LOWELL, Mass.<\/b> — No. 5 Massachusetts-Lowell held off No. 15 Notre Dame at Tsongas Arena on Saturday night behind a 35-save performance by Kevin Boyle and two third-period goals by Nick Master and Adam Chapie.<\/p>\n
After a scoreless first period that saw little scoring opportunity from either team, play opened up in the second when Notre Dame’s Steven Fogarty went off for hitting after the whistle at 4:56. The River Hawks capitalized on their ensuing power play at 5:40 when Evan Campbell took a pass down low from C.J. Smith and drove to the net. Campbell shot a beautiful backhand over the shoulder of Notre Dame’s Cal Petersen and under the cross bar to give Lowell the 1-0 advantage.<\/p>\n
The play was quickly reviewed to determine whether it was originally offsides when Lowell broke into the zone, but the call on the ice stood.<\/p>\n
The lead was short lived for the River Hawks, however, as just a minute later at 6:40, good cycling down low by the Irish’s Connor Hurley and Dylan Malmquist allowed Thomas DiPauli to take a pass in the high slot. DiPauli fired a wrist shot and the puck skipped off of multiple bodies in front and found its way through Boyle to tie the game at one.<\/p>\n
A pair of impressive glove saves by Petersen on Edwardh and Ryan McGrath kept the game tied at one heading into the third period.<\/p>\n
Just 90 seconds into the third period, Boyle stoned Malmquist with a blocker save on a breakaway to keep the game tied.<\/p>\n
Lowell coach Norm Bazin praised his senior netminder following the game.<\/p>\n
“Kevin’s matured a lot over the time he’s been here,” said Bazin. “He’s seeing the puck well and he’s very calm. He’s playing some great hockey and has been rock solid – we’re happy to have him.”<\/p>\n
At 5:35 of the third period, the Irish’s Andy Ryan went off for obstruction interference. The River Hawks took advantage of the ensuing power play when Chapie fed a pass to the middle for Master, who fired a wrist shot above the glove of Petersen to reclaim the lead for the River Hawks.<\/p>\n
After the game, Master credited Chapie on setting him up for the eventual game-winning goal.<\/p>\n
“It was good work by our guys to move the puck out to the slot, said Master. “Adam made a good pass to me and I was lucky to get a good stick on it.”<\/p>\n
Lowell did not make it easy on themselves however, as the River Hawks took five penalties in the third period after regaining the lead, including a 10-minute misconduct to Smith. The River Hawks penalty kill, led by captain A.J. White, was able to preserve the lead and kill off all six of the man-advantages for the Irish.<\/p>\n
Bazin talked his team’s penalty kill and his captain after the game.<\/p>\n
“Tonight was a playoff-style game,” Bazin said. “Fortunately for us, we were able to kill a couple late penalties to come out with the two points. A.J. is a poster child for college hockey. He acted like a captain tonight and his work on the penalty kill in the third period was an inspiration to our bench. That’s why he is wearing a ‘C.'”<\/p>\n
Boyle warded off a flurry of shots late on a six-on-four advantage for the Irish, capped off by Chapie notching an empty-net goal with four seconds remaining to seal the win for Lowell.<\/p>\n
Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson acknowledged that his team needs to improve on their power play, but that there were also some positives to take out of the loss.<\/p>\n
“All the credit in the world to their goaltender, he played really well,” said Jackson. “Failure to capitalize on special teams really hurt us, but I thought our guys did a good job holding their own tonight against one of the best teams in the country. We still have a lot to work on. “<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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