Lowell, Massachusetts – The Massachusetts Lowell School Ice Hockey team (8-22-4 Hockey East, 4-16-3 Hockey East) will play at No. 18 University of New Hampshire (18-14-1 Hockey East, 4-16-3 Hockey East) on Friday night. They lost the match 4-0 to the East Division (10 wins, 11 draws, 1 loss). , at Tsongas Center.
This was the last home game of the season for the River Hawks, and seven players skated for the last time in the Tsongas.These players also include graduate students Nick Granowitz (Macomb, Michigan), alex peterson (Collegeville, Pennsylvania), Filip Fornå Svensson (Linköping, Sweden), Jake Stella (Karlstad, Sweden), and Sr. Bradan Engham (Burnsville, MN), henry welsh (Lakeville, MN) and ben meehan (Walpole, Massachusetts).
Head coach: “It’s a good group.” Noam Bazin. “But if you look at their overall work, we have three four-year players in Meehan, Welsh and Engham, and they have put in a lot of effort, so I have a lot of respect for them. “All of them are graduating on time, they're all graduating properly.” “They're all great people and I hope they'll have a chance to play after college. And obviously, the four of us, Granowitz's fifth-year students, As for Peterson, Stella, and Svensson, it's only been a year or two, so I only know a little bit about them.''At best, I've been with them, but they're good people, so I think I'll have a chance to play with them after college.'' I hope you get it.”
Despite being held scoreless, the River Hawks struggled to kill New Hampshire's power play three times, holding the Wildcats to zero for most of the third and second periods.Defensively, six different skaters had at least one blocked shot, including Engham and the sophomore. mark cooper (Cambridge, Ontario) Two people took the lead, followed by four people with one block each.welsh and junior luke pavicic (Clarence Center, N.Y.) Welsh started and had nine saves, each finding the back of the net before Pavicic entered the game. Pavicic played 37 minutes without allowing a goal.
“This wasn't the game we were looking for,” Bazin said. “This is our first season and it wasn't the start we were looking for, it wasn't the type of game we're used to playing in the D-zone, and we weren't able to break through offensively or be a threat. “Zone. It should be a good game tomorrow. They didn't have to work, we didn't work, so both teams should have a lot of energy. ”
The Wildcats took the lead just over three minutes into the game on a goal by Nick Caffarelli. Freshman, after the River Hawks crushed a 4-3 New Hampshire advantage. jayden moriello (Saugus, Mass.) hit the post at 1:36 p.m. for the River Hawks' first great scoring opportunity. Late in the period, at 18:11, New Hampshire added a point and went into the first intermission up 2-0.
The Wildcats scored a pair of quick goals in the second period, but Pavisic entered the game 2:41 into the game for the River Hawks and saved all of the remaining shots on goal. The River Hawks had a power play opportunity at 7:09 due to a stumble call by New Hampshire, and Stella and Forno Svensson had great scoring chances in front of the net, but both shots were saved. The team was also given a penalty at 11:12, but they were unable to take advantage of it. Both teams battled back and forth, returning to the locker room with a score of 4-0 at the end of the period.
The River Hawks outscored the Wildcats 6-3 in the third, limiting scoring opportunities and playing solid defense. Although he couldn't find the back of the net offensively, Pavicic performed well between the pipes on the other side, making three saves to give New Hampshire a clean sheet, while the penalty kill unit shut down the Wildcats' power play. I sealed two. The match then ended with a score of 4-0.
Next, the River Hawks will travel to New Hampshire for their final regular season game tomorrow, March 9th. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m., and the game will once again be streamed on NESN.
