Lowell, Massachusetts – Senior alternate captain harrison blaisdell (Regina, Saskatchewan) scored two goals, junior goalkeeper Jacob Hellsten (Rysdal, Sweden) The No. 18 University of New Hampshire men's hockey team recorded its third shutout of the season with 21 saves as it defeated the University of Massachusetts Lowell 4-0 on Friday night at the Tsongas Center in Hockey East. .
With the win, the Wildcats move to 18-14-1 (11-11-1 Hockey East) and the Riverhawks drop to 8-22-4 (4-16-3 Hockey East) .
With tonight's result, the Wildcats will either become the No. 5 seed in the Hockey East Tournament, earn a bye into the quarterfinals and play at the University of Massachusetts on Saturday, March 16th, or become the No. 6 seed and play at home Wednesday in the opening round. It could be either the match is played or not. , March 13 against Merrimack or Massachusetts Lowell. If UNH wins in regulation on Saturday and UMass and Providence each lose in regulation, the Wildcats will become the No. 5 seed.
UNH's 18-14-1 record is its best record since the first 33 games of an 11-year season in 2012-13, when the Wildcats went 18-9-6.
UNH outscored UML 22-21.
next:
- UNH will open its regular season match against Massachusetts Lowell on Saturday, March 9th with Senior Night at 7:30 p.m. at the Whitmore Center at the Key Auto Group Complex, hosted by Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare. finish.
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Score: #18 New Hampshire 4, Lowell, Massachusetts 0
record: UNH (18-14-1, 11-11-1 Hockey East); UML (Hockey East 8-22-4, 4-16-3)
position: Lowell, Massachusetts (Tsongas Center)
date: Friday, March 8, 2024
Attendance: 4,986
box score
How it happened:
- The Wildcats took a 1-0 lead at the 3:10 mark of the first period on a goal by the senior forward. Nick Caffarelli (Middleton, Mass.) Scored on a one-timer into the glove side of the net off a freshman forward's pass. nick ring (Hingham, Mass.) and scored his sixth goal of the year.
- UNH extended its advantage to 2-0 at 18:11 as the junior forward robert cronin (Plymouth, Mass.) sent the puck from the side of the net through the crease to Blaisdell. He hit the ball into the goal for his ninth goal of the season. 1st year forward JP Turner (East Falmouth, Mass.) also recorded an assist.
- The Cats went up 3-0 at 1:47 of the second period thanks to a performance by the freshman forward. Ryan Conmee (Alexandria, Va.) fired a shot from the slot into the top stickside corner for his 14th goal of the year. Sophomore forward Cy Leclerc (Brentwood, New Hampshire) had a goal assist.
- Just 54 seconds later, at 2:41, Blaisdell redirected a pass from Turner into the back of the net for his second goal of the tournament, making the score 4-0. He now has 10 goals for the year.rookie defenseman Brendan Fitzgerald (North Reading, Mass.) recorded an assist.
Beyond the box score:
- Conmie has 14 goals and 16 assists for 30 points this season. The last time the Wildcats totaled 30 or more points was in 2016-17 when Tyler Kelleher scored 63 points.
- This was Blaisdell's first multi-goal game in his Wildcat career.
- Turner has two multi-point games this season.
- The Cats recorded four shutouts.
- The Wildcats are 11-3-0 with losses this season.
- UNH has an overall record of 15-13-7 against the River Hawks at the Tsongas Center.
