when UNH went 14-4-1.
