The ending for the 2008-09 season for the Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks was, to say the least, bittersweet. After advancing to the Hockey East Championship game for the first time since 1994 and only the second time in school history, Blaise MacDonald’s club dropped a heartbreaking — if not controversial — 1-0 decision to the ultimate … Read more
Defending league and national champion Boston University is the favorite in this year’s race for the Hockey East championship, a vote of league coaches shows. The Terriers, coming off a school-record 36-win season that ended with an overtime win over Miami in the national championship game, earned six of the 10 first-place votes. UMass-Lowell and … Read more
Mass.-Lowell goaltender Nevin Hamilton has been cleared of a drug-possession charge stemming from his July 24 arrest in Ashland, Mass. Hamilton, 24, had been charged with possession of a Class B substance. “Nevin was in the wrong place at the wrong time,” Lowell coach Blaise MacDonald said in a news release. “Fortunately, justice has prevailed … Read more
Massachusetts-Lowell goaltender Nevin Hamilton was arrested last Friday in Ashland, Mass., on a drug possession charge, according to published reports. Hamilton, 24, was charged with possession of a Class B substance, the MetroWest Daily News reported. A Lowell spokesperson confirmed to the New England Hockey Journal that the arrested party was a student at the … Read more
When Cinderellas-in-waiting Massachusetts-Lowell met Northeastern in the Hockey East semifinals Friday afternoon, something had to give. It did, as Dave Hendrickson reports.
Matt Ferreira appreciates everything a little more than most of us. That’s because the Massachusetts-Lowell freshman has come closer than most to losing it all. Melissa Parrelli reports.
What a difference a year makes. Instead of emerging from an offseason that threatened the existence of the program and decimated the depth to the point where games with no healthy scratches became the norm, Massachusetts-Lowell opens this season healthy in all respects and with a legitimate shot at playoff home ice. Virtually the entire … Read more
If there is any doubt that Colin Wilson’s career at Boston University is over, Wilson’s father, Carey, summed things up in a single sentence. “He’d be prepared to leave tomorrow,” said the elder Wilson, himself an NHL veteran who played 13 years for the Calgary Flames, Hartford Whalers and New York Rangers. Surrounded by a … Read more
Site: Germain Arena, Estero, Fla. Friday-Saturday, Dec. 28-29, 2007 Participants: Mass.-Lowell, Cornell, Clarkson, Maine Game 1: Mass.-Lowell vs. Cornell, 4:00 p.m. ET Mass.-Lowell River Hawks (7-4-4, 4-4-4 Hockey East) Head coach: Blaise MacDonald Leading scorers: Jr. Mark Roebothan (8-5 — 13), Jr. Mike Potacco (5-7 — 12) Leading netminders: So. Carter Hutton (2-1-2, 1.36 GAA, … Read more
Last year, Massachusetts-Lowell endured a 20-game winless streak that lasted almost three months — from Nov. 10 through Feb. 2 — before putting on a fierce, albeit unsuccessful, 5-2-1 drive for a playoff berth. In the offseason, the UMass Board of Trustees considered terminating the hockey program until a new lease agreement with the city … Read more
It appears that Blaise MacDonald will keep his job as head coach at Mass.-Lowell after a recent arrest for operating under the influence led to an indefinite suspension without pay. According to a statement issued by University athletic director Dana Skinner on Tuesday, MacDonald will be reinstated on Monday, July 23, based on an agreement … Read more
The University of Massachusetts Lowell has suspended men’s hockey coach Blaise MacDonald indefinitely. MacDONALD Published reports said that MacDonald was arrested Friday night by Chelmsford, Mass., police on drunken driving charges and held until Saturday evening, when he was released on his own recognizance. He was arraigned Monday morning. According to the Lowell Sun, MacDonald … Read more
Massachusetts-Lowell hockey can look to the future, after a Lowell city council vote all but ended the controversy that has bedeviled the program.
A long off-season may have a happy ending for the Mass.-Lowell River Hawks men’s ice hockey team after the City of Lowell’s Civic Stadium & Arena Committee voted unanimously to recommend to the Lowell City Council that it agree to the University’s demands to renegotiate the terms of the University’s lease at the Tsongas Arena … Read more
A bad situation seemingly may be getting worse and could spell the termination of the Mass.-Lowell men’s ice hockey program as early as June 21, that according to recent reports in the Lowell Sun. According to the Sun, the city of Lowell and the University have until June 21 to restructure the lease deal at … Read more
In a move that could have significant positive impact on Massachusetts-Lowell’s hockey program, the university will appoint Martin T. Meehan chancellor for the Lowell campus, according to a report in the Boston Globe. Meehan, a U.S. Congressman representing the Lowell area since 1992, has, according to Lowell head coach Blaise MacDonald, been a “strong supporter” … Read more
Massachusetts-Lowell’s Hockey East membership may be at stake as the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees considers the program’s future. Jim Connelly says all the River Hawks need is a little help from their friends.
Concerns over competitive balance, funding, Title IX requirements for gender equity, and an apparent turf war in the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees are combining to put Massachusetts-Lowell’s membership in Hockey East — and perhaps the very future of its men’s hockey program — in question. According to an article in the Lowell Sun … Read more
Billerica, Mass., is a typical town in many ways — but not in its unique connection to Massachusetts-Lowell hockey. Jim Lothrop spotlights the River Hawks’ ties to the nearby burg.
Expectations had soared for last year’s veteran-laden Massachusetts-Lowell squad until the late offseason departure to the pros of 26-goal scorer Ben Walter. The River Hawks then got off to a poor start, lost go-to guy Andrew Martin to injury, and saw several key players suffer off-years. Although a closing 4-1 surge vaulted them into seventh … Read more