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2020-21 Game Notes UMASS LOWELL Hockey SCHEDULE GAME 17 NOVEMBER (0-0-0) No. 7 UMass Lowell (7-8-1 / 7-8-1 HEA) 27 Fri. NORTHEASTERN * Lowell, Mass. PPD vs. No. 10 Vermont (1-9-2 / 1-9-2) 28 Sat. at Northeastern * NESN Boston, Mass. PPD 28 Sat. PROVIDENCE Lowell, Mass. PPD GAME INFORMATION DECEMBER (1-1-0) 4 Fri. BOSTON COLLEGE * Lowell, Mass. PPD Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 5 Sat. at Boston College * NESN Boston, Mass. PPD Time: 3:05 p.m. 12 Sat. VERMONT * Lowell, Mass. PPD Site: Paul E. Tsongas Center (Lowell, Massachusetts) 13 Sun. VERMONT * Lowell, Mass. PPD 13 Sun. PROVIDENCE NESNPlus Lowell, Mass. L, 2-4 BROADCAST INFORMATION 19 Sat. MAINE NESN Lowell, Mass. PPD 20 Sun. MAINE Lowell, Mass. PPD Radio: River Hawk Network (WCAP) 21 Mon. UConn Storrs, Conn. W, 2-1 (Talent: Bob Ellis) 26 Sat. MASSACHUSETTS * NESN Lowell, Mass. PPD 27 Sun. at Massachusetts * NESN Amherst, Mass. PPD Television: NESN JANUARY (2-2-0) (Talent: Tyler Murray, Jim Connelly) 3 Sun. MAINE * Lowell, Mass. W, 5-3 4 Mon. MAINE * Lowell, Mass. W, 9-5 8 Fri. at Merrimack * N Andover, Mass. PPD 9 Sat. MERRIMACK * Lowell, Mass. PPD By The Numbers 12 Tue. MASSACHUSETTS * Lowell, Mass. PPD 15 Fri. at Boston University * Boston, Mass. PPD This is the 33rd time UMass Lowell has qualified for the Hockey 16 Sat. BOSTON UNIVERSITY * Lowell, Mass. PPD East Tournament in 37 years. Last year the Tournament was 22 Fri. at UConn * Storrs, Conn. PPD canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The River Hawks 23 Sat. UCONN * Lowell, Mass. PPD have advanced to the semifinals 18 times, they have claimed 29 Fri. at Massachusetts * Amherst, Mass. L, 0-5 33 three Hockey East Tournament Championships. 30 Sat. MASSACHUSETTS * Lowell, Mass. L, 1-2 This is the 54th season of hockey at UMass Lowell. It began at FEBRUARY (4-5-0) Lowell Tech with the 1967-68 season. The program became a 5 Fri. NEW HAMPSHIRE * Lowell, Mass. L, 1-2 Division I Independent in 1983-84 and joined Hockey East for its 6 Sat. at New Hampshire * Durham, N.H. L, 6-7 OT inaugural season of 1984-85. The team has won three Hockey 9 Tues. UCONN * NESN Lowell, Mass. W, 3-2 OT East Tournament Championships NESN 54 12 Fri. at Boston College * Boston, Mass. L, 1-7 13 Sat. BOSTON COLLEGE * Lowell, Mass. L, 3-4 19 Fri. at Northeastern * Boston, Mass. W, 4-1 UMass Lowell allowed just ELEVEN shots on goal February 26 20 Sat. NORTHEASTERN * Lowell, Mass. L, 0-4 in a 3-1 win at Vermont. That last time the River Hawks held 26 Fri. at Vermont * Burlington, Vt. W, 3-1 an opponent to fewer than eleven shots was October 26, 2007 27 Sat. at Vermont * Burlington, Vt. W, 3-2 when UMass Lowell held Alabama Hunstville to just ten shots 11 on goal in a 4-1 win at the Tsongas Center. MARCH (0-0-1) 6 Sat. BOSTON UNIVERSITY * Lowell, Mass. T, 3-3 OT The February 27th 3-2 win at Vermont was the 250th win of UMass Lowell Head Coach Norm Bazin collegiate coaching ca- HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT reer. 212 of the wins have come with Bazin at the River Hawk 250 helm, but the first 38 came while leading the Division III Hamil- 10 Wed. VERMONT Lowell, Mass 3:00 p.m. ton College program. Hockey East announced on January 19 that previously released UMass Lowell, as determined by the Hockey East Power Index schedules will be set aside. The remainder of 2020-21 contests will is the seventh seed for the Hockey East Tournament. It is the be scheduled on a weekly basis. sixth time they have been the seventh seed and they have never 7 advanced. No seventh seed has ever won the Tournament. HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS River Hawk Spotlight ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Charlie Levesque Senior, Forward UMass Lowell: Ashley Robbins Russell, Ontario Office: (978) 934-2306 | Cell: (508) 826-4113 Email: [email protected] Senior Captain Charlie Levesque had two goals in the UMass Lowell 3-3 tie against Boston University last Saturday. It was Levesque’s second two-goal game in a five game span. The two Vermont: Nich Hall goals moves Levesque into a three-way tie for the team lead Office: (802) 656-1110 Cell: 802-881-7244 in goals with six. It matches his career high, set as a freshman. Email: [email protected] #UNITEDINBLUE GORIVERHAWKS.COM UMASS LOWEll AThlETICS @RIVERHAWKHOCKEY 2020-21 Game Notes UMASS LOWELL Hockey GAME NOTES SERIES HISTORY Post Season vs. Vermont All-Time Series: ............................................................................. UMass Lowell leads 34-17-8, .644 Last Meeting: ....................................................................................February 27, 2021 (UML W, 3-2) Meetings: Fourth First Meeting: ........................................................................................ March 4, 1972 (UVM W, 7-0) Advanced: Three times, Last UML Win: ................................................................................................February 27, 2021 (3-2) including one semifinal and Last Vermont Win: ............................................................................January 20, 2018 (UVM W, 6-3) two Quarterfinal wins First UML Win: ............................................................................................. November 14, 1979 (7-4) Record: 5-1-0 First Vermont Win: ..............................................................................................March 4, 1972 (7-0) Last Tie Game: ............................................................................................... March 8, 2019 (2-2, OT) Last UML Win at Home: ...................................................................................January 19, 2019 (2-0) Hockey East Tournament - Opening Round Last UML Win at Vermont: ...........................................................................February 27, 2021 (3-2) Meetings: First Last UML Win at a Neutral Site: ..................................March 20, 2015 (4-1, HEA Semi, TD Garden) Series Won: --- Last Vermont Win at Home: ............................................................................January 20, 2018 (6-3) Record: 0-0-0 Last Vermont Win at UML: ......................................................................... March 15, 2014 (3-2, OT) Last Vermont Win at a Neutral Site: ......................... November 29,1997 (4-0, Gov. Cup, Whit Ctr.) 2021 at UMass Lowell (Tsongas Center) Last Tie at UMass Lowell ..........................................................................February 28, 2015 (2-2 OT) #10 Vermont #7 UMass Lowell Last Tie at Vermont ........................................................................................ March 8, 2019 (2-2 OT) Single Elimination Shutouts for UML: .............................................................................................................................. 6 Last UML Shutout: ...................................................................... January 19, 2019 (2-0, Wall, 25 svs) Hockey East Tournament - Quarterfinals Shutouts for Vermont: ....................................................................................................................... 3 Last Vermont Shutout: ...........................................................February 23, 2008 (1-0, Fallon, 16 svs) Meetings: Two Largest Margin in a UML Win: ...........................................................................6 (6-0, Jan. 5, 2018,) Series Won: Two wins, no losses Largest Margin in a Vermont Win:..................................................................... 7 (7-0, Mar. 4, 1972) Record: 4-1-0 Overtime Record: .........................................................................................................................3-3-8 2009 at Vermont (Gutterson Fieldhouse) Last Overtime Game: ..................................................................................... March 8, 2019 (2-2, OT) #5 UMass Lowell 4 #4 Vermont 3 OT First Overtime Game: .............................................................................. November 27, 1998 (L, 3-4) #5 UMass Lowell 4 #4 Vermont 2 Last UML OT Win: ................................................................. January 19, 2018 (3-2, C. Wilson GWG) UML advances two-games to none Last Vermont OT Win: ............................................................ March 15, 2014 (3-2, Puskarich GWG) Last Overtime Tie: ......................................................................................... March 8, 2019 (2-2, OT) 2014 at UMass Lowell (Tsongas Center) Longest UML Win Streak: ............................................................................7 gms (3/20/15 - 1/19/18) #2 UMass Lowell 3 #7 Vermont 2 Longest UML Unbeaten Streak: ..................................................................10 gms (3/16/14-1/19/18) #2 UMass Lowell 2 #7 Vermont 3 OT Longest UML Losing Streak: .....................................................................5 gms (11/28/93-11/27/98) #2 UMass Lowell 2 #7 Vermont 1 Longest UML Winless Streak: .........................................................................6 gms (3/3/07-2/20/09) UML advances two-games to one Coach Bazin vs. Vermont: ..........................................................................................................21-4-3 Last Five Meetings: .......................................................................................................................4-0-1 Last 10 Meetings: .........................................................................................................................8-1-1 Hockey East Tournament - Semifinals Record at UML Home Sites: .......................................................................................................16-6-3