QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION UMASS HOCKEY HISTORY Location: Amherst, Mass. First Year Of Varsity Hockey: 1908-09 Founded: 1863 Sport Ceased: 1979-93 Enrollment: 28,635 First Year Of Varsity Hockey (Modern Era): 1993-94 Colors: Maroon (PMS 7427 C) & White All-Time Record / Years: 640-914-107/ 87 years Nicknames: Minutemen, UMass Modern Era Record / Years: 335-520-77/ 26 years Affiliation: NCAA Division I All-Time Hockey East Record / Years: 188-367-59 / 25 years Conference: Hockey East All-Time Mullins Center Record / Years: 190-203-40/ 26 years President: Marty Meehan (UMass Lowell ’78) NCAA Tournament Appearances / Last: 2/ 2019 Chancellor: Kumble Subbaswamy Hockey East Tournament Appearances / Last: 21/ 2019 12-32-0 Dir. of Athletics: Ryan Bamford (Ithaca ’00) Hockey East Tournament Record: Play-in-Game Record: 1-0-0 Athletic Department Phone: (413) 545-9652 First Round Record: 3-7-0 Athletic Department Fax: (413) 545-1727 Quarterfinals Record: 9-25-0 University Website: www.umass.edu Semifinals Record: 1-3-0 COACHING STAFF Finals Record: 0-1-0 Hockey East Tournament Championships / Last: None Head Coach: Greg Carvel (St. Lawrence ’93; Massachusetts ’98G) Hockey East Regular Season Championships / Last: 1/ 2019 Overall Record / Years: 139-141-22/8 UMass Record / Years: 53-59-4/3 COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION Hockey East Record / Years: 29-38-3/3 Associate Director (Hockey Contact): Jillian Jakuba Associate Head Coach: Ben Barr (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ’04) E-mail Address: [email protected] Associate Head Coach: Jared DeMichiel (Rochester Institute of Technology ’10) Jakuba Cell: (413) 420-3116 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Ryan Bliss (Cornell '18) Assistant AD/Communications: TBA Strength & Conditioning Coach: Clayton Kirven (Wyoming ’11; Montana State ’15G) Associate Director: Cody Lahl Athletic Trainer: Marc Paquet (New England ’09; Bowling Green ’11G) Assistant Director: Ryan Gallant Equipment Manager: Josh Penn (Union College ’98) Assistant Director: Riley Ubben Website: www.UMassAthletics.com Dir. Of Hockey Operations: Ryan Mahan (Massachusetts '18) Mailing Address: 290 Boyden Building Hockey Office Phone: (413) 545-5175 University of Massachusetts Hockey Office Fax: (413) 577-0542 Amherst, MA 01003 Hockey Office Mailing Address: 301 Mullins Center University of Massachusetts TOP RETURNERS 200 Commonwealth Ave. # Pos. Name GP G A Pts. PIM +/- Amherst, MA 01003 21 F Mitchell Chaffee 40 18 24 42 33 +21 Home Arena: William D. Mullins Memorial Center 9 F John Leonard 40 16 24 40 24 +14 2 D Marc Del Gaizo 41 13 16 29 26 +31 Capacity: 8,373 8 F Bobby Trivigno 39 13 15 28 31 +9 Ice Size: 200’x95’ 3 D Ty Farmer 40 5 13 18 26 +8 Mullins Center Ticket Office: (866) UMASS-TIX Mullins Center Press Box Phone: (413) 545-6139 # Name GP Minutes GA GAA Svs Sv% Record 2018-19 Overall Record: 31-10-0 31 Matt Murray 27 1532:48 54 2.11 612 .919 20-5-0 2018-19 Hockey East Record / Finish: 18-6-0/First 35 Filip Lindberg 17 939:31 25 1.60 356 .934 11-4-0 2018-19 Postseason: NCAA Finalists, Runner-Up Letterwinners Returning / Lost: 19 / 7 NEWCOMERS Forwards Returning / Lost: 12 / 3 Name Hometown / Last Team / Position Defensemen Returning / Lost: 5 / 3 Alex Camarre Buffalo, N.Y. / Odessa (NAHL) / G Goaltenders Returning / Lost: 2 / 1 Gianfranco Cassaro Nobleton, Ontario / Youngstown (USHL) / D Newcomers (Forwards / Defensemen / Goalies): 5 / 3 / 1 Jeremy Davidson Kalamazoo, Mich. / Fargo (USHL) / F 2019-20 Captains: Niko Hildenbrand, Mitchell Chaffee Eric Faith Carp, Ontario / Brockville (CCHL) / F Zac Jones Glen Allen, Va. / Tri City (USHL) / D Matthew Kessel Bloomfield Hills, Mich. / Sioux Falls (USHL) / D Cal Kiefiuk Macomb, Mich. / Central Illinois (USHL) / F Reed Lebster Grand Rapids, Mich. / Des Moines (USHL) / F Peyton Reeves Toronto, Ontario / Oakville (OJHL) / F SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter UMass Athletics: @UMassAthletics UMass Hockey: @UMassHockey Head Coach Greg Carvel: @CoachCarvelUM Facebook UMass Athletics: https://www.facebook.com/UMassAthletics UMass Hockey: https://www.facebook.com/UMassHockey TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Facts ...................................................................... 1 Individual Milestones ....................................................23 Line Combinations .................................................. 27-31 Roster ............................................................................... 2 2018-19 Overall Statistics ............................................24 UMass By The Numbers ...............................................32 Schedule .......................................................................... 3 2018-19 Hockey East Statistics....................................25 Career Scoring Streaks ................................................32 Coaching Staff/Support Staff Bios ........................... 4-6 2018-19 Results Comparison .......................................26 Active Player Game Winning Goals ...........................32 2018-19 Accolades ........................................................ 7 2018-19 Team/Opponent Highs/Lows .....................26 2018-19 Goals Log ......................................................33 Last Time UMass ............................................................. 8 2018-19 Team Statistics ................................................26 2018-19 Box Scores ...............................................34-44 Player Bios .................................................................9-22 2018-19 Period Stat Breakdown .................................26 TV/Radio Head Shot Roster ........................................45 UMASS HOCKEY 2019-20 PROSPECTUS - 1 2019-20 ROSTER No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last Team 2 Marc Del Gaizo D So. 5-10 181 Basking Ridge, N.J./Muskegon (USHL) 3 Ty Farmer D So. 5-11 175 O’Fallon, Mo./Fargo (USHL) 4 Matthew Kessel D Fr. 6-3 203 Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Sioux Falls (USHL) 6 Kolby Vegara D So. 6-1 193 Malden, Mass./Philadelphia (NAHL) 7 Cal Kiefiuk F Fr. 5-10 185 Macomb, Mich./Central Illinois (USHL) 8 Bobby Trivigno F So. 5-8 155 Setauket, N.Y./Waterloo (USHL) 9 John Leonard F Jr. 5-11 190 Amherst, Mass./Green Bay (USHL) 10 Jack Suter F Sr. 6-0 170 Omaha, Neb./Sioux Falls (USHL) 11 Bobby Kaiser F So. 6-2 185 Grosse Pointe, Mich./Muskegon (USHL) 12 Anthony Del Gaizo F So. 5-10 193 Basking Ridge, N.J./Muskegon (USHL) 13 Reed Lebster F Fr. 6-0 188 Grand Rapids, Mich./Des Moines (USHL) 14 Jeremy Davidson F Fr. 5-10 170 Kalamazoo, Mich./Fargo (USHL) 15 Marco Bozzo F Jr. 5-10 181 Woodbridge, Ontario/Newmarket (OJHL) 17 Philip Lagunov F Jr. 6-0 188 Hamilton, Ontario/Burlington (OJHL) 18 Jake Gaudet F Jr. 6-2 201 Ottawa, Ontario/Kemptville (CCHL) 19 Niko Hildenbrand (C) F Sr. 5-10 189 Vacaville, Calif./Fargo (USHL) 20 Oliver Chau F Jr. 5-9 164 Oakville, Ontario/Brooks (AJHL) 21 Mitchell Chaffee (C) F Jr. 6-0 205 Rockford, Mich./Fargo (USHL) 22 Peyton Reeves F Fr. 6-2 199 Toronto, Ontario/Oakville (OJHL) 23 Gianfranco Cassaro D Fr. 5-11 194 Nobleton, Ontario/Youngstown (USHL) 24 Zac Jones D Fr. 5-10 172 Glen Allen, Va./Tri City (USHL) 26 Colin Felix D So. 6-1 193 Ocean City, N.J./Madison (USHL) 27 Jake McLaughlin D Sr. 6-2 190 Hinsdale, Ill./Fargo (USHL) 29 George Mika F Jr. 5-11 184 Naples, Fla./Amarillo (NAHL) 28 Eric Faith F Fr. 5-11 181 Carp, Ontario/Brockville (CCHL) 31 Matt Murray G Jr. 6-1 194 St. Albert, Alberta/Fargo (USHL) 32 Alex Camarre G Fr. 5-8 156 Buffalo, N.Y./Odessa (NAHL) 35 Filip Lindberg G So. 6-1 194 Espoo, Finland/Tuto Hockey U20 (SM-LIIGA) Head Coach: Greg Carvel (St. Lawrence ’93, Massachusetts ‘98), Fourth Season Associate Head Coach: Ben Barr (Rensselaer ’04), Fourth Season Associate Head Coach: Jared DeMichiel (RIT ’10), Fourth Season Volunteer Assistant Coach: Ryan Bliss (Cornell ’18), First Season Director of Hockey Operations: Ryan Mahan (Massachusetts ’18), Second Season BY CLASS BY POSITION GEOGRAPHICAL PRONUNCIATION Seniors: (3) Niko Hildenbrand, Jake Forwards: (17) Marco Bozzo, ROSTER GUIDE McLaughlin, Jack Suter Mitchell Chaffee, Oliver Chau, Alberta: (1) Matt Murray Marco Bozzo BOTZ-oh Juniors: (8) Marco Bozzo, Mitchell Jeremy Davidson, Anthony Del California: (1) Niko Hildenbrand Alex Camarre Cah-MARE-ah Chaffee, Oliver Chau, Jake Gaudet, Gaizo, Eric Faith, Jake Gaudet, Florida: (1) George Mika Gianfranco Cassaro John-franco Philip Lagunov, John Leonard, Niko Hildenbrand, Bobby Kai- Finland: (1) Filip Lindberg CASS-air-oh George Mika, Matt Murray ser, Cal Kiefiuk, Philip Lagunov, Illinois: (1) Jake McLaughlin Mitchell Chaffee CHAY-fee Massachusetts: (2) John Leonard, Sophomores: (8) Anthony Del Reed Lebster, John Leonard, Oliver Chau Chow Kolby Vegara Gaizo, Marc Del Gaizo, Ty Farmer, George Mika, Peyton Reeves, Marc Del Gaizo Del GUY-zoh Colin Felix, Bobby Kaiser, Filip Lind- Jack Suter, Bobby Trivigno Michigan: (6) Mitchell Chaffee, Jeremy Davidson, Bobby Kaiser, Anthony Del Gaizo Del GUY-zoh berg, Bobby Trivigno, Kolby Vegara Defensemen: (8) Gianfranco Jake Gaudet GAW-det Freshmen (9): Alex Camarre, Cassaro, Marc Del Gaizo, Ty Matthew Kessel, Cal Kiefiuk, Reed Lebster Niko Hildenbrand NEE-koh Gianfranco Cassaro, Jeremy David- Farmer, Colin Felix, Zac Jones, Missouri: (1) Ty Farmer Hill-din-brand son, Eric Faith, Zac Jones, Matthew Matthew Kessel, Jake McLaughlin, Nebraska: (1) Jack Suter Cal Kiefiuk key-FEWK Kessel, Cal Kiefiuk, Reed Lebster, Kolby Vegara New Jersey: (3) Anthony Del Peyton Reeves Goaltenders: (3) Alex Camarre, Gaizo, Marc Del Gaizo, Colin Felix Filip Lindberg, Matt Murray, New York: (2) Alex Camarre, Bobby Trivigno Ontario: