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LOWELL, Mass.— The UMass Lowell ice hockey team (7-16-2, 3-10-1 Hockey East) will host #1 Boston College (18-4-1, 11-3-1 Hockey East), on Friday night, February 2. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. at the Tsongas Center.
SCOUTING THE RIVER HAWKS
UMass Lowell enters the one-game set with Boston College after a series with Providence last weekend, where they finished 0-2-0 and gained one point in the conference standings after a 4-3 overtime loss in game two. In game one at home, the squad could not complete their comeback effort, falling 7-2 to the Friars.
Owen Cole (9g, 7a) and Scout Truman (5g, 11a) sit atop the team in points with 16 each, while sophomore Nick Rhéaume (9g, 4a) is tied with Cole for the team-lead in goals and is just behind them with 13 points. Defensively, TJ Schweighardt and Brehdan Engum are the top two in blocked shots with 37 and 31, respectively. Mitchell Becker’s +3 rating leads the squad, while Truman is second with a +2 rating, and three players are tied with a +1 rating.
After losing some marquee names from the 2022-23 lineup, the River Hawks bolstered their stacked roster of 20 returners with three experienced transfers and eight talented freshmen eager to contribute. They also return two of their top 5 point-getters from a year ago in defensemen Jonsson and Meehan, while Henry Welsch returns between the pipes and has a 4-7-2 record with a GAA of 2.19 and SV% of .920. His counterpart, junior transfer Luke Pavicich has started 13 games, posting a 3-9-0 record, 3.73 GAA and .881 SV%. The team was picked to finish seventh in the Hockey East Preseason Poll with 62 points.
SCOUTING THE EAGLES
BC enters the game with the River Hawks after a two-game sweep of the then #2 Boston University Terriers. The Eagles ran away with a 4-1 victory in game one, before winning a tightly contested game two, 4-3. Their four losses on the season came at the hands of Denver (10/21/23), Maine (11/10/23), Northeastern (12/01/23) and Providence (01/13/24), while their one tie was against Maine on November 11.
Gabe Perreault (9g, 27a) leads the team with 36 points, while Will Smith (14g, 20a) and Cutter Gauthier (19g, 13a) are just behind him with 34…
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