by Chris Lynch | Nov 8, 2018 | Hockey East, NCAA
Amherst, MA- Providence College has served as a measuring stick for Greg Carvel’s team since he arrived in Amherst. His Minutemen lost three consecutive games to the Friars to close the 2016-2017 season. The next year, UMass picked off two wins in three attempts...
by Chris Lynch | Oct 10, 2018 | Hockey East, NCAA
Amherst, MA- Saturday, October 6th brought college hockey back to the ice. Regulation and exhibition games filled the schedule across the nation. Among the exhibition games was a matchup in western Massachusetts between the Royal Military College of Canada and UMass...
by Chris Lynch | Oct 1, 2018 | Hockey East, NCAA
College hockey teams are a week away from the 2018-2019 season. On 60 collegiate campuses in the United States, optimism for a competitive season is high. Perhaps nowhere is that sense of optimism stronger than in a former college hockey ghost town: Amherst,...
by Chris Lynch | Mar 9, 2018 | NCAA, NCHC
#1 Boston College(18-13-3) vs #10 Merrimack College (12-19-4) This should be the easiest series to predict. Boston College has history, talent, quality goaltending, great coaching, and offensive potential. Merrimack, meanwhile, has little history and the second fewest...
by Chris Lynch | Mar 4, 2018 | Hockey East, NCAA
Amherst, MA- The Vermont Catamounts and Massachusetts Minutemen opened the postseason with two thrilling overtime matchups on Thursday and Friday night. They traded victories and thrilled the fans at Mullins Center in beautiful exhibitions of playoff hockey. The first...